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Quartz from
Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Specularite33 photos of Quartz associated with Specularite at this locality.
Chalcocite9 photos of Quartz associated with Chalcocite at this locality.
Goethite7 photos of Quartz associated with Goethite at this locality.
Calcite6 photos of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality.
Arsenopyrite4 photos of Quartz associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality.
Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite4 photos of Quartz associated with Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite at this locality.
Cassiterite4 photos of Quartz associated with Cassiterite at this locality.
Siderite3 photos of Quartz associated with Siderite at this locality.
Malachite3 photos of Quartz associated with Malachite at this locality.
Amethyst3 photos of Quartz associated with Amethyst at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (10 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:17495
Long-form Identifier:1:3:17495:2
GUID (UUID V4):b307a881-0101-4772-84ae-eb6fde19dc04
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.1km (0.1 miles) Wheal Tolvan (Wheal Tolvaen), Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.1km (0.1 miles) Wheal Hen, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.2km (0.1 miles) Botallack Head (Wheal Cock Carn), Cliff outcrops, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.2km (0.1 miles) Stamps and Jowl Zawn (Roscommon Cliff), Cliff outcrops, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.3km (0.2 miles) Chycornish Carn (?), Cliff outcrops, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.4km (0.2 miles) Wheal Hazard, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.4km (0.3 miles) Grylls Bunny, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) Spearn Moor Mine, Spearn Consols (Wheal Spearn), Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) Trewellard Cliff, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...never the less be only just to mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work
Journal (issue)
UK Journal of mes ·and .Minerals Issue SprJng 1989 , No ...6 Pr:f ee ~3.95 ·- • r .. Arnold...Trewellard, Penzance, Cornwall. TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Calcite (Cornwall) UK Journal of Mines and...EUROPE SOUTH AFRICA The History of Ystrad Einion Mine J & A Wolters. Leeuwendaal 2, 3273 XD Westmaas...Merritt Cassiterite from Whiteworks Carharrick, Cornwall R. Morton.Dr. K.F.G. Hosking 22 Mining Methods...Showing the Boscawcn Diagonal Shaft at Botallack Mine. St. Just. Cornwall. Reproduced hy permission of City
Journal (issue)
copper mineral assemblages at Botaliack, St Just. Cornwall R.J. Bowell 45 The composition of stolzite...Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon 66 ...SUPERGENE COPPER MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES AT BOTALLACK, ST JUST, CORNWALL R.l. BOWELL Department of Mineralogy...chlorides and sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed...observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral assemblage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
377 Notes on the occurrence of zeolites in Cornwall and neT)on. By ARTHUR I~USS~T,T.. [Read November...concerning the occurrence of zeolites in both Cornwall and Devon. Specimens belonging to this group are...list of mineral species occurring in the ~Vest of England. HEULANDITE. Whea~ Forest, OkehamTton, Devon.--During...Devon, I visited some small abandoned mine-workings named Wheal Forest, situated in ~[eldon Gorge, on...this being the first record of its occurrence in England. On five of the specimens, which were all broken
Book
VII-paid a memorable visit to Botallack Mine, set amid spectacular cliff scenery just a few miles north of Land's...metalliferous mines not only in Cornwall but the whole world. Botallack became the Mecca of many tourists-so...ride in the Crowns skip to prevent the work of the mine being too much interrupted by curiosity seekers...until now, no detailed and connected history of Botallack has appeared. In this book is covered the full...sensational copper discovery in 1842 that saved Botallack from failure and made it one of the richest mines
Journal (issue)
J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...TETRAHEDRITE, 15 cm, from the Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Collection of the Natural History...See the article in this issue on the minerals of Cornwall. Copyright 1993 © by the Mineraiogicai Record...of your hand for singlehanded operation, weighs just over a pound, and runs on six AA batteries. The...Pendeen West Cornwall, England Forcenturies, the copper and tin mines in Cornwall County, England, have proved
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
Catalog/List
IITE/MORION. Pikes Peak,Colorado,USA. Typical Feldspar/Quartz pcgmatitic matrix fragment vlth lustrous,blue-green...Cornvall, Choice,very rich specimen. Ferruginous Quartz vein section smothered in gemmy,light-brovn coloured...,1:.1• 75 • I 5. ARSENIANPYRITE. Wheal Nangllcs,Dlssoe,Cornwall. 19th C ~pccimrn. Matrix free,crystalline...prismatlc xtls, 50x50x25mm, iG,00, 16. ARSENOPYRITE/QUARTZ. Zacatecas,Mexlco. Sllvcry-metalllc,tcrninated...prisms of Quartz on crystalline Pyritc. 45x25x20mm. tl5.00. 17. ARSENOPYRITE/CHALCOPYRITE. Wheal Jane,Kea
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Discordant calc-silicate bodies from the St. Just aureole, Cornwall D. H. M. ALDERTON Department of Geology...Geology, The University, Keele, Staffs. ST5 5BG, England AND N. J. JACKSON Institute of Applied Geology,...are described from the St. Just part of the Land's End granite aureole, Cornwall. It is suggested that...development is discussed. Geological setting The St. Just portion of the Land's End metamorphic aureole... magnetite-ilmenite, actinolite, chlorite, and quartz. Two 'exotic' assemblages can be recognized in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2012 Chalcophyllite Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall, England S ome minerals, such as tsumebite...synonym is tamarite, for specimens from Wheal Tamar, Devon, England. Chalcophyllite occurs in a range of...exceptional crystals to 2 cm are known from Cornwall, England (Corbett 1973). The crystals are flattened...although minor SiO2 (which is probably included quartz) and phosphate, occurring as a minor replacement...arsenate, have been noted (Piazza 1931). At Wheal Gorland, England, a specimen exhibiting partial replacement
Journal (issue)
antwerpen v.z.w. 26(2), februari 2001 in dit nummer : cornwall vanadiniet mineralogische kring antwerpen vzw...Zuid-Frankrijk). Titelpagina De Botallack mine op de rotskust van West-Cornwall. Foto Rik Dillen (1979). Geonieuws...brogne.be TUCSON. Inn Suites Hotel, 475 N. Granada / St. Mary's Road. 10-19 h. Beurs TUCSON. Executive Inn...4/a. 8.30-19.30 h. Beurs. PARIS. Sofitel, 17 Bd. St.-Jacques. Beurs. Geonieuws 26(2),februari 2001 ...tijdschriften * LE REGNE MINERAL # 34, 08.00 5-15 La mine Rogerley, Weardale, comté de Durham, Angleterre
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jones JONES , A. P. 1987. Field Meeting in west Cornwall , 30 May to 2 June , 1986. Proc. Geol. Ass. 98(1)...mineralogical and petrological interest in West Cornwall. Attention was concentrated on mineralisation...Kingston-upon-Thames , Surrey , KT12EE. 1. INTRODUCTION mine workings were briefly picked over and yielded limited...dominated by arsenoA field meeting was held in west Cornwall primarily to examine areas of mineralisation associated...accommodation in The prior to the afternoon visit to St. Michael's Mount. Karenza Hotel , Carbis Bay, provided
Journal (volume)
K. A. Dyer, Hoddlesden, Darwen, U.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. I.R. Plimer, Kensington Gardens, S...non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...section of massive iron ore showing drusy, jasper-red quartz forming veinlets parallel to the banding, overgrown...proudly displaying a copy of Minerals of Northern England. Roy Starkey photograph. Journal of the Russell...Herderite-hydroxylherderite series minerals from Chywoon Quarry, Cornwall Tom F. Cotterell, Neil Hubbard and David Moulding
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Skarn garnets from South-West England SKARN GARNETS FROM SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND D.H.M. ALDERTON Alderton...Skarn garnets from South-West England. Geoscience in South-West England, 14, 91–97. Chemical analysis...analysis of garnets from skarns in south-west England has revealed that they are all grandites, containing at...Sciences, Royal Holloway, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK (E-mail: d.alderton@rhul.ac.uk) Keywords: skarn...occur in several geological settings in south-west England, yet detailed descriptions are typically brief
Journal (issue)
t;>.,,.,. J..2. w ,·tf, SI' l'UK TS C 2 EDITORIAL COVER:Heart-shaped calcite twin...Rob Lavinsky. CLASSIC MINERALS OF NOlffl-lERN ENGLAND STEVErtUSTITE 6 RICHARD BARSTOW Roy Starkey...COmwaJI, England UKJournal of Mines & Minerals No. 31 -1,\ EDITORIAL his edition of the Uk]lv!M begins...CLASSICMINERALS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND he mineral deposits of northern England are internationally recognised...of local knowledge, by the well known north-of-England collector Lindsay Greenbank. T The celebration
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V.A...azurite/chalcocite matrix. 2x2x1-t", £4.5Op 4. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Eire. Select cellular mass of bright...~2-tX1t", £11.00 5. BARYTES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelvehead~, Cornwall, Specimen A: Lustrous well formed terminated...in size thic.kly scattered over milky pyramidal qUartz crystals covering quartzose veinstuff. 2tx2x2"...that were f~und last century in the Ale & Cakes mine in Gwennap; barytes is a rare mineral in the Cornish
Catalog/List
,!.h. 50 Oamell Road. Tru ro. Cornwall TR I 2DA, England Telrphone UK (O 21223227 Paul Lowe Minerals...Minerals Endsleigh, 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 20A, England Tel: (0872)223227 NEWS AND INFORMATION...Pyromorphites, Mont St Hilaire, Kola-Peninsula, Greenland, Franklin, Crestmore, Cornwall, Chuquicamata, Langban...sections, namely 140 Bntish, including Devon and Cornwall starting on page 1, and 120 World Species, starting...Superb brlqht chlsel shaped xtl (5 ■■) topplng quartz thuabnall.E3 11 ARSBHOPYRITE,Smlth vein,carrock
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Harvard's Mineralogical Tour of England June 23-July 4, 1984 WILLIAM C. METROPOLIS Harvard Mineralogical...sponsoring a mineralogist's tour of London and Cornwall. A group of eleven left Boston's Logan Airport... We visited the Tate Gallery, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square...world-famous and truly magnificent Crown Jewels of England. Unfortunately, photography is not permitted, so...rings consist of blue sap­ phires, with the Cross of St. George in rubies set on them, surrounded by diamonds
Book
some of the most spectacular coastal scenery in England. These clifis arc dark in colour, being composed...mile under the bed of the Atlantic; Botallack, another submarine mine incorporating an unusual diagonal...headgear very prominent in the Pendeen landscape; Wheal Owles, haunted by the memory of the disaster which...history. The centre of this industry was the town of St. Just, whose grey terraces of miners' cottages still...abroad which emigrants from this little comer of Cornwall enriched with theiruniqueskillsandknowled MONOGRAPHS
Catalog/List
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...2006 1) ADULARIA. Ogo Dour, Predannick, Lizard, Cornwall. Nice group of salmon pink xls to 1mm covering...70x30x40mm. £8. 2) AMETHYST. Park Clay Pit, St Neot, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. A nice clean group of amethystine...5mm of a good colour, covering an 80x40mm area of quartz veinstone matrix. 100x50x35mm. £65. 3) ARSENOLITE...ARSENOLITE. Levant Arsenic Works, Pendeen, Cornwall. Flue product. A group of spiky grey xls to 4mm nn a thin
Catalog/List
Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...Cinnabar Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific...Pacific Ocean Lizard Cornwall Ashover Derbyshire Eire Gwenap, Cornwall (Lowe) Aberfeldy, Scotland Brein Lecanvie...Yorkshire Yakutia Russia Milos, Greece Wheal Andrew Cornwall Bala Wales A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1...The Knipe, S.Scotland Ow A2 Price £1 Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The
Catalog/List
will be exhibiting at six shows in 1995, viz London, St. Albans, Keele University, Oxford, Harrogate and... 10. ANNABERGITE.Kamareza Mine,Laurium,Greece.Dr HG Weller label. Quartz fragment carrying a scattering...green,prismatic xtls.MIN,111. 11. ANTIHONITE. Wheal Boys,St with silvery grey,massive 12. ANTIHONITE....Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen. Ferruginous Quartz vein section smothered...LC,t.20. 15. APATITE. Goonbarrow China Clay Pit,St Austell,Cornwa11. Granite fragment with upper surface
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Sverige) Aln6 lsland, titanomagnetite, 265 Brattfors mine, Nordmarks Odalffalt, Viirmland, manganhumite, katoptrite...Sukkula, Tammela, tapiolite, 477 British Isles ENGLAND Alderley Edge, Cheshire, osarizwaite, I75 Barrington...Gutter, Brook, Hampshire, glauconite, 373 Mill Close mine, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, corundophilite, I7I Seathwaite... 373 Turf Pits mine, Grassington, Yorkshire, spencerite, I76 Cornwall Botallack mine, digenite, I72 Carn...Carn Vellan, St. Just, Land's End, garnet, axinite, epidote, hornblende, diopsite, 427 Cheesewring quarry
Catalog/List
S-c. J:lS"t, Penzance, Cormlall, England • ------_. -.- ~"Just V.A.T.No.: 132-7852-67 OIi.DEl\ING...Ferritungsti e, lxl". £1. 50. .P1I.TITE. Carrock Mine, Caldbeck, Cumberland. Pale sea-green and creamy...massive, rsenopyrite ",ith a little iolframite and Quartz. There is also a little Scheelite in association...assoclatlon. 32x22x12' £11. --hURIClbL-:;ITE. Char..Kounhi Mine, Iran. Light turquoise. blue attractive bladed crystal...5 mm. in size, richly scattered over a cellular Quartz veinstuff with minor brovmish Limonite. 3x2~-"
Book
Scenes at Surface (Bradford Barton, 1968) Mining in Cornwall 1850-1960 (Moorland, 1980-1) 2 Volumes ISBN 0...Districts I The St Just and St Ives Mining Districts II The Marazion District III The Wheal Vor or Breage...Breage District IV The St Erth, Gwinear and Crowan Districts V The Wendron District 51 73 91 103 127 Section...Tunnel to Lambriggan III St Austell-Par Mines to Trebartha-Lemarne 147 163 181 Mine Index 191 LIST OF...Showing the Output of Metallic Tin and Copper from Cornwall, Estimated from the Public Sales of Ore 35 Fig
 
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