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Bismuthinite from
East Pool Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bismuthinite
Formula:Bi2S3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bismuthinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view East Pool Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:47018
Long-form Identifier:1:3:47018:4
GUID (UUID V4):d754f6d9-4a6c-4055-8feb-94d13c30202b
Nearest other occurrences of Bismuthinite
1.0km (0.6 miles) South Crofty Tin Project (South Crofty Mine; South Wheal Crofty), Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
1.7km (1.0 miles) Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) Wheal Uny, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
2.6km (1.6 miles) Great Condurrow Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
2.8km (1.7 miles) Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
3.5km (2.2 miles) South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
3.6km (2.3 miles) Wheal Beauchamp, Wheal Buller and Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
4.5km (2.8 miles) Cathedral Mine, Busveal, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
6.5km (4.0 miles) Lushington Cove, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
6.9km (4.3 miles) Wheal Maid, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
and tin-bearing vein from Hemerdon deposit, Devon, UK. The tungsten is present in wolframite, the dark...deposits occur in the orogenic belts of the Far East (southern China, North and South Korea, Japan, Thailand...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
Book
A HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY CORNWALL AND DEVON TRUR : PRINTED BY HEARD AND SONS, BOSCAWEN...BOSCAWEN STREET. HANDBOOK MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOE THEIR DISCRIMINATION...THE MINERS' ASSOCIATION OF CORNWALL AND DEVON; SECRETARY TO THE KOYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; OF THE...KOYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL, AND OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CORNWALL, &C., &C. ASSOCIATE TRURO:...F.R.S., THB ELECTRICITY OF MINERAL LODES IN CORNWALL, AND OF MANY CORNISH MINERALS, (WHOSE OBSERVATIONS
Report (volume)
: : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote period...has been made to describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring...information up to date Mr. Dewey has visite.d everv active mine and rnanv of those recentlv abandoned • • • or of...historic importance. Our thanks are due to t,he present mine managers for their courtesy and assistance. :Full...been made of the published accounts of mining in Cornwall and Devon, and reference to the principal sources
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. V.A.T.No.132-78)2-67 ORDER ING INFOftMATION...- 2txltxl". £3. )0. 4. AF,SENOPYhITE. Kassandra Mine, Stradouiki, Greece. Bright, metallic, silvery twinned...Limonite. 2x2". £).)0. 8. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Brigh e , deep green...BARYTO~LCITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Hag6s Mine, Nr.Alston, Cumberland. Unusual, whitish, intergrown...BERThANDITE. Cheesewring Quarry, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Small, colourless, well formed platy crystals
Catalog/List
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PLI8 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...MAY/JUNE 2005 1. ALLOPHANE.* Hawks Wood Mine, North Hill, Cornwall. A nice rippled crust of pale yellow...25x15x15mm. £6. 4. AMETHYST/SMOKEY QUARTZ. St Austell, Cornwall. A composite xl, 60x50x30mm, showing multi terminations...* Skinners Engine Shaft Dump, Clitters Mine, Calstock, Cornwall. A matrix composed mainly of cellular...Collection No 803. 60x55x35mm. £30. 7. BARITE. Sharkham Mine, Brixham, Devon. Nice intergrown group of light
Book
Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...Introduction 4 About this Book 9 Geology and Mine ralization 14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith:...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious...amethyst. Wheal Jane, near Truro (le(t) . Bornitc, Corn Brea Mtne, Redruth (nght) As a young boy, I looked into...physical properties of minerals (pages I I 0- 1 I). Cornwall, for its size, has one of the most diverse ranges
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALISATION IN G.K. ROLLINSON 1, N. LE BOUTILLIER CORNWALL – A AND NEW DISCOVERY AT PORTHTOWAN R. SELLY...mineralisation in Cornwall – A new discovery at Porthtowan. Geoscience in South-West England, 14, 176–187...Although cobalt mineralisation has been noted in Cornwall and Devon in the mining literature, there are...cobalt mineralisation discovered at Porthtowan, Cornwall, in the vicinity of old workings which are part...in Cornwall. 1 Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10
Report (issue)
Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey ...III.--1 he Ca111borne tnining district ,vith Carn Brea in the distance . . . ... ... PIJATE IV.--Su11ny...stages of ... ... ... the process . . . PLATE VII.-Carn Brea. Granite tor ,vith stratiforrn ... ... ... v,reathering...(.. � Croft)" lVline. ( 13 ) Cat111ter lode, East Pool ... ... Mi11e ... ... Pr_JATE XI.-Speci111ens...tour111aline peacl1 ce111e11ted by quartz. ( b ) East Pool. Quartz , ,volfram , and 1nispickel. (c) Dolcoath
Report (issue)
metallurgical treatment of the ores on a large scale in England. The situation was dealt with promptly and effec­...recorded that half a carload was once shipped from a mine in British Columbia, but this appears to be an isolated...invalid, as the same process had long been used in England [9]. About the year 1905 a demand sprang up for...tungsten ores of the British Isles are obtained from Cornwall and the neighbouring part of Devonshire. Five...mass of granite ; they are as follows, from west to east : (r) Land's EI,ld, (2) Camborne and Redruth, (3)
Journal (issue)
Dealer & Mine gent Levant Gallery Lower Boscaswel I, Pendeen, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. Telephone:...CATALOGUE GENEROUS TRADES AND COLLECTION PURCHASES UK Journal of Mines and Minerals IssueNo3 SUMMER1987...SUBSCRIPTIONS are payable in local currency, or direct to the UK in Sterling. Barite from Silverwood Colliery ARTICLES...Lane, Blaxton, Nr. Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Telephone: (0302) 770248 5 21 S. Uttley Mineral...Cooper Present day collecting at Cligga Head, Cornwall 33 L. Chick BACK ISSUES For Your Bookshelf
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDERING INFOhMATION Mail orders are promptly...Burraton Combe Quarry, St. Stephens-bySaltaoh, Cornwall. Specimen A - Superb, pure, metallic grey irregular...£1- 6. BAYLDONITE. Wheal ~arpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich crusts of apple green sparklin micro crystals...£6. 8. BEODA.NTITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich crust of sage green well formed micro crystals...- 2tx2". £2; Specimen B ltxl". £1. Char Kounhi Mine, Iran. Rich, lustrous, turquoise blue crystals scattered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lengthandseveralfeetacross. An exceptional one(Enterprise mine,Wolfram,Queensland) hadreported maximum dimensionsof...1%milesand width of • mile adjoininga 20ø to 30ø east-dippingclaystone-slate contact (Fig. 3). The sediments...haveaffected adverselyseveralattemptsto reopenthe mine and developit at greaterdepth. Bamj•ordand l/Volj•rarn...wherethepipeslie closeto thecontact. At oneplace(Larkin mine) 8As at Kingsgate, the contacts with granite exhibit...Ton 70% Sn concentrate) Pipes in granite hill east of Herberton ...... Other pipes, mainly but 92
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... 80x70 2 BISMUTHINITE XSTLS. PENLEE QUARRY, MOUSEHOLE, TWO XSTLS TO 3MM IN BISMUTHINITE/QUARTZMATRIX... 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
Catalog/List
Gems Endsleigh, SO Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall TRl 2DA England Telephone 01872 223 227 Collection of...vein in banding. GRF. LMI. £6.00 3 APATITE, Etiro Mine, Karibab Disbict, South Africa. Sea blue soild XN...00 5 CASSITERITE, Wheel Vinoent nr Liskeard, Cornwall. Very heavy black m8S$ with extensive mica. RF...sliver. GRF. SM!. £10.00 11 CASSITERITE, Birch Tor Mine, Dartmoor, Devon. Massive ore. Olab on specimen...£10.00 13 PITCHBLENDE, Wheel Edward, St Just, Cornwall. Blackish solid mass. RAD. RF. SMI. £10.00 14
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ffiDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are promptly...3. 4. 1/ 5· 6. 8. 9. 10. ALTAITE. smuggler Mine, Balarat, Boulder Cty., Colorado, U.S.A. Rich metallic...£2. ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Large sno\1-white intergrown crystals to 1" in...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurs as a partial replacement of Wolfram at East Pool Mine, where it was first noticed by Mr. Cornelius...Pengelly Croft, Huel Mandlin, and Levant Mine, in Cornwall, ~ and at Huel Friendship, in Devon. Montmorillonite...recently been foucrd at Great Retallack Mine, in Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. I t is associated with decomposing...with pale * See Handbook, to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon, part 2, p. 90 ; and Min. Mug., 1877...in the M u s e u m of the Royal Institutien of Cornwall, at Truro. The crystals are well formed and some
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near ~enzance, Cornwall, England. TEL. NO.: St. Just 880 (STD ffi3 677) V...Sphalerite. 2tx2~xli". £9.00. ARSENOPYRITE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. Choice, silvery grey... 7. 8. 9. -·2- 10. AZURITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. select, bright... 3x2x1-t".· £22.00. 11. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Specimen A,- ~hoi~e, lust...50. 12. BEUDANTITE.· Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sparkling, golden, to pale brownish
Catalog/List
n'egesoaal., ot. JU'st, ~ '8 Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. V.A.T. No.132-7852-67 <0O, .' ORDER ING...greenish Chlorite. lixlxl".£3.25. 2. ALASKAITE. Alaska Mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, Silverton, San Juan Co., Colorado...£13. 5. APATITE variety FRM~~OLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, ~ornwall. Snall, translucent, aggregates... ARAGONITE variety TAhNOWITZITE. New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfries. Thick, creamy white, lustrous... -2- AF,SENOPYRITE. United Mines, Gwennap, Cornwall. Bright, sharp, silvery crystals to 5 rom. in
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...the production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...problem Arthur W. G. Kingsbury wus born in 1906 at East Meon, Hampshire. He received a classical education...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 050-057 North Tincroft Lode (New Cook's Kitchen Mine) forms a segment of...Redruth, Cornwall TR15 3SE Lower Carneggy Cottage, Lower Carneggy, Threemilestone, Truro, Cornwall TR4 8QL...levels on North Tincroft Lode (New Cook's Kitchen Mine) was accessed, via Engine Shaft, and samples of...COOK'S KITCHEN MINE New Cook's Kitchen Mine [SW 665406] was situated between Camborne and Pool (Figure 1)...1). The mine (roughly 250 m N-S and 450 m E-W), lying between the setts (mineral lease areas) of Dolcoath
Catalog/List
quality specimens, continuously 'rolling in' from mine contracts, general imports and collection purehases...nnss, 2x1¾x1 , f.2. 50. APATITE/SIDERITE. Poldicc Mine, Illogan, Cormr.:i.llo Rare 19th C, specimen. Cavernous...xtls"3x2x1 11 ,215 00" 8. ARAG0NITE. Cape Sounion Mine,Attica,Greccc, Sharp spiky po..lc-green to _spnrkling... 4x2x1i~' 1 ,28. 00. AZUHITE/MALACHITE,.Morenci Mine \Arizona., U ..S.A. -Bri 15ht-blue spherical xtl·...implanted.2~1¾x1i",U.f.5,.. 14. BISMUTHINITE. South Crofty Mine,Camborne,Cornw~ll. Rich intergrowth
Catalog/List
'OH 26, Tregeseal, ht. JU8t Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. V .T. No.132-7852-61 ffiDERING INFOhMA.TIO...Chloritised rock. 2xlixl". £3.25. ANGLESITE. Redgill Mine, ~aldbeck, Cumberland. Translucent ~( transparent...Carbonotite matrix. lxt". £1.65. BARYT~S. Force Crag MinE, NI'. Keswi~k, ~umberland. Lustrous, crEamy white...75; Specimen B - 2x2". £1.25. B' YTES. ilverband Mine, Dun fEll, WEstmoreland. SpE imEn A An intergrown...crystal. 2txl:t". £2.25. BARYTO~ALCITE. Blagill MinE, NI'. Alston, CumbErland. Choi~e, transparent, sharp
Catalog/List
mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS...label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section. SW...Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]. Corpus Christi
Report (volume)
........................................ 46 Bismuthinite...............................................with elongated rhombic crystal faces, from Nugget mine, Gilpin County, Colo.-................... II. A...from Hoosier mine, Nederland, Colo.; B, Cuboid ferberite crystals from Georgia A. mine, Nederland. Colo...Nugget mine, Gilpin County, Colo.............................. IV. A, Hiibnerite from Birdie mine, Butte...chalcopyrite, from Cornwall, England............................ X. A, Scheelite from Papoose mine, Atolia, Cal
 
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