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Sphalerite from
Hingston Down Consols, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Colour:steel-blue
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hingston Down Consols, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1097325
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1097325:5
GUID (UUID V4):d4380336-3368-4629-9fe2-b633360e8082
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.4km (0.2 miles) Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) River Tamar Copper Mine (South Devon Mine; Wheal Bramble; incl. Chilsworthy Mine), Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) Duchy Great Consols, Latchley, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) Wheal Brothers (Wheal Duchy), East Cornwall Silver Mines (St Vincent Great Consols; incl. Wheal Emily; Wheal Georgiana; Wheal Mercer), Wheal Langford (New Wheal Langford; Baring and Langford Mine), Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles) Wheal Williams, Latchley, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
2.7km (1.7 miles) Wheal Arthur (Wheal Phoenix; Slime Veor Mine), Drakewalls, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
2.8km (1.7 miles) Silver Valley Mine (William and Mary Worth Mine; incl. Ashburton Mine), Sevenstones, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
3.0km (1.9 miles) New Consols (New Great Consols; New Wheal Martha; Great Wheal Martha; Wheal Martha), Luckett, Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
3.3km (2.1 miles) Wheal Emma, Devon Great Consols, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
3.5km (2.1 miles) South Kit Hill Mine (Cornwall Great Consols), Kit Hill United Mines (incl. Kit Hill Great Consols), Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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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 (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS...second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between 1992 and...freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue numbers...0952-2409 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -2- AUTHORS UK Journal of Mines and
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permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...Belgium, France, and Morocco 127 1985 - Bedford United Mine 140 1986 - 1989 More Foreign Travel 154... Frontispiece: David Lloyd laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction I was...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
areas of copper4in mimrakatiou in south-west England AHTHO~Y P. MILLMAX Department of Xining Geology...of copper-tin mineralization on the borders of Cornwall and Devon. The distribution of theee ore met&...of Cu-Sn-Pb-Zn mineralization on the borders of Cornwall and Devon was selected in 1950 for the particular...were carried out in the Hingston Down and Gunnislake area of eastern Cornwall, about 4 miles to the south-west...temperate and the annual rainfall about 48 in. Hingston Down itself forms a conspicuous ridge, trending roughly
Journal (issue)
shows in Tucson, Denver, Munich and Ste-Marie-aux-Mines Tel.: 949-494-5155 • www.kristalle.com • Email:...Mineral Localities: The Old Gunnislake mine, Callington District, Cornwall, England ......................... Bill Pinch at the Tucson Show in 2008. Kent England photo. The Pinch Medal, established in Bill’s...the Russian (then Soviet) government, visiting mines in the Urals and Siberia, to discuss how to market...of Lincoln: “A tree is best measured when it is down—and so it is with people.” Looking over Bill’s career
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GOETHITE Collected in 1982 from Wheal Edward, Cornwall. As newcomers to minerals we thought goethite...AGARDITE(Y) Collected in 1987 from Marke Valley mine, Cornwall. Identified by David Green and photographed by... AZURITE Collected on a SMLS trip to the north of England in 1998 from Eagle Crag mine. A site memorable...an oil drum through a cascading stream, a climb down an electron ladder before passing along an adit...in 1996 from Lanterdan quarry, Tintagel , North Cornwall (sagenite habit, a lattice like collection of
Catalog/List
mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS.A1 Wavellite - High Down Quarry, Haddon...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...Lode. SW.43 Botallackite - Levant Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 368 346]. 130 fathom level, South Lode. Ex
Catalog/List
OARS TOW DrLlkewa lls House , Drakewalls , Gunnislake, Cornwall; Engl a nd. TEL. ~U. : ORDERING Ta vi...CASSITERITE . Savath Chinoclay Work , Luxulyan , Cornwall . Oright sharp blpckish to da rk brown twinned...00 20. CASSITERITE . Greot Work Mine , Dreage , Cornwall. wel l formed lustrous dark brown crystols to... 00 24. CHALCANTHffiTE. Wh eal J a ne , Kes , Cornwall. Most unusual and beauti fu l sta l a ctitic masses...CHALCOSIDERITE . Phoenix Mine , Linkinhorne , Cornwall. Lustrous dark gr eenish c l usters of sharp crystals
Catalog/List
- --Dra kowalls Hous e, Drakewalls , Gunnislake, Cornwall England . - ---- TEL . ~O . : Tavistoc k...f1UOY TI N. Pedn- an- Drea Vi ne , Redr6.Jth , Cornwall. Sharp lustrous re ddisil c r ysta ls to 4 mm...CASS ITERITE. Olue? Hills ~'i ne , St . Ag ne&, Cornwall. nich dark brown cryst a lline? mass with srro...CHALCoTR ICHITE. Phoenix I"i ne , Li nki nhorne , Cornwall. Oright rod needly crys t a l s r i ch l y cov...72 . qUARTZ. ConsolidLltod ~ines , GwennLlp , Cornwall . ,rge shorp mi lky terminated cryst :Jls showing
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
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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
Book (volume)
IE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF UTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume II LONDON HER MAJESTY ' S STATIONERY OFFICE...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South -West England Volume II By H... ... iv CHAPTER V . — Details OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 8. St. Austell... 624); Gunnislake (p . 636 ) ; Calstock (p . 644 ); Luckett, Latchley and Devon Great Consols (p . 649)...Okehampton district . . .. .. . Mines in the granite (p. 750); Mines in the Culm Measures (p. 751); Newton
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COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING GION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume II 1956 2017 reprint BRITISH GEOLOGICALSURVEY...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME II H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical...metalliferous mining region of the south-west England. Economic Environmental Science Centre Keyworth...London SW7 5BD Tel: +44 (0)20 7589 4090 www.bgs.ac. uk www. geologyshop. corn ... 111 CONTENTS PAGE......... CHAPTER V-DETAILS iv V OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET ............
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The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England 0 iz 0 1-rj VOLUME II Assistant Director's...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume II By ...published 1956 Second impression 1969 Printed in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...OF PLATES V CHAPTER V.-DETAILS OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 509 8. St. Austell...(p. 624); Gunnislake (p. 636.); Calstock (p. 644); Luckett, Latchley and Devon Great Consols· (p. 649);
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
adopted was this: almost every reference was tracked down and personally checked by the author. From the data...original specimens (mainly Scottish) were tracked down and checked with modern analytical methods. A number...first discovered in the British Isles (14 from Cornwall; 2 from Somerset; 1 from Cheshire; 2 from Scotland;...H. G. M A C P H E R S O N from England (75 of which are from Cornwall); 28 from Ireland; and 10 from...Thus, of the 130 species, 64 are from England (48 from Cornwall); 35 from Scotland; 19 from Ireland; and
Journal (issue)
the publication will die! If you find youself in Cornwall this year the St. Aubyn mineral collection is...winter will be fading in our memories. As I sit down to write this piece however I have just come back...9234136 C Mr Pete Seymour 7 Carew Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3TP Tel 01872 262078 SE WW SE Change of...he was joined by his parents. Upon returning to England he was employed by A.C.Dunn of Rugby and seconded... In June we had a three page feature article in Down to Earth , and a slightly shorter version of this
Journal (issue)
Limestone at Raisby, Cox hoe, County Durham , England 75 B. YounR Wavellite and variscite on Gower...Ramsbeckite with schulenbergite from Cornwall and Cumbria, England D.J. Green. J Betterton, R. Bell and...Millerite and associated minerals from Brixham, Devon, England R.S W Braithwaite and JI. Wilson 87 Rosiaite... 88 \latrolite from Calton Hill. Derbyshire, England 89 A. Dyer, 0..\1. Wilson and B. Young Milarite...granite quarry, Cumbria, England, with a discussion of milarite occurrences in Cornwall and Devon 90 M M
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, St •. Just, Near pen~ance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 STD 0736) V.A.T... £5.50. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich crusts of sparkling lime green... -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...little crystalised black Sphalerite and brassy Pyrites on massive Sphalerite matrix. 3x2-txli". £8.00;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
distribution of Fe ~ and Mg between, 923. Analcime, Cornwall, cryst., I47; New Zealand, anal., opt., X-ray...Chile, anal., X-ray, 732. Arthurite, Chile, 519; Cornwall, anal., 52o. Asahine, Kanto Mts., Japan, omphacite...Starting materials for silicate studies, 198. Bikita mines, Rhodesia, montebrasite, 414. Bimbowrie, South Australia...meteorites, 649. Biotite, Cornwall, weathering, chemical, and M6ssbauer study, 21o; Cornwall and Aberdeen, anal...feldspar, anal., d2oi, 489. Bosahan quarry, Falmouth, Cornwall, biotite, 2IO. BOWDEN (P.), KNORRING (O. VON)
Book
sowed the ~eds of future pla.ns - o minerologie-af down Built on foundations firm and strong wi1h standards...hav,e earned medals of pure gold . To mountai.ns, mines and qu,a r,ries and even golden sands Prepared with...ambitious. Collecting started in Southern England, Cornwall and Wales, and gradually extended to the Lake...other local mineral clubs as well as the national UK mineral societies: the British Micromount Society...addition, members would visit many Mineral Shows in the UK, particularly the Oxford, Bakewell and Haywards Heath
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neighbours: wavellite (Filleigh) and arthurite (Hingston Down consols) donated by Richard Barstow and a ludlamite...Jane) donated by Paul Lowe; whilst two cabinets down is an interesting quartz pseudomorph after scheelite...Glencairn, Chapel Road, Indian Queens, St. Columb, Cornwall TR9 6QT. John Pearce -4 - � ---------- 1...they were laid down in a shallower sea. Some of the Jurassic limes tones were laid down in a very deep...Another speciality is fluorite, although all the mines are now closed. Peter has lived in the south of
Book
"ferns" from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England. Specimen dimensions: 32 mm x 28 mm. From the collection...(1987). Gold from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon, England. The Mineralogical Record, 18-1, 85-88. Russell...was born on the 18th March 1923 in Leicester, England. He attended the City Boys School, Leicester, and...search of fine mineral specimens. The Cumbrian iron mines, the North Pennines, and the Caldbeck Fells in the...pat ing in the activities of the Peak District Mines Historical Society (with his great frie nd and coll
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Moreton 10-17 Geology and mineralogy of Pike Law Mines, Newbiggin, Teesdale, Co . Durham Trevor F. Bridges...Lead Mines, County Down, Northern Ireland Norman R. Moles 40-46 Buttgenbachite from Cornwall: a single-crystal...supergene minerals on the walls of mines are common. In several of the mines in the Nenthead area, Cumbria...(ej Moreton, 2007) occur in many of the Coniston mines. In Bwlchglas Mine in the Central Wales orefield...brochantite often occur in patches on the walls of copper mines and sometimes these show zonation of different minerals
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At the same time, universities and schools of mines were engaged in building up vast and impressive...the cabinet formed by Oberbergrat (Director of Mines) K.A. Gerhard (1723-1821 ), and acquired by the... 1 2 4 4 4+Room 4 5 7 7 9 9 13 Good Gold Sphalerite Chalcosine Stephanite Cassiterite Witherite Celestine...(Banska Stiavnica), Czechoslovakia 2 St Just, Cornwall, Great Britain 2 Freiberg, Saxony, GD R 3 Araca...V-1 Xl-3 Corridor Corridor Good Silver Bismuth Sphalerite Galena Cassiterite Strengite Sphene Plancheite
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.....564 What’s New in Minerals Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines Show 2022.........................................his first major medical problem, and it slowed him down, but only temporarily. After having two kidney transplants...Academy in Hydra, Greece. He immigrated to the United States in 1951, changing his name to Chris Galas...completed a 6-week program with the Colorado School of Mines, mapping geology in the Front Range of the Rocky...only the easy stuff was gone. Challenges were laid down, so John began planning a difficult but promising
 
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