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Galena from
Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:16176
Long-form Identifier:1:3:16176:3
GUID (UUID V4):b9511abc-d962-4810-9e51-250df09d3dab
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
0.6km (0.4 miles) Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Wheal Unity Wood (Tolgullow United Mine; West Poldice Mine), Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) Wheal Jewel, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Poldice Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (1.0 miles) Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Wheal Virgin, Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) East Wheal Chance, Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Cathedral Mine, Busveal, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) East Wheal Maid, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
2.0km (1.2 miles) Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
by Alison Hodge, 2 Clarence Place, Penzance, Cornwall TRI8 2QA, www.alison-hodge.co.uk, info@alison-hodge...Cornish minerals. Thanks also to Michael Merry of Cornwall Devon Mineral Specimens (www. cornwalldevonmineralspecimens...botallackite, Levant The image of the opal from St Austell is credited to Greenside Minerals (www.greensideminerals...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org...to See Cornish Minerals 112 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's Bay: Penzance to Porthleven Rivers
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circumstances. NOTE: In case of any problems on the day of the sale you may try to contact Roy Starkey on...mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS...SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section. SW.18 Botallackite...Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]. Corpus Christi Lode
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Woodcockshayes, Halberton road, Willand, Devon, ENGLAND EX15 2QF Tel/Fax (01884) 821563 Catalogue 2/1997...terminations. £110 13 14 PYROMORPHITE (4cm 4cm x 3cm) St. Salvy, Tam, France Grass green crystal groups of...fforming a very striking combination.i £60 65 GALENA A MARCASITE ON SPHALERITE A DOLOMITE (9cm x 7cm...small cabinet:spe specimen from this sual composite galena locality with very pretty unusual crystals contrasting...many 19th century classics from Devon, Cornwall and Northern England If you do not find what you want on
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W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders...orders are prollipt~y filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...£6. 3. APATITE. Colcerrow Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Very fine highly modified clear sea green crystals...botryoidal mass. £~. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Fine clear glassy crystals to ~... ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich green crystaline to crystalised coatings
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Old Linhay, Woodcockshayes Farm, Willand,Devon, England EX15 2QF Tel 01884 821563 Fax 01884 821724 e mail...PYROMORPHITE (3.5cm x 4cm x 1.5cm) Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Moss green acicular crystals covering...10cm x 6cm) Force Crag Mine, Keswick, Cumbria, England. Large specimen with flat base, so sits well, of...x 4cm x 4cm) Dry Gill, Calbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. Classic locality piece of dark brown to brown-orange...PYRITE (7cm x 5cm x 3cm) South Crofty Mine, Pool, Cornwall. Solid piece of brassy yellow reniform crystalline
Journal (issue)
mineral assemblage is remarkably similar to Wheal Gorland. A third locality '\\ith close similarities...Wbeal Gorland needs little introduction. Located in the parish of Gwennap, just north of St Day, the deposit...return [on] investment in the early 1790s as Wheat Gorland was still in gossan at a depth of I0Oftns". It...supergene minerals that are of interest to collectors. Gorland is an old mine with a chequered history because...(Embrey and Symes, 1987). Between 1815 and 1851, Wheal Garland produced 40,750 tons of7.5% copper ore,
Catalog/List
,!.h. 50 Oamell Road. Tru ro. Cornwall TR I 2DA, England Telrphone UK (O 21223227 Paul Lowe Minerals...Minerals Endsleigh, 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 20A, England Tel: (0872)223227 NEWS AND INFORMATION...Pyromorphites, Mont St Hilaire, Kola-Peninsula, Greenland, Franklin, Crestmore, Cornwall, Chuquicamata, Langban...sections, namely 140 Bntish, including Devon and Cornwall starting on page 1, and 120 World Species, starting...Nenthead,CUllbrla. ■atrlx.21x22.E7 Hllls fro■ galena Antrl ■ ,N. Ireland.Blulsh ■atrix.A)90x65 ES B)50x40
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the northern part of the Lake District and from Cornwall. By A1~T~v~ W. G. KINGSBURY, F.G.S. Dept. of Mineralogy...and eleven of beudantitc [PbFeaAsOaSO4(OH)r] in Cornwall and Cumberland, with an account of the Mteration...recorded. Hingston Downs Consols mine, 1 Calstoek, Cornwall, was for m a n y years the only known British...Cornish occurrences, at Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, and at Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, have been recorded...been present at other localities in the West of England. The first recorded British occurrence of beudantite
Catalog/List
BARSTOW Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ~=, TEL.NO.: St. Just 880 (STD 073 677)...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate... in size, richly scattered in a lxl" cavity in Galena matrix. An old Butler label accompanies the specimen...for display. 4x~x2". £28.00. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Pure, bright green...~x2txli". £13.00. AZURITE. South Caradon Mine, st. Cleer, Cornwall. Rich, bright blue, lustrous mass associated
Journal (volume)
U.K. R.E. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. R.F. Symes, Sidmouth, U.K. A.D. Hart...manganese-bearing assemblage from Restormel, Lostwithiel, Cornwall Tom F. Cotterell 53-56 The first confirmed British...Cu3Al4(PO4)2(OH)12·2H2o, from spoil at Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall Michael S. Rumsey and Gordon M. Cressey...from around 40 to over 110, including the ‘first UK occurrences’ of a number of minerals, such as fornacite...Sweden, the Kombat Mine in Namibia, and the Mammoth St. Anthony Mine in Tiger, Arizona. • Production of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience in south-west England MONAZITE IN POLYMETALLIC CHLORITE-(TOURMALINE)-QUARTZ-(FLUORITE)CASSITERITE-SULPHIDE...CHRONOLOGY OF MAGMATIC HYDROTHERMAL MINERALISATION IN CORNWALL N.G. LEBOUTILLIER 1, R.K. SHAIL 1 AND C. JEWSON...hydrothermal mineralisation in Cornwall. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 403-409. Monazite [(Ce,...within the magmatic hydrothermal lode systems of Cornwall than has been previously recognised. In situ and...the chronology of granite magmatism across SW England using U-Pb monazite and xenotime methods have not
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will be exhibiting at six shows in 1995, viz London, St. Albans, Keele University, Oxford, Harrogate and...L6. 3, AGARDITE(CALCIAN).Penberthy Crofts Mine,St Hilary,Cornvall ■ Tvo specimens. Specimen A-boxed...vith at least xlO lens. 5. ALLOP!IANE.Nev East Wheal Russell,Tavistock,Devon. Four specimens. Specimen...GILBERTITEon ORTHOCLASE.Megiliggar Rocks,Tremearne, Cornwall. Boxed MIN. Upper Gilbertite coated surface carrying...and mildly radioactive. SC,L8. --~26. AZURITE. Wheal Buller,Redruth,Cornvall? Pure Cuprite/Malachite
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...mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work was never published, although
Catalog/List
RICHARD W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just Near Penzance, Cornwall, f , England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7~day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...£3. 2. ANDREWSITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Light brownish yellow spherical aggregates scattered...minor Cerussite. £4. 6. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crust of micro...^. — 11 8. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1" group of large sharp tarnished intergrown
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LATE MAURICE J. E. GRIGG ESQ OF INDIAN QUEENS CORNWALL TO BE HELD IN “THE VICTORY HALL" THE DRANG, INDIAN...COLLECTION LABEL) 70x30 5 ACC No. 745. CUPRITE, WHEAL DAMSEL, GWENNAP. CRYSTALS TO 8MM ON GOSSAN Y UPPER... ACC No. 1036. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN) WHEAL KITTY, ST. AGNES. COLLCI920’S. 25x20 ACC No. 1037....CASSITERITE PSEUDOMORPHING ORTHOCLASE FELDSPAR, WHEAL COATES, ST. AGNES. (EXC.V.SMALE) 40X20 14 ACC No....35X30 15 ACC No. 1034. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN) ST. AGNES. A POLISHED PEBBLE, COLL Cl920. (EX MIKE MERRY
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BARSTClll 26, Tregeseal, St •. Just, Near pen~ance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 STD 0736)...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...embedded in Chlorite Schist. ~x3xlt". £11. mJ. ANATASE. St. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. Sharp, lustrous,...matrix. 3x2-txl-t". £5.50. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich crusts of sparkling... -2-10'. I BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine Illogan, Cornwall. Select cluster of intergrown irridescently tarnish~d
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BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass of yellow bindheimite with..."FRANCOLITE". Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Chilsworthy, Cornwall. A 40x30mm area of granite matrix covered in pinkish...60x40x20mm. £12. CASSITERITE. Turnavore Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Rich specimen showing a 60x30mm area of... £85. CASSITERITE "Sea Worn". St Michaels Mount, Marazion, Cornwall, An interesting sea worn specimen...level, Tryphena Lode, Pendarves Mine, Camborne,- Cornwall. Shallow cavity in quartz hematite veinstone showing
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W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ffiDERING INFORMATION Mail orders...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate... Itxi". £2. ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Large sno\1-white intergrown crystals...minor Quartz. 2txlt". £8. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Rich crust of rhombic crystals thickly...thickly covering a matrix of Galena and Slate. Very fine specimen for this location. 3x3". £6. ARSENOPYRITE
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8ARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 788880 (STD 0736)...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...6. 7. 8. APATITE. Great Work Mine, 8reage, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent colourless to very pale...ARSENOPVRITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Specimen A - well " .•. ·formed silvery crystals...t-xt". £6.50. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall •. Small, lustrous, green bladed crystals scattered
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W• BAR STOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFOFlMATION Mail...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examina tion ba sis, sUb.j ect to approval. Immedia...FRANCOLITE. Fowey ';onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Small, sharp, ttansparent hexagonal crystals... 9. BAYLDONITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crusts covering Quartz...10. BEUDANTITE. Penberthy Cro~ts Mine, st. Hilary, Cornwall. Transparent, well formed, mi£!Q crystals
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Gunoislakc Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email: nlckla',carr utb.demon.co,uk Please...JULY/AUGUST 2009 I) AMETHYST. Wheat Uny, Redruth, Cornwall. An off white quartz veinstonc showing good pale...APATITE, SCHORL, FELDSPAR and QUARTZ. Luxulyan, Cornwall. A 40x40mm cavity in pegmatite/granite matrix...(var FRANCOLITE). Fowey Consols, Tywardreath, Cornwall. A quartz/chalcopyrite matrix with an open ceUular...CHALCOPYRITE. Mount Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall. Two composite tarnished chalcopyrite xls of25
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W. BJillSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. CRDERING INFORMJi.TION Mail...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...l~hLCIME. 3. bN~TaSE~ 4. hNGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent "spear shaped"...£2. 6. aPATITE. Stennagwyn Mine, Nr. St. ~ustell, Cornwall. Pale bluish hexagonal crystals aggregated...FRl..NCOLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardrea th, Cornwall. i,. 2xl" cavity in Quartz/slate matrix completely
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DRAKEWALLS HOUSE, DRAKEWALLS, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, SUbject to approval. Immediate...crystals t'o t" in size thickly lining a 1" cavity irj Galena mat'rix 2p2x1-~"II, £8.00. ,Specimen 8: Sharp creamy...a~" area on matrix. 1~x1tx1", £1.5Op 5. APATITE. st. G~tthaJp, Ticino, Switzerland. Sharp transparent...quartz crystal~, unusual stalactite-like masses of Galena t(? 1" ' , odd large bright tilack Sphalerite cry
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50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872...SPC. C.£:15 0004 GALENA & ANGLESITE,Leadhills,Scotland.Bleb of massive blocky galena associated with lustrous...13mm forming xtl groups associated with modified galena cubes to 18mm.Assoc1aled with a litt:0 rrnrior...Barstow label.Attractive D SPC_ Ml to C.£5 0017 GALENA,Old Mill Ctose Mine.Derbyshire.Continuous druse...SPC C.£10 r I 0037 GALENA, Nenlh ead,Cumberlan d 3 1nterlock1ng modified galena cube to 24mm side lenglh
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Identification A Very Serious Problem An Appeal from Cornwall Collective Use of the Society’s Knowledge The...excellent ruby red micro sphalerite with quartz and galena can still be found on old lips of the eastern side...nearby Wedding Cave Mine (OS GR SJ 265.541) there is galena mineralisation in quartzite rock along a fault...quartz, chalcopyrite, smithsonite, sphalerite, galena Pyrite Special Reports on the Mineral Resources...pyromorphite Ramsbeckite _________ CWM OROG Barite, galena, calcite, quartz Witherite, harmotome Harmotome
 
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