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Scheelite from
Wheal Betsy, Lanivet, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Scheelite
Formula:Ca(WO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scheelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Betsy, Lanivet, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:17569
Long-form Identifier:1:3:17569:6
GUID (UUID V4):cbc26d2b-6554-4b35-844b-fb5c57ac8b13
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
7.4km (4.6 miles) Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK
7.8km (4.9 miles) Wheal Maudlin (Wheal Mawdlin; Wheal Magdalen), Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, UK
23.6km (14.7 miles) Penhale Mine, Penhale and Trecarne United Mine (Caradon United Mines), Common Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
27.4km (17.0 miles) Treburland Manganese deposits, Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UK
28.0km (17.4 miles) Hawkswood Mine (Hawk's Wood Mine), North Hill, Cornwall, England, UK
40.5km (25.2 miles) East Pool Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
40.6km (25.3 miles) Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
41.6km (25.8 miles) South Crofty Tin Project (South Crofty Mine; South Wheal Crofty), Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
42.2km (26.3 miles) New Roskear Shaft, Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
42.7km (26.5 miles) Old Gunnislake Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 1961 No. 255 Beryllium minerals in Cornwall and Devon: helvine, genthelvite, and danalite...occurrences in Cornwall and one in Devon, and of the latter, one occurrence in Cornwall, are described...old specimens with the vague locality 'Redruth', Cornwall; occurrences at four Cornish localities are described...chemical analysis. Previous occurrence of danalite in Cornwall. Danalite is the only member of the helvine group...tetrahedrons with quartz and mispickel, Redruth, Cornwall', and was described by Miers and Prior 2 in 1892
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mine, Lanivet: danalite, garnet, ilvaite, 921 Wheal Betsy, Tremore, Lanivet: he]vine, scheelite, 921 Wheal...Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear: beudantite, bayldonite, carminite, 431 ; cornubite, cornwallite, 1 Wheal Clinton...Clinton, Mylor, Falmouth: danalire, 921 Wheal Cock, St. Just-in- Penwith : apatite, bertrandite, herderite...phenakite, scheelite, 921 Wheal Ding (part of Bodmin Wheal Mary): blende, he]vine, scheelite, 921 Wheal Gorland...zeunerite, 430 Wheal Muttrell, Gwennap: cornubite, 1 Wheal Maudlin, Lanlivery: danalite, 921 Wheal Phoenix,
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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)
DEWEY, H.-" On the Origin of some River-Gorges in Cornwall and Devon." Quart. Journ. Geol, Soc., vol. lxxii... The view is probably the best in the West of England. On the highroad to Lydf ord a quarry in Devoni...make the grounds amongst the most beautiful in England. The Upper Culm Measures grits were seen here in...Black Down the dumps of the old lead mine of Wheal Betsy were seen; also Dartmoor. A quarry on Gibbet...mine was worked for tin, which occurs mixed with scheelite (a tungsten ore), and the two minerals have proved
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ENGLAND AND WALES. EXPLANATION OF SHEET 338. TH.E GEOLOGY OF DARTMOOR...Mine-Cross Section ... • ••• ••• • •• 76 3.-Wheal Betsy-Main IJode • •• ••• ••• ••• 76 ••• 77...Sections . . . ••• ••• . .. . 59 10.-Great Wheal Eleanor .. . . • •• ••• ••• ••• ••• 79 79... ... 81-82�' 12.-New Victoria Mine 18.-North Wheal Robert 14-16.-0\vlacombe Ti11 Mi11e 17 .-Smallacombe...Moor, ,vhich is the highest land in south-western England, dominates everythin_g. ·The geolog·y we have to
Book (volume)
COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING GION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume II 1956 2017 reprint BRITISH GEOLOGICALSURVEY...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME II H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical...metalliferous mining region of the south-west England. Economic Environmental Science Centre Keyworth...London SW7 5BD Tel: +44 (0)20 7589 4090 www.bgs.ac. uk www. geologyshop. corn ... 111 CONTENTS PAGE...CHAPTER V-DETAILS iv V OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET ...................
Book (volume)
IE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF UTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume II LONDON HER MAJESTY ' S STATIONERY OFFICE...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South -West England Volume II By H...EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 8. St. Austell district in .. .. .. .. ... Lanivet (p ...OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume II CHAPTER V DETAILS OF THE MINES OF EAST CORNWALL , DEVON AND WEST...those of Volume I. As in that volume the terms Wheal, Huel and Mine have been omitted from mine headings
Book (volume)
The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England 0 iz 0 1-rj VOLUME II Assistant Director's...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume II By ...published 1956 Second impression 1969 Printed in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 509 8. St. Austell district 510 Lanivet (p. 511); Belowda...REGION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume II CHAPTER V DETAILS OF THE MINES OF EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET
Journal (issue)
mmtall fromFrizington, Cumbria,England. Stereomicroscopes The UK ]011malof Mines and Minerals publishes...Worksop, Notts. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Minos & Minerals No. 29 -1- EDITORIAL...immeasurably to your enjoyment of mineralogy. David Green UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 29 -2- Frontispiece...century there were no working metal mines left in the UK and there seemed little prospect of any being de...veryfewcrystalline specimens knownfromCononishMine. UK Journal ofMi11c, & Mim·rab Nn. 29 -4- Figure3
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Brecclo-foultl - C.F. Cudllpptown Fault. W. F. F. Wheal Frlendlhlp Fault, B. F. Brenton's Fault, P. F. Prewley...great Culm Measures trough of Devon and north Cornwall is well defined by the appearance to the south...side in the stream which flows down through Wheal Betsy. This is largely a strike section in generally...by an old adit (513831) shows this pattern. Wheal Betsy RiYerTov'l - - __-.,-:;:- +1 I NiO;v.r+t-... Section 4, through the Petertavy Unit from Wheal Betsy through Cox Tor to the granite (c) The Lydford
Book (volume)
The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical notes...The metal/iferous mining region of south-west England, H G Dines (1956). Economi,· Memoir of the Geological...staffs of Geevor Mine, South Crofty Mine, Wheal Pendarves, Wheal Jane and Mount Wellington Mine. The generous...notably his 16-volume series Mines and miners of Cornwall, and two volumes on the mines of Devon, one of...Somerset figures were published in 1984 and the Cornwall outputs are due to be published soon. K. E. Beer
Book
Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...(Wolframine ). Genus 2. OXIDE IN COMBINATION . 189. Scheelite . 190. Wolfram . XV Genus 2. OXIDE. 206. Bismuth...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...(Wolframine ). Genus 2. OXIDE IN COMBINATION . 189. Scheelite. 190. Wolfram . ORDER XI. Tin . Genus 1. OXIDE...protect iron from oxidation. LOCALITIES. — England. Cornwall; near Tuckingmill, Cam borne, and in a granite
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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
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
end of the paper. Early Rifts Tectonic events England(Slack,1990). During the courseof the Estrie-BeauceMERQ... quartz-feldspar stockworks in hornfels, and scheelite in calc-silicate skarns. The Gopperstream-Frontenae...separating the North Amercalcite skarns. Skarn-hosted scheelite mineralization ican, Iberian, and Eurasiancontinents(Massonand...MounWO3havebeenobtainedlocally,the typicalgradeof tains in New England, and later the Monteregian this mineralizationrangesfrom...figure-eight-shaped rite, sphalerite,silver-richgalena,scheelite,cosalite (Pb2Bi2Ss), chalcopyrite,and pyrrhotite
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...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...This account of the mining geology of south-west England summarizes the .iological information gained during...south-west of England was the first to be published, and his ' Report on the eology of Cornwall, Devon and
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...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset . the territory in which
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
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present day, throughout the jength and breadth of Cornwall, which are ^mistakably of great antiquity. \V%...STORICAL AND MONUMENTAL, OF IDE COUNTY OF CORNWALL.’* Devon and Cornwall) were first discovered by tne Phornicians...among<^ which they prolmbly reckoned the west of Cornwall, carried on so considerable a trade here, that...that • called by the two names of Devonshire and Cornwall, and the small islands adjacent to Con^wall, now...trade, pursued by a itself not unlikely that Cornwall, the southernmost part of all this island, may
Book
The principal copper-producing districts are Cornwall, Devonshire (West of Dartmoor), Cumberland, Anglesey... of - District. Mines. Copper Ore. Tons. Cornwall and Devon Northern Counties Wales - Ireland ...From the Great St. George Mine, Perran Perth, Cornwall. Presented by H. Humphries. 4, 5, & 6. NATIVE...- 7. String of NATIVE. Copper: Cornwall. - St. Aeºl, Cornwall. 8 & 9. NATIVE Copper, den driform... NATIVE CoPPER, crystal dendritic. Cornwall. lized. Cornwall. Presented by the late Sir Henry De
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the original manuscript, particularly T. K. Ball (UK), I. Benkovics (Hungary), F. Bianconi (Switzerland)... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.1 Cornwall .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...molybdenite, specularite, and ­pyrite. Galenas, scheelite, sphalerite, and uraninite occur in 2 minor...concentrations are associated with radiogenic galena, scheelite, uraninite, and locally molybdenite. Drill-core...radiogenic galena, and tellurides. Anatase, apatite, scheelite, and tourmaline are present in accessorial amounts
 
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