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Stannite from
Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Stannite
Formula:Cu2FeSnS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Rashleighite2 photos of Stannite associated with Rashleighite at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Stannite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Stannoidite1 photo of Stannite associated with Stannoidite at this locality.
Cassiterite1 photo of Stannite associated with Cassiterite at this locality.
Mawsonite1 photo of Stannite associated with Mawsonite at this locality.
Covellite1 photo of Stannite associated with Covellite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Stannite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:10469
Long-form Identifier:1:3:10469:8
GUID (UUID V4):c37ec6b3-4535-4e9e-8aa5-fd731102a158
Nearest other occurrences of Stannite
1.1km (0.7 miles) Goonbarrow China Clay Pit, Bugle, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK
4.6km (2.8 miles) Stenna Gwyn Mine (Stennagwyn Mine), Foxhole, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
8.0km (5.0 miles) Fowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance), Tywardreath and Par, Cornwall, England, UK
8.0km (5.0 miles) Lanescot Mine, Fowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance), Tywardreath and Par, Cornwall, England, UK
8.8km (5.5 miles) Mulberry Mine (Mulberry Hill Mine), Mulberry Downs, Lanivet, Cornwall, England, UK
26.6km (16.6 miles) Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
28.9km (18.0 miles) Wheal Primrose, West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
28.9km (18.0 miles) Wheal Friendly (West Wheal Pink), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
29.3km (18.2 miles) West Wheal Kitty (Wheal Rock), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
30.2km (18.8 miles) Wheal Scorrier (Scorrier Consols), Skinners Bottom, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience in south-west England FIELD EXCURSION TO STUDY ASPECTS OF THE ST. AUSTELL GRANITE AND ITS...south-west England, 10, 370-372. Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3SE... and secondly to look at some aspects of the china clay industry, especially restoration and waste treatment...Pegmatite Quarry, Great Wheal Prosper China Clay Pit and Gunheath China Clay Pit were visited before lunch, which...the restoration and revegetation of some of the china clay waste tips. However, the time was spent profitably
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
Report (issue)
(Sn1.17 In0.01 )Σ=1.18 S4.00 . (2) Gunheath china clay pit, England; by electron microprobe, corresponds...SnS4 . Mineral Group: Occurrence: Uzbekistan). Stannite group. In gold–sulfide–quartz veins, as inclusions...Co., Nevada. From the Gunheath china clay pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England. Name: For the occurrence...(1979) Kuramite, Cu3 SnS4 , a new mineral of the stannite group. Zap. Vses. Mineral. Obshch., 108, 564–569
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralisation in the Hensbarrow topaz granite, Cornwall, England Received: 9 April 1996 / Accepted: 12 November...the Hensbarrow topaz granite stock (St. Austell, Cornwall) are used to constrain the composition of fluids...more rarely, contain euhedral albite, K-feldspar, stannite or pyrrhotite crystals up to 40 lm in size. The...presence of varlamoffite and the occurrence of stannite, pyrrhotite and SnCl within the quartz inclusions...magmatic fluids. In quartz-topaz rocks from the New England Batholith, Australia, solid inclusions in topaz
Journal (issue)
RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...Consols mine (Lanescot section). Tywardreath. Cornwall. Field of view 13 mm x 9 nun. Roy Starkey specimen...anJ other phosphates from Gunheath china clay pit, St Austell, Cornwall, England 3 15 N.l. Elton Sector...(selenite) crystals from Mepal Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England B.A. Grguric 19 The silver and cobalt mineralisation...Hannotome from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England D.l. Green and l.R. Nudds 31 NOTES Valentinite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IN THE PNEUMATOLYTIC LODE SYSTEMS OF SOUTH WEST ENGLAND C. HALLS, J. W. COSGROVE AND G. S. CAMM Halls,...pneumatolytic lode systems of south west England. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 058-063 Cliffs, foreshore...foreshore and opencast mining operations in south west England provide outstanding exposures of mineral lodes...School of Mines, University of Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom INTRODUCTION Swarms of parallel...granites. Observations of well-exposed systems in SW England are used to place constraints on the conditions
Catalog/List
ecimens as half phosphatic geodes from the Hiocene clay vith lmm,yellow-green,tabular xtls in aggregates...FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen. Ferruginous Quartz...hexagonal xtls. LC,t.20. 15. APATITE. Goonbarrow China Clay Pit,St Austell,Cornwa11. Granite fragment with...ARAGONITE/ROCK CRYSTAL. Greystones Quarry,Launceston,Cornwall. Large milky Quartz breccia fragment with upper...18. ARSENOPYRITE.Hingsten Down Quarry,Calstock,Cornwall. 2 specimens. Specimen A-matrix fragment richly
Book
permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...English China Clay Group Ltd. This later enabled me to obtain an annual pass into the working clay pits...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later... I helped out at all of the mineral shows in the UK and on the continent, and later with the Bruce &
Journal (issue)
Symes Russellite from Buckbarrow Beck, Cumbria, England B. Young , N. J. Fortey and P.H.A. Nancarrow 3...Brownley Hill mines, Nenthead, Cumbria A. Livingstone Stannite revisited D .H .M. Alderton 17 The Mineralogy...a working mine, at Wheal Providence, St. Ives, Cornwall, being about 8 years old at the time. Three years...Book Co. Endsleigh House,50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2DA or phone (0872)223227 PAUL LOWE MINERALS...MINERALS Endsleigh House, 50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2DA Gerrlmologists Crystals & Gemstones
Journal (issue)
resting upon 150rnrn of yellow clay. This passed down into blue-grey mottled clay with lumps of coal about...about 0.4m thick. It seems that these clay bands acted as a barrier to the iron-Dearing solutions. The exposure...1780s refers to rights to dig cinders, iron-ore and clay (Gloucester Records Office 04212/Tl). In the 19th... cyanotrichite from Cornwall R.E. STARKEY starkey, R.E. 1986. . Cyanotrichite from Cornwall. J. RusseLL Soa...from Cornwall is reported; it has been found in situ in a tin-rich stockwork in Lanivet, Cornwall, associated
Journal (issue)
............ 14 Greystones Quarry, Lawhitton, Cornwall by Nick Elton ..................................Colin Sparrow for the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall and the vitalising of its geological collections...organised by any geological or mineralogical group in the UK. If only I could get to even a fraction of these...left school at 14 years of age to work in the china clay industry, an occupation which lasted for 48 years...fieldleaderduringthe Society's weeklongmeeting in Cornwall in 1980, when he agreed to lead the Society for
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...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...theLakeDistrictandCornwall (izoklakeite}" WhealCock,StJust,Cornwall SouthTerrasmine,StStephen•in-Brannel. Comwa!I
Journal (issue)
Derelict Land Advisory Panel (Cornwall) Founder member of CUAAG (Cornwall Underground Access Advisory Group)...Johns Hall refurbished and re-opened. Moved to Cornwall 1981 Trewallard, St. Just then to Penzance. After...North of England. As a 16yr old left to live in Canada from 1956-63 then moved to S.E. England until moving...moving to Cornwall in 1981. Collecting minerals started in 1976-77, as an invalid he now had time to do...do this, in the North of England and Cornwall. Although having deep involvement in issues of conservation
Journal (issue)
UK j min~/1minerals C I 11 lNTS 200~ I 2 EDITORlAL: SPEClALISATION COVER:A fluoritecube 15...Nick Carruth • Ron Cleevcly • David Green 7 The UK ]011mal of Mines and Minerals publishes articles...there were surely good specimen from the clay pits in Cornwall and some nice green balls from Ireland,...information and a full review in the next UKJMM. UK Journal vf Mines & Minerals No. 28 -2- Frontispiece...Carruth: Copse Cottage, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall Ron Cleevely: High Croft, Gunswell Lane, South
Journal (issue)
..................... 37 Minerals in Northern England Yorks.Geol.Soc/Northern Branch Meeting report by...This is certainly a place to visit if you are in Cornwall so make a note of it in your diaries. Get well...Musewn in Penzance. The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall have been successful in securing £92,000 from...exhibition of mineral specimens from N orthern England to be exhibited in a gallery at the H ancock M...distinguished speaker travels a long w ay, in this case, Cornwall, to give a talk to our Branch, one of the nightmare
Journal (issue)
earth science related clubs and societies in the UK, was last updated in 1993 with the aid of a grant...tel: 0116 247 3080. Austin Lockwood 1998 AGM in Cornwall The South-West Branch will be hosting the 1998...By far the greatest number come from southern England and is hoped that these will form the core ofa...from vases and goblets from 16th and 17th century England, Spain and Italy to modern 'designer' glasses from...g. thorite (Th silicate), uraninite (U oxide), stannite (Sn oxide) and cuprite (Cu oxide). Terry, concluded
Book
chisel-shaped terminations, usually with some brown clay staining. ILVAITE UNITED STATES and CANADA IDAHO...lesser specimens, from the boron workings of the Bar Pit (Grant and Wilson, 2001; Moroshkin and Frishman,...underground mine in 1924, then became a giant open-pit operation in the late 1950s (Puffer, 1975;Bancroft...probably predate slightly, the 1992 find. ASIA CHINA Fengjiashan mine near Daye, Daye district, Hubei...its localities in California, South Africa and China, inesite was found in excellent specimens in the
 
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