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Pyrite from
Burra Burra Mine, Three Burrows, Kenwyn, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Burra Burra Mine, Three Burrows, Kenwyn, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:670731
Long-form Identifier:1:3:670731:6
GUID (UUID V4):a907825b-63c6-453a-aa32-44c3920b8a81
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
2.1km (1.3 miles) Great Wheal Busy (Chacewater Mine), Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
2.2km (1.3 miles) Wheal Concord, East Treskerby Mine, Skinners Bottom, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
2.5km (1.6 miles) Killifreth Mine, Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
2.5km (1.6 miles) Wheal Scorrier (Scorrier Consols), Skinners Bottom, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
2.6km (1.6 miles) East Wheal Chance, Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
2.8km (1.7 miles) Wheal Burrow and Butson (incl. Wheal Burrow; Wheal Butson; Wheal Davey), United Mines North (North Consols), Mithian, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
2.8km (1.7 miles) North Treskerby Mine (Trewan Mine; Truan Mine), Wheal Rose village, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
2.8km (1.8 miles) Hallenbeagle Mine, Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
3.0km (1.9 miles) Creegbrawse and Penkevil Mine (Flat Rod Shaft), Creegbrawse, Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
3.0km (1.9 miles) Creegbrawse and Penkevil Mine, Creegbrawse, Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
125 by P. M. Adams Atacamite from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia .....................Moore COVER: ATACAMITE, 10.5 cm, from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia. Collection of (and...S. only): $72/one year, $144/two years, or $216/three years Boxed subscription (individuals, U.S. only):...only): $105/one year, $210/two years, or $315/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than...the U.S.): $83/one year, $166/two years, or $249/three years Subscription (Libraries, companies and institutions):
Journal (issue)
complex base-metal assemblage from the Sterling mine, New Jersey ......................................Misiur Famous mineral localities: The French Creek mine, St. Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania.........Dickinson Famous mineral localities: The Burra Burra mine, Burra, South Australia ........................Saddle-shaped rhodochrosite crystals from the Foote mine, North Carolina ..................................ezica m ine (Y ugo­ slavia), C aldbeck Fells (England), SEM , Eugui quarries (Spain) $10 v .2 2 /# 3
Journal (issue)
Bosel, Michael Stott Malcolm Southwood, Brian England, Man Cheung, Tony Forsyth, Chris Fitzgerald & Denis...Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...Museum Craig Bosel Paul Carr Keith F. Compton Brian England Tony Forsyth Geoscience Australia Thomas Kapitany
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the many South Australian copper mines at Burra Burra, Wallaroo, and Moonta were coming to the surface... he collected and kept some of the original Burra Burra malachite specimens, and they stayed with him...varieties. When experienced metal miners from Cornwall, "Cousin Jacks" they were called, were brought...they remembered the emissaries to Cornwall from the nobles of England and Europe and the prices they paid...Harbinger from the steam tug Adelaide for a voyage to England. Har­ binger was a splendid ship, the last sailing
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...60x30x30mm. £28. 6) ARSENOPYRITE. Drakewalls Mine, Calstock, Cornwall. Killas matrix with a 30mm chlorite/quartz...there. 80x50x40mm max. £45. 7) AZURITE. Girralambone Mine, Cambelego Co, New South Wales, Australia. Hundreds...xls to 2mm. 40x30x20mm. £16. 9) BOLEITE. Amelia Mine, Baja, California, Mexico. A typical stabilised...CASSITERITE and MOLYBDENITE. Drakewalls Mine, Calstock, Cornwall. A quartz veinstone showing a single 10mm
Report (issue)
__________-_-_J_-_________________ History of the mine- _ ____-_________'________ Results of previous work_______________...Cranberry mines. ________-_-_____--__---_-_ Betty Baker mine...-----------------..---Grayson County sulphide...Mines of the Ducktown district.._____ 1 ____.._ Burra Burra_.---_________________._.._. London.._____...________________._-_--_____--_ Copperfield or Ely mine, Vermont.______________ Location and occurrence...-__-__-_--Arsenic veins, Craigford, Ala__-____0_-__-___Iron mine, Cranberry, N.C.--___-___________ Location..___
Report (issue)
relations of ore and gangue minerals_ 45 Relation of pyrite to other sulphides and gangue 45 minerals-----..._____________ -------------- __ _ 48 Composition of the mine waters ____________ _ 49 Porosity of the gossan...-----------------Burra Burra mine _____________________________ _ 50 • London mine _________________________________..._____ _ 50 East Tennessee mine ________________ --------- __ 50 Ocoee mine __________________________________...Eureka mines _____________________ _ 51 Polk County mine ______________________ ------_ 51 Rutile------
Catalog/List
crystals, Rare minerals APATITE Luxulyan, Cornwall, England. Pale sky-blue to white lustrous terminated...crystal section. ¼"$2. 50. ANDORITE San Jose mine, Oruro, Bolivia. Select rich gray metallic mass...Ra.yas mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. Choice dull gray modified cubic crystal group with minor pyrite or polybasite...¾x%"to ¾x½11 $3. 50 and $5. 00. ARSENOLITE White Caps mine, Manhattan, Nye Co., Nevada. Select lustrous snow-white...4X¼" $1. 50, $2. 00 and $2. 50. i BOLEITE Amelia mine, Boleo, Baja California, Mexico. Choice bright blue
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislakc Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistocl< (01822) 832530 email:...S0x20mm area. 70x50x35mm. £38. 3) ANGLESJTE. Parys Mine, Anglesey, Wales. Brown cellular gossan matrix showing...dealers label. 60x30xl2mm. £18. 6) AZCRITE, Tynagh Mine, Co Gallway, Ireland. A cavity in veinstone shows...banded matrix. 80x70x40mm. £85. 8) CALCITE. Clasgorm Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland. Calcitic matrix, the...barite. 90x60x50mm. £45. 9) CALCITE, PYRITE and QUARTZ. Cambokeels Mine, Weardale, Co Durham. A limestone/fluorite
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, St. Just Near Penzance, Cornwall, f , England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are promptly... 2x2". £3. 2. ANDREWSITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Light brownish yellow spherical aggregates...iPeninsular t?il±ilb U. JLd 1 j O bl d. -L-Ld. • Burra-Burra S.• J1U.D Australia. A dark emerald green mass...£4. 6. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crust of micro crystals covering...BEUDANTITE. ^. — 11 8. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1" group of large sharp tarnished intergrown
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.No.: St. Just 880 (STD 073 677) V.A...25. 4. ANALCIME. Dean Qry. st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. A sharp translucent well formed whitish crystal... ARSENOPYRITE: Hingston Qry., Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Select, sharp, silvery single crystals and crystal...Boulangerite crystals. 2ixlbl-t". £6.50. AZURITE. Burra-Burra, Yorke Pen., S. Australia. A select pure, bright...inside. lisl-l-xl-t". £7.00. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Specimen A - Choice, lustrous
Book
and 8 7 ' ' 10 For "Coronet Mine'" Coronet Hill. For ' ' " three miles " after " 33 Line...Gold, Copper, lists which may be read "twenty -three miles." lana" read "Umberatana." " Lines read...near Strathalbyn, Wallaroo Bay, Yudanamutana Mine, Daly Mine, Winninnie, Flinders Heights. AGATE. All over...ORE. ANGLESITE. sulphide, Mount Fitton Mine. Aclare Mine. Wilpena Pound. ANKERITE. Gill's Bluff...ANNABERGITE. APATITE. ; Mount Bold. Young's Mine (near Blinman), Nicholl's Nob. Kurilla and Wallaroo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
think you will find interesting. Three of them came from the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville (Eldorado Co...Co.) Calif. This was an active gold mine up to about a year ago. The main slope tunnel is now 200 feet...covered with calcite and pyrites. Many of these pyrite cubes are the rare cubo—octahedron form. You will...specimen (rock crystal) I found in the Old Dutchman's Mine near Bowman's Lake near Emigrant Gap, Nevada Co...it you will find it literally filled with tiny pyrite cubes. "There is one more specimen, which I found
Book
metallic minerals of the Britisl1 Islands occupy three bays or 1·ecesses in each side of the pri11cipal...Perran Porth, Cornwall. Presented by H. Humphries. 2. NATIVE COPPER. From Penibrol,e Mine, St. A.1.istell...istell, Cornwall. Presented by R. Taylor, F.G.S. 3. NATIVE COPPER, intc1"mingled , \vith qt1artz. .Devon...COPPER a,nd RED-OXIDE of COPPER. St. Austell, Cornwall. 8 & 9. driform . NATIVE COPPER, den- From...Cornioall. Cornwall. 11. lized. NATIVE COPPER, crystal- Carn Brea, near Bedrutli, Cornwall. 12. NATIVE
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.~~.: st. Just 880 (STD an 677) V.A...faces. 3-tx2x2". £11.50. 3. ALLANITE. Mary Kathleen Mine, queensland, Australia. Sharp, lustrous black, well...crystals. 3i;x2-txlt" thick. £8.50. ATACAMITE. Burra-Burra, Yorke Pen., S. AustLalia. Bright, sparkling...Ifxlixf". £1.50. AXINITE. Botallack, st. Just, Cornwall. Specimen A - Choice, bright, clovebrown, sharp... 11. 12. 13. -2AZURITE. Ting-Tpng Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Rich, bright blue small sharp crystals
Report (issue)
forms of common minerals. The Bibliography is in three parts, the order in each being alphabetical (1)...as possible, one occurrence of the mineral or three different occurrences. A case in point may be cited...from “ Mount Lyndhurst,” “Leigh Creek,” “Avondale Mine”; all these are in the Leigh Creek District, and...of the New England Plateau, with Special Reference to the Granites of Northern New England. Rec. Geol...and Mingaye (J. C. H.) The Geology of the New England Plateau with Special Eeference Part iv. Rec. Geol
Report (volume)
_ 16 Warren mine ____ 16 Milan mine ____________.._____________________ ._ 18 Lyman mine _______ _ _________...____________ '.__ 24 Copperfield or Ely mine ("Vershire mine).______i______ 24 History______________..._______________ The ores__ _ _ _____ _ American mine ________'________L ______________ Workings and equipment...mine_____________ Frazier mine ______________ Thomas mine________________.______ _ Anaconda mine __.______._____...Hill mine____________________________ .87 Dorothy mine ______________^_-_____ Albemarle County (Southwest
Catalog/List
Austrian collection 8 . BREWSTERITExx - Whi tesmi th Mine, Strcn tiar, Argy llshire, Scotland.· Hundreds of...rhoobahedral xls to 14 x 12 with inc_~~ions of pyrite xls. Very showy .. 85 x 51 .x 34 CAI.CITE xx -...- Stoneyccmbe Quarry, Kingskerswell, Cornwall, England. Intergra,m reddish large flatrhanbohedral xls...bi-terminated 651 00 7 - 7 P" f) 18. FORNACITE- Shebaz Mine, Ola Khun, Anarak, I::::-an. Small (Mvt-size) bright...Sizes r-M-SMIN- Fran 3,00 to OOID xx - Ollie Johnson Mine, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA. B.cilliant micro
Catalog/List
n'egesoaal., ot. JU'st, ~ '8 Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. V.A.T. No.132-7852-67 <0O, .' ORDER ING...attached. 2xl:,xl~". £4.50; Specimen B - A group of three sharp, translucent, crystals in parallel growth...greenish Chlorite. lixlxl".£3.25. 2. ALASKAITE. Alaska Mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, Silverton, San Juan Co., Colorado...£13. 5. APATITE variety FRM~~OLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, ~ornwall. Snall, translucent, aggregates... ARAGONITE variety TAhNOWITZITE. New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfries. Thick, creamy white, lustrous
Catalog/List
W'TllW 2, Tregescal, st. Just, NOuI Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.No.: St.Just 880 (STD 073 677) V.A...Beira-8eixa, Portugal. Specimen A - A group of three sharp terminated translucent sea-green coloured...ix~x~". £3.50. G. APATITE. Colcerrow Qry. Luxulyan, Cornwall. select, trahsparent pale blue colour zoned single...in lewth•• BOp. each. 7. APOPHVLLITE. Bay State Mine, Keweenaw Pen., Michigan, U.S.A. Lustrous, bright...zixZ-txlt". 1:4.• 50: 10. ARGENTITE. Valenciana Mine: Guanajuato, Mexico. Specimen A - Fine, sharp, silvery
Catalog/List
BARSTDW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzo~ce, Cornwall, England. TEL .No.: St. Just BBo (STD 07 3 67·7) ... £6.50. APATITE. Tremearne Cliff, Porthleven, Cornwall. Lustrous, translucent, pale blue hexagonal crystals...Burraton Coombe QrV., st. Stephen-bv-Saltash, Cornwall. Pure, dark grey, metallic masses showing slightly...l~lt". £4.50. 6. 7. -. 8. AZURITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Bright, sparkling...colourful specimen., 3i;x2txlt". £14.00. AZURITE. TVnagh Mine, Co. Galwav, Eire. Select bright blue small sparkling
Catalog/List
8ARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 788880 (STD 0736) V.A...£3.50. 6. 7. 8. APATITE. Great Work Mine, 8reage, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent colourless to... £33.00. ARSENOPVRITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Specimen A - well " .•. ·formed silvery...matrix. 2tx2xlt". £3.50. BARVTES. settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Sharp, lustrous, creamy...£2B.00. BARVTOCALCITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Mine, AlstJn Moor, Cumberland. Specimen A - Lustrous
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Journal (issue)
Brookite. Magnet Cove, Arkansas Pyrite after Chalcocite. Cornwall, England Quartz after Diopside. Pierrepont...in galena after pyromorphite and limonite after pyrite. Recently x-ray studies have served to show that...the serpentine pseudomorphs from the Tilly Foster Mine, Putnam Co., N. Y., appear to have formed through...Anglesite after Cerussite: III, B 2 b Broken Hill Mine, New South Wales, 16364-6-7-9, 16371-2 'Traube,...after Chalcocite: I, C 2 St. Ives, Cornwall, 1471. See further under pyrite after chalcocite. Brochanthite
Catalog/List
BARSTOW Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ~=, TEL.NO.: St. Just 880 (STD 073 677)...tenninated crystal; to 5 TMl. in size, scattered on three sides of a "Clear slightly smoky section of a quartz...Calcite. 2xl". £4.50. 4. NATIVE ARSENIC. Bidi Mine, Borneo. Choice, silvery grey, pure solid mass showing...display. 4x~x2". £28.00. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Pure, bright green, botryoidal...Specimen B - Itxlxi". £2.50. AZURITE. Henderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Bright blue, botryoidal
 
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