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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copper 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:371674
Long-form Identifier:1:3:371674:8
GUID (UUID V4):182b4b76-c571-4509-8fbf-408097cc3c55
Nearest other occurrences of Copper
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
1.6km (1.0 miles) Bedford United Mine, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
4.4km (2.7 miles) New East Wheal Russell (South Wheal Crebor), Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
5.0km (3.1 miles) Devon and Courtenay Consols, Whitchurch, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
6.4km (4.0 miles) Holmbush Mine, Callington United Mines (incl. Emmens United Mines), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
10.4km (6.4 miles) Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England, UK
14.0km (8.7 miles) Wheal Jewell, Mary Tavy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
14.4km (8.9 miles) Marke Valley Mine, Upton Cross, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
The Mines of Calstock & Callington by Ann Eade Flop Jack Engine House - Winsor. The illustrations...AUREOLE A Callington Museum Production The Mines of Calstock & Callington by Ann Eade The illustrations...is to-day at Winsor, Kelly Bray 2 The Mines of Calstock and Callington The mining area, of which Kit...miles from North to South. outcrops of Kit Hill & Gunnislake with the elevated killas tract of Hingston Down...falls precipitously to deep valleys where numerous mines have been worked in the metamorphic aureole. In
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
47, PP. 81-3 Iron-rich roscherite from Gunnislake, Cornwall ROSCHERITE, a monoclinic hydrous phosphate...roscherite in cavities in the granite at Gunnislake, Cornwall, reported in this paper, provides examples...at the Clitters United Mine (also known as Gunnislake Clitters), in Calstock Parish in Cornwall, on a...steep hillside overlooking the river Tamar. The mine operated mainly during the last century on E.-W...carrying copper, tin, arsenic, and tungsten. It was amalgamated with the Hingston Down Mine towards the
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
47, PP. 81-3 Iron-rich roscherite from Gunnislake, Cornwall ROSCHERITE, a monoclinic hydrous phosphate...roscherite in cavities in the granite at Gunnislake, Cornwall, reported in this paper, provides examples...at the Clitters United Mine (also known as Gunnislake Clitters), in Calstock Parish in Cornwall, on a...steep hillside overlooking the river Tamar. The mine operated mainly during the last century on E.-W...carrying copper, tin, arsenic, and tungsten. It was amalgamated with the Hingston Down Mine towards the
Book
ISLES Series Editor: E. R. R. GREEN Southern England, by Kenneth Hudson The East Midlands, by David...The canal mines 129 EIGHT Devon Great Consols mine SIX NINE TEN 43 The East Cornwall Mineral Railway...Railway i 178 The Hingston Down mines 192 •• 204 ELEVEN The coming of the South Western .. TWELVE...Notes .. Acknowledgements APPENDIX ONE 279 283 Mine outputs APPENDIX TWO Tavistock Canal tonnages...around Gunnislake .. 36 Calstock in early years of this century .. .. .. 51 Calstock viaduct
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
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
Report (volume)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN. VOL. XXVII.-COPPER ORES OF OORNWALI, AND DEVON BY HENRY DE"\VEY.... .. .: : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote...this district took a prominent place among the copper-producing districts of the world. Since then the...that many of the famous old mines are practically exhausted, and copper-ores have tended to become by-products...tungsten ores. · Much has been written about these mines, though the infor1nation is often not of a very
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)
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
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...Other metals that may accompany tungsten include copper, molybdenum, tin, zinc and bismuth. Tungsten skarns...Economically important accompanying metals include tin, copper, molybdenum, bismuth and gold. Complex uranium...Cornubian orefield in south-west England (see section on Britain). Tin, copper, lead-zinc, and iron zones are
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 (edition)
CORNWALL’ »* ee ~ ‘(gd # Fo ngs = OER —s ae? had BU ee ne \ . A + eee ~ i on : »...published 2002 by Tor Mark, PO Box 4, Redruth, Cornwall TR16 5YX This reprint 2005 © 1990, 2002 Tor Mark...18, 23, 26, 38, 41, 44, 45, 46 and 48a; Royal Cornwall Museum pages 1, 11, 12, 14, 15, 28, 31, 34, 36...by R Booth Ltd, Mabe, Cornwall THE POLDICE-PORTREATH TRAMROAD In Cornwall at the beginning of the...local development. With the boom years of tin and copper mining, it became virtually impossible to cope
Book
(:~r CORNISH MINES CORNISH MINES Metalliferous and Associated Minerals 1845-1913 Roger Burt Peter...University of Exeter in association with. The Northern Mine Research Society . bl" bed l987 by the University...Statistics II Cornish Mineral Production III The Mine Tables IV Bibliography V The County Tables V vii...Principal Mines Ii Appendix B List of Mines arranged by Grid Reference liii The Tables of Mine Production...Godolphin Tallack to Tywamhaile, East Union to Uranium Mines Vadden, New to Vyvyan Wallis to Wrey, North Yankee
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 .•• • • •
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
Journal (issue)
aanbod van de maan d (scorodietkristallen van Cornwall, GB) . 20 .30 h : voordracht met dia's ove...chalcosideriet . Whea1 Phoenix, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England . Hoogte kristalgroep : 1 cm _ Tekening J...Skorodiet-XX in rozetten (3 mm ) Hemerdon Rail Mine, Hemerdon , Cornwall . Verz . en fot o W . van den Ber g Het...vindplaatsen van skorodiet bekend . Bij de Virtuous Lady mine, de Penberthy Crofts en de Wheal Phoenix wordt het...skorodiet van de Wheal Gorland en de Hemerdo n Bali mine zijn bekend door de mooie blauwe kristallen (tot
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...the world. COPEER COPPER MINING R. Shire L. Atkinson Publications Ltd CONTENTS First Copyright...History batiaes cme tetestadaeeenteevesee 10 Copper mining in Britain ..... bien fe Oe Mining, processing... 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.
Book (edition)
INTRODUCTION THE HISTORY of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and copper, iron, lead, tin and other minerals...mined over the centuries. Today, only one large tin mine is at work, but the winning of tin is known from...from prehistoric times, and it is likely that copper was also worked at an early date. Tin was important...far south-west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper mining was then far more important than tin, and...CORNWALL'S MINING HERITAGE Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in South Wales
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 (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
Book (edition)
See Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses...The history of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and tin, copper, iron, lead and other minerals...known from prehistoric times, and it is likely that copper was also worked at an early date. Tin was important...south- west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper mining was then far more important than tin, and...typical view of Cornish i mining. Marke Valley Mine. P.S. innovations in machinery, particularly the
Book
A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING CORNWALL AND IN | DEVON D. B. BARTON on |» Se Fai 4 H} r) Cavodent...DISTRICT 12 0@T45 6037 A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON Nac . A aes dex “8 ob ea...sigh ee Ja Teal Ps IOuROYE | (One COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON Deb ab Ak ON De BRAD RO RAD...Page BULLEN GARDEN MINE: FOWEY CONSOLS: SECTION, 1778 SURFACE PLAN, 1839 CORNWALL AND SOUTH-WEST ...SWANSEA . 82 84-85 : . 64 8I : THE PRINCIPAL COPPER 59 63 . : AERIAL VIEW . 29 DEVON, MAP.
 
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