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Bornite from
South Wheal Frances, South Frances United Mines, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite1 photo of Bornite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite data
Locality Data:Click here to view South Wheal Frances, South Frances United Mines, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:66923
Long-form Identifier:1:3:66923:8
GUID (UUID V4):d0d8b349-d235-4158-af0a-e9986e99741d
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
1.2km (0.7 miles) Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Carn Brea Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) Tincroft Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) Wheal Druid, Carn Brea Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
2.0km (1.2 miles) Cook's Kitchen Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
2.2km (1.4 miles) Wheal Buller, Wheal Buller and Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
2.2km (1.4 miles) New Cook's Kitchen Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
2.8km (1.8 miles) Great South Wheal Tolgus, Tarewaste, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
3.0km (1.9 miles) Camborne Vean Mine (incl. New Dolcoath Mine), Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
: : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote period...is reason to believe that many of the famous old mines are practically exhausted, and copper-ores have...tungsten ores. · Much has been written about these mines, though the infor1nation is often not of a very...important mines or groups of mines have received special attention, but as the number of mines which produced...describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring the information up
Book
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...Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and n1ineral...n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009 8 9- 3
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
Book (volume)
BRITAIN THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY... 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...PREFACE This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset . the territory in which
Book (volume)
BRITAIN 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...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers... PREFACE This account of the mining geology of south-west England summarizes the .iological information gained...Ordnance Survey one-inch maps, his work n the south-west of England was the first to be published, and his '
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...association. 2x1". £2. 3. ANGLESITE. Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Fine small sharp semi-transparent...minor Cerussite. £4. 6. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crust of micro...7. BEUDANTITE. ^. — 11 8. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1" group of large sharp tarnished
Report (issue)
Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey ...III.--1 he Ca111borne tnining district ,vith Carn Brea in the distance . . . ... ... PIJATE IV.--Su11ny...stages of ... ... ... the process . . . PLATE VII.-Carn Brea. Granite tor ,vith stratiforrn ... ... ... v,reathering...characteristic j ointing . . . ... ... ) lVli(ilile lode, South .PJ.JATE X.-Lode struct11res. (.. � Croft)" lVline.... . ... l) r,,\'l'E X l I I.-Cornisl1 stam1)s. South Crofty Dressing· ... Floors ... ... ... T ., ) I
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No. Gunnislake 832381 (STD 0822) V.A...quartz. 1~x1", £1.S0p 3. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose,Porthlsven/ Cornwall. A sharp transparent colourless terminated...SOp. S. APATITE. Tremearne Cliff, Porthleven, Cornwall. Well formed transparent terminated colourless...granite with a little pyrites. 2-b<2~", £1.7Sp 14. BORNITE after ENARGITE. Stewart Mine, Butte, Silver Bow...size. Six4" ,£9.00 18. CASSITERITE. Wheal Kitty, st. Agnes, Cornwall. Large lustrous blackish crystals
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...Survey, Edinburgh and Keyworth; Cambome School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn; Department of Earth...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...mineralogists and mineral collectors. Although the mines (and some museums) may have closed, and the teaching
Catalog/List
Mine Agent "Endsleigh'', 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2D A. Telephone: Truro 223227 NEWS AND INFORMAT8ON...8. APATITE. Megiliggar Rocks,Tremearne,Breage,Cornwall. A of gemmy pale-blue.terminated equant hexagonal...45mm x 13mm. £12.00. 19. AZURITE. Chessey des Mines,Nr.Lyon,France. From this no longer accessable site...x 25mm. £4.00. 3*». CASSITERITE. Harriet Lode,Wheal Pendarves.Camborne.Cornwall, Choice, sparkling small...25mm. £8.00. 41. CERUSSITE. Broken Hill.New South Wales.Australia. A fine cabinet display specimen
 
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