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Muscovite from
Wheal Maid, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Maid, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1501394
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1501394:7
GUID (UUID V4):d3507469-0458-4fc2-986d-e6356503fb3d
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Poldice Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) Wheal Unity Wood (Tolgullow United Mine; West Poldice Mine), Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
2.0km (1.2 miles) Mount Wellington Mine (Wheal Magpie), Cusgarne, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
2.3km (1.5 miles) Great Wheal Busy (Chacewater Mine), Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
4.0km (2.5 miles) Wheal Concord, East Treskerby Mine, Skinners Bottom, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
7.7km (4.8 miles) Chywoon Quarry, Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK
7.8km (4.8 miles) South Crofty Tin Project (South Crofty Mine; South Wheal Crofty), Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
8.1km (5.0 miles) Longdowns, Stithians, Cornwall, England, UK
8.2km (5.1 miles) Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfidic Legacy Mine Tailings: A Review of the Wheal Maid Site, UK Verity Fitch 1 , Anita Parbhakar-Fox 2, *...of Mines, University of Exeter, Penry, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK; verity.fitch96@gmail.com (V.F.); r.crane@exeter...human and environmental health. The Wheal Maid mine site, Cornwall, UK, serves as an example of the temporal...geochemistry, mineralogy, and microbiology of the Wheal Maid tailings, from both peer-reviewed journal articles...oxidation experiments. Particularly of interest at Wheal Maid is the presence of pyrite-bearing “Grey Tailings”
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)
55 On the occurrence of Phenacite in Cornwall. By ARTHUR RUSS~.+.L. [Read June 7 and November 151 1910...mode of occurrence at five distinct localities in Cornwall. The occurrences are described in the order of...discovery. Cheesewrin9 Quarry, Zinidnlurrne, Cornwall. During the early part of 1905, while examining...of Scotland ', 1901. ~6 ARTHUR RUSSELL ON muscovite-tourmaline-granite. The mineral appears to be...Cheesewring Quarry. South Phoenix Mine, Linking~orne, Cornwall. I n 1906, more than a year after the discovery
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...4AW. R. C. Scrivener, British Geological Survey, St. Just, 30 Pennsylvania Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 6BX...Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP. INTRODUCTION Cornwall was formerly one of the world's greatest tin and
Report (issue)
Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey .... . . ... 27.-Eas t Wl1eal Lovell 28. -Gi--eat Wheal Fortt1ne . . . · ... 29.-vVhral-, Go1..1and 30 (�...i11e . . . :3 2.-\Vhenl Lt1sl1ington .. . . 3?. -Wheal \rincent (part ot· \Vl1eal ... :1 4.-Nangiles :-3...Tregavethan to Skin­ n er's Bottom, in the parish of St. Agnes, is comparatively flat. The adjacent tract...elevated portion of this sheet. The Tertiary beds of St. Agnes are indeed only a mile distant, where they
Catalog/List
SIZES SS Chee rful , 18 miles NNW of St I cm £6 Ives. Cornwall. England No location details !cm £4 Colo...2 x2 £1.20 2x2 £1 2 Ix ! £4 l x2 £8 New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,Eng land Madagascar ½ x½ £2...near Creston . Wyoming ,U.S. A Newhaven Sussex, England l x l £3 l x2 £5 While crystals well covering...Type Location l x2 £3 2x2 £6 2x3 £ 10 Bo ulouris. St Raphael. France 2x2 £3 2x3 £5 3x4 £8 l x2 £8...grey-green mass ive. County Bri dge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall Jx I £ I I x2 £2 Loch Scridain Mull Scotland
Catalog/List
No. Byways, 20 Burstcad Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL 2007 104 Phone 01932 862340 ...--iLiii>io6ui-Eji~yd~i~~;-=r~;d;l~-N~~ey- golden muscovite/ mauve Lcpidolite. Attractive plate with two colours...3-~3-~l-~- - -- --- - --- - - ---- ---- -290 MUSCOVITE Alno Island Sweden 2-3mm square shaped areas,...ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England Winster Derbyshire Pure fawn columnar masses grey...FLUORESCENl ½" £3 Ix! £6 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex. England 246 BARYfES Redhill, Surrey Pure hard white sphere
Catalog/List
MINERALS Ho U available. NEW STOCK Devon and Cornwall pages 8 S 3 : ALLOPHANE, ARTHURITE, pure CHALCOCITE...040 BITYITE Li and Be Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3...PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on rock £3 b) lx half ins,...micro crystals on rock or quartz. (Levant Mine Cornwall) 1 x 55 £3 1x1 £4 to £6 563 CERULEITE Cu Al AsO/4...crystalline areas on matrix.(Wheal Maid Incline of Wheal Jane, Cornwall) 54x56 £2 1x1 £4 1x2 £8 516 CHALCOCITE
Catalog/List
New Minerals in this list Armenite,Axinitefrom Cornwall,Bahianite,Bismutite, Celestite with Sulphur,Cubanite...SnO OH Cl ingots on a ship wreck in 1885 St Ives. Cornwall. Engl.and__ .. _ _ - •· Ix2ins Very. rich~...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England 12 ALUJ\JINITE lxlins50p lx2£I 2x2£2.S0 Al SO/4... . White phcnoaysts at least Smm size Boulouris, St Raphael, France lx2 £I.SO 2x2 £3 2x3 £5 3x4 £8 236...--- · - · · ··· _ 2x3 £I .SO 2x2£1 Staffordshire England lx2 S0p Rich white to faintly blue masses 23 Al'\HYDRITE
Catalog/List
_1_0_0_ Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL ·_-2_0_0_6__, -· Phone 01932...Lochinver, Scotland 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England / MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE, dark green fibrous mass....ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety) Olive green...Gnmct lx2 £3 2x2 £6 2x3 £10 236 ANDESINE Boulouris, St Raphael, France 1111 ALMANDINE Eptelnnd, Evje-lvelnnd... £4 lx2 £6 Ca SO/4 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses lx2 80p 2x2 £1
Catalog/List
_S)_O_H_C_l_ _ _ _ _ _on tin ingots on a ship wreck in 1885 St Ives, Com\~'!!_!!,_~gl~nd____ 2 AEGIRINE Very rich...sparse, acicular micros in Penberthy Croft Mine, St 1cm £4 s AGARDITE Y Ca Cu As_O_O_H_____c_a_v_iti_e'-s-'in'-'-...- --q.,_u_artz _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___::H_i_l_?fY Cornwall __________ _ _ _ _ __ _________ AGRELLITE Excellent...East Wheal Russell , ALLOPHANE £4 FLUORESCENT ½ x ½ ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England Large...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins S0p ALUMINITE Al SO/4 ALUMINOTSCHERMAKITE
Catalog/List
Spinel crystals from madgascar.Mottramite from England .Cut and polished Labradorite.Tacharanite and Tobermorite...NNW of ingots on a ship wreck in 1885 St Ives. Cornwall. England Rich fine grained black crystalline mass...in Penbenhy Croft Mine, St cavities in quartz_________________ Hilary Cornwall Pure black-brown cleavage...New East Wheal Russell, £4 ALLOPHANE 501 A x A ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England FLUORESCENT..._______ Ba Ca 00/3__________ Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins50p 1x2 £1 Pure hard white sphere shaped
Catalog/List
I Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL richard.tayler@minerals...£7.50 Ag Sb 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with..._--~(~OI_~·-·· · -·- ·· ···ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule. Ixlins80p...fnAICO/~ -- ---··-·· --- -~~!. ANDESINE Boulouris, St Raphael, France White phenocrysts at least 5mm size..._ _P_b_so_,_4____ 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich while to faintly,bluemasses lx2~0p ________
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
Catalog/List
__1_os__2_0_0_9� Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL Phone 01932 862340 richard.tayler@minerals...entry for this list ANALCIME Dean Quarry, Lizard ,Cornwall Achmclvich, near Lochinvcr, Scotbnd 97 ACTINOLITE...Lauvland, Frigstad, Evjc Norway 933 Hingston Quarry,Cornwall 16 Rich grey-white cleavages , some with minor...lxl£3 2x2£12 lx2£5 lxl £1 ----· Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minl10, Portugal 95 10 77...Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantilc
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
Catalog/List
Chccrrut. 18 miks NNW or St 1cm £6 ✓ on a ship wreck in 1885 Ives, Comwall, England ABHURITE SnO OH DESCRIPTON...Devon .England Madagascar Railway cutting nearCreston . Wyoming ,U S. A Newhavcn Sussex. England I x2...Type Locatiun Ix2 £3 236 ANDESINE 13oulouris. St Raphael. France Ix2 £1.50 2 17 ANDORITE . phenocl)'Sts...Rich white to faintly blue masses Staffordshire England 25 ANKERITE-KlJTNAHORITE Rich fawn massive. xrayed...rich mass of micro ✓ Holmbush Mine. Kelly Bray . Cornwall crystals over the main surface. Quite rich. blue-grey
Book
4. Cana,)' Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris...PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055............................ M: macaulayite to muscovite .......................... 321 vi Acknowledgements...the production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the
Catalog/List
fcATALOGUE Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL No 96 2005\ Phone 01932 862340...ALLOPllANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 52 501 Rich pinkish mass in dark grey homfels....2x3 £10 lx2 £3 2x2 £8 2x3 £12 ANDESINE Boulouris, St Raphael, France ALMANDINE Fauske Norway 236 60 Sharp...lxl£4 lx2£8 1048 ALUMJNITE Newhavcn Sussex, England Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule_ lx2£1 2x2...2x2 £2.50 Al S0/4 lxl ins 50p OIIYDROCALClTE SouU1 Day, Scarborough Yorkshire ALUM 9 6 A rare British mineral
Book (volume)
The METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume I 1956 20 I 7 reprint 0 z z ~ w ...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME I H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE ·with petrographical...This account of the minmg geology of south-west England summarizes the geological info1mation gained druing...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall. Devon m1dwest Somerset. ·n1e region covered is...production on a scale sufficientto preserve fue west of England mining tradition. For ease of treatment the region
Book
permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...company. Audrey and I were married on 16 March 1963 in St Werburgh's Church, Bristol. After our honeymoon we...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... I helped out at all of the mineral shows in the UK and on the continent, and later with the Bruce &
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
within, the piles The withbulk quartz (72 to 77 wt muscovite (13(Figure to 17 wt2)%)isand kaolinitebetween...dominating. sampled piles with quartz (72 to 77 wt %), muscovite (13 to 17 wt %) and kaolinite (2 to 9 wt Minor...associated with muscovite, with internal striations displayed Figure associated with muscovite, with internal...A case study from the Wheal Maid historic tailings repository in Cornwall, UK. Sci. Total Environ. 2016
Journal (volume)
Prelims.indd 1 01/12/2014 11:14 © COPYRIGHT CORNWALL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2014 No part of this volume...prehistoric site and fogou at Boden Vean,1 St Anthony-in-Meneage, Cornwall, 2003 JAMES GOSSIP Excavations at Scarcewater...Scarcewater Tip, Pennance, St Stephen-in-Brannel 99 ANDY M JONES and SEAN TAYLOR Archaeological excavations...Madron, Cornwall135 ANDY M JONES Kingswood round: an enclosure at Kingswood Farm, Cardinham, Cornwall171...Castle-an-Dinas, St Columb Major: a new survey223 SHARON SOUTAR Roman amphorae in Iron Age Cornwall: pre-Roman
Book (edition)
Chapman & Hall 2-6 Boundary Row London SE! 8HN, England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South...relvvagigld .xteliliey? santa rowan leks ) Get « ryi St pewory sine toting bee eoetiine wll deatial wl bxyolovab...Lowell Joe Pfeifer Joel Yancy Julius Zweibel Kent England Lawrence Conklin Laszlo Horvath Luiz Menezes Les...Henry and K. Lonsdale, Kynoch Press (Birmingham, England), three volumes, 1952-1963. Crystallography and...FEV i Sea _ 2 nee eaeee Si bre ed “ree ah ST gg ithe Detaridty ae 44 ia) ni a, wii was bp
Book (edition)
Chapman & Hall 2-6 Boundary Row London SEI 8HN, England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South...Pfeifer JY Joel Yancy JZ Julius Z weibel KE Kent England LC Lawrence Conklin LH Laszlo Horvath LM Luiz Menezes...Henry and K. Lonsdale, Kynoch Press (Birmingham, England), three volumes, 1952-1963. Crystallography and...Massachusetts, and Virginia. Also in Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Tanzania, Madagascar...Arkansas, Minnesota, and Massachusetts. Also at Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, and at localities in Greenland
 
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