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Chalcopyrite from
Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3182
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3182:0
GUID (UUID V4):b5018f29-df6a-46a7-a8ea-e3d8991e6faf
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.9km (0.6 miles) Old Gunnislake Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.8 miles) Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) East Gunnislake Mine (in part: South Bedford and East Gunnislake Mine), Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) South Bedford Mine (South Gunnislake Mine; in part: South Bedford and East Gunnislake Mine), Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Drakewalls Mine, Drakewalls, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) West Devon Consols (South Wheal Josiah), Latchley, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) Hingston Down Consols, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) Hawkmoor Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) Wheal Josiah, Devon Great Consols, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Wheal Anna Maria, Devon Great Consols, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
shows in Tucson, Denver, Munich and Ste-Marie-aux-Mines Tel.: 949-494-5155 • www.kristalle.com • Email:...tgressman@comcast.net Famous Mineral Localities: The Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota ....Mineral Localities: The Old Gunnislake mine, Callington District, Cornwall, England .........................red hematite inclusions, 4.5 cm, from the Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Don...FineMineral.com AQUAMARINE ON MUSCOVITE Chumuru Mine, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern
Report (volume)
: : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote period...is reason to believe that many of the famous old mines are practically exhausted, and copper-ores have...tungsten ores. · Much has been written about these mines, though the infor1nation is often not of a very...important mines or groups of mines have received special attention, but as the number of mines which produced...has been made to describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring
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
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
Catalog/List
;i NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cormrail PL18 Tel: Tavistock (01822) 832530 *...DECEMBER/JANUARY 1995 1. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine, Alston, Cumberland. About 30 greyish-white pyramidal...matrix. 60x35x30mm. £58. 2. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Portugal. Nice lustrous double sided group of pale... BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass of yellow bindheimite... CARBJNATE-FLUORAPATITE "FRANCOLITE". Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Chilsworthy, Cornwall. A 40x30mm area of granite
Report (volume)
notable quantity in Britain outside · Devon and Cornwall, and there they are produced chiefly as a by-product...these circu1nsta.nces a detailed account of the mines in all their operations would be out of p lace,...given as will enable the reitder to ident ify the mines 1~nd the lodes from which arsenic is obt.ained,...antimony a-re practica-lly confined to a. fev;, mine-, iu Cornwall and to two localities in Scotland at one...was paid by 1\-Ir. Dewey .to every active mine in England ond Wa.les from which · arsenic or antimony
Report (issue)
and tin-bearing vein from Hemerdon deposit, Devon, UK. The tungsten is present in wolframite, the dark...the Czech Republic through France and south-west England and into Spain and Portugal also has some important...typified by the Cornubian orefield in south-west England (see section on Britain). Tin, copper, lead-zinc...deposits are a particular type identified at the Climax Mine in Colorado, USA. 24 Stock: an intrusive mass of...beryl and spodumene35. Examples include the Wodgina mine in Western Australia, and Kular and Priskatel in
Report (issue)
to uting it up to date by an examination of the mines, quarries, etc., from which economic miner.a.ls...will be followed by an account of ea.eh of the mines 01· qua, nies from which the minerals are or have...priircipal ·points dealt with in the description of the mines are the situation, history and extent ()f the workings...valuable asset of a mine under changed conditions as· rega_rds demand. Tin-mines closed on account of...of the prevalence of wolfram, ,and lead-mines closed through the prevalence of zinc-blende, have -been
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... ... iv CHAPTER V . — Details OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 8. St. Austell... .. .. 623 Kit Hill (p . 624); Gunnislake (p . 636 ) ; Calstock (p . 644 ); Luckett, Latchley and...Okehampton district . . .. .. . Mines in the granite (p. 750); Mines in the Culm Measures (p. 751); Newton
Report (issue)
will he followed .by an account of each of the mines or qu,arries froI}l which the minerals are or have...been commercially exploited. description of the mines are the situa.tion, history .and extent of the workings...valuable asset of a mine under changed conditions as regards de,mand. Tin-mines closed. on account of...of the prevalence of wolfram, and lead-mines closed through the pr�vialence of zinc-blende, have ·been...manganese-workings in North ,vales, the chief wolfram-mines in Illog.an .
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
Bougainville copper mine, AND M1 4 td oe 3 om. Papua New Guinea — the fourth largest copper mine in the world... Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Bucks HPI7 9AJ, UK. Set in 9 point Times roman and printed in Great...friends and colleagues at the Camborne School of Mines for their help in the preparation of this book....Mr R. Penhallurick of the Royal Institution of Cornwall for his assistance. Photographs are acknowledged...18 (upper), 20 (lower), 30; Camborne School of Mines, 4 (upper), 5, 11, 16 (lower); Mr E. G. Holland
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...OF PLATES V CHAPTER V.-DETAILS OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 509 8. St. Austell...district . . 623 Kit Hill (p. 624); Gunnislake (p. 636.); Calstock (p. 644); Luckett, Latchley and Devon
Report (issue)
responsible for tl1e mineral lodes taken £1..om olcl mine-planR, l)11t where p<}ssible tl1e Olttcrops were...supplied at the cost of drawing and colouring. CORNWALL. 15. NE., by H. Dewey; SE., by G. Barrow and H...Kaolinised Granite ••• Granite of Kit Hill and Gunnislake Elvans ••• ••• ••• • •• CHAPTER VI.-METAMORPHIC...••• Mining ••• Output of Minerals ••• Index of Mines ••• Building Stone Polyphant-stone ••• ••• ••• Slates...14.-Wheal .Arthur. Sections ..• 93 ••• , , 15.-Cornwall Great Consols. Longitudinal Section .•• • • •
Report (edition)
"'ar, has considerably diminished, and many of the mines which were active a few years ago a.re no,v closed...principal sources of tungsten in the \Vest of England to collect new information. J\'Iessrs. Eastwood...have revised and supplemented the accounts of the mines in Cumberland and Scotland. During the war M.r....who also has made a personal examination of the mines of that district and has contributed the account...re-written the chapters on tungsten ores of the West of England, a subject of ,vhich he has special kno,vledge
Book (edition)
iv INTRODUCTION THE HISTORY of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and copper, iron, lead, tin and...mined over the centuries. Today, only one large tin mine is at work, but the winning of tin is known from...CORNWALL'S MINING HERITAGE Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in...schooners returning with coal for the engines on the mines. Mineral railways to ports on the coast were part...depressed the price of copper and then tin, hundreds of mines were hastily abandoned or ‘knacked’ and many of
Book (edition)
See Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses...Skip Shaft P.S. The history of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and tin, copper, iron, lead and...typical view of Cornish i mining. Marke Valley Mine. P.S. innovations in machinery, particularly the...winding, and crushing ores. Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in...schooners returning with coal for the engines on the mines. Mineral railways to ports on the coast were part
Journal (issue)
Listing - January 2000 Phosphates from Drakewalls Mine, Cornwall Additions to the BMS Reference Collection Branch...eclipsed by the much larger and lower cost Foss Mine near Aberfeldy. Re-structuring in the steel industiy...fluorspar mines and, most recc:ntly, the final efforts to sustain some deep mining of tin in Cornwall have...elimination of mineral coUecting as a field pursuit in the UK the collecting fraternity needs, not only to change...remaining part of Caldbeck Commons including the Carrock Mine area. The LDNPA and Dalemain Estate are concerned
Journal (issue)
Derelict Land Advisory Panel (Cornwall) Founder member of CUAAG (Cornwall Underground Access Advisory Group)...Johns Hall refurbished and re-opened. Moved to Cornwall 1981 Trewallard, St. Just then to Penzance. After...North of England. As a 16yr old left to live in Canada from 1956-63 then moved to S.E. England until moving...moving to Cornwall in 1981. Collecting minerals started in 1976-77, as an invalid he now had time to do...do this, in the North of England and Cornwall. Although having deep involvement in issues of conservation
Catalog/List
CATALOGUE Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL . richard.tayler@minerals...massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...River Quebec, Can 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Rich fibrous pale grey-brown mass. Pure hard white...x2 £ 1.50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting
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....___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...- - --··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker...Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety) Olive
Catalog/List
I Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL richard.tayler@minerals...£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...£10 2x3 £15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix...5cm £4 no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine...Sb 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with possible
Catalog/List
No. Byways, 20 Burstcad Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL 2007 104 Phone 01932 862340 ...----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban
Book
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...Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and n1ineral...n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009 8 9- 3
Report (edition)
the report, and, with Mr. Wray, an account of the mines in Durhani. Mr. Pocock describes the occurrences...some smaller d�posits of fluorspar which exist in Cornwall. Those of North Wales are described by Mr. Wray...THIRD EDITION IN this edition the description of mines have been revised with a view to making them represent...deposits, and Mr. Henry Dewey has furnished notes on Cornwall and Devon. As far as possible the statistics have...been brought up to date. Most of the principal mines have been personally examined and a considerable
 
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