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Greenstone from
Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Greenstone
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Greenstone data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1097405
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1097405:0
GUID (UUID V4):4f98aaa7-d609-4883-a52f-108dcad3ed4d
Nearest other occurrences of Greenstone
0.2km (0.1 miles) Stamps and Jowl Zawn (Roscommon Cliff), Cliff outcrops, Botallack, St Just, 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...never the less be only just to mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
377 Notes on the occurrence of zeolites in Cornwall and neT)on. By ARTHUR I~USS~T,T.. [Read November...concerning the occurrence of zeolites in both Cornwall and Devon. Specimens belonging to this group are...list of mineral species occurring in the ~Vest of England. HEULANDITE. Whea~ Forest, OkehamTton, Devon.--During...Devon, I visited some small abandoned mine-workings named Wheal Forest, situated in ~[eldon Gorge, on...this being the first record of its occurrence in England. On five of the specimens, which were all broken
Journal (issue)
UK Journal of mes ·and .Minerals Issue SprJng 1989 , No ...6 Pr:f ee ~3.95 ·- • r .. Arnold...Trewellard, Penzance, Cornwall. TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Calcite (Cornwall) UK Journal of Mines and...EUROPE SOUTH AFRICA The History of Ystrad Einion Mine J & A Wolters. Leeuwendaal 2, 3273 XD Westmaas...Merritt Cassiterite from Whiteworks Carharrick, Cornwall R. Morton.Dr. K.F.G. Hosking 22 Mining Methods...Showing the Boscawcn Diagonal Shaft at Botallack Mine. St. Just. Cornwall. Reproduced hy permission of City
Book
VII-paid a memorable visit to Botallack Mine, set amid spectacular cliff scenery just a few miles north of Land's...metalliferous mines not only in Cornwall but the whole world. Botallack became the Mecca of many tourists-so...ride in the Crowns skip to prevent the work of the mine being too much interrupted by curiosity seekers...until now, no detailed and connected history of Botallack has appeared. In this book is covered the full...sensational copper discovery in 1842 that saved Botallack from failure and made it one of the richest mines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Skarn garnets from South-West England SKARN GARNETS FROM SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND D.H.M. ALDERTON Alderton...Skarn garnets from South-West England. Geoscience in South-West England, 14, 91–97. Chemical analysis...analysis of garnets from skarns in south-west England has revealed that they are all grandites, containing at...Sciences, Royal Holloway, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK (E-mail: d.alderton@rhul.ac.uk) Keywords: skarn...occur in several geological settings in south-west England, yet detailed descriptions are typically brief
Journal (issue)
J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...TETRAHEDRITE, 15 cm, from the Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Collection of the Natural History...See the article in this issue on the minerals of Cornwall. Copyright 1993 © by the Mineraiogicai Record...of your hand for singlehanded operation, weighs just over a pound, and runs on six AA batteries. The...Pendeen West Cornwall, England Forcenturies, the copper and tin mines in Cornwall County, England, have proved
Book
Scenes at Surface (Bradford Barton, 1968) Mining in Cornwall 1850-1960 (Moorland, 1980-1) 2 Volumes ISBN 0...Districts I The St Just and St Ives Mining Districts II The Marazion District III The Wheal Vor or Breage...Breage District IV The St Erth, Gwinear and Crowan Districts V The Wendron District 51 73 91 103 127 Section...Tunnel to Lambriggan III St Austell-Par Mines to Trebartha-Lemarne 147 163 181 Mine Index 191 LIST OF...Showing the Output of Metallic Tin and Copper from Cornwall, Estimated from the Public Sales of Ore 35 Fig
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some of the most spectacular coastal scenery in England. These clifis arc dark in colour, being composed...mile under the bed of the Atlantic; Botallack, another submarine mine incorporating an unusual diagonal...headgear very prominent in the Pendeen landscape; Wheal Owles, haunted by the memory of the disaster which...history. The centre of this industry was the town of St. Just, whose grey terraces of miners' cottages still...abroad which emigrants from this little comer of Cornwall enriched with theiruniqueskillsandknowled MONOGRAPHS
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V.A...azurite/chalcocite matrix. 2x2x1-t", £4.5Op 4. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Eire. Select cellular mass of bright...~2-tX1t", £11.00 5. BARYTES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelvehead~, Cornwall, Specimen A: Lustrous well formed terminated...that were f~und last century in the Ale & Cakes mine in Gwennap; barytes is a rare mineral in the Cornish...specimens •. 11. 8ISMUTHINITE. George & Charlotte Mine, nr. Tavistock, Devon. Silvery-grey needly crystals
Report (volume)
: : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote period...has been made to describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring...information up to date Mr. Dewey has visite.d everv active mine and rnanv of those recentlv abandoned • • • or of...historic importance. Our thanks are due to t,he present mine managers for their courtesy and assistance. :Full...been made of the published accounts of mining in Cornwall and Devon, and reference to the principal sources
Book
Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...on Kergiliack estate near Pen a. Coberard ; at a mine near the head of Borrowdale, near Lometer, rearis...vein has Plumbago, of a fair quality, has also just been found by the Rev. W. Cumming, at Beary in the...the Isle of Man. Scotland . At Craigman coal -mine, near New Cumnock in Ayrshire, massive and columnar
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...p1lblished i n 1 822 bJ.. Di,. John Fo1·bes, the map of St. Just Pa1·ish issued in the same year by Joseph Ca1�·n...Ca1�·n e, a11d the geological map of Cornwall of 1 832 by D1'. H . S. Boase, are deserving of special mention
Journal (issue)
Grubenbezirke St. Just und St. lves in ComwaJJ - Der Grubenbezirk von St. Ju t Botallack Mine Skarne bei...bei Botallack (,,Grylls Bunny") Wheal Edward Old Levant Mine Geevor Tin Mines Lower Bostraze Pit Penlee...Old Wherry Mine St. Michaels Mount - Der Grubenbezirk St. Ives-Hayle St. lves Consols Wheal Trenwith (Greal)...(Greal) Wheal Alfred 1-lerland Mine Penberthy Crof1s Rinsey-Tremearne WheaJ Penrose 9 9 9 11 13 15 19...TITELFOTO: Olive11ir-Roseue11 auf Qua,= von Wheal Gorland. Cornwall. Bildbreire 2 cm. Foro Hochleirner. Ausliefenmgstennin
Book (edition)
STATISTICS OF , AND OBSERVATIONS UPON THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON . ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND GROUND PLANS...Statistics of, and Observations on the Mines of Cornwall, published by me in 1859, have emboldened me,...to sustain legitimate mining enterprises, in Cornwall and Devon, to make an appeal for the public support...the numerous Mines, not only in the county of Cornwall, but in the adjoining county of Devon. Satisfied...of the county of Cornwall, and ground plans, distinguishing the Mines of St. Just, St. Ives, Gwennap,
Journal (issue)
investigations in the Liskeard area of south east Cornwall (Abstract). By C. J. Burton . . . . . . 44 Fammenian...folding in the Upper Carboniferous rocks of north Cornwall. By David J. Sanderson. . . . . . . . . . . ....Quaternary fluvial activity in south-west Cornwall, England. By Alan C. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . .... 120 Discordant calc-silicate bodies in the Botallack area. By N. J. Jackson and D. H. M. Alderton ...of Devonian sediments in the Perranporth area. Cornwall. By S. Henley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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...London s.E.1 13a Castle Street, Edinburgh 2 109 St. Mary Street, Cardiff 39 King Street, Manchester...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 1961 No. 255 Beryllium minerals in Cornwall and Devon: helvine, genthelvite, and danalite...occurrences in Cornwall and one in Devon, and of the latter, one occurrence in Cornwall, are described...old specimens with the vague locality 'Redruth', Cornwall; occurrences at four Cornish localities are described...instance, in greenstone ; danalite in hydrothermal deposits or lodes in metamorphosed greenstone; the parageneses...chemical analysis. Previous occurrence of danalite in Cornwall. Danalite is the only member of the helvine group
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the basic hornfelses of the Land’s End aureole, Cornwall, and other chemically similar rocks 12.A. Department...east-north-east trending mineralized zone of Devon and Cornwall, England, is intimately associated wit,h the intrusion...For example, the NW trending Sn and Cu lodes at St. Just in the Land’s End peninsula represent the infilling...occurs along the coastal strip at St. Just, south of St. Ives around St. Ert’h and across the “neck” of...corresponding change in metalfiferous content. Early mine workers in the area (see DEWEY, 1923) were familiar
Report (volume)
OFFICE BY JAS. TRUSC01'T AN.D SON, L TD., CA.NNON ST!l-EET, E.C. 4. And to be pun,hased from E. STANFORD...OFFICE BY JAS. TRUSC01'T AN.D SON, L TD., CA.NNON ST!l-EET, E.C. 4. And to be pun,hased from E. STANFORD...notable quantity in Britain outside · Devon and Cornwall, and there they are produced chiefly as a by-product...antimony a-re practica-lly confined to a. fev;, mine-, iu Cornwall and to two localities in Scotland at one...was paid by 1\-Ir. Dewey .to every active mine in England ond Wa.les from which · arsenic or antimony
Book (volume)
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...PH EM I STER, M.A., D.Sc. LONDON H ER MAJESTY'S ST A TI ONER Y OFFICE 1956 The Institute of Geological...London WCI J 3a Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2 3AR 109 St Mary Street, Cardiff CFJ IJW Brazennose Street, Manchester...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers
Journal (volume)
TRANSACTIONS OF THE Royal Geological Society CORNWALL ; INSTITUTED FEBRUARY 11th , 1814. VOLUME THE...PRINTER, PENZANCE ROYAL Geological Society OF CORNWALL . PATRON . Her Most Gracious Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA... CONTENTS. I. On the Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon . By William Jory Henwood , F .R .S...p. 445 V . Statisticalnotices of the Mines in Cornwall and Devon . By William Jory Henwood, F .R .S...J. H . 1. - On the Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon . BY WILLIAM JORY HENWOOD , F .G .S
Journal (issue)
UK j I o mi minerals TS C nlm~ 2 EDITORIAL COVER: Vanadinite from the LeadhillsWanlockheadminingdistrict... 5 PEGMATITE MINERALS FROM CI-IYWOON QUARRY The UK Joumal efMines a11dMinerals publishes articles of...Tindle • Richard Belson ARSENOGOYAZITE FROM WI-IEAL COCK 29 CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean C. Spence...Worbop, Nott~. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 26 -1- EDITORIAL...these mark the event out as one of the best in the UK This year the society instigated a mineral competition
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrence of .Phenacite and Scheelite at Wheal Cock, St. JusL Cornwall. By A R g u E RUSSELL. [Read November...and was said to have been found in a mine in St. Just, Cornwall. According to Sowerby's description and...therefore closely resemble those from the St. Day United Mines and Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, described by myself...occurrence of phenacite at five distinct localities in Cornwall, and in the present notes I am now able to give...PHENACITE. Stamp# a,~cl Jowl Za,~n, WT~al 0oc/~, ~t. Just, Co~nwa~. Dul~ng the summer of 1914, in company
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...Embrey. P. G. Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and...and n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009
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Igneous Rocks of South-West England THE GEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION REVIEW SERIES The comparatively small...M. C. Gyopari S. Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd, C. S. Exley and M. T. Styles 6. ...D. R. Bridgland Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd Department of Geology, University of...study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication...licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK, or in accordance with the terms of licences issued
 
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