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Gilbertite from
Balmynheer Mine, Porkellis, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Gilbertite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gilbertite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Balmynheer Mine, Porkellis, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:690371
Long-form Identifier:1:3:690371:8
GUID (UUID V4):2bfa7704-5bc1-4997-8e09-1077ea92ca54
Nearest other occurrences of Gilbertite
2.7km (1.7 miles) Fatwork Mine, East Wheal Lovell (incl. Tregonebris Mine), Trewennack, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
3.4km (2.1 miles) Halvosso Quarry (Halvasso Quarry; Kessel Downs Quarry), Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK
4.3km (2.7 miles) South Wendron Mine (South Wheal Lovell; Lovell Consols), Trewennack, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
7.9km (4.9 miles) Lower Kergilliack Quarry, Budock, Cornwall, England, UK
9.5km (5.9 miles) Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
12.4km (7.7 miles) Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
18.5km (11.5 miles) South Wheal Providence (South Wheal Speed), Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
31.7km (19.7 miles) Balleswidden Mine, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
31.8km (19.8 miles) Trethosa China Clay Pit, Treviscoe, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
33.1km (20.6 miles) Stenna Gwyn Mine (Stennagwyn Mine), Foxhole, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
furnish about one-eighth of all the tin raised in Cornwall. The mines in question are Wheal Uny, South Cam... 2. " On some Tin-mines in the Parish of Wendron, Cornwall." By Dr. C. Le Neve Foster, B.A., F.G.S. The...described in this paper are called Balmynheer, the Lovell, and South Wendron. In the former the stanniferous...insensibly into the granite below. At the Lovell Mine there are two lodes, north and south, the former...6-12 inches thick, composed of quartz, mica, gilbertite, chlorite, iron pyrites, copper pyrites, and
Book
Scenes at Surface (Bradford Barton, 1968) Mining in Cornwall 1850-1960 (Moorland, 1980-1) 2 Volumes ISBN 0...The St Erth, Gwinear and Crowan Districts V The Wendron District 51 73 91 103 127 Section 4: Some Useful...Austell-Par Mines to Trebartha-Lemarne 147 163 181 Mine Index 191 LIST OF GRAPHS AND MAPS Fig.l. Diagram...Showing the Output of Metallic Tin and Copper from Cornwall, Estimated from the Public Sales of Ore 35 Fig...Situations of the Principal Mining Districts in Cornwall and South Devon 50 Fig.3. Sketch Map Showing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and sands (stream-tin.) The detrital tin, ore ~ Cornwall may be grouped under the following heads : - a...breecias ~'" Observations on the detrital tin-ore of Cornwall." Journ. Roy. Inst. (Tram., No,xi., 1874. See...be the same lode as this latter at New RoSewarne Mine in the same parish. At 1Relistian rounded pebbles...Royal Institution of Cornwall, is represented in fig. 2, pl. 1. At New P~osewarne Mine Dr. Foster # distinguishes...breccias occupying fissures, as at Prideaux Wood Mine. 6. As a minor constituent of granite, elvan, schorl-rock
Book (volume)
THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .,pvii Description .)SG(England urv eol em M est -WSouth of Region Mining MINING...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South - West England Volume I Ву...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset . the territory in which
Book (volume)
The Metalliferous MiningRegion of South-West England VOLUME I Assistant Director' s copy LIBRARY...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AN D WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume I By H...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...This account of the mining geology of south-west England summarizes the .iological information gained during...south-west of England was the first to be published, and his ' Report on the eology of Cornwall, Devon and
Report (issue)
Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey ...... .. ... 36.-Pedn an J)rea Mine . . . ... ... ... :1 7. -Porkellis United 1\ii i11es ... ... ... :-3...larger of these are the Red River, so called from the mine ,vasbi11gs which discolour it, and the stream th...Palreozoic formations of Cornwall. In the original Geological St1rvey map of Cornwall, De la Beche separated...state of our knowledge with regard to South­ West Cornwall it is clear that the main portion of the rocks
Book (volume)
The METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume I 1956 20 I 7 reprint 0 z z ~ w ...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME I H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE ·with petrographical...This account of the minmg geology of south-west England summarizes the geological info1mation gained druing...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall. Devon m1dwest Somerset. ·n1e region covered is...of westen1 Con1wall 25-inch scale maps were used; mine sections have been reduced consistently to a scale
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...the production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned...theLakeDistrictandCornwall (izoklakeite}" WhealCock,StJust,Cornwall SouthTerrasmine,StStephen•in-Brannel. Comwa!I
Book (volume)
COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING GION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume II 1956 2017 reprint BRITISH GEOLOGICALSURVEY...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME II H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical...metalliferous mining region of the south-west England. Economic Environmental Science Centre Keyworth...London SW7 5BD Tel: +44 (0)20 7589 4090 www.bgs.ac. uk www. geologyshop. corn ... 111 CONTENTS PAGE...CHAPTER V-DETAILS iv V OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET ...................
Book (volume)
IE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF UTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume II LONDON HER MAJESTY ' S STATIONERY OFFICE...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South -West England Volume II By H...iv CHAPTER V . — Details OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 8. St. Austell district...Wolfram Lode .. . FIG . 35. — Castle-an -Dinas Wolfram Mine; longitudinal section .. .. FIG . 36 . — The...United Mines Lode . . FIG . 37. — South Phoenix Mine; transverse section showing the lodes occupy ing
 
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