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Granite from
Thorny Cliff, Kennack Cove (Kennack Sands), Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Cliff
Classification
Type:Granite
Comments:Granitic rocks are present at this site as both dykes of a fine-grained granitic material, and as the felsic fraction in the migmatites seen at the eastern end of the cliff.

A granitic component is significant in the Granitic Gneiss fraction of the Kennack Gneiss.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Granite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Thorny Cliff, Kennack Cove (Kennack Sands), Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1015011
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1015011:9
GUID (UUID V4):3415d519-f312-4d45-b7e7-016cff502738
Nearest other occurrences of Granite
18.0km (11.2 miles) Boswin Mine, Porkellis, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
25.4km (15.8 miles) Wheal Damsel, Wheal Damsel United Mines, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
25.5km (15.9 miles) South Crofty Tin Project (South Crofty Mine; South Wheal Crofty), Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
26.5km (16.4 miles) Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
29.2km (18.1 miles) Trencrom Hill, Trencrom, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK
30.5km (19.0 miles) Castle-an-Dinas Quarry, Higher Trenowin, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK
34.6km (21.5 miles) Wheal Bungay, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
35.3km (22.0 miles) Porth Chapel, St Levan, Cornwall, England, UK
37.1km (23.1 miles) Porthmeor Cove, Porthmeor, Zennor, Cornwall, England, UK
37.2km (23.1 miles) Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from that of the rest of Lizard district is very Cornwall. The great plutonic masses of the Lizard are mainly...ultra-basic composition, while those of other parts of Cornwall and Devon are highly acid granites. The country...not unlike those of the Palseozoic sequence in Cornwall in composition but distinguished by their intensely...promontories that form the extreme southern portions of Cornwall and Devon does this group emerge to form dry land...Archsean. The older Palseozoic rocks of South-west Cornwall have in general a north-east to east-north-east
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gardens. REPORT OF AN EXCURSION TO THE LIZARD, CORNWALL. MARCH 20TH TO 2~TH, EASTER, 1913. Bv ]. S. ...the forenoon we descended by the path to Perprean Cove, where a small boss of dark -coloured troctolite...oxidation of the iron in the rock . The sections in this cove are most instructive, for they show four kinds of...seen in the rocky beach near the west corner of the cove, where the serpentine is cut by a broad vein of...of raised-beach platform covered by gravels and sands and topped by stony Head claimed attention, and
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Lizard and Meneage (Explanation...32, and 1n his classic Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset. The ?istrict has now...; drainage and streams, 6 ; coastal scenery and cliff features, 7 ; Raised Beaches and buried forests...distribution and characters, 19 ; banded gneisses, 20 ; granite-gneiss, 20 ; nature and history of the metamorphism...Breccia, 23 ; Menaver Conglomerate, 24; Carnmenellis Granite, 25 ; Elvans, etc., 25 ; Tertiary and later deposits
Report (edition)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Lizard and Meneage (Explanation...32, and 1n his classic Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset. The ?istrict has now...; drainage and streams, 6 ; coastal scenery and cliff features, 7 ; Raised Beaches and buried forests...distribution and characters, 19 ; banded gneisses, 20 ; granite-gneiss, 20 ; nature and history of the metamorphism...Breccia, 23 ; Menaver Conglomerate, 24; Carnmenellis Granite, 25 ; Elvans, etc., 25 ; Tertiary and later deposits
Report (edition)
clistauce. MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ENGLAND AND WALES. EXPLANATION OF SHEET 359. THE GEOLOGY...32, and in his classic Report on the Geology of Cornwall ., Devon and West Somerset. The district has now...supplied at the cost of drawing and colouring. CORNWALL. 75 NE., SE., by J. B. HILL; lodes by D. A. Mac.... The Man of War Gneisses ... The Porthallow Granite Gneiss ... Gneissic Bands in the Hornblende Schists...the Lizard Reefs The Polpeor Dykes ... ... The Kennack Dykes .. . ... Metamorphism of the Dolerite Dykes
Report (edition)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Lizard and Meneage (Explanation...1 1912 1946 1954 1 973 I • ••• I{ YNANCF COVE l·R0'\1 "fl-IE NORfll-WEST (A 570) • •• 111...32, and 1n his cl�ss1c Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West So-merset. The district has now...; drainage and streams, 6; coastal scenery and cliff features, 7 ; Raised Beaches and buried forests...distribution and characters, I 9 ; banded gneisses, 20 ; granite-gneiss, 20 ; nature and history of the metamorphism
Book
Igneous Rocks of South-West England THE GEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION REVIEW SERIES The comparatively small...M. C. Gyopari S. Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd, C. S. Exley and M. T. Styles 6. ...D. R. Bridgland Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd Department of Geology, University of...study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication...licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK, or in accordance with the terms of licences issued
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- .. CORNWALL COUNTY L IBRARY 11 I3 111 111 II 11 11 I 8009 02579 1911 -, , l./tPv ~ 6 JUN 2003...BIRD, E. C. F. The coasts of Cornwall c/551 .457094237 1899526013 CORNWALL COUNTY COUNCIL LIBRARY SERVICES...SERVICES The Coasts of Cornwall Scenery and Geology with an Excursion Guide Eric Bird 1 First Published...Alexander Associates 1998 4 South Screer, Fowey, Cornwall PL23 lAR e-mail: a1ex@nder.com www.nder.com ©... 6 Chapter One - Introduction The coasts of Cornwall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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BIRD, Fs, Ce. The coasts of Cornwall c/551 .457094237 1899526013 | \ CORNWALL COUNTY COUNCIL LIBRARY SERVICES...SERVICES of Cornwall a Sconecy and Geology 1 anf on — -Fré . ide We < “~et The Coasts...Coasts of Cornwall Scenery and Geology with an Excursion Guide Eric Bird First Published by ey Alexander...Alexander Associates 1998 4 South Street, Fowey, Cornwall PL23 1AR e-mail: alex@nder.com www.nder.com ©...South Coast of Cornwall........ Chapter Four - Excursion - The North Coast of Cornwall....... th eS"
 
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