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Silver (commodity) from
Wheal Carpenter, Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Commodity:Silver (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Silver (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Carpenter, Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1334690
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1334690:2
GUID (UUID V4):63fe9391-b89a-4c1a-8559-83431ed1ac18
Nearest other deposits of Silver (commodity)
4.4km (2.7 miles) Boiling Well Mine (Wheal Boil), Loggans, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
5.8km (3.6 miles) North Dolcoath Mine, Barripper, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
7.3km (4.5 miles) North Wheal Seton (Great Wheal Johnny), Treswithian Downs, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
7.3km (4.5 miles) Perran Silver Mine, Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, England, UK
11.8km (7.3 miles) Wheal Rose (Wheal Lomax), Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK
20.4km (12.7 miles) Great Wheal Baddern (Wheal Baddon; incl. Wheal Grease), Bissoe, Kea, Cornwall, England, UK
25.1km (15.6 miles) Great South Chiverton, Marazanvose, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
41.2km (25.6 miles) Great Hewas United Mines (Great Hewas Consols; Great Hewas Mine; Wheal Hewas; Hewas Downs Mine), Kingsdown Mine (Hewas Water Mine), Sticker, St Ewe, Cornwall, England, UK
57.0km (35.4 miles) Pentireglaze Mine (Pentire Glaze Mine), Polzeath, St Minver, Cornwall, England, UK
74.4km (46.2 miles) West Wheal Mary Ann (West Mary Ann Mine), Roseland, Menheniot, Cornwall, England, UK
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (volume)
MINES AND MIN OF CORNWALL 5. HA YLE, GWlNEAR & GWITHIAN ( ~ .• -- -- ~ 0 '& l,',1 ' . ' , · ...AND MINERS OF CORNWALL V. BAYLE, GWINEAH AND t;WJTIIIAN MINES AND MINERS OF CORNWALL V. HAYLE, GWlNEAR... sec Part 1 : AROUND ST. lvRs HAYLE, GWINEAR AND GWITHIAN T HIS AREA IS BOUNDED ON THE WEST...Connor or Red River at Gwithian; on the south by the road from Hayle to Fraddam, and thence via the hamlet...abutting on the lane from Leah to Halankene, lay WHEAL ANN. Described in 1805 as a "new mine" it was called
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
26, Tregeseal, St. Just Near Penzance, Cornwall, f , England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are promptly...£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...£3- 9. BORNITE. South Caradon Mine, St. Cleer, Cornwall. A rich solid mass of tarnished Bornite intergrown
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26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ffiDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are promptly...£2. ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Large sno\1-white intergrown crystals to 1" in...minor Quartz. 2txlt". £8. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Rich crust of rhombic crystals thickly...ARSENOPYRITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Cornwall. A Itxl" cavity in massive pure Arsenopyrite lined...3tx2tx2" • £8. AZURITE. TL~g Tang Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Thin blue coatings inter-mixed with slightly
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26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are prollipt~y...£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...£1. AUTUNITE. South Terras Mine, st. Stephens, Cornwall. Light yellowish green platy crystals richly encrusting
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BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Pensance, Cornwall, England. V.A.T .No.132-78~ -67 CRDERING INFORMA.TION...limonitic matrix. 2txl". £1.75. ARGm~TITE. Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, U.S.A. Metallic, grey, small...snow-white Barytes. 3-tx2". £6.50 BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, ~ornwall. Rich, apple green crusts of...B - ltxlt". £1.50. BElJDANTITE. Wheal -':arpenter, G"inear, Cornwall. Sparkling, light olive green micro...3x2~". £4.50. CASSITERITE. Poldice Mine, G"ennap, Cornwall. Bright, sharp, black crystals to t" in size scattered
Catalog/List
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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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...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org...Landreath to Linkinhorne East Cornwall: Callington to Calstock Rocks of Cornwall Precious Metals and Semi-precious...copper discc but lead, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, nickel im, bismuth, iron, 1 and molybdenum,
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26, Tregeseal, St. Just, car Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDti\DIG lJ.'iFOR [ATION Mail orders are promptly...Itxl". £1. LXTHTE. Roscommon Cliff, 'Nr. St. Just, Cornwall. Well crystalised clove-brown on massive. 4x2"...Gwennap, Cornwall. Crystaline on gossan, showy specimen. 4xJ". £J. BL YLDO ITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear...Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich ap le grGen cellular moss with quartz. 2xlt". £2. BEIJD" TtTE. Whea 1 Carpenter, GWineD...gosSflfi matrix. 2tx2". £1. BillD; TITE. ~lheal Carpenter, GWinear, CornwJll. icro cryst:l1s cOJting quartz
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26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDERING INFOhMATION Mail orders are promptly...Burraton Combe Quarry, St. Stephens-bySaltaoh, Cornwall. Specimen A - Superb, pure, metallic grey irregular...coating. 2xlt". £1- 6. BAYLDONITE. Wheal ~arpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich crusts of apple green sparklin...2xli-xlt". £6. 8. BEODA.NTITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich crust of sage green well formed...BISMUTHINITE. Fowey ~onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Rich grey elongated thick needly crystals, showing
Catalog/List
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:... 70x40x35mm. £30. 3) BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Quartz veinstone, the upper surface...5) BAYLDONITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Dark green crusts and coatings of bayldonite...and CHALCOPYRITE. Fowey Consols, Tywardreath, Cornwall. A thin white quartz veinlet divides the specimen...£45. 9) CASSITERITE. Trevaunance Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. A quartz cassiterite matrix showing several lustrous
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South Terras mine, St-Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England R.J. Davis, M.H. Hey & A.W.G. Kingsbury (1965)...75 Hingston Down Consols mine, Ca/stock, Cornwall, England R.J. Davis & M.H. Hey (1964) Min. Mag. 33...BM 1982,00005 Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England A.M. Clark, E.E. Fejer, G. Cressey & P.C. Tandy...BM 1990,00025 Bounds Cliff, St Endellion, Cornwall, England C.J. Stanley, G.C. Jones, A.D. Hart, P. Keller...1950,00056 - 61 Irchester, Northamptonshire, England F.A. Bannister & S.E. Hollingworth (1948) Nature
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. CRDERING INFORMJi.TION Mail orders are promptly...l~hLCIME. 3. bN~TaSE~ 4. hNGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent "spear shaped"...6. aPATITE. Stennagwyn Mine, Nr. St. ~ustell, Cornwall. Pale bluish hexagonal crystals aggregated and...FRl..NCOLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardrea th, Cornwall. i,. 2xl" cavity in Quartz/slate matrix completely...matrix. 3x2t". £8. 12. BaYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Superb crust of well formed rhombic
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...by Joseph Ca1�·n e, a11d the geological map of Cornwall of 1 832 by D1'. H . S. Boase, are deserving of...ILLUSTRATI ONS. ... ... Fig. 1 .-Map of South-Western Cornwall Fig. 2.-Diagrarnmatic Section across the St. Erth
Catalog/List
DRAKEWALLS HOUSE, DRAKEWALLS, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V.../-. " 9. AUTUNITE." South Terras Mine, St. ~e~; Cornwall. Pale green flakes and masses scattered on slightly...14. BARYIES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall. Specimen A: Lustrous creamygrey sharp tabular...~x3'2-x2", £7.00 17. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Very rich light green cellular crystalline...23. CASSITERITE. Blue Hills Mine, St. ~~'-es, Cornwall. Lustrous deep brown sharp crystals mostly around
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Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake B32381 (STD (022) V...00 . 5. Hingston Down Mine: nr. C~llington, Cornwall. Rich apple green micro crystallised crusts on...3x2~x1-t", £7.00 9. BAVLDoNITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich light green micro crystals...Specimen C, 1~x1", £2.25p. 10. BORNITE. Wheal Baspet, Illogan, Cornwall. Solid purply metallic heavy mass with...£8.00 1S. CALCITE. Porthoustock Qry., Lizard, Cornwall. A large geode-like cavity in calcite/ altered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RYBACK 42 Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4EB, England AND PETER C . T A N D Y Department of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, England T n E supplementary lists of British Isles minerals...has improved recently. The classic minerals of Cornwall and Devon are splendidly described by Embrey and...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...secondary mineral at Gravel Hill mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall (C. Sparrow, pers. comm., 1991; XRD by Monica
Catalog/List
.regeseal, t. Jus , ear enza ce, corr.llall, England. TEL. 0.: st. ust 880 V.A.T. 0.132-7852-67 (STD...matrix attached. 2ix2". £5. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Corn1'lall. Rich, light green, micro...Pseudomorph after Enal'gite. Stewart Mine, Butte, Silver BOvl Co., Montana, U.S •.l. An interesting replaceiment...2xLt". £3.25. CALCITE. Botallack Mine, st. Just, Cornwall. Choice, whitish, platy hexagonal crystals, sh01'ling...3+x2txlt". £14. CHAL~OFYLITE. Levant Mirre, E'endeen, Cornwall. Bright, brassy, well formed, sphenoidal crystals
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, St •. Just, Near pen~ance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 STD 0736) V.A.T...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...lx-t".£6.50. BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Specimen A - very rich purply tarnished mass...11. 18. CASSITERITE. Ding-Dong Mine, Madron, Cornwall. Rich, heavy, greyish brown mass with numerous
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26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Pen=ance, Cornwall, England. TEL 0.: st. Just 880 (STD 073 677) V.A...50. 12. BARYTES. Ale & Cakes Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. unusual, lustrous, translucent, dark olive coloured...2-b<2¥lt". £5.50. 14. green BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich. crusts of apple green small... 15. NATIVE BISMUTH. ~~8al Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall. Rich, tarnished, metallic cleavagcs =cettered...£6.50. 16. BORNITE. DolcCQth Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. unusual, 'arnished, bot ryoidal crystaline ffi3S3E3
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BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 (STD 0736) V.A...". £90. DD. APATITE. Longdowns, Carnmenellis, Cornwall. Lustrous, transparent, bluish hexagonal crystals...£2.50, APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Wheal Cock, St; Just, Cornwall. Small, transparent, platy hexagonal...Flats. 5x4~x2". £23.00. BEUDANTITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Specimen A - Small, sharp, sparkling...£1.25. CASSITERITE. Kit Hill Mine, Callington, Cornwall. Lustrous, brownish black, twinned crystals to
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Collectors Guide to ^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; '’i '■-■ ,, t Cedric Rogers...Collector’s Guide to MINERALS, ROCKS AND GEMSTONES in Cornwall and Devon Cedric Rogers i D. BRADFORD BARTON...Truro LTD MINERALISED ILPMACOMar AREAS of CORNWALL & DEVON Main. Concentrations of mints. (has...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS...Mount’s Bay - The Lizard .. North and Central Cornwall East Cornwall Devon 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 MAPS
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Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious...a posler (or Lovm's shop, Penzance: liroconilc, Wheal Garland, Sl Day the early I 800s to supply their...collections. I About this Book Fluorite on amethyst. Wheal Jane, near Truro (le(t) . Bornitc, Corn Brea Mtne...physical properties of minerals (pages I I 0- 1 I). Cornwall, for its size, has one of the most diverse ranges
Journal (issue)
UK TS C 2 COVER. Emerald-green torbemite crystals to 9 mm across, from South Wheal Basset, lllogan...lllogan, Cornwall. Caerhays Miniature Collection No. 945. EDITORIAL The UK Journal of Mines a11d Minerals...STOLZITE AND PHILIPSBORNITE FROM CLIGGA MINE, CORNWALL David Green • Andrew Tindle 33 THE LEVERS FAMILY...Press, Dorchester, Dorset, DT11HD ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Mincr.ils No. 34 -1- EDITORIAL...reality when he spotted a fluorite specimen from Wheal Mary Ann on eBay.Woody recognised the importance
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
 
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