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Pyrite from
Wheal Friendship, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sphalerite4 photos of Pyrite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite4 photos of Pyrite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Pyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Galena1 photo of Pyrite associated with Galena at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Friendship, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:892891
Long-form Identifier:1:3:892891:7
GUID (UUID V4):4fbfe33a-d430-48a0-845b-98421a487c9a
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.9km (0.5 miles) Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) Retallack Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) Trevarthian Downs Mine (Trevarthen Mine), St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Croft Gothal Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Wheal Prosper, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
2.6km (1.6 miles) Wheal Elizabeth, St Erth, Cornwall, England, UK
2.7km (1.7 miles) West Godolphin Mine (Wheal Junket), Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
2.9km (1.8 miles) Wheal Fortune (West Wheal Fortune; Great Wheal Fortune), Truthwall, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK
3.5km (2.2 miles) Rospeath Mine, Crowlas, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK
3.5km (2.2 miles) Wheal Virgin, Marazion, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
copper mineral assemblages at Botaliack, St Just. Cornwall R.J. Bowell 45 The composition of stolzite...Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon 66 Growth...COPPER MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES AT BOTALLACK, ST JUST, CORNWALL R.l. BOWELL Department of Mineralogy, The...from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral assemblage exa mined...Botallack mine (SW 363 336) in the St Just mining district, Cornwall (Fig. I), although not renowned for
Journal (issue)
found during the present study but galena, blende, pyrite and probable chalcopyrite have been found in limestones...and flaggy stones in the stream beds, along with pyrite and also probably chalcopyrite. These two latter...hands and The author discovered galena, blende, pyrite and probable chalcopyrite in 1956 when searching...common, followed in order of abundance by blende and pyrite and the probable chalcopyrite . Mineralogy Mineralized...Mineralized ferruginous Red Sandstone) Pyrite (New readily a vivid 117 The minerals may in part be
Book
Reed Hall, Streatham Drive Exeter, Devon EX4 4QR UK © Roger Burt 1984 ISBN O 85989 201 8 Other volumes...series of county studies of metalliferous mining in England and Wales from the mid-nineteenth century to the...more than 400 tons; viz. Birch Tor and Vitifer, Wheal Sidney, Mary Hutchings and Yeoland Consols. Birch...mines were clear leaders - Frankmills, Wheal Tamar and Wheal Exmouth, in that order - and their combined...were the largest producers usefully supported by Wheal F.xmouth and Franlanills in that order. By far the
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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... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...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
Journal (issue)
mmtall fromFrizington, Cumbria,England. Stereomicroscopes The UK ]011malof Mines and Minerals publishes...Worksop, Notts. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Minos & Minerals No. 29 -1- EDITORIAL...immeasurably to your enjoyment of mineralogy. David Green UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 29 -2- Frontispiece...century there were no working metal mines left in the UK and there seemed little prospect of any being de...considerable demand. I The world-class tin and tunn-st n deposit at Hemerdon Bal in Devon which contains
Book (volume)
The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical notes...The metal/iferous mining region of south-west England, H G Dines (1956). Economi,· Memoir of the Geological...Brook-Fox, Mr D. G. Broughton, Dr R. Burt, the late Mr H. St L. Cookes, Mr T. A. Greeves, the late Dr A. K. Hamilton...staffs of Geevor Mine, South Crofty Mine, Wheal Pendarves, Wheal Jane and Mount Wellington Mine. The generous...notably his 16-volume series Mines and miners of Cornwall, and two volumes on the mines of Devon, one of
Journal (issue)
UK JOURNAL M I N OF E S -----&----- M ·1 N E R A L S ISSUE N0.9 • SPRING - SUMMER 1991...PHOTO: Bayldonite. Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Globular aggregates to 0.5mm diameter....collection. Photo: Mick Cooper. 3 CALCITE 4 The UK Joumol of Mi11es011dMinerals publishes articles of-interest... EDITORIAL LOOKING BACK In the course of its evolution the UK Joumol of Mints and Minerals has seen many small... I, Woodla11dsAve., Walton, Sto11e,Stof/.f. ST/5 ODR UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 9 -4- RADIATING
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A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING CORNWALL AND IN | DEVON D. B. BARTON on |» Se Fai 4 H} r) Cavodent...12 0@T45 6037 A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON Nac . A aes dex “8 ob ea ILL. pot...ee Ja Teal Ps IOuROYE | (One COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON Deb ab Ak ON De BRAD RO RAD sBAR...CONSOLS: SECTION, 1778 SURFACE PLAN, 1839 CORNWALL AND SOUTH-WEST DOLCOATH MINEIN DOWNS, THE1830S... 59 63 . : AERIAL VIEW . 29 DEVON, MAP. WHEAL ELLEN, ENGINE HOUSE NORTH : 87 88 FRONT COVER:
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A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON D. B. BARTON -'= -- ---- -=------- - ----·-----·~...LIBRARY DISTRICT A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON GALEfJA PUBLIC LIBft~RY GALENA, ILL...vJQ,ed_ WI-~: I A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON D. B. BARTON D. BRADFORD BARTON LTD...SURFACE PLAN, CORNWALL AND SOUTH-WEST DEVON, MAP DOLCOATH MINE IN THE I 63 8 3 OS 8r WHEAL ELLEN, ENGINE...AERIAL VIEW THE PRINCIPAL COPPER MINING DISTRICT OF CORNWALL • • • • SOUTH CARADON, THE REMAINS TODAY
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 ...................
Journal (volume)
TRANSACTIONS OF THE Royal Geological Society CORNWALL ; INSTITUTED FEBRUARY 11th , 1814. VOLUME THE...PRINTER, PENZANCE ROYAL Geological Society OF CORNWALL . PATRON . Her Most Gracious Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA... CONTENTS. I. On the Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon . By William Jory Henwood , F .R .S...p. 445 V . Statisticalnotices of the Mines in Cornwall and Devon . By William Jory Henwood, F .R .S...J. H . 1. - On the Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon . BY WILLIAM JORY HENWOOD , F .G .S
Report (volume)
OFFICE BY JAS. TRUSC01'T AN.D SON, L TD., CA.NNON ST!l-EET, E.C. 4. And to be pun,hased from E. STANFORD...OFFICE BY JAS. TRUSC01'T AN.D SON, L TD., CA.NNON ST!l-EET, E.C. 4. And to be pun,hased from E. STANFORD...notable quantity in Britain outside · Devon and Cornwall, and there they are produced chiefly as a by-product...a-re practica-lly confined to a. fev;, mine-, iu Cornwall and to two localities in Scotland at one of which...paid by 1\-Ir. Dewey .to every active mine in England ond Wa.les from which · arsenic or antimony ha
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...— Details OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 8. St. Austell district in .. ...... 511); Belowda (p . 521) ; Luxulian (p . 531) ; St. Stephen (p . 539) ; Par (p . 552). 9. Wadebridge...North Hill (p . 582) ; Caradon and Phoenix (p. 589); St. Neot (p. 608 ); Menheniot (p . 615). 11. Callington
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
species have been found in this mine: ehalcopyrite, pyrite, marcasite, mispickel, fluor, quartz, cassiterite...Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon,' Trans. Roy. Geol. Soc. Cornwall, 1848, vol. v, p. 140. Hrs...lenticular crystals of ehalybite and small crystals of pyrite. Beautiful, highly iridescent, curved sphenoids...observed two small faces of the form z (201).' PYRrrE. Pyrite was extremely abundant in this mine, the chloritie... MINERALS FROM TH~ VIRTUOUS LADY MINE~ TAVISTOCK. 5 pyrite. These aggregates attain a length of 4 cm., and
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...London s.E.1 13a Castle Street, Edinburgh 2 109 St. Mary Street, Cardiff 39 King Street, Manchester...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during
Journal (issue)
field trips. In fact my very first trip was to Cornwall, courtesy of Sam Weller who had just established...My small group of students was his very first. Cornwall subsequently became a favourite haunt of mine...include devilline pseudomorphs after calcite at Wheal Friendship, Mary Tavy, Devon and the first recorded occurrence...11 this year will be MINERALS FROM THE NORTH OF ENGLAND (defined as Derbyshire to the border with Scotland)...Annually Themed Display: Theme for 2011: North of England Minerals. N.B. The judges appointed by the Committee
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There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...significant minerals to come out of southwest England. The accompanying captions describe the crystallographic...t). ~ e • ~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants...Embrey. P. G. Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and...and n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009
Book (volume)
The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England 0 iz 0 1-rj VOLUME II Assistant Director's...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume II By ...London WCI 13a Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2 JAR 109 St Mary Street, Cardiff CFl IJW Brazennose Street, Manchester...published 1956 Second impression 1969 Printed in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...-DETAILS OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 509 8. St. Austell district 510 Lanivet
Book
permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...company. Audrey and I were married on 16 March 1963 in St Werburgh's Church, Bristol. After our honeymoon we...as we were committed to movin g to Spain. My friendship with Ian Jones began in February 1978. He came...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...breadth of our stock. I had formed an early 1 friendship with Ian Bruce via Peter Galley who had given
Journal (issue)
Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>, Ovington, U.K. N.J . Elton, St Austell,...Society, named after the eminent amateur mineralogi st Sir Arthur Russell (1878-1964), is a society of amateur...Consols mine (Lanescot section). Tywardreath. Cornwall. Field of view 13 mm x 9 nun. Roy Starkey specimen...phosphates from Gunheath china clay pit, St Austell, Cornwall, England 3 15 N.l. Elton Sector phosphorescent...(selenite) crystals from Mepal Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England B.A. Grguric 19 The silver and cobalt mineralisation
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...PH EM I STER, M.A., D.Sc. LONDON H ER MAJESTY'S ST A TI ONER Y OFFICE 1956 The Institute of Geological...London WCI J 3a Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2 3AR 109 St Mary Street, Cardiff CFJ IJW Brazennose Street, Manchester...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers
Report (issue)
The Northern Mine Research Society, Sheffield, England. ISSN ISBN O 0308-2199 901450 18 9 BRITISH...c1855 Cross-section of Wheal Exmouth c1860 Surface layout at Porter's Shaft, Wheal Exmouth c1855 South Exmouth...mine count house and site, of dressing floors. Wheal Exmouth, 70 inch engine house at Porter's Shaft...engine house. Wheal Exmouth, waste tips below site of dressing floors o Canonteign House. Wheal Adams, site...site of New Engine Shaft. Wheal Adams, whim engine house. Wheal Adams; view north along strike of the lodes
Book
Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...protect iron from oxidation. LOCALITIES. — England. Cornwall; near Tuckingmill, Cam borne, and in a granite...LOCALITIES. - Cornwall. At Wheals Unity and Jewel, in Gwennap, and at Carharrack , St. Day ; at Chudleigh...Odin mine, near Castleton in Derbyshire ; and at St. Catherine's Well near Edinburgh . c. ELATERITE
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...production on a scale sufficientto preserve fue west of England mining tradition. For ease of treatment the region
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS· ·OF ·-1}RE-·GEOLOGICAI/ SURVEY.. -: ,. ENGLAND AND WALES. .. - -EXPLANATION Q_F SHEETS 361...SECTIONS, AND MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGIOA SURMEY. OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MU,SEUM E>F PRACTICAL GEOLOGY• of...6d. A Compl1 �) ; 4 (I. of l\ta11); 5 {Lake ENGLAND .i Di��rct) Dewon;}; ' ....' .. -: Torquay NEW...p1lblished i n 1 822 bJ.. Di,. John Fo1·bes, the map of St. Just Pa1·ish issued in the same year by Joseph Ca1�·n...Ca1�·n e, a11d the geological map of Cornwall of 1 832 by D1'. H . S. Boase, are deserving of special
 
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