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Copper from
Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cuprite7 photos of Copper associated with Cuprite at this locality.
Pyrite2 photos of Copper associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Copper associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (18 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:4339
Long-form Identifier:1:3:4339:7
GUID (UUID V4):ca39f71e-31f2-43db-9336-4220a3915d4e
Nearest other occurrences of Copper
0.6km (0.4 miles) Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Boscaswell Downs Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.5 miles) Spearn Consols (Wheal Spearn), Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.8 miles) Wheal Tolvan (Wheal Tolvaen), Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Wheal Hen, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (1.0 miles) Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Loe Warren Zawn, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Wheal Edward, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles) Wheal Drea, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Other Paper
CORNWALL MINING’– A MULTI-AGENCY APPROACH TO PRESERVING MINERAL DIVERSITY KEVIN L. WALSH Oxford University...Oxford, OX1 3PW, UK Abstract. The Mining Landscape of Cornwall and South Devon (“Cornwall Mining”), in SW...SW England was declared a World Heritage Site in 2006. The impressive mineral diversity of Cornwall, 466...batholith, and its alteration and weathering products. Cornwall is a popular tourist area in Britain. Tourists...resources, are a growing part of this industry. Geevor mine and Wheal Martyn kaolin pit are two of many sites
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)
VOL 56, PP. 123-126 Gold from Botallack mine, St. Just, Cornwall DURING a recent examination of oxidized...oxidized samples from cliff exposures near Botallack mine (SX 362340) gold was observed in hand specimen and...found in mineralised lodes elsewhere in southwest England (Russell, 1944; Clark and Criddle, 1982; Clayton...b) this is the first reported occurrence in the St. Just mining district, although both native silver and...The BotaUack mine is well known for the occurrence of an extensive supergene zone of copper enrichment
Book
by Alison Hodge, 2 Clarence Place, Penzance, Cornwall TRI8 2QA, www.alison-hodge.co.uk, info@alison-hodge...Cornish minerals. Thanks also to Michael Merry of Cornwall Devon Mineral Specimens (www. cornwalldevonmineralspecimens...taken by him of the botallackite in situ, Wherry Mine pump column and wolframite outcrop. Two private...botallackite, Levant The image of the opal from St Austell is credited to Greenside Minerals (www.greensideminerals...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org
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undifferentiated Head Raised Beach Solid formations Pliocene St Erth Beds Devonian M ylor Slates Gramscatho Beds...been exploited for tin and copper since the Bronze Age. Only the Geevor tin mine was still open in 1986,...district featured on Maton 's geological map of Cornwall in 1797 and accounts, both of the minerals and...phonolite of Wolf Rock. Small outcrops of Pliocene St Erth Beds are described and there is a full account...Memoir for 1: 50 000 geological sheets 351 and 358 (England and Wales) LONDON: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE
Catalog/List
LATE MAURICE J. E. GRIGG ESQ OF INDIAN QUEENS CORNWALL TO BE HELD IN “THE VICTORY HALL" THE DRANG, INDIAN...(MM’s) LOT No: 1 ACC No. 795. ARTHUR1TE, HINGSTON MINE. DRAKEWALLS. GREEN XSTLS IN SHALLOW CAVITY (50 X... 30 4 ACC No. 760. OLIVENITE, BEDFORD UNITED MINE, GULWORTHY. CRYSTALS ON ONESIDEOFTHESLATEY KILLAS...QUARTZ MATRIX. COOK’S KITCHEN SECTION, DOLCOATH MINE. COLL 1892. 80x70 8 ACC No. 1056. CASSITERITE...No. 1036. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN) WHEAL KITTY, ST. AGNES. COLLCI920’S. 25x20 ACC No. 1037. CASSITERITE
Book
John Corin evant A Champion Cornish Mine by John Corin Edited and expanded by Peter Joseph With contributions... Penryn, Cornwall TRIO SAA Typeset by Peninsula Projects c/o PO Box 62, Cambome, Cornwall TR14 7ZN ... The Comish Mine logo is the Trade Mark™ of the Trevithick Society DEDICATION IN MEMORIAM Ronnie Alford...guidebook and popular history. John's book appeared at just the right time. The only other history of Levant...greater appreciation of the entire area of Levant Mine and a great deal of new information has emerged
Catalog/List
W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ffiDERING INFORMATION Mail orders...3. 4. 1/ 5· 6. 8. 9. 10. ALTAITE. smuggler Mine, Balarat, Boulder Cty., Colorado, U.S.A. Rich metallic... Itxi". £2. ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Large sno\1-white intergrown crystals...2txlt". £8. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Rich crust of rhombic crystals thickly covering...ARSENOPYRITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Cornwall. A Itxl" cavity in massive pure Arsenopyrite lined
Catalog/List
Gems Endsleigh, 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2DA England Telephone 01872 223 227 Fax 01872 262...blue xtls. GRF. Ml. £4.00 4 MALACHITE, Killie Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, USA. Very rich with fibrous edges...xtls. GRF. Ml. £5.00 10 SMITHSONITE, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Pale blue botryoidal...£5.00 11 UVSW. ALLOPHANE, Hawks Wood Mine, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. SW green. Ml. £5.00 12 UVSW. ICELAND...matrix. GRF. C. £5.00 14 SPHALERITE, Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, nr Alston, Cumbria. Glistening black
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Andersonite and schr6ckingerite from Geevor mine, Cornwall: two species new to Britain SCHROCK1NGERITE...information on the distribution of gold in southwest England, and to J. F. W. Bowles for reviewing the note... J. (in press) Supergene copper mineral assemblages at Botallack, Cornwall. J. Russell Soc. Clark, A...studies of lead-antimony mineralization in North Cornwall. Proc. Ussher. Soc., 7,258-62. Cloke, P. L. and...Econ. Geol., 59, 259-70. Dewey, H. (1923) Copper ores of Cornwall and Devon. Memoirs of the Geological Survey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Harvard's Mineralogical Tour of England June 23-July 4, 1984 WILLIAM C. METROPOLIS Harvard Mineralogical...sponsoring a mineralogist's tour of London and Cornwall. A group of eleven left Boston's Logan Airport... We visited the Tate Gallery, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square...world-famous and truly magnificent Crown Jewels of England. Unfortunately, photography is not permitted, so...rings consist of blue sap­ phires, with the Cross of St. George in rubies set on them, surrounded by diamonds
Book
stretch of high, rugged cliffs extends northwards to Pendeen lighthouse, a distance of about five miles, embracing...some of the most spectacular coastal scenery in England. These clifis arc dark in colour, being composed...Botallack, another submarine mine incorporating an unusual diagonal shaft; Geevor, still in active production...production, its busy headgear very prominent in the Pendeen landscape; Wheal Owles, haunted by the memory of...history. The centre of this industry was the town of St. Just, whose grey terraces of miners' cottages still
Catalog/List
will be exhibiting at six shows in 1995, viz London, St. Albans, Keele University, Oxford, Harrogate and...clear,tabular MIN,118. 10. ANNABERGITE.Kamareza Mine,Laurium,Greece.Dr HG Weller label. Quartz fragment...prismatic xtls.MIN,111. 11. ANTIHONITE. Wheal Boys,St with silvery grey,massive 12. ANTIHONITE. Ichinokawa...APATITE VAR FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen. Ferruginous...LC,t.20. 15. APATITE. Goonbarrow China Clay Pit,St Austell,Cornwa11. Granite fragment with upper surface
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will be exhibiting at six shows in 1995, viz London, St. Albans, Keele University, Oxford, Harrogate and...is fluorescent. MUS,L85. 2. ADAMITE. Kameriza Mine,Laurium,Attica,Greece. Goethite fragment vith aggregates...SC,L6. 3, AGARDITE(CALCIAN).Penberthy Crofts Mine,St Hilary,Cornvall ■ Tvo specimens. Specimen A-boxed...xtls and thin crusts. SC,L8. ~- AGARDITE-Y. Clara Mine,Rankachtal,BLack Forest,Germany. 3 boxed specimens...deeper blue. SC,L9. 6. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine,Nenthead,Cumbria. Six specimens. Specimen A-matrix
Book
Cornish Mines: St Just to Redruth Cornish Mines: St Just to Redruth Barry Gamble Alison Hodge First...Alison Hodge. 2 Clarence Place. Penzance, Cornwall TRI 8 2QA. UK info@alison-hodge.co.uk WVAVal sonhod gepubl...BDP - Book Development and Production. Penzance. Cornwall Printed in China Title poge: Lyle's Shaft, North...features but also include areas containing open mine shafts, ruined buildings and high cliffs. Please...Introduction 4 About this Book 6 St Just Mining District 8 Levant Mit ie a. Botallack Mine 14, Wheal Owles, West
Catalog/List
50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872...(International +44 1872 262 232) OCX)2 CALCITE.Hilton Mine,Scordale,Westmorland Terminated off while calcite...limonilic flat matrix. RF. C.£12 0Cl03 CALCITE.Hilton Mine,Scordale,Westmorland Single translucent honey coloured...Polished seciion.RF SPC. C.£8 0023 DUFTITE.Brandy Gill Mine,Caldbeck Fells,Cumberland.V1v1d green druse of duflile...Barstow label. RF or D. C £10 0030 CHABAZITE,Ramsley Mine,Sticklepath,Devon Scintilating druss of chabazite
Catalog/List
W• BAR STOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFOFlMATION Mail...APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Fowey ';onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Small, sharp, ttansparent hexagonal...50. 9. BAYLDONITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crusts covering Quartz... -2- 10. BEUDANTITE. Penberthy Cro~ts Mine, st. Hilary, Cornwall. Transparent, well formed, mi£!Q crystals...SSITERITE. Wheal Rock, Nr. Bugle, Hensbarrow Moor, Cornwall. Pure, dark brovm cellular mass, with numerous
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
Catalog/List
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...MARCH/APRIL 2007 " 1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Cellular ironstained matrix showing about...grey. 55x40x20mm max. £8. 3) ANATASE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. A small piece of quartz...£18. 5) ARAGONITE. Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. A shallow cavity in a triangular galena/quartz...to 20mm. 50x30x30mm. £35. 8) BARITE. Silverband Mine, Dufton, Westmorland. A nice clean group of six
Catalog/List
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...MARCH/APRIL 2007 " 1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Cellular ironstained matrix showing about...grey. 55x40x20mm max. £8. 3) ANATASE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. A small piece of quartz...£18. 5) ARAGONITE. Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. A shallow cavity in a triangular galena/quartz...to 20mm. 50x30x30mm. £35. 8) BARITE. Silverband Mine, Dufton, Westmorland. A nice clean group of six
Book
Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...r_0 'f_'--"t S:r•a!e. or S age of the opal from St Austell is cred1te o Greenside Minerals (www.greenside... Geology and Mine ralization 14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's...Por1htowan to Perranpor1h The Lizard: Mullion to Manaccan St Auste ll: Ladock to Lostwithiel Wadebridge: Padstow...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious
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OTHERWISE YOU CAN PAY APTER YOU RECEIVE THE MINERALS. JUST SEND A LIS? OF THE MINERALS YOU REQUIRE WITH THE...MINERALS Ho U available. NEW STOCK Devon and Cornwall pages 8 S 3 : ALLOPHANE, ARTHURITE, pure CHALCOCITE...TETRAHEDERITE. GALENA, MOLYBDENITE, GOETHITE and Copper Minerals page 2 : CHALCOMENITE, CHRYSCOLLA, Lead...pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4...and Be Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE
Book (edition)
Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses the...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
Journal (issue)
vindplaats, eveneens in Ariozna, is de Christmas Mine in Gila County . De specimens van het mineraal van...apophylliet, smectiet, junitoiet en ruiziet . - Laurium Mine, Calument, Michigan . Hier komt kinoiet eveens voor...daarvoor . Wij bestrijken : geologie-gesteenten-mine-ralen-fossielen-edelstenen en hun bewerking . ONDERSCHRIFT...TITELPAGIN A CHALCOSIET-KRISTALLEN van de Geevor Tin Mine , Pendeen, Cornwall, GB . Het grootste kristal i s 20... levant mine 120 t. wolloxa l (Cornwall, GB) Fig . 1 Geografische situering Fig . 2 De Geevor Mine
Catalog/List
WELLER(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall,TR19 7LE Te!. No. (0736788286) COLLECTIONDISPOSALS...List 1. ACnROITE/CASSITERITE. ?3rc St.:leots Pit,3odmin Hoor,Cornwall. Thia rich specimen wa.s sel! collected...3x3x2", .L5.25. ACTI.IOLITS. 3otallack Cliffs ,St .Just, ''est Corn·.1all. 19th C. label. 11x1x1" lustrous... 9. ANALCL'lE.Dean Quarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. Three l&rge,Yery fine examplea. Specicen 'A'...ANALCIME/STILBITE.Dean 1uarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. An open, Calcite lined cavity in gabbraic matrix
 
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