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Pyrite from
Wheal Fortune, Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chrysocolla4 photos of Pyrite associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Quartz3 photos of Pyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Fortune, Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:548379
Long-form Identifier:1:3:548379:2
GUID (UUID V4):5d7cd2b4-90eb-4faf-9c67-7aae97f54c6b
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Wheal Lovelace, Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) Wheal Henry, Twelveheads, Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) East Wheal Maid, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Bread and Cheese Shaft, Nangiles Mine (Wheal Nangiles), Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Mount Wellington Mine (Wheal Magpie), Cusgarne, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) United Mines (Gwennap United Mines), Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Wheal Virgin, Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Nangiles Mine (Wheal Nangiles), Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) East Wheal Virgin, Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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Book
A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING CORNWALL AND IN | DEVON D. B. BARTON on |» Se Fai 4 H} r) Cavodent...12 0@T45 6037 A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON Nac . A aes dex “8 ob ea ILL. pot...ee Ja Teal Ps IOuROYE | (One COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON Deb ab Ak ON De BRAD RO RAD sBAR...BARTON LTD TRURO © D. B. BARTON Printed in Great Britain by QUALITEX PRINTING CARDIFF LIMITED ...CONSOLS: SECTION, 1778 SURFACE PLAN, 1839 CORNWALL AND SOUTH-WEST DOLCOATH MINEIN DOWNS, THE1830S
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A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON D. B. BARTON -'= -- ---- -=------- - ----·-----·~...LIBRARY DISTRICT A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON GALEfJA PUBLIC LIBft~RY GALENA, ILL...vJQ,ed_ WI-~: I A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON D. B. BARTON D. BRADFORD BARTON LTD...BRADFORD BARTON LTD TRURO © D . B. BARTON Printed in Great Britain by QUAl..ITEX PRINTING LIMITED CARD IF F...SURFACE PLAN, CORNWALL AND SOUTH-WEST DEVON, MAP DOLCOATH MINE IN THE I 63 8 3 OS 8r WHEAL ELLEN, ENGINE
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INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS...second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between 1992 and...freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue numbers...0952-2409 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -2- AUTHORS UK Journal of Mines and
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There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...many of the ores and associated minerals are of great beauty both in form and colour. They range from...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...not be complete without acknowledgement of the great debt of gratitude owed to our late friends Sir Arthur
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House 50 Daniell Road Truro, Cornwall TR1 2DA England Printed in Great Britain by Short Run Press Ltd...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
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(:~r CORNISH MINES CORNISH MINES Metalliferous and Associated Minerals 1845-1913 Roger Burt Peter...Cardiganshire 1845-1913 ISBNO85989287 5 Printed in Great Britain b . yA. Wheaton&Co., Ltd., Exeter CONTENTS...Appendix A Cornwall's Principal Mines Ii Appendix B List of Mines arranged by Grid Reference liii...and Employment Abraham Consols to Augusta Baddem, Great to Buzza Cabella to Cuskease Damsel to Dyhouse East...Godolphin Tallack to Tywamhaile, East Union to Uranium Mines Vadden, New to Vyvyan Wallis to Wrey, North Yankee
Catalog/List
W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders...orders are prollipt~y filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...£6. 3. APATITE. Colcerrow Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Very fine highly modified clear sea green crystals...botryoidal mass. £~. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Fine clear glassy crystals to ~... ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich green crystaline to crystalised coatings
Book (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .,pvii Description .)SG(England urv eol em M est -WSouth of Region Mining MINING...SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South - West England Volume...London s.E.1 13a Castle Street, Edinburgh 2 109 St. Mary Street, Cardiff 39 King Street, Manchester...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM...Geological Survey carries out the geological survey of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the latter as an agency...south-west England, H G Dines (1956). Economi,· Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. r...Brook-Fox, Mr D. G. Broughton, Dr R. Burt, the late Mr H. St L. Cookes, Mr T. A. Greeves, the late Dr A. K. Hamilton...staffs of Geevor Mine, South Crofty Mine, Wheal Pendarves, Wheal Jane and Mount Wellington Mine. The generous
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undifferentiated Head Raised Beach Solid formations Pliocene St Erth Beds Devonian M ylor Slates Gramscatho Beds...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...British Geological Survey, Sheets 351 and 358 (England and Wales). Authors A J J Goode, BSc and R T Taylor
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN The Metalliferous MiningRegion of South-West England VOLUME I Assistant...Director' s copy LIBRARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN. (Scottish Office.) Press._ _ _ __,J helf_...SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AN D WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume...PH EM I STER, M.A., D.Sc. LONDON H ER MAJESTY'S ST A TI ONER Y OFFICE 1956 The Institute of Geological...by the incorporation of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology with
Journal (volume)
TRANSACTIONS OF THE Royal Geological Society CORNWALL ; INSTITUTED FEBRUARY 11th , 1814. VOLUME THE...opulence to the country, than the acquisition of the mines of Mexico and Peru ." President of the Board of...PRINTER, PENZANCE ROYAL Geological Society OF CORNWALL . PATRON . Her Most Gracious Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA...Richard Davey, Esq ., F .G . S . Alfred Fox , Esq. | Day P . Le Grice, Esq . John N . R . Millett, Esq. Richard... CONTENTS. I. On the Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon . By William Jory Henwood , F .R .S
Journal (volume)
EAST, MELBOURNE . 1 PRINTED BY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE. THE MINING AND SMELTING JANUARY...trough of Altenberg, in which it forms a mass of great longitudinal extent, but of very variable (although...carried on some centuries ago, but not to any great extent in consequence of the trifling application...save time, the ground is N. E. V worked away by day , and the workings filled up by night. In order...coming to the “ old men's ” workings, FIG , 5 . great care has to be taken that the old workings filled
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
    Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations Jens... Shail, Robin K., Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations,...Ore Geology Reviews Indium mineralisation in SW England: host parageneses AC CE P TE D and mineralogical...Rollinson and Robin K. Shail Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Tremough,...Cornubian batholith, SW England 1 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT The SW England ore region contains significant
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FOUNDATIONS R 1222 L PRINTED BY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE . LIST OF PLATES. I. French Mechanical...17. 270 Section on Line of West Chiverton and Wheal Chiverton Main Lodes 18. Transverse Section at...VALE IRON COMPANY, 351. ASSOCIATION , Miners, of Cornwall and Devon, Proceedings of, 157. AUSTRIAN ENGINEERS'...CANADA, Review of Mining in , 39, 109. CAPE CORNWALL CONSOLIDATED TIN AND COPPER MINING COMPANY, 167. CARDIGANSHIRE...Treatment of Copper Ores in , 214. CUMBERLAND CONSOLIDATED LEAD AND COPPER MINING COMPANY, 236. CAST -STEEL
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Collectors Guide to ^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; '’i '■-■ ,, t Cedric Rogers...Collector’s Guide to MINERALS, ROCKS AND GEMSTONES in Cornwall and Devon Cedric Rogers i D. BRADFORD BARTON...Truro LTD MINERALISED ILPMACOMar AREAS of CORNWALL & DEVON Main. Concentrations of mints. (has...CAMflORNE TREPRUTH Sb DAY W. - Wolfmbu ° DARTMOOR ®"’ Unless athcnoise stated ,(tw. -mines ne^uxy §¥?'•... ’’fe, -'A Sr A6Nfl^ fe'Pk :. g,TRURO <4 J -St AUS FELL S’ LAND'S EHdG HOUMTSS. HEL5TOW PENZANCEJH
Catalog/List
RICHARD W. BAR ST OVi 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. CRDERING INFOF\MATION...order s ar e promptly filled and despa t-:hed on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...variety FRAN~OLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Choice, small, sharp transparent crystals richly...aggregated in white granular Dolomite with minor Pyrite in association. lxlt". £5. 13. BERYL. Tongafeno...20. CALCITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tyv~rdreath, Cornwall. Thick, metallic lead grey, elongated needly crystals
Journal (issue)
report Field Trip reports Mud! & Hock (a poem) Cornwall field trip Maisemore Chairman's Report Treasurer's... Back in September ten of us travelled down to Cornwall for an extended field trip which, for some of...rocks which are covered in snow, but he encountered great thicknesses of conglomerate (compare with the Mississipi...geological theme they like!) EXTENDED FIELD TRIP TO CORNWALL - SEPTEMBER 2013 (Editor: Ross Whittaker has provided...field trip between the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall (RGSC) and the Cheltenham Mineral& Geological
Book (volume)
The METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume I 1956 20 I 7 reprint 0 z z ~ w ...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME I H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE ·with petrographical...tl"University lvfemoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. Main Building Park Place ISBN 978-085272104-9...This account of the minmg geology of south-west England summarizes the geological info1mation gained druing...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall. Devon m1dwest Somerset. ·n1e region covered is
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CORN\.YALL'S CENTRAL MINES THE NORTHERN DISTRICT, 1810-1895 The years 1810-95 saw unprecedented expansion...Wars, and during the 1850s and early 1860s the mines enjoyed their heyday. Until the disastrous fall...fall in metal prices later in the century, Cornwall led the world in the art and science of mining for metals...industry. The story of the hundred or so different mines is of such intricate complexity, and the mass of...Cook's Kitchen, East Pool and the Carn Brea Mines: the mines of the northern district. It also raises the
Catalog/List
W. BJillSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. CRDERING INFORMJi.TION Mail...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...l~hLCIME. 3. bN~TaSE~ 4. hNGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent "spear shaped"...£2. 6. aPATITE. Stennagwyn Mine, Nr. St. ~ustell, Cornwall. Pale bluish hexagonal crystals aggregated...FRl..NCOLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardrea th, Cornwall. i,. 2xl" cavity in Quartz/slate matrix completely
Book
4. Cana,)' Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris...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... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...Survey, Edinburgh and Keyworth; Cambome School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn; Department of Earth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sc.D., for kindly reading through the MS.; to Mr. St. George Gray, F.S.A., who kindly allowed me to examine...Constantine. Cam Menelez granite mass. Rocks. Granite. St. Michael's Mount. Greisen and pegmatite. Greisen...Relistan Mine. Wherry Mine.3 3 4St. Dennis Consols. Wheal Badnick.3 1 Rastall, The Geology of Metalliferous...Davison— Locality. Creeg Brawse Qy. Royalton Qy. St. Agnes Beacon. Rocks. Quartz-porphyry. ,, Granite...correctly epidiorite, shows a vein of mispickel and pyrite traversing the rock. The vein is filled by brecciated
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TIN STOCKWORK MINERALIZATION IN THE SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND OREFIELD S.C. DOMINY, G.S. CAMM, M.A. BUSSELL ...tin stockwork mineralization in the south-west England orefield. Proceedings of the Ussher Society, 8...of mineralization encountered in the south-west England orefield less typical than the characteristic composite...4AW. R. C. Scrivener, British Geological Survey, St. Just, 30 Pennsylvania Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 6BX... Royal School of Mines, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP. INTRODUCTION Cornwall was formerly one
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engine houses at Wheal Trewavas, with Porthleven background. Photo: Adam Sharpe, Cornwall Archaeological...Archaeological Unit. in the Wheal Trewavas Peter Joseph & Alasdair Neill Published by the Trevithick Society...by Peninsula Projects c/o PO Box 62, Camborne, Cornwall TR14 7ZN The Cornish Mine logo is the Trade Mark...the Trevithick Society eiU in a stope in Devon Great Consols. Photo: Paul Deakin The wild characterof...the coast is inferior to nothing of the kind in Cornwall; and Whea/ Trewavas, which has engines perched
 
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