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Copper from
Wheal Coates, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Coates, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:15645
Long-form Identifier:1:3:15645:1
GUID (UUID V4):67aa3840-3607-4824-afea-ae4b0ec7f50a
Nearest other occurrences of Copper
0.9km (0.6 miles) ā“˜Wheal Charlotte (Great Wheal Charlotte), Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
2.0km (1.3 miles) ā“˜Polberro Mines, St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
3.0km (1.9 miles) ā“˜Wheal Music, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
3.2km (2.0 miles) ā“˜Wheal Ellen (Old Basset Mine), Mawla Lane End, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
5.0km (3.1 miles) ā“˜Wheal Scorrier (Scorrier Consols), Skinners Bottom, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
5.3km (3.3 miles) ā“˜Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
5.9km (3.7 miles) ā“˜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
6.5km (4.0 miles) ā“˜Treskerby and Chance United Mine (incl. Treskerby Mine; Wheal Chance), Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
7.8km (4.8 miles) ā“˜Wheal Cupid, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
7.8km (4.8 miles) ā“˜Wheal Gorland, St Day, 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
Journal (issue)
Lower Boscaswel I, Pendeen, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. Telephone: 0736 - 788286 PROBABLY THE FINEST...CATALOGUE GENEROUS TRADES AND COLLECTION PURCHASES UK Journal of Mines and Minerals IssueNo3 SUMMER1987...or direct to the UK in Sterling. Barite from Silverwood Colliery ARTICLES Copper Mines of Middleton...Lane, Blaxton, Nr. Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Telephone: (0302) 770248 5 21 S. Uttley Mineral...orthoclase from Wheal Coates, St. Agnes 30 M.P.Cooper Present day collecting at Cligga Head, Cornwall 33 L
Other Paper
ā€˜CORNWALL MININGā€™ā€“ A MULTI-AGENCY APPROACH TO PRESERVING MINERAL DIVERSITY KEVIN L. WALSH Oxford University...Oxford, OX1 3PW, UK Abstract. The Mining Landscape of Cornwall and South Devon (ā€œCornwall Miningā€), in SW...SW England was declared a World Heritage Site in 2006. The impressive mineral diversity of Cornwall, 466...batholith, and its alteration and weathering products. Cornwall is a popular tourist area in Britain. Tourists...growing part of this industry. Geevor mine and Wheal Martyn kaolin pit are two of many sites that have
Other Paper
The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site Appendices to the World Heritage Site...Site Management Plan 2013-2018 The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site Appendices... The Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage...and recording events within the Site 8.6 The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage...and research commissioned or co-funded by the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage
Report (edition)
| Geologistsā€™ 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... Geologistsā€™ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall Second Edition Edited by J. T. Greensmith...Landā€™s End Peninsula II Mountā€™s Bay 15 III St. Agnes District 24 IV Falmouth Bay 29 V_ The Lizard...REFERENCES ISBN 0-900717-57-2 West Cornwall INTRODUCTION Cornwall has long been one of the classic areas
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;...Land's End Peninsula II Mount's Bay 1 4 III St. Agnes District IV Falmouth Bay V The Lizard Peninsula...t l i n e map of West Cornwall 2. Map of Land's End peninsula 5 3. Map of St. Just area 7 4. Distribution
Book
GeologicalSurvey. 1:50 000 Sheet 346 Newquay (England and Wales). Ā© NERC 2014 All rights reserved Copyright...Generalised sequence of mineralisation in south-west England 14 5 Constituent mines of the Great Perran Iron...7 Stratigraphy of the Beacon Cottage Farm. and St Agnes Beacon outliers 20 8 Sequential development of...and Cenozoic deposits are present locally around St Agnes, in the west. The regional strike in the district... Watergate Bay Drt -1, Towan Head 90 1 St Agnes Formation (Cenozoic) :J 380 MawganPorth N
Book (edition)
INTRODUCTION THE HISTORY of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and copper, iron, lead, tin and other minerals...known from prehistoric times, and it is likely that copper was also worked at an early date. Tin was important...far south-west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper mining was then far more important than tin, and...CORNWALL'S MINING HERITAGE Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in South Wales...when foreign competition depressed the price of copper and then tin, hundreds of mines were hastily abandoned
Book (edition)
Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses the...The history of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and tin, copper, iron, lead and other minerals...known from prehistoric times, and it is likely that copper was also worked at an early date. Tin was important...south- west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper mining was then far more important than tin, and...and crushing ores. Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in South Wales
Book
Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...r_0 'f_'--"t S:rā€¢a!e. or S age of the opal from St Austell is cred1te o Greenside Minerals (www.greenside...14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's Bay: Penzance to Porthleven Rivers...Por1htowan to Perranpor1h The Lizard: Mullion to Manaccan St Auste ll: Ladock to Lostwithiel Wadebridge: Padstow...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious
Catalog/List
W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders...Ā£6. 3. APATITE. Colcerrow Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Very fine highly modified clear sea green crystals...botryoidal mass. Ā£~. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Fine clear glassy crystals to ~... ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich green crystaline to crystalised coatings...2tx2t". Ā£1. AUTUNITE. South Terras Mine, st. Stephens, Cornwall. Light yellowish green platy crystals richly
Report (edition)
West Cornwall by A. HALL ITINERARY Introduction I. Land's End Peninsula II. Mount's Bay II I. St. Agnes...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 Iā€¢ā€¢+Ā·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
Woodcockshayes, Halberton road, Willand, Devon, ENGLAND EX15 2QF Tel/Fax (01884) 821563 Catalogue 2/1997...terminations. Ā£110 13 14 PYROMORPHITE (4cm 4cm x 3cm) St. Salvy, Tam, France Grass green crystal groups of...over them Very pretty. Ā£45 8 ā– i 70 68 NATIVE COPPER EPIDOTE (8cm x 5cm x 3cm) Gilgit, N. Pakistan...Mine, Chingola, Zambia Hackly crystalline native copper forming an interestingly shaped crystal group with...many 19th century classics from Devon, Cornwall and Northern England If you do not find what you want on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of tin ore, have been found at Wheal Coates Mine, St. Agnes, Cornwall. A banded structure of this kind...(agate) wood-tin, wood-iron, malachite, some forms of copper pyrites, &c. I n their normal condition rocks are...assuming a crystalline structure. The large vein at Wheal Coates has long been celebrated for its tin pseudomorphs;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of tin ore, have been found at Wheal Coates Mine, St. Agnes, Cornwall. A banded structure of this kind...(agate) wood-tin, wood-iron, malachite, some forms of copper pyrites, &c. I n their normal condition rocks are...assuming a crystalline structure. The large vein at Wheal Coates has long been celebrated for its tin pseudomorphs;
Book
There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic... They range from azure-blue 'hair crystals' of copper ore and the branching leaf-like growths of pure...purple crystals of amethyst to huge masses of iron copper sulphide. Chosen for their aesthetic qualities...significant minerals to come out of southwest England. The accompanying captions describe the crystallographic...t). ~ e ā€¢ ~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants
Report (issue)
but deals mainly wit.h the mining area aro11nd St. Agnes, ,vhich has been carefully studied by Henwood...Cross section .. 96 Fig. 5.-Wheal Coates. Cross sections - 97 Fig. 6.-East Wheal Rose. Cross sections Figs...Figs. 7 and 8.-Great St. George. Cross sections .. Ā·Ā·Ā· 98 ., ā€¢Ā· 99 ļæ½ igs. 9 and I0.-Penhalls Mine. Cross...102 .. ā€¢ - 102 Fig. 13.-St. Agnes Consols. Cross section.. Figs. 14 and 15.-Wheal Prudence. Cross sections...Mines. Cross section .. 105 .. 106 Fig. 18.-North Wheal Chiverton. Cross sectionĀ· Fig. 19.-Trewollock Mine
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...botallackite, Levant The image of the opal from St Austell is credited to Greenside Minerals (www.greensideminerals...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org...to See Cornish Minerals 112 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's Bay: Penzance to Porthleven Rivers
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3 Waylandite: new data, from an occurrence in Cornwall, with a note on 'agnesite' IN the course of a...for its remarkable goethite crystals; and Wheal Coates, St Agnes, best known for its pseudomorphs of cassiterite...mineral collection of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, Truro; and another Restormel specimen (BM 32875...for those that he considered less good. The Wheal Coates specimen (RIC no. 1589) has neither waylandite...apatite (P), barium fluoride (Ba), and pure iron, copper and bismuth. The energydispersive analyses were
Catalog/List
LATE MAURICE J. E. GRIGG ESQ OF INDIAN QUEENS CORNWALL TO BE HELD IN ā€œTHE VICTORY HALL" THE DRANG, INDIAN...COLLECTION LABEL) 70x30 5 ACC No. 745. CUPRITE, WHEAL DAMSEL, GWENNAP. CRYSTALS TO 8MM ON GOSSAN Y UPPER...ACC No. 1036. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN) WHEAL KITTY, ST. AGNES. COLLCI920ā€™S. 25x20 ACC No. 1037. CASSITERITE...CASSITERITE PSEUDOMORPHING ORTHOCLASE FELDSPAR, WHEAL COATES, ST. AGNES. (EXC.V.SMALE) 40X20 14 ACC No. 1025...15 ACC No. 1034. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN) ST. AGNES. A POLISHED PEBBLE, COLL Cl920. (EX MIKE MERRY
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is always the previous grouping. In this way the copper atoms transformed into common quartz (alpha-quartz)...islands (Calvo, Kazakhstan. 2016). As classic This copper deposit localities, in which was discovered in...crystals Wheal Coates, in St. are the best in the world, and have the characteristic Agnes, Cornwall (Great...later partially altered to fine-grained are the copper-rich members of a series of minerals kyanite within...with garnet also found in the Merehead quarry in England, and in are found in which pseudomorphs of diamond
Report (issue)
things more desirable than specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, an exceptionally...deposit where commercial extraction of lead, zinc and copper ores ceased in 1953 (see Richard Bideauxā€™s definitive...red-orange color: Vanadinite, 5.5 cm, from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona. Mineral...centuries old, of clinoclase from Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, Englandā€”a mine which produced the worldā€™s...=ļ‚„ Clinoclase, 4.9 cm, from Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England. Ex Joseph Neeld collection. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
different modes of occurrence of oxide of tin ia Cornwall were briefly described, and the characters both...deposits, although thei~ occurrence is not limited to Cornwall as was at one time supposed. ~ I The chemical...following analyses were given in my Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon, pt. 2, p. 24 : - r d. Oxide of Tin...acicular crystals .. 75 per cent. Grey crystals from St. Agnes .. 74 ,, W o o d Tin ...... 9 .... 73 ,, Stream...notable locality for wood-tin. Balleswidden Mine in St. Just has also been given as a locality, t The following
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
different modes of occurrence of oxide of tin ia Cornwall were briefly described, and the characters both...deposits, although thei~ occurrence is not limited to Cornwall as was at one time supposed. ~ I The chemical...following analyses were given in my Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon, pt. 2, p. 24 : - r d. Oxide of Tin...acicular crystals .. 75 per cent. Grey crystals from St. Agnes .. 74 ,, W o o d Tin ...... 9 .... 73 ,, Stream...notable locality for wood-tin. Balleswidden Mine in St. Just has also been given as a locality, t The following
Book (volume)
MINERS OF CORNWALL 2. ST AGNES - PERRANPORTH A. K. HAMIL TON JENKIN MINES AND MINERS OF CORNWALL II. ST...ST. AGNES - PERRANPORTH MINES AND MINERS OF CORNWALL 11. ST. AGNES-PERRANPORTH A. K. HAMILTON...origin of this work, see Part I: A.ROUND ST. lvES. ST. AGNES - PERRANPORTH T HIS AREA COMPRISES AN...may be seen the burrows of WHEAL TO WAN, an old and once important copper mine which ranked, in its day...day, as one of the richest in Cornwall. No account has hitherto been given of this mine in the years
 
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