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Granite from
Porthmeor Cove, Porthmeor, Zennor, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Type:Granite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Granite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Porthmeor Cove, Porthmeor, Zennor, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1311297
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1311297:0
GUID (UUID V4):f8f70ca0-2086-4e78-8285-74b42e7758cd
Nearest other occurrences of Granite
5.8km (3.6 miles) Coronation Lode, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
6.4km (4.0 miles) Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
6.7km (4.2 miles) Castle-an-Dinas Quarry, Higher Trenowin, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK
9.3km (5.8 miles) Trencrom Hill, Trencrom, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK
16.2km (10.1 miles) Porth Chapel, St Levan, Cornwall, England, UK
24.1km (15.0 miles) South Crofty Tin Project (South Crofty Mine; South Wheal Crofty), Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
27.2km (16.9 miles) Boswin Mine, Porkellis, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
30.5km (19.0 miles) Wheal Damsel, Wheal Damsel United Mines, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
30.6km (19.0 miles) Wheal Bungay, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
30.9km (19.2 miles) Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The magmatic evolution of the Land’s End pluton, Cornwall, and associated pre-enrichment of metals Axel...Department. Mineralogy, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK b Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Wilhelmstr...July 2005 Abstract The peraluminous Land’s End granite is one of the composite plutons forming the late-Variscan...massive quartz–tourmaline rocks (MQT). Most of the granite varieties evolved by fractional crystallisation...moderately evolved sources and now reside in separate granite sub-stages with variable degrees of fractionation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wolfsberg, Harz, gersdorffite, 38. British Isles :ENGLAND Barwell, Leicestershire, meteorite, 101, 855. Bigrigg...meteorite, 101,855. Cornwall St. Minver, minverite, kaersutite, 874. The Rill, Kynance Cove, The Lizard, mackinawite...Great Zawn, Zennor; Knill's Steeple, St. Ives; Morvah ; Mouselmle ; Pedn men Du, Sennen Cove; Porthmeor...Rona. granite. 342. Gairloch. granite. 342. 1185 TOPOGltAPHICAL I N D E X Gruinard Bay, granite, 342...intergrowths, 491; melanite, 775. Loeb Laxford, granite, 342. Loch Ossigary, South Harris, orthopyroxe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at Tater-du, Cornwall by P. A. FLOYD Geology Department, University of Keele, England (O.S. 1" 189/441230)...189/441230) is an erosion relic of the Land's End granite aureole situated about 8 km SSW of Penzance (Fig...eastern end of Tater-du the junction with the granite is faulted, while at the western extremity a sloping...the hornfelses of the aureole dipping off the granite to the south-east. The Land's End aureole hornfelses...contact metamorphism by the Land's End biotite granite, spotted pelites and lustrous amphibolitic hornfelses
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tin-ore deposition: The Cornubian Batholith, SW England M. Duchoslav, M.A.W. Marks, K. Drost, C. McCammon...tin-ore deposition: The Cornubian Batholith, SW England, Ore Geology Reviews (2016), doi: http://dx.doi...tin-ore 2 deposition: The Cornubian Batholith, SW England 3 4 M. Duchoslava,*, M.A.W. Marksa, K. Drosta...hydrothermal stages of the Cornubian Batholith (SW England). Tourmaline composition found in 17 barren and... 65 complexes of the Cornubian Batholith in SW England. These variably evolved granitoids are 66 associated
Report (edition)
meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales. It conducts field meetings and publishes...Europe and has led many field trips to the coast of Cornwall. Front Cover: Old engine house, Botallack Mine...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...Botallack 10 5. Exposures in Porthmeor Cove 11 6. Roof of the Land's End granite overlain by homfelses
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Summer Field Meeting in west Cornwall 15- 20 September 1974 Report by the Directors: A. HALL and N ....JA CKSON . 1975. Summer Field Meeting in west Cornwall, 15-20 September 1974. Proc. Geol. Ass .. 86 (I)...petrological and mineralogical interest in west Cornwall. In addition to visits to the granites and their...collection of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Department of Geol ogy , King's College, Strand...INTRODUCTION The Summer Field Meeting was held in west Cornwall to see the igneous and metamorphic rock s of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chemical variation in tourmalines from south-west England By G. M. POWER~ Department of Geology, University...tourmaline from the granitic rocks of southwest England have been analysed by emission spectrography for...growth. H E geology of the granites of south-west England is reviewed comprehensively by Exley and Stone...of what is probably one interconnected mass of granite extending from Dartmoor to the Stilly Isles. The...- - - 1081. TOUI~MALINES FROM SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND TABLE II. Minor ehmmnts (pt~rcentage~) in tourmalines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EASTER FIELD MEETING, 14th-21St APRIL, 1938, CORNWALL. Report by the Directors :- E . H. DAVISOK, DINES...the extensive peneplain at 1,0 00 feet, and the granite heights of Brown Will y and Roughtor rising above...(5), Barras Nose Beds (4), Volcanics (3), Trambley Cove Beds (2), Tredorn Phyllites (I). The volcanics yielded...quartz porphyry intrusion which runs from the granite to the coast was seen at Pitt Quarry, Treforda...way to Bodmin a short pause was made at the Tor granite quarries, St. Breward. The up-to-date dressing
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... Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall Second Edition Edited by J. T. Greensmith...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a guide to fluid processes in the southwestern England orefield: An ion microprobe study M. P. SMITH Department...revised of Leeds, j&m Leeds December LS2 9JT. UK 29. 1995 ) Abstract-The boron isotopic composition...from a series of sites in the western southwest England orefield has been determined using ion microprobe...for typical continental crust. Within this range granite tourmalines show a depletion in ’ ‘B from coarse...the tourmalinite fluid and suggests a constant, granite-derived source of boron during the early hydrothermal
Book
Pe} 25Nov 19 | cuUTLY "hie ore ot 30376 CORNWALL COUNTY LIBRARY COUNTY HALL TRURO PLEASE RETURN...NOALL BOOKS LIMITED BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, MCMLXXVII ENGLAND PUBLISHED BY BARRACUDA CHESHAM, AND ROOK...© BY BASKERVILLE BUCKS LIMITED ENGLAND TYPE BY BY ENGLAND LITHOGRAPHY SOUTH LIMITED N5 PRINTED...LUTON, LIMITED ENGLAND PRINTED FRANK WHITE BOOKS NOALL 169 LIMITED ENGLAND 1977 All rights...BARBER - 10 Tue Spirit oF St Ives 11 St ]a’s Cove 12 THE CuRE OF SOULS 2 WITHIN THE BURROUGH
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ninety geological localities in the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucester, and Somerset, each... Descriptions of the majority of the sites in Cornwall and Devon of mineralogical interest were contributed...Details are given of the Botallack Head to Cape Cornwall coast section, which shows fine exposures of ...metasomatized rocks in the aureole of the Land's End granite. The magnificent 3oo-feet high sea-cliff section...mineral veins is described, as are Cheeswring granite quarry, Clicker Tor quarry in augite picrite, and
Book
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
Book
permission — of the publisher, First published 1990 Granite tor formations on the summit of Stowe’s Hill, Bodmin...Twelveheads Press PO Box 59, Chacewater Truro, Cornwall TR4 8Z}. especially true of its minerals, some...rocks lie at the bottom of a sequence, but in Cornwall this becomes far from simple where rocks have...(metamorphism) of existing rocks. The land wl ‘ch is now Cornwall has seen periods of uplift and sinking beneath...conditions changed too, for the land that is now Cornwall was once close to the Equator before the action
Journal (issue)
into the geology and geomorphology of south-west England Volume 6 Part 1 1984 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...Carnmenellis Granite, Cornwall. M. STONE and C.S. EXLEY: Emplacement-of the Porthmeor granite pluton, West...West Cornwall. C.J. LISTER: Xenolith assimilation in the granites of south-west England. A.M. BLAND: Field
Book
(Elvan) Carboniferous Aplite Biotite-granite Lithium-mica-granite Lamprophyre Devonian and ?Carboniferous...geological map of Cornwall in 1797 and accounts, both of the minerals and granite, were published around...dominated by the Land's End Granite. This and the Tregonning-Godolphin Granite were emplaced during the...formed from megacrystic coarse-grained biotite-granite with well defined joints. (A 14071) • BRITISH...Memoir for 1: 50 000 geological sheets 351 and 358 (England and Wales) LONDON: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE
Journal (issue)
into the geology and geomorphology of south-west England Volume 6 Part 3 1986 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...Quarter-century: Advances in the geology of south-west England 1960-1985. A. WHITTAKER: The deep geological structure...fauna of late Pliocene age from St. Erth, south Cornwall. E.M. DURRANCE and C.M. BRISTOW: Kaolinisation
Journal (issue)
into the geology and geomorphology of south-west England Volume 6 Part 3 1986 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...Quarter-century: Advances in the geology of south-west England 1960-1985. A. WHITTAKER: The deep geological structure...fauna of late Pliocene age from St. Erth, south Cornwall. E.M. DURRANCE and C.M. BRISTOW: Kaolinisation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAGAZINE NUMBER 383 JUNE 1992 The Tregonning granite: petrogenesis of Li-mica granites in the Cornubian...differentiation of biotite granite magma is unlikely to have generated Li-mica granite magma, as also, on its...its own, is partial melting of biotite granite or biotiteabsent residual lower crust. However, partial...S-type crust that earlier provided S-type biotite granite magma, or basic (biotite-rich) granitoid, to produce...produce a low-temperature, low-viscosity Li-mica granite melt that rose rapidly in the crust soon after
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Observations on the South-western Coal district of England " : Trans. Geol. Soc, Ser. n, vol. i, p. 264. ...la Beche, Sir H. T., " Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset" : Mem. Geol. Survey...5. 1841. Phillips, J., " Palaeozoic Fossils of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset " : pp. 142-3. Cystiphyllum...Exposed in the Counties of Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall " : Proc. Geol. Soc., vol. iii, p. 115. The writer...Ponsanooth. Constantine. Cam Menelez granite mass. Rocks. Granite. St. Michael's Mount. Greisen and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
decomposition, 976. Blaclcpool clay pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, tourmaline, 1078. Blithfield nmteorite, minor...ferrian chlorospinel, 948. Castle an Dinas quarry, Cornwall, tourmaline, 1078. Catron City, New Mexico, bixbyite...Parnallee meteorite, descr., anal., 319. Chotanagpur granite, India, trace elements, relation to sulphide ores...Rhodesia, anal., 1052. Cripple's Ease quarry, Cornwall, tourmaline, 1078. Crccidolite, Bolivia, anal...Rhodesia, 50. .Fianuis, North Rona, Scotland, granite (anal.), 342. ]~INNEY (J. J.), see KUMBASAR (I
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ponsanooth. Constantine. Cam Menelez granite mass. Rocks. Granite. St. Michael's Mount. Greisen and...Greisen. Cligga Head. >( Pegmatite. Porthmeor Cove. Trewavas Cove. Belowda Beacon. Kit Hill. Hemerdon...Mispickel. Greisen. Cassiterite distributed through granite near lode bearing areas. Cassiterite, wolfram,...St. Agnes Beacon. Rocks. Quartz-porphyry. ,, Granite. Quartz-porphyry. „ WhealBusy. Cam Brea. Bolenowe...tourmaline, with cassiterite, and ran from the granite into the slate. VEINSTONE FROM TINCROFT MINE.
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...the major rock units is shown in Fig. 1. CORNWALL I••+·j Granite 3 D Devonian sediments filffm Lizard...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of zircons from the Cornubian Batholith of SW England and comparison with zircons from other European...Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK Camborne School of Mines, College of Engineering...University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK [Received 13 March 2015; Accepted 17 December...representative granite samples of the late-Variscan Cornubian Batholith in SW England was analysed for...D S : zircon, chemical composition, Cornwall, rare-metal granite. Introduction ZIRCON is one of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the granitic sheets Tremearne, Porthleven, Cornwall MAURICE STONE (PLATE 8) SUMMARY. The granitic...have originated from the roof of the Tregonning granite and to have undergone lateral differentiation from...associated pegmatite in a direction away from this granite. Several types of banding are described from the...layering in granitic rocks occur in bodies of granite aplite and pegmatite. Banding in these rocks ranges...Beds at the well-exposed roof of the Tregonning granite. These rocks consist of aplites, pegmatites and
 
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