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Apatite from
Goonbarrow China Clay Pit, Bugle, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz3 photos of Apatite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Wolframite Group2 photos of Apatite associated with Wolframite Group at this locality.
Fluorite1 photo of Apatite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Orthoclase1 photo of Apatite associated with Orthoclase at this locality.
Achroite1 photo of Apatite associated with Achroite at this locality.
Tourmaline1 photo of Apatite associated with Tourmaline at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Goonbarrow China Clay Pit, Bugle, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:120011
Long-form Identifier:1:3:120011:9
GUID (UUID V4):77824114-988c-465f-a9b9-61d88d6c1c8e
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
0.9km (0.5 miles) North Goonbarrow China Clay Pit, Roche, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK
5.3km (3.3 miles) Stenna Gwyn Mine (Stennagwyn Mine), Foxhole, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
5.6km (3.5 miles) Colcerrow Quarry (Gready Quarry), Lanlivery, Cornwall, England, UK
7.5km (4.6 miles) Crinnis Mine (Great Crinnis Mine; Carlyon Consolidated Mine), Carlyon Bay, Carlyon, Cornwall, England, UK
7.9km (4.9 miles) Fowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance), Tywardreath and Par, Cornwall, England, UK
8.3km (5.2 miles) Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
8.8km (5.5 miles) Wheal Maudlin (Wheal Mawdlin; Wheal Magdalen), Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, UK
9.4km (5.8 miles) Dyer's Quarry, Chytane, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
27.1km (16.8 miles) Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, 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
Catalog/List
ecimens as half phosphatic geodes from the Hiocene clay vith lmm,yellow-green,tabular xtls in aggregates...edge richxtls to 6mm. fragment veined -213. APATITE. Megiliggar Rocks,Tremearne,Cornwa11. with a scattering...the surface. 14. APATITE VAR FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich...prismatic,hexagonal xtls. LC,t.20. 15. APATITE. Goonbarrow China Clay Pit,St Austell,Cornwa11. Granite fragment...Morion. Pale blue,gemmy,interpenetrant 3mmxtls of Apatite on Feldspar. SC,.tlO. 16. ARAGONITE/ROCK CRYSTAL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chemical properties are used in porcelain, bone china, earthenware and sanitaryware. Six refined clays...taken from Wheal Prosper, Goonvean and Rostowrack China Clay Pits, chosen to represent the complete range...relationship exists between the strength of the clay and the smectite content. Using a procedure for...Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall TR15 3SE. F. W. Hart and D. Smith, Goonvean and Rostowrack China Clay Company, St...Austell, Cornwall PL26 7QF INTRODUCTION The kaolinised granites of the St Austell area, Cornwall, are an
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EconomicKaolinization,GoonbarrowChina Clay Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England:GeologicRelationships and...Goonbarrowchina clay pit, locatedin the upper Carboniferous(Westphalian)St. Austellgranite, Cornwall, England,consistof...boundarywasrelatedto cauldronsubsidence. In southwest England,zonesof completelykaolinizedgranite('-'5-25 wt...MINERALIZATION, CORNWALL,ENGLAND TABLE 1. 1065 Estimated World Production of Refined Kaolin, 1979 England(IndustrialMinerals...all the other granitic intrusions in southwest England,isconUnited States 7,000,000 $9 nectedat depth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Exeter, Camborne School of Mines, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, United Kingdom *Corresponding author:...the recovery of Rare Earths. REE projects outside China, which re-opened or 66 opened after the 2011 spike...such as those from the 76 kaolin industry in Cornwall, UK, have proven to be a potential source for REE...Cornubian massif (Redruth, Camborne, etc.) 123 in UK through the French Massif Central (Echassières) and...and Marcoux, 2008). 128 The batholith of SW England was formed during the late Variscan orogeny in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Sn, Nb, W) as by-product of kaolin production, Cornwall: Part1: Selection and characterisation of the...97% of the REE world production is provided by China, which has recently reduced its exports in order...to re-opening of large mining projects outside China, such Mountain Pass (United States) and Mount Weld...significant interest. The Cornubian China clay deposits in the UK could prove a valuable resource of rare...Willis-Richards and Jackson, 1989). Kaolin extraction in Cornwall and its associated generation of size-classified
Journal (issue)
Watercolour commissioned for Paul A. Lowe, Truro, Cornwall. UKjourna! & 1ninera!s of mines CONTENTS...NODULES from BOULBY MINE DI Green· MD Freier 8 The UK Journal of Mines 011d Minerals publishes articles...------------- 21 ------------- THE MINERALS of the CHll A CLAY PITS S \Veiss The views and opinions expressed...•lick Cooper has tirelessly devoted himself to the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals for several years in...period~ve have seen publications dealing with Cornwall and Devon, the Lake District, the Caldbeck Fells
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...zinnwaldite, albite, Kfeldspar, muscovite, ilmenorutile, apatite, columbite, zircon, varlamoffite [(Sn, Fe)(O, OH)2]...magmatic fluids. In quartz-topaz rocks from the New England Batholith, Australia, solid inclusions in topaz...apophyses of the Hercynian batholith of Southwest England (Hill and Manning 1987). The stock contains abundant
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...Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP. INTRODUCTION Cornwall was formerly one of the world's greatest tin and...The earliest mention of stockworks in south-west England addressed the cassiterite-bearing Carclaze deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial...Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP, UK Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College...College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BY, UK ABSTR ACT Recent experimental studies have suggested...quartz contained in greisen topaz from southwest England. Confocal and microprobe studies, presented here...bubbles, found in greisen topaz from southwest England. At about the same time as the greisen studies
Report (chapter)
evolution of a basin and high: kaolinization in the SW England granites in relation to the development of the...Road, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK 2 Present address." B'Parodos Andrea Miaouli 9, Katerini...1959; Bristow 1968; The granite batholith of Cornwall is a 200 kmlong and 40kin-wide plutonic body of...et al. 1980; Bristow 1993). The boundaries of china-clay pits are shown for the year 1993.1 Wheal Remfry...9 Blackpool, 10 Wheal Martyn, 11 Gunheath, 12 Goonbarrow, 13 Rocks, 14 Baal, 15 Bodelva. Downloaded
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Geoscience in south-west England MONAZITE IN POLYMETALLIC CHLORITE-(TOURMALINE)-QUARTZ-(FLUORITE)CASSITERITE-SULPHIDE...CHRONOLOGY OF MAGMATIC HYDROTHERMAL MINERALISATION IN CORNWALL N.G. LEBOUTILLIER 1, R.K. SHAIL 1 AND C. JEWSON...hydrothermal mineralisation in Cornwall. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 403-409. Monazite [(Ce,...within the magmatic hydrothermal lode systems of Cornwall than has been previously recognised. In situ and...the chronology of granite magmatism across SW England using U-Pb monazite and xenotime methods have not
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...Keywords Cornwall . Devon . Cornubian . Cassiterite . Tin . U–Pb . Geochronology . LA-ICPMS . England Introduction...tin and copper deposits of Cornwall and Devon, in the southwest of England, have been a valuable commodity...2016). The aforementioned geochronology studies in Cornwall and Devon focused on dating the granitic host
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
South Crofty Mine, Dudnance Lane, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall TR15 3RS. J. Willis-Richards, Camborne School...Rosemenowas, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9DU. A. V. Bromley, Petrolab, Wilson Way, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3RS....calculations), and by fission-track dating of zircon and apatite (in progress). In particular, the Rosemanowas HDR...for several vein systems of this type in west Cornwall. Bray and Spooner (1983), however, in a detailed...study of sheeted veins, albeit Sn-rich, from Goonbarrow, St. Austell, defined a mean age of 271.4 ± 4
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sn-W mineralisation in peninsular Thailand and SW England D. A. C. Manning Department of Geology,The University...Newcastle-upon-Tyne,NE1 7RU, England Abstract. The Sn-W deposits of SW England and SE Asia are associated...vein systems are only locally important. In SW England, wolframite and cassiterite mainly occur in hydrothermal...Similar late-stage granitic rocks occur also in SW England, but a later topaz granite, enriched in F, Li and...from a B and metal-rich magma, whereas the SW England mineralisation involved essentially post-magmatic
Report (issue)
Consultative Committee Mineral Dossier No 26 China Clay by D E Highley, BSc, MIMM, MIGeol Minerals Strategy...No7 Salt No8 Sulphur No 9 Tin No10 Talc No11 Ball Clay No12 Slate No13 Gypsum and Anhydrite No14 Gold ...Rock Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium Perlite Common Clay and Shale Limestone and Dolomite Fireclay Silver...request. Acknowledgements The help of The China Clay Association; English Clays Lovering Pochin and...Bearne and Co. PLC; The Goonvean and Rostowrack China Clay Co. Ltd, and Steetley Minerals Ltd in giving
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GeothermalEnergyProject,CamborneSchoolof Mines,PenrynTR109DU, Cornwall,Ur•itedKingdom DAVID A. C. MANNING, Departmentof...recoveredfrom the province(Hosk- Li mica,topaz,apatite,fluorite,betrandite,chlorite, stilbite, stokesite...Remfry m-wide zone which has suffered pervasive,weak pit within the westernlobe of the St. Austellgranite...Camborne-Redruthdistrict (Fig. ring asearthyred clay. 1108 JACKSON, WILLIS-RICHARDS, MANNING,ANDSAMS...b=--EaL (To - Ts)ke -(tk/lh CORNUBIAN ORE HELD, SW ENGLAND. PT. II NOTES: NOTES: -500 1111 Granite creeplowfram
Journal (issue)
into the geology and geomorphology of south-west England Volume 6 Part 4 1987 Edited by G.M Power The...into the geology and geomorphology of southwest England and the surrounding marine areas; to hold Annual...Annual Conferences at various places in South West England where those engaged in this research can meet formally...SHEPHERD: Chronology of magmatism in south-west England: the minor intrusions. B. BOOTH and C.S. EXLEY:...Austell Granite, Cornwall. M. STONE: Geochemistry and origin of the Carmenellis pluton, Cornwall: further considerations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
become greyish or greyish-green to dark green due to clay alteration and greisenisation, respectively. Tin...angular Eibenstock granite breccia in rhyolite matrix. Clay alteration of the rhyolite is present in addition...samples show, however, a high 649 and low degree of clay alteration, respectively). Eight samples of little...show typical embayed and rounded outlines. Rare apatite, zircon (Fig. 2a and b), and very rare monazite...Whole-rock analyses of weakly clay altered rhyolite ES 35, more strongly clay altered rhyolite ES 33 and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
smaller bodies of S-type granite in southwestern England. These late-Variscan granites comprise two-mica...granites of the Cornubian Peninsula of southwestern England provide one of the best examples of these rocks... such as the Sn+Cu+W province of southwestern England, the Sn+U mineralization of the Erzgebirge, and...three crustal seismic reflectors in southwestern England. The first, the nature of which is unknown, occurs...the radioactive mineral assemblage of monazite+apatite+xenotime+zircon+uraninite in the Carnmenellis granite
Report (issue)
world, especially the Hemerdon deposit in Devon, England. It is also analogous to Climax-type molybdenum...muscovite, manganosiderite, sericite, chlorite, clay, and iron oxide. These veins typically show complex...limonite- and hematite-rich quartz, with sericite, clay, and some relict pyrite. Boyle and Howes (1983)...stringers with trace amounts of cassiterite and apatite. It is impossible to fit the veins of Baid al Jimalah...similar to Baid al Jimalah exist in southwest England. These include Cligga Head (Jackson and others
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
Book
GEOLOGY OF ,,, ,,. F .. THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL Cornwall is renowned for its spectacular rocky coastline...seventeenth century. This book reviews the importance of Cornwall in the development of geological thought in Britain...of notable scientific interest. The Geology of· Cornwall is a companion volume to The Geology of Devon...org/details/geologyofcornwal0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY Edited by E.B. Selwood...Liskeard High: E.B. Se/wood The Structure of East Cornwall: K. P Isaac Culn1 Basin: JR. Andrews The Boscastle-Tintagel-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2 Q1 3 4 Landscape evolution of Dartmoor, SW England: A review of evidence-based controversies and their... . . . . . . . . 2.2.4. Cenozoic uplift in SW England: persistent uncertainties . . 2.2.5. The granite...Y. Gunnell Landscape evolution of Dartmoor, SW England: A review of evidence-based controversies and their...topography of Lower Dartmoor and the rest of SW England 4.4.5. Cenozoic palaeogeography of Dartmoor . ...mass on the horizon from any vantage point in SW England (Figs. 2–5). Its largest steep drops are at river
 
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