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Cuprite from
Wheal Hazard, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Comments:Microscopic crystals
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Natrozippeite1 photo of Cuprite associated with Natrozippeite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Hazard, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:15727
Long-form Identifier:1:3:15727:4
GUID (UUID V4):65f1bf32-2602-49c6-bd23-2e8ff85bd018
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
0.1km (0.1 miles) Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.3km (0.2 miles) Wheal Hen, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.6km (0.3 miles) Loe Warren Zawn, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) Wheal Edward, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.5 miles) Spearn Consols (Wheal Spearn), Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
15.5km (9.6 miles) St Ives Consols (incl. Wellesley Mine; Wheal Mary), St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
16.3km (10.1 miles) Wheal Trenwith, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
16.7km (10.4 miles) Wheal Speed, Providence Mines, Carbis Bay, St Ives, 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 ...SUPERGENE COPPER MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES AT BOTALLACK, ST JUST, CORNWALL R.l. BOWELL Department of Mineralogy...chlorides and sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed...observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral
Book
Endsleigh House 50 Daniell Road Truro, Cornwall TR1 2DA England Printed in Great Britain by Short Run...that he knew of no place on earth that surpassed Cornwall in the number and variety of its minerals. Hogg's...is subtitled 'in wich [sic] is shown how much Cornwall contributes to the illustration of the science'...later by Collins' A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon' (1871; 1892 with addenda, the latter...never the less be only just to mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2012 Chalcophyllite Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall, England S ome minerals, such as tsumebite...synonym is tamarite, for specimens from Wheal Tamar, Devon, England. Chalcophyllite occurs in a range of...exceptional crystals to 2 cm are known from Cornwall, England (Corbett 1973). The crystals are flattened...arsenate, have been noted (Piazza 1931). At Wheal Gorland, England, a specimen exhibiting partial replacement...reported from the now-closed Harborside mine and nearby Rosier mine, Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine.
Catalog/List
Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...Copper Manqanese Copper Elaterite Sulphur Copper & Cuprite Gold Gold Silver Coooer Jet Gold Sulphur Copper...Cinnabar Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific...Pacific Ocean Lizard Cornwall Ashover Derbyshire Eire Gwenap, Cornwall (Lowe) Aberfeldy, Scotland Brein Lecanvie...Yorkshire Yakutia Russia Milos, Greece Wheal Andrew Cornwall Bala Wales A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1
Catalog/List
Minerals Endslelgh, 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall, TA1 2DA, England Tel: (0872)223227 NEWS AND INFORMATION...course E9 B)65x55 ES C)40x30.E3 vhlte crystal- mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Well formed display vell...40xl5.E6 AURICHALC!TE and HEHIHORPHITE, Golconda mine, Derbyshire. representatlve speclmen vlth vugs of...lenlcular xtls.70x55.E9 ? BAYLDONITE,Brandy Glll mine, Caldbeck fells, Cumbrla. s,a!I br!ght apple green...green Glll mine, Caldbeck Fells,Cumbrla.Thumbnall xtls.E4 CALEDDN!TE,Red Glll mine, Caldbeck brlght
Journal (issue)
UK Journal of mes ·and .Minerals Issue SprJng 1989 , No ...6 Pr:f ee ~3.95 ·- • r .. Arnold...Trewellard, Penzance, Cornwall. TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Calcite (Cornwall) UK Journal of Mines and...EUROPE SOUTH AFRICA The History of Ystrad Einion Mine J & A Wolters. Leeuwendaal 2, 3273 XD Westmaas...Merritt Cassiterite from Whiteworks Carharrick, Cornwall R. Morton.Dr. K.F.G. Hosking 22 Mining Methods...Showing the Boscawcn Diagonal Shaft at Botallack Mine. St. Just. Cornwall. Reproduced hy permission of City
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... 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
Book
■ W. ' -.X\ »•*>.?* QOLD in the Counties Of Cornwall and Devon Errata Contents should read; Dedication...Counties Of Cornwall and Devon G.S.Camm CORNISH HILLSIDE PUBLICATIONS St. Austell, Cornwall. r First...First published 1995 by CORNISH HILLSIDE PUBLICATIONS ST. AUSTELL. © G. Simon Camm ISBN 0 9519419 7 6 All...Analysis 17 Gold Bearing Localities 25 I West Cornwall District 25 2 Camborne to Truro District 27...to Falmouth District 37 4 Truro to St. Austell District 42 5 St Austell District 50 6 Wadebridge
Catalog/List
specimens personally and see my latest one off pieces. Just give me a ring to make sure I will be here. I am...Spinel crystals from madgascar.Mottramite from England .Cut and polished Labradorite.Tacharanite and Tobermorite...NNW of ingots on a ship wreck in 1885 St Ives. Cornwall. England Rich fine grained black crystalline mass...micros in Penbenhy Croft Mine, St cavities in quartz_________________ Hilary Cornwall Pure black-brown cleavage... Rich white crusts on matrix. ALAMOSITE Rawhide Mine, Mohave Ixl £9 'A x A £3 1 xA Pb SiO/3_____________
Journal (volume)
Manchester, U.K. T.E. Bridges, Ovington, u.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, u.K. A Dyer, Hoddleston, Darwin, u.K. RA...Editor. Printed by: St. Ives Leeds (A division of St. Ives Group), Leeds, England. Published by The Russell...prismatic mimetite crystals to 4mm from Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, collected in the 1970s...first British occurrence of kottigite, from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges and David I...3 4-38 A review of the mineralogy of Brae Fell Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, David
Journal (issue)
Ovington, UK NJ Elton, St Austell, U.K. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, U.K. RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King...4TG Printed by: St. Ives Graphic Media, (A division of St. Ives Group), Leeds, England. Published by The...Tim Neall Mud-filled fluorite vugs in Greenlaws mine, Weardale, Co. Durham Stephen Moreton Gearksutite...Carnrnenellis Granite, Cornwall David Mou lding and Andy G. Tindle Cotunnite from Penrhyn Du Mine, Gwynedd, Wales...An update of the supergene mineralogy of Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria Trevor F Bridges and David I
Book
permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...France, and Morocco 127 1985 - Bedford United Mine 140 1986 - 1989 More Foreign Travel 154 1990...David Lloyd laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction I was born in Bristol on...Hawkins, who was later to become my wife. I was just 17 years old when we first met. At this time my...company. Audrey and I were married on 16 March 1963 in St Werburgh's Church, Bristol. After our honeymoon we
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
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
Book (edition)
Gold Occurrences in the UK A Gold Prospector's Guide LEE GARY PALMER MSc Published in the United...40 Archers Ave Irvine, Ayrshire KA11 2GB Scotland UK Content copyright© Lee Gary Palmer, 2019 The right...Nuggets of the UK Preface Gold The Word The Element Origin Locations Information Maps England South West...West England - Cornwall South West England - Devon South West England - Somerset South East England - Essex...Essex South East England - Kent South East England - Bedfordshire South East England - Suffolk English
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
GEOLOGY OF ,,, ,,. F .. THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL Cornwall is renowned for its spectacular rocky coastline...seventeenth century. This book reviews the importance of Cornwall in the development of geological thought in Britain...of notable scientific interest. The Geology of· Cornwall is a companion volume to The Geology of Devon...org/details/geologyofcornwal0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY Edited by E.B. Selwood...Liskeard High: E.B. Se/wood The Structure of East Cornwall: K. P Isaac Culn1 Basin: JR. Andrews The Boscastle-Tintagel-
Journal (volume)
u.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...characteristic trigonal sym metry, from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, described by Bridges et...botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection; David Green photograph
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largest group are further subdiv ided according to st ructure. All silicates are based on the 'silicate...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:... USA), Jachymov and Pribram (Czech Republic) and St Marle-aux-Mlnes (France). As Colour: light grey...often accompanying silver and arsenic. It is found at St Andreasberg (Germany), Sala (Sweden), Coimbra (Portugal)...Kongsberg (Norway), Erzgebirge (Germany), Cornwall (England), Ontario (Canada) and Oruro and Tasna (Bolivia)
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(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:... USA), Jachymov and Pribram (Czech Republic) and St Marle-aux-Mlnes (France). As Colour: light grey...often accompanying silver and arsenic. It is found at St Andreasberg (Germany), Sala (Sweden), Coimbra (Portugal)...Kongsberg (Norway), Erzgebirge (Germany), Cornwall (England), Ontario (Canada) and Oruro and Tasna (Bolivia)... Bristol (Connecticut, USA) and Redruth (Cornwall, England). Large deposits are mined In Butte (Montana
 
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