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Cassiterite from
Ventonwyn Mine, Great Dowgas Mine (St Stephen Tin and Copper Mines), Downderry, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ventonwyn Mine, Great Dowgas Mine (St Stephen Tin and Copper Mines), Downderry, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2880
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2880:6
GUID (UUID V4):abe2b3bd-9dce-4855-b75f-57d3bad5c602
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Kingsdown Mine (Hewas Water Mine), Hewas Water, St Ewe, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) Great Dowgas Mine (St Stephen Tin and Copper Mines), Downderry, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) East Wheal Strawberry (Wheal Unanimity), St Austell Consols (incl. Wheal Hawkins), Downderry, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) St Austell Consols (incl. Wheal Hawkins), Downderry, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.5 miles) Wheal Trewithen, St Austell Consols (incl. Wheal Hawkins), Downderry, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Great Hewas United Mines (Great Hewas Consols; Great Hewas Mine; Wheal Hewas; Hewas Downs Mine), Kingsdown Mine (Hewas Water Mine), Sticker, St Ewe, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Downderry Consols (Wheal Lady Grenville), Downderry, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.8 miles) Wheal Fortescue (Fortescue Consols), Coombe, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Wheal Husband (Great Consols), Great Hewas United Mines (Great Hewas Consols; Great Hewas Mine; Wheal Hewas; Hewas Downs Mine), Kingsdown Mine (Hewas Water Mine), St Ewe, Cornwall, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Wheal Violet (Wheal Marshall), Coombe, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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Report (issue)
SURVEY ENGLAND AND WALES. EXPLANATION OF SHEET 347. THE GEOLOGY OF THE COlJNTRY AROUND BODMIN AND ST.... AUSTELL BY w. A. E. USSHER, G. BARRo,v, AND D. A. MAcALISTER, A.R.S.M. 1\r!TH NOTE8 ON 'fHE PETROLOGY...34--40, BACON STRENT, E. .And to be purchased from E. STANFORD, 12, 18, and 14, LONG ACRE, LONDON ; w...w. &· A. K. JOHNSTON, LTD.! 2, ST. ANDREW SQUARE, EDIKBURO.H; HODGES, FIGGIS, & Co., GnAFTo:Y STREET...PREFACE. This }lemoir deals with the area included in the Bodmin Sheet of the New Series 01·dnance 1''
Book
Peter Golley and Richard Williams April 1995 First published 1995 by Endsleigh Publications in association...House 50 Daniell Road Truro, Cornwall TR1 2DA England Printed in Great Britain by Short Run Press Ltd...mineralogy dates from comparatively recent times. In his Alphabetum Minerale (Truro, 1682) Becher wrote...knew of no place on earth that surpassed Cornwall in the number and variety of its minerals. Hogg's 'Manual...Mineralogy' (Truro 1825) is subtitled 'in wich [sic] is shown how much Cornwall contributes to the illustration
Book (volume)
COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING GION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume II 1956 2017 reprint BRITISH GEOLOGICALSURVEY...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME II H G Dines...petrographical notes by J Phemister, MA, DSc and addenda and corrigenda by K EBeer, BSc LONDON HER MAJESTY'S...copyright 1956 BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Addenda and corrigenda ©NERC 1988 First published 1956 by HMSO...metalliferous mining region of the south-west England. Economic Environmental Science Centre Keyworth
Book (volume)
an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books...RTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH DIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN IE METALLIFEROUS...METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF UTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume II LONDON HER MAJESTY ' S STATIONERY OFFICE 1956...SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES ...The Metalliferous Mining Region of South -West England Volume II By H . G . ,DINES, A .R . S .M ., A
Book (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England 0 iz 0 1-rj VOLUME...Director's Copy LIBRARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN. (Scottish Office.) Press_ _ _ __.Jhelj---'-...SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume...Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology with Overseas Geological Surveys and is a constituent...London WCI 13a Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2 JAR 109 St Mary Street, Cardiff CFl IJW Brazennose Street, Manchester
Book (edition)
this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission...Designed by See Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left...whim engine now preserved by the National Trust and behind it, to the right, is the head gear of Skip...history of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and tin, copper, iron, lead and other minerals have all...centuries. Tin mining continued down to the close of the twentieth century, but the winning of tin is known
Journal (volume)
by our member Michael Tangye. © The Society, Cornwall Archaeological President Society A N D R E...O W S O N (Mawnan), A. GUTHRIE (St. Ives), Mrs. FLORENCE NANKIVELL (St. Ives), Miss VIVIEN RUSSELL (Sennen...A., F.S.A. (Penzance), PETER SHEPPARD (Gorran), and CHARLES WOOLF, M.P.S. (Newquay). Co-opted: F R A...Mrs M. IRWIN (Bodmin), also E . J. WIGLEY, B.E.M., and Mrs. J. WIGLEY, representing the Wayside Museum,...Society's Area Correspondents, and all other standing Committees and SubCommittees of the Society: see
Book (edition)
HISTORY of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and copper, iron, lead, tin and other minerals have all...one large tin mine is at work, but the winning of tin is known from prehistoric times, and it is likely...likely that copper was also worked at an early date. Tin was important down through the Middle Ages, when...administered by the industry’s own Stannary Courts and Parliament. Most was still streamed from valley gravels...greatest period of mining activity came in the late 18th and 19th centuries, which for a while made this
Book (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM...petrographical notes by J Phemister, MA, DSc Addenda and Corrigenda KE Beer, BSc KEYWORTH, NOTTINGHAM BRITISH...available from: HMSO Publications Centre (Mail and telephone orders) PO Box 276, London SWS 5DT Telephone...9090 General enquiries (01) 873 0011 Queueing system in operation for both numbers HMSO Bookshops 49 High...4181 HMSO's Accredited Agents (see Yellow Pages) And through good booksellers BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Book (volume)
an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books...DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH. MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN THE METALLIFEROUS...METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE BERKELEY... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .,pvii Description .)SG(England urv eol em M est -WSouth of Region Mining MINING...SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES
Book (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN The Metalliferous MiningRegion of South-West England VOLUME I Assistant...Director' s copy LIBRARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN. (Scottish Office.) Press._ _ _ __,J helf_...- - (5495) IVU2667/ZJ 3000(2) 12/34 J.P. G46 I, IN'.::T:TUTE OF 0 , r-.c•-' I .--J"-.,, -1~"CES ......SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AN D WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume...PH EM I STER, M.A., D.Sc. LONDON H ER MAJESTY'S ST A TI ONER Y OFFICE 1956 The Institute of Geological
Report (issue)
t() be 11t1rcl1ased f ro111 E. STANFORD, 12, 13, and 14, LONG ..t4.0RE, LONDO:N"; \V. &A. K. ,JOHNS11...valley. Cliff Section of Fal111outh Slate Series in the foregrot111d. • I. .Ill.. . 1,HE region...Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey ,vas...'";ey of Great Britain, then under the superi11te11de11ce of Colo11el Colby, I?.. E., F.R.S., and in tl1e..._G.S., and l\lr. Hen1"y Still, F.G.S. rJ�l1e rest1lts of the original �urvey ,vere pt1blisl1ed in 18:39
Journal (volume)
JANUARY TO JUNE, 1920. Explanatory Note.— Items in italics are . names of books reviewed PAGE Levant...Africa, East, 313 African & .Australian Co., in Cornwall 202 '253 (m.d.) Air for Blasting, Liquid (m.d...Plant 330 330 Alaska, Oil in Alaska Treadwell Group Alaska, Volcanic Activity in Alcohol from Coke-Oven...d.) 190 (m.d.) 56 Rosenhain (m.d.) 313 Aluminium and its Alloys -J. E. Clennell 88, 152, 216 Aluminium...Dispensed With? Can W. Report American Smelting and Refining E. H. Keeling (m.d.) Anatolia, Northern
Journal (volume)
.^... Shelf: ' Ail books ar? toS^/ signed for in t^e loan book when borrow 8^*i^.ci when rstuined...FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, EXPL.4NATORY NOTE.- -Items in italics are names of books reviewed ; illustrated...Abbontiakoon Mines Aber-Llyn Zinc Company African & Eastern Trade Corporation Air-Lift, Unwaterin? Mines by Report...Alabama Iron Industry 122 P. C. Fearing (in.d.) Alaska Tin Deposits 266 Alaska Treadwell's New Property 316...) Aluminium Copper Alloys 381 (ni.rf.) Aluminium Dust, Explosion of 352 Aluminium Ores in West Australia
Journal (volume)
LONDON, H^St' (INDEX TO VOLUME XXIV. FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, 1921. Explanatory Note. —Items in italics...Alum and Sulphm- at Tonopah Aluminium in Engineering J. G. A. Rbodin (m.d.) American Smelting and Refinins;... Balaghat Gold Mines 135 Bantjes, Exploration in . 101 V. BramaU (ni.d.). Barytes in Westmorland A....(m.d.) .... 189 Bauxite in West Africa Report. ... 64 Berengiiela Tin Mines 102 Bolivia's Case for the...2^1 Greenside Mine. Borlase, W. H Emmons and Grnner (m.d.). . 2r)3 Borneo, Petroleum in 250 Borneo, Petroleum
Journal (volume)
JULY TO DECEMBER, 1912. Explanatory Note. — Items in italics are names of books reviewed illustrated articles...Literature'; the letters (p.t.) to abstracts appearing in Precis of Technology.' ; ; refer to notices of...H. C. Bellinger (p.t.) 143 Alumina in Copper Slags 62 Aluminium in America (p.t.) .... 304 Aluminium....77 Anaconda Copper *78 Report Anantapur Goldfleld Report 313 Anantapur, North 329 Nigeria in Anglo-Continental...466 Aramayo Francke Mines 233 Report .... Arizona Copper 454 Arkansas, Diamonds in 228 T. Lane Carter
Journal (volume)
DECEMBER, 1922. /.I? FxpL\N\TonY Note.— Items in italics are names of books reviewed ; illustrated...Reavell (m.d.). Air-Compressors {m.d.) Aur-CooUng at St. John del Rev {m.d.). Alumina from Clay, Miguet's...Ammonia Process for Copper Ores 125 70 243 263 Abbontiakoon . . W. G. Perkins and others (m.d.) Anglo-American...First Dividend Aramayo Mines en Bolivie (m.d.) Arsenate, Calcium Arsenic Production in Queensland ., Report...Report. Asam Kumbang Tin Dredging Asbestos, Memorandum on 303 262 328 253 328 72 123 354 383 382 7 8
Report (issue)
•. MEHOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ENGLAND AND WALES · EXPLANATION OF SHEET 353 THE GEOLOGY OF THE...LIMITED, FETTER LANE, E.C. And to be purcha�ed from E. STANFORDJ.. 12, 13, and 14, LONG ACRE, LONDON ; JOHN...around Mevagissey which is described in this memoir is illustrated in Sheet 353 of the New Series one ....Sheet 31, and the rest1lts were published - in 1839. The presenc_e of liinestone, quartzite and igneot1s...igneot1s rocks in the area in question is recorded on the early issues of this sheet, and they are represented
 
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