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Chalcocite from
South Wheal Towan, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view South Wheal Towan, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3422
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3422:7
GUID (UUID V4):1903cfe7-a502-4866-8dc1-c4bb32956753
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
0.9km (0.5 miles) Lushington Cove, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) Wheal Music, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
3.6km (2.2 miles) Wheal Devonshire, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
4.1km (2.6 miles) Wheal Whitfield (North Carn Brea Mine; North Tincroft Mine), Robarts Mine (incl. East Wheal Seton; Wheal Maude), Illogan, Cornwall, England, UK
5.4km (3.3 miles) Wheal Unity Wood (Tolgullow United Mine; West Poldice Mine), Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
5.7km (3.6 miles) Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
5.8km (3.6 miles) Wheal Muttrall, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
6.0km (3.7 miles) Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
6.3km (3.9 miles) East Pool Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
6.4km (3.9 miles) Cathedral Mine, Busveal, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (volume)
BRITAIN THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY... 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...London s.E.1 13a Castle Street, Edinburgh 2 109 St. Mary Street, Cardiff 39 King Street, Manchester...PREFACE This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained
Book (volume)
BRITAIN 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...PH EM I STER, M.A., D.Sc. LONDON H ER MAJESTY'S ST A TI ONER Y OFFICE 1956 The Institute of Geological...London WCI J 3a Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2 3AR 109 St Mary Street, Cardiff CFJ IJW Brazennose Street, Manchester...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers
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...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
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...EH14 4AP TI1e metalliferous mining region of the south-west England.Economic Cardi.tl"University lvfemoir...PREFACE This account of the minmg geology of south-west England summarizes the geological info1mation gained...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall. Devon m1dwest Somerset. ·n1e region covered is
Report (issue)
Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey ...characteristic j ointing . . . ... ... ) lVli(ilile lode, South .PJ.JATE X.-Lode struct11res. (.. � Croft)" lVline.... . ... l) r,,\'l'E X l I I.-Cornisl1 stam1)s. South Crofty Dressing· ... Floors ... ... ... T ., ) I..... Pr.1,\'r1;: .X V I I I.-Co11cave llt1d(lle. South Crofty D ressi11g ... Floors ... ... . . . l) J.... . . ... 27.-Eas t Wl1eal Lovell 28. -Gi--eat Wheal Fortt1ne . . . · ... 29.-vVhral-, Go1..1and 30 (�
 
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