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Pyrite from
Wheal Fanny, Devon Great Consols, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Fanny, Devon Great Consols, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:283975
Long-form Identifier:1:3:283975:2
GUID (UUID V4):392067d8-958d-471a-9823-16c855cf6c9e
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Wheal Josiah, Devon Great Consols, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) West Devon Consols (South Wheal Josiah), Latchley, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) River Tamar Copper Mine (South Devon Mine; Wheal Bramble; incl. Chilsworthy Mine), Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) Latchley Consols (New Cornish Consols; South Wheal Williams), Duchy Great Consols, Latchley, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Hawkmoor Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) Bedford United Mine, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Ding Dong Mine, Bedford United Mine, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
2.3km (1.5 miles) Wheal Benny, Latchley, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
METALS IN CU, SN AND AS TAILINGS GREAT CONSOLS, SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND AT DEVON A. CAREY, M. FOWLER, D. BULLEN...As tailings at Devon Great Consols, South-West England. Geoscience in South-West England, 13, 437-444....deployed at the abandoned mine complex of Devon Great Consols (DGC) to investigate water/substrate interactions...copper, lead, pore water, MacroRhizone, Devon Great Consols. INTRODUCTION Environmental contamination...(105 mgkg-1) at Devon Great Consols, a former metalliferous mine in South-West England (Figure 1). Environmental
Book (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN IE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF UTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume II LONDON...SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South -West England Volume.... — Details OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 8. St. Austell district in .. ...Wadebridge district .. .. . . 571 .. .. ' .. ' West of Wadebridge (p . 572); East of Wadebridge (p ...Calstock (p . 644 ); Luckett, Latchley and Devon Great Consols (p . 649) ; Sydenham Damerel (p. 661); Tavistock
Book (volume)
COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING GION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume II 1956 2017 reprint BRITISH GEOLOGICALSURVEY...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME II H G Dines...The metalliferous mining region of the south-west England. Economic Environmental Science Centre Keyworth...1000 DINES, Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. ISBN 978-085272104-9 Cardiff University...London SW7 5BD Tel: +44 (0)20 7589 4090 www.bgs.ac. uk www. geologyshop. corn ... 111 CONTENTS PAGE
Book (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England 0 iz 0 1-rj VOLUME...Director's Copy LIBRARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN. (Scottish Office.) Press_ _ _ __.Jhelj---'-...SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume...by the incorporation of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology with...published 1956 Second impression 1969 Printed in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers
Book (volume)
MINES OF DEVON Cornish mines and the work done on them by A. K. Hamilton Jenkin are famous. Devon mines...volume will deal with the mines of North and East Devon. This volume deals with a wide variety of mines...Cornish Miner Cornwall and Its People II MINES OF DEVON Volume I THE SOUTHERN AREA A. K. HAMILTON JENKIN...Limited Set in 11 on 13 Baskerville and printed in Great Britain by John Sherratt and Son Ltd St Ann’s Press...& Charles (Holdings) Limited South Devon House Newton Abbot Devon Published in the United States of
Book (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM...NG12 5GG Plumtree (060 77) 6111 Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA (031) 667 1000 BGS...Geological Survey carries out the geological survey of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the latter as an agency...of south-west England, H G Dines (1956). Economi,· Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain....staffs of Geevor Mine, South Crofty Mine, Wheal Pendarves, Wheal Jane and Mount Wellington Mine. The generous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralised zones on the north-western edge of Dartmoor, Devon T. J. BRZOZOWSKI BRZOZOWSKI, T. J. 1975. Very Low...mineralised zones on the north-western edge of Dartmoor, Devon. Proc. Geol. Ass .. 86 (3), 287-306. A Very Low...within the contact metamorphic aureole on the north-west edge of the Dartmoor Granite. The area is covered...two fault patterns superimposed-a series of east-west strike faults and a northwest-south-east system...Hi11 trending north-east-south-west. By 1870 the Forest Mine (Forest Wheal or Forest Hill) was operating
Report (volume)
SPECIAL REPORTS ON THl~ MINERAL ltESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN. VOL. XV.-ARSENIO AND ANTIMONY ORES. BY... SPECIAL REPORTS ON THl~ MINERAL ltESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN. VOL. XV.-ARSENIO AND ANTIMONY ORES. BY...the ' Special Reports on )ti.neral Resources of Great Brit&in ' the information concerning arsenic and...found in notable quantity in Britain outside · Devon and Cornwall, and there they are produced chiefly...paid by 1\-Ir. Dewey .to every active mine in England ond Wa.les from which · arsenic or antimony ha
Book
Daniell Road Truro, Cornwall TR1 2DA England Printed in Great Britain by Short Run Press Ltd, Exeter...Collins' A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon' (1871; 1892 with addenda, the latter being reprinted...mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work was never published, although...gratitude is due to a great number of collectors whose information has been of great value and interest...drawn to their attention. Peter Golley Okehampton, Devon Cornwall, Richard Williams Camborne, Main References
Report (issue)
s11rrou11di11g aureole; Dr. Sl1erlock surveyecl most of the Devon area; Mr. 1fac�Alister is responsible £or the n1ining...two ages, intrusive cliabase and periclotite. The Devon°' Ca1·boniferc>us b()undary l1as been g·reatly modified...accompanying· a paper '' On tl1e Culm ifeast1re types of Great Britain'' on which the bancl of Culm Measures r11nning·...the acco11nt of the Devonian rocks soutl1 of the great syncline of Devonshire, a s1nall area north of Sl1eet....... • •• ••• ••• .•• , , 9.-Brent Tor from the west . . . • • • 64 ... .• . ..• ..• ,, 10.-Weatbered
Book
A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING CORNWALL AND IN | DEVON D. B. BARTON on |» Se Fai 4 H} r) Cavodent...6037 A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON Nac . A aes dex “8 ob ea ILL. pot ee a a |...Ps IOuROYE | (One COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON Deb ab Ak ON De BRAD RO RAD sBAR TONS LED TRURO...BARTON LTD TRURO © D. B. BARTON Printed in Great Britain by QUALITEX PRINTING CARDIFF LIMITED ...GARDEN MINE: FOWEY CONSOLS: SECTION, 1778 SURFACE PLAN, 1839 CORNWALL AND SOUTH-WEST DOLCOATH MINEIN
Book (edition)
centuries, which for a while made this far south-west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper mining...mining was then far more important than tin, and a great wealth was won from beneath the Cornish soil. The...they often worked in appalling conditions at a great depth, reached every day by climbing up and down...from Dartmoor (Devon) westwards through Bodmin Moor,’ Hensbarrow, Carnmenellis, and West Penwith, with...granite into the killas and trend generally east-west throughout the county. Lead, zinc and iron were
Book (volume)
Downs I. Wheal Tolgus and Old Tolgus United 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Great North Tolgus South Wheal Tolgus Great...Great South Tolgus West Wheal Tolgus East Seton and Wheal Maude North Pool 45 47 57 61 71 85 104 106...I 0. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Wheal Tehidy Wheal Agar East Pool Carn Brea Mines Tincroft Cook's...Kitchen East Wheal Crafty North Wheal Crafty South Wheal Crafty East Wheal Seton Wheal Emily Henrietta...Roskear Wheal Seton West Wheal Seton New Wheal Seton Violet Seton North Wheal Seton South Wheal Seton Crane
Book (edition)
centuries, which for a while made this far south- west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper mining...mining was then far more important than tin, and a great wealth was won from beneath the Cornish soil. The...for they often worked in appaling conditions at a great depth, reached every day by climbing up and down...from Dartmoor (Devon) westwards through Bodmin Moor, Hensbarrow, Carnmenellis, and West Penwith, with...granite out into the killas and trend generally east-west throughout the county. Lead, zinc and iron were
Journal (issue)
of mi nes UK & minerals summer 1997 number 2----------EDITORIAL Dtlf.!idGreen COVER: Chalcodte...the collection of the Royal Cornwall Museum. The UK Journal ofM;nts andM;ntra/s publishes articles of...Ryton SL, Work$op, Notes. S80 ZAY Tel (01909) 476906 UK journal of mines & minerals No. 18 Sponsors: SUSSEX...SOCIETY PEAK DISTRICT MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SO�IETY UK Journal of Mines & �linerals No. 18 -1- EDITORIAL...display of some of David Hacker's collection of West Cumbrian minerals. Another essential part of the
Book
LAN D + MANUAL w OF THE MINERALOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. BY ROBERT PHILIPS GREG, F...of the present work to place the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland on that footing to which scientifically...(between 30 and 40) new tion may vi PREFACE . to Great Britain, a number of new forms and measurements...Authors take this oppor tunity of acknowledging the great obligations they are under to that gentleman . ...information, & c ., to Mr. Brice Wright, now of Great Russell Street, London, for a very complete list
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
established within the country rocks bordering the north-west corner of the Dartmoor granite mass. Upper Devonian...two to three miles wide, which borders the north-west comer of the Dartmoor granite mass in Devonshire...from South Tawton on the north to Tavistock on the west of the granite (Fig. 1). Sedgwick & Murchison (1840)...the inversion and repetition of the strata to the west of Dartmoor. Hinde & Fox (1895, 1896) made an important...Petertavy district (Reid & THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH-WEST DARTMOOR 53 others, 1912,in explanation of the
Report (issue)
SCIENCES MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Country around...by the incorporation of the Geological Survey of Great JJritain and the Museum of Practical Geology with...Beche. His 'Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset' (1839) was the first memoir of the...other early Geological Survey maps of south-west England, are undated, but it is believed that they were...(1956), 'The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England'. The district formed part of the area in which
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin and copp...Microsystems for rnicrophotographic advice. tvfBI owes a great debt to one other individual, without whom the entire...Lettsom's famous book, Manual of the mineralogy of Great Britain and lrela11d, published in 1858. Such was...intervening years, the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland produced a series of supplementary
Book (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN The Metalliferous MiningRegion of South-West England VOLUME I Assistant...Director' s copy LIBRARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN. (Scottish Office.) Press._ _ _ __,J helf_...SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AN D WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume...by the incorporation of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology with...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers
Book (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .,pvii Description .)SG(England urv eol em M est -WSouth of Region Mining MINING...SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South - West England Volume...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained...history of mining in the counties of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset . the territory in which The region
Book (volume)
COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume I 1956 20 I 7 reprint 0 z z ~...GREATBRI'IAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME I H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE ·with petrographical...the south-west England.Economic Cardi.tl"University lvfemoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain...PREFACE This account of the minmg geology of south-west England summarizes the geological info1mation gained...history of mining in the counties of Cornwall. Devon m1dwest Somerset. ·n1e region covered is classical
Book
2 Clarence Place. Penzance, Cornwall TRI 8 2QA. UK info@alison-hodge.co.uk WVAVal sonhod gepubl she...Printed in China Title poge: Lyle's Shaft, North Wheal Basset. Cambome-Redruth Mining District All rights...Levant Mit ie a. Botallack Mine 14, Wheal Owles, West Wheal Owles and Wheal Edward 18, Cape Cornwall Mine 21...Geevor Mine 25. Wheal Hear-le (East Boscaswell Mine) 28 St Ives Mining District 2 9 Wheal Sisters (Trencrom...Tyringham Consols 33. St Ives Wheal Allen 33, Ding Dong Mine 34, Cam Galver Mine 36. Morvah Consols "38. Gli-c
Report (issue)
mi nera I isation at Sou rton Tors, Okehampton, Devon REPORT No. 76/1 HMSO The Institute of Geological...is responsible both for the geological survey of Great Britain and for the programmes of British Technical...and mineralisation at Sourton Tars, Okehampton, Devon K. E. Beer and P. J. Fenning London: Her Majesty's...by the incorporation of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology with...and mineralisation at Sourton Tors, Okehampton, Devon. Rep. Inst. C;eol. Sci., No. 76/1, 38 pp. •4uthors:
Journal (issue)
into the geology and geomorphology of south-west England Volume 6 Part 2 1985 Edited by G.M Power ...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...University of Exeter, North Park Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 4QE Proceedings of the Ussher Society Volume...The Kyrtonia Press, 115 High Street, Crediton, Devon EXl73LG Set in Baskerville and Printed by Photolithography
 
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