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Quartz from
Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cassiterite50 photos of Quartz associated with Cassiterite at this locality.
Wolframite Group25 photos of Quartz associated with Wolframite Group at this locality.
Stannite14 photos of Quartz associated with Stannite at this locality.
Scorodite9 photos of Quartz associated with Scorodite at this locality.
Arsenopyrite9 photos of Quartz associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality.
Chlorite Group9 photos of Quartz associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Tourmaline6 photos of Quartz associated with Tourmaline at this locality.
Limonite-stone3 photos of Quartz associated with Limonite-stone at this locality.
Varlamoffite3 photos of Quartz associated with Varlamoffite at this locality.
Stannite Group2 photos of Quartz associated with Stannite Group at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:111015
Long-form Identifier:1:3:111015:9
GUID (UUID V4):bcaedbbf-0511-47d7-9f12-5d45f382e5fc
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.2km (0.1 miles) Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) Good Fortune Mine, Perran St George Mine (Perran Great St George Mine; Great St George Mine; Perran St George United Mine), Perran St George and Droskyn Mines, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) Perran St George Mine (Perran Great St George Mine; Great St George Mine; Perran St George United Mine), Perran St George and Droskyn Mines, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.5 miles) Wheal Prudence, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Wheal Perran, Perran St George and Droskyn Mines, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
1.7km (1.1 miles) Ligger Bay (Perran Bay), Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
1.7km (1.1 miles) Wheal Droskyn, Perran St George and Droskyn Mines, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Wheal Leisure (Great Wheal Leisure), Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Wheal Ocean (North Blue Hills Mine), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) Wheal Ramoth, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
(SALTMARSH AND ESTUARINE) RIVERTERRACE DEPOSITS HEAD DEPOSITS (PERCHED ANDVALLEY) RAISEDMARINEDEPOSITS...GeologicalSurvey. 1:50 000 Sheet 346 Newquay (England and Wales). © NERC 2014 All rights reserved Copyright...Generalised sequence of mineralisation in south-west England 14 5 Constituent mines of the Great Perran Iron...Sheeted veins with greisen borders, Cligga Head 12 Gravel Hill Mine at the western extremity of the Great... .li regurnan . Watergate Bay Drt -1, Towan Head 90 1 St Agnes Formation (Cenozoic) :J 380
Report (issue)
certain lodes, not traceable in the .tield, from old mine plans, and has written the Appendix giving detailed...of the n1inerals •· - 93 Fig. 2 and 3.-Blue Hills Mine. Cross Sections - 93 Fig. 4.-East Blue Hills. Cross...sections .. ··· 98 ., •· 99 � igs. 9 and I0.-Penhalls Mine. Cross sections .. • 101 Fig. 11.-Polberro Consols...Wheal Chiverton. Cross section· Fig. 19.-Trewollock Mine. Cross sectio11 - 100 - 106 Fig. 20. --Perran United...Plate 4.-Bands of greisen in the Granite of Cligga Head - . - . - < Plate 5.. -Consolidated sand-dune
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dans le mine de Cligga, been discovered.Ferrokesterite occursin greisen-bordered d Perranzabuloe, en Cornouaille... C'est un sulfide veins in granite from the Cligga mine, Perranmin€ral tdtragonal, qui crlstallise dansle...dansle groupe spatial,I4, zabuloe,Cornwall, England, The mineral is tetragopalwith Z:2: a 5.433, c 10...l) i CassiarDistrict, British Columbia; the Ikuno mine, Hyogo I'indice de Herb, dansle district de Cassiar...Mount Pleasantmine, Charlotte britannique, 2) d la mine lkuno, pr6fecture de Hyogo, au County, New Brunswick
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)
    Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations Jens... Shail, Robin K., Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations,...Ore Geology Reviews Indium mineralisation in SW England: host parageneses AC CE P TE D and mineralogical...Cornubian batholith, SW England 1 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT The SW England ore region contains significant...portions of greisen-bordered sheeted vein systems and quartz-tourmaline lodes, MA veins and breccias across
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...advertising. FRONTISPIECE 3 Fluorite from Frazer's Hush Mine 4 THE SUSSEX MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SOCIE1Y EDITOR...RASPITE, STOLZITE AND PHILIPSBORNITE FROM CLIGGA MINE, CORNWALL David Green • Andrew Tindle 33 THE LEVERS...Press, Dorchester, Dorset, DT11HD ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Mincr.ils No. 34 -1- EDITORIAL
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...on minerals collected by A. de Hailer at Tynagh mine, Ireland, unpublished except in newsletters (Bulletins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TIN STOCKWORK MINERALIZATION IN THE SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND OREFIELD S.C. DOMINY, G.S. CAMM, M.A. BUSSELL ...tin stockwork mineralization in the south-west England orefield. Proceedings of the Ussher Society, 8...of mineralization encountered in the south-west England orefield less typical than the characteristic composite...chalcopyrite, with gangue minerals of mica, tourmaline and quartz. The stockworks are characterised by zones of high...Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP. INTRODUCTION Cornwall was formerly one of the world's greatest tin and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
varlamoffte (partially hydrated stannic oxide) in Cornwall. By SIR ARTHUR RUSSELL, Bart. and E. A. VINCENT...somewhat abundantly at both Cligga mine, Perranzabuloe, and at Bunny mine, St. Austell. From its appearance...occurring associated with rashleighite at the Bunny mine. 2 Soon after the publication of this paper iu 1948...3 Sure enough, on examination I found both the Cligga and Bunny minerals to contain a high proportion... Russell, On rashleighite, a new mineral from Cornwall, intermediate between turquoise and chalcosiderite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geological Exploration in the St. Agnes Area, Cornwall by R. H. T. GARNETT Received 6 January 1961; read...sea-bed between St. Agnes Head and Cligga Head on the north coast of Cornwall was geologically explored...tin-copper mineralisation which is associated with the Cligga and St. Agnes Granites and has been extensively...results: between St. Agnes Head and Perranporth on the north coast of Cornwall. The amount of planning prior...which the diving operations were conducted. Cligga Head forms the eastern limit to the area, the western
Catalog/List
WICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EG Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 *... AGARDITE. Wheal Carpenter, Hayle, Cornwall. Iron stained quartz matrix showing micro green bayldonite...7Qx30x30,m. £25. APATITE (VAR IRANOXITE) , '.I?.!- _rs Mine, Gunn' . . "■nrnwall. An interesting cellular mass...antimony. 35x20x7mm. £28. 4. ATACAMITE. Mount Gunson Mine, South Australia. A nice hemispherical mass of intergrown...without matrix. 30x30x20ram. £20. 5. BARITE. Tronach Head, Portknockie, Grampian, Scotland, tabular xls to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
promontory between St. Agnes and Perranporth on the northern coast of Western Cornwall, has long been known, not...notes by Buckland, described a small formation at Cligga Point which would 'probably be considered by the...I n 1818, Joseph Carne 3 spoke of granite at Cligga Head, apparently stratified obliquely, but proving...view, to be traversed by small veins of 'blackish quartz, whose contemporaneous formation can scarcely be...footnote the same author wrote : - ' The granite at Cligga Poi~t (if it is not a large elvan-eourse) might
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Petrogenesis of the Bosworgey Granitic Cusp in the SW England Tin Province and Its Implications for Ore Mineral...Nottingham, England 2 Institute of Geological Sciences, 64-78 Grays Inn Road, London, England Abstract....irregular Fig. 1. Simplified geological map of SW England showing positions of the granite plutons and cusps...CB=Cam Brea, CM=Carn Marth, C=Carmnenellis, Cl=Cligga Head, A = St. Austell ridge of granite and to confirm...microperthite megacrysts set in a matrix of albite, quartz and white mica. The only significant dark coloured
Report (issue)
)Σ=0.91 Sn0.96 S4.00 . (2) St. Michael’s Mount, England; by electron microprobe corresponding to Cu2.03...68 Fe0.24 )Σ=0.92 Sn1.04 S4.00 . Occurrence: In quartz-sulfide hydrothermal veinlets in tin deposits....Region, China. In the Ikuno mine, Hyogo Prefecture, and the Toyoha mine, Hokkaido, Japan. At Cı́novec...Mount, Marazion, and in the Cligga mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England. From Chizeuil, Saône-et-Loire...the Snowflake mine, Revelstoke mining division, British Columbia; at the Brunswick tin mine, 55 km southwest
Report (issue)
433(36) c = 10.883(89) X-ray Powder Pattern: Cligga mine, England. 3.13 (10), 1.919 (6), 1.110 (4), 2.712...29.5 5.0 0.1 8.7 0.1 27.4 30.1 100.9 (1) Cligga mine, England; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...chalcocite, quartz. Distribution: Name: From the Cligga mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England [TL]. For...14747, 65048; The Natural History Museum, London, England, 1984,844. References: (1) Kissin, S.A. and D.R
Catalog/List
RRUTH Copse Cott.age Drakewalls Gun..riislake Cornwall ?Ll 8 Tel/Fax: Tavistoc1<: (0822) 832530 Plea�e... JULY/AUGUST 1'994 1. ANATASE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Tavistock, Devon. A greenish matrix of compact...(b) 1 xl 30x20x20mm. £4. 3. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Beira-Beixa, Portug:il. Intergrown group of pale...4. APJ\TITE. Coice.q:-0,-1 Quarry, Luxulyian, Cornwall. A single pale blue 8x5mm x1, part'iy irnbedded...Geevor Mine, St Just,. rix showing bands of massive l:>rown apatite inters!)2rsed· and Mat Cornwall. red
Book
Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...Introduction 4 About this Book 9 Geology and Mine ralization 14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith:...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious...physical properties of minerals (pages I I 0- 1 I). Cornwall, for its size, has one of the most diverse ranges...1n museum collections such as hose of the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro and the aural His ory Museum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associated with the Cornubian Batholith of southwest England: Direct dating of cassiterite by in situ LA-ICPMS...Abstract The Cornwall and Devon vein- and greisen-type copper and tin deposits of southwest England are spatially...Hingston–Gunnislake cassiterite, from Drakewalls Mine, was the oldest sample dated at 291.8 ± 3.4 Ma....study, 275.4 ± 1.6 Ma, is from the Balleswidden Mine within the westernmost Land’s End Granite. The cassiterite...Keywords Cornwall . Devon . Cornubian . Cassiterite . Tin . U–Pb . Geochronology . LA-ICPMS . England Introduction
Book
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...taken by him of the botallackite in situ, Wherry Mine pump column and wolframite outcrop. Two private...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org...to Carnon Downs North Coast: Porthtowan to Perranporth The Lizard: Mullion to Manaccan St Austell;
Journal (issue)
shipped from Cardiff in the 1660's and the Pare mine south of Llantrisant was worked from the 1500's...period of production in the mid l 700 ' s. Llangan mine near Cowbridge was producing ore as recently as...anglesite of exceptional size and quality for the UK. More recently the rare lead sulphite scotlandite...outside the north of England with typical pyramidal crystals to 6mm. Nearby at M\.vyndy mine small balls of...golden goethite have been found enclosed in clear quartz. Radiating goethite replacing hematite is noted
Report (edition)
| Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall BIRKBECK COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON...meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales, conducts field meetings and publishes...Botallack Mine (photograph: David Alderton). Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A....REFERENCES ISBN 0-900717-57-2 West Cornwall INTRODUCTION Cornwall has long been one of the classic areas...is shown in Figure 1. The largest area in west Cornwall is occupied by Devonian sedimentary rocks which
Report (edition)
meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales. It conducts field meetings and publishes...trips to the coast of Cornwall. Front Cover: Old engine house, Botallack Mine (photograph David Alderton)...Alderton). Geologists Association Guide No. 31 WEST CORNWALL by A . Hall Third Edition Guide Series Editor;... List of Figures 1. O u t l i n e map of West Cornwall 2. Map of Land's End peninsula 5 3. Map of... 26 14. North-south cliff section through the Cligga stock 26 15. Map of Falmouth Bay 29 16. Map
Journal (issue)
display this year, and again covering the whole of England and Scotland. Chris Jewson had a number of micro...Geldart found at south Wheal Basset. Finally from Cornwall, Dorothy Merritt had an interesting and unusual...displaying good barite collected recently from Florence mine at Egremont, demonstrating that this locality is...lanarkite from the Susanna mine at Leadhills and some excellent hemimorphite on quartz from the Straitstep vein...some lovely pale pink smithsonite at the Blackcraig mine near Creetown. BMS Newsletter 45: 2 > Epistilbite
Report (edition)
GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION GUIDES Noo 19 West Cornwall by A. HALL ITINERARY Introduction I. Land's End...incorporation in any furtl,er edition. West Cornwall by A. HALL INTRODUCTION has long been one of...distribution of the major rock units is shown in Fig. 1. CORNWALL I••+·j Granite 3 D Devonian sediments filffm...10 20 kilometres Fig. I. Outline map of West Cornwall, showing the areas covered by the five itineraries...sedimentary rocks occupy the largest part of west Cornwall. The Devonian rocks are shales and sandstones
Catalog/List
him immense personal satisfaction. A crystal of quartz collected by Trevor in 1959, in the Austrian Alps...mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Roy Starkey 4 Lot 324 – Fluorite on quartz – Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite...Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Co. Durham. Collected in 1897. 5 Lot No...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS
 
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