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Andalusite from
Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Headland
Classification
Species:Andalusite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andalusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:615
Long-form Identifier:1:3:615:6
GUID (UUID V4):4992cd05-cdba-4809-982b-107cc304ad58
Localities for Andalusite in this Region
Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Andalusite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
5.1km (3.2 miles) Wheal Coates, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
14.9km (9.3 miles) New Roskear Shaft, Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
25.2km (15.7 miles) Coldvreath Mine (Killivreath Mine), Coldvreath, Roche, Cornwall, England, UK
25.8km (16.1 miles) Wheal Nut (Bosworgy Mine; Busworgie Mine; Lewis Mine), St Erth, Cornwall, England, UK
27.9km (17.3 miles) Trencrom Hill, Trencrom, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK
44.5km (27.6 miles) Backways Cove, Trebarwith, Tintagel, Cornwall, England, UK
51.5km (32.0 miles) Great Roughtor Consols, St Clether, Cornwall, England, UK
55.2km (34.3 miles) Cheesewring Quarry, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
95.8km (59.5 miles) Halstock Mine, Belstone, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
References
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(SALTMARSH AND ESTUARINE) RIVERTERRACE DEPOSITS HEAD DEPOSITS (PERCHED ANDVALLEY) RAISEDMARINEDEPOSITS...GeologicalSurvey. 1:50 000 Sheet 346 Newquay (England and Wales). © NERC 2014 All rights reserved Copyright...Generalised sequence of mineralisation in south-west England 14 5 Constituent mines of the Great Perran Iron...Formation 9 Sheeted veins with greisen borders, Cligga Head 12 Gravel Hill Mine at the western extremity... .li regurnan . Watergate Bay Drt -1, Towan Head 90 1 St Agnes Formation (Cenozoic) :J 380
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Plate 4.-Bands of greisen in the Granite of Cligga Head - . - . - < Plate 5.. -Consolidated sand-dune...Sheet 346 of the Geological Survey Map. It lies in Cornwall, and takes in an area of about 105 square miles...the north coast from Watergate Bay to St. Agnes Head. The only town of anjt size is Newquay; but there...Peat. RECENT Alluvium. - { Valley Gravel and '' Head." PLEISTOCENE Raised Beach . Sand and clay of St...NOTES ON FISH-REl\lAINS FROM WATERGATE BAY IN CORNWALL. . BY R. H. TRAQUAIR, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. 1
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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
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Geological Exploration in the St. Agnes Area, Cornwall by R. H. T. GARNETT Received 6 January 1961; read...sea-bed between St. Agnes Head and Cligga Head on the north coast of Cornwall was geologically explored...tin-copper mineralisation which is associated with the Cligga and St. Agnes Granites and has been extensively...results: between St. Agnes Head and Perranporth on the north coast of Cornwall. The amount of planning prior...which the diving operations were conducted. Cligga Head forms the eastern limit to the area, the western
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    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...Cornubian batholith, SW England 1 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT The SW England ore region contains significant...Interestingly, we have no reason to believe that SW England is different to other regions with granite-related
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varlamoffte (partially hydrated stannic oxide) in Cornwall. By SIR ARTHUR RUSSELL, Bart. and E. A. VINCENT...occurring somewhat abundantly at both Cligga mine, Perranzabuloe, and at Bunny mine, St. Austell. From...3 Sure enough, on examination I found both the Cligga and Bunny minerals to contain a high proportion... Russell, On rashleighite, a new mineral from Cornwall, intermediate between turquoise and chalcosiderite...occurrence. Cligga mine (formerly a part of Perran Great St. George mine) Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. (Six-inch
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| Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall BIRKBECK COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON...meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales, conducts field meetings and publishes... Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall Second Edition Edited by J. T. Greensmith...REFERENCES ISBN 0-900717-57-2 West Cornwall INTRODUCTION Cornwall has long been one of the classic areas...is shown in Figure 1. The largest area in west Cornwall is occupied by Devonian sedimentary rocks which
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Igneous Rocks of South-West England THE GEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION REVIEW SERIES The comparatively small...M. C. Gyopari S. Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd, C. S. Exley and M. T. Styles 6. ...D. R. Bridgland Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd Department of Geology, University of...study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication...licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK, or in accordance with the terms of licences issued
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meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales. It conducts field meetings and publishes...Europe and has led many field trips to the coast of Cornwall. Front Cover: Old engine house, Botallack Mine...Alderton). Geologists Association Guide No. 31 WEST CORNWALL by A . Hall Third Edition Guide Series Editor;... List of Figures 1. O u t l i n e map of West Cornwall 2. Map of Land's End peninsula 5 3. Map of... 26 14. North-south cliff section through the Cligga stock 26 15. Map of Falmouth Bay 29 16. Map
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mineralised granite aureoles Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 042-049 The REE distribution patterns in...widespread C- type granites (Castle an Dinas, Cligga Head and St Agnes) are more evolved, have characteristically...petrography of samples from the Castle-an-Dinas, Cligga Head and St Agnes aureoles indicate rocks in which...affected by lithological inhomogeneity, as at Cligga Head, where there are sandstones and chert rich pelites...from a buried cusp or ridge. Samples from west Cornwall (Gwithian, Chacewater and Truro) relate to both
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GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION GUIDES Noo 19 West Cornwall by A. HALL ITINERARY Introduction I. Land's End...incorporation in any furtl,er edition. West Cornwall by A. HALL INTRODUCTION has long been one of...distribution of the major rock units is shown in Fig. 1. CORNWALL I••+·j Granite 3 D Devonian sediments filffm...10 20 kilometres Fig. I. Outline map of West Cornwall, showing the areas covered by the five itineraries...sedimentary rocks occupy the largest part of west Cornwall. The Devonian rocks are shales and sandstones
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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
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Genesis of the Cornubian Batholith (South-West England): the example of the Carnmenellis Pluton byB. CHAROY...of the well-known mining history of South-West England and the clear relationship between economic mineralization...the Cammenellis pluton in South-West England. C1H: Cligga Head; SMM: St Michael Mount; LC: Lamorna Cove...the biotite-muscovite granites from South-West England (data from Exley & Stone, 1966). Downloaded from...Land's End pluton (Lamorna Cove, St Ives, Cape Cornwall) were also collected but, because of weathering
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the formation of greisen in Grainsgill, Cumbria, England 0. E. Roberts Department of Geology, University...Skiddaw Slates of the northern Lake District, England (Figure 1). Rb/Sr dates from a wide range of Lake...aureole ranges from a black andalusite slate at the outer limit to an andalusite cordierite hornfels near... River Caldew (Figure 1). 14. Greisen, Cligga head, Cornwall (Average of 5 analysis from Hall 1971)....Hornfels, Quartz-Muscovite Hornfels and the Cligga Head Greisen. The FeO, H 2 0 , Na20, F and B203 values
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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...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS...Mount’s Bay - The Lizard .. North and Central Cornwall East Cornwall Devon 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 MAPS
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GEOLOGY OF ,,, ,,. F .. THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL Cornwall is renowned for its spectacular rocky coastline...seventeenth century. This book reviews the importance of Cornwall in the development of geological thought in Britain...of notable scientific interest. The Geology of· Cornwall is a companion volume to The Geology of Devon...org/details/geologyofcornwal0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY Edited by E.B. Selwood...Liskeard High: E.B. Se/wood The Structure of East Cornwall: K. P Isaac Culn1 Basin: JR. Andrews The Boscastle-Tintagel-
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Transgression of the Cretaceous sea in South-West England. By J. M. Hancock. … 61 The Cretaceous structure...Preliminary report on the Wilsey Down Borehole, North Cornwall (Abstract). By E. C. Freshney. … 107 The geology...Dartmouth and Meadfoot Beds near Fowey, South Cornwall (Abstract). By P. H. Bridges. … … … … 109 Observations...sedimentological history of the Padstow area, North Cornwall (Abstract). By M. Tucker. … … 111 Facies interpretations...W. England (Abstract). By D. J. C. Laming. … … 111 Tergiversate folds from South-West England. By
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y1;:11;s and is :irchaeology , recorder for the Cornwall Arc:1a.,o!og;c;ii Sodety for our area and has...of fu:i:,en, M01;1;meats for the� Newquay Old Cornwall Society .:,l,:; hcv.: j1_;s, 1.om1cd a group�"-of...- I gave one to the Newquay Old ::_: 5,i:J � _ Cornwall Society in November which wcm ...Chichester Guest House 14 Bay View Terrace - Newquay -Cornwall - TR7 2LR Tel: 01637 874216 Email: sheila.harper@virgin...mon lizard. ln November we hoped to go Lo the Cornwall Archaeological Society memb,!r� 1:vcning where
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of zircons from the Cornubian Batholith of SW England and comparison with zircons from other European...Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK Camborne School of Mines, College of Engineering...University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK [Received 13 March 2015; Accepted 17 December...of the late-Variscan Cornubian Batholith in SW England was analysed for W, P, As, Nb, Ta, Si, Ti, Zr,...K E Y WO R D S : zircon, chemical composition, Cornwall, rare-metal granite. Introduction ZIRCON is one
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: : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote period...describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring the information up...been made of the published accounts of mining in Cornwall and Devon, and reference to the principal sources...The Ca.radon District, pp. 46-54. V. The East Cornwall a.nd Devon District, pp. 54---61. VI. The South...List of published six-inch Geological maps of Cornwall 63 APPENDIX : ... INDEX m t78JlU4l6 Wt 2455C-S
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British Regional Geology I * South-West England r * FOURTH EDITION e ■ - O ” ..y 1835 Geological...Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologist, South-West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con­...volume [1966] of the Royal Geo­ logical Society of Cornwall. The succeeding years have seen notable advances...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carboniferous rocks...Isotopic age-determinations of rocks of south-west England ...... Facing 112 1. . . . List of Geological
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G .. Bisson (District Geologist, South--West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con­...volume [1966] of the Royal Geo­ logical Society of Cornwall. The succeedi11g years have seen notable advances...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carbonif�rous rocks...age-determinations of rocks of south-west . . . . . . . Facing England 1 112 List of Geological Survey Maps and Memoirs...positions prior to continental drift. South-west England is shown in . . . . . black . . . . . Generalized
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OF CORNWALL Edited by E.B. SELWOOD, E.M. DURRANCE and C.M. BRISTOW THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL Cornwall...seventeenth century. This book reviews the importance of Cornwall in the development of geological thought in Britain...rock and mineral exploitation. The Geology of Cornwall will be of interest to all those, whether amateur...of notable scientific interest. The Geology of Cornwall is a companion volume to The Geology of Devon...Press Reed Hall. Streatham Drive Exe1er. EX4 4QR UK Ii:) I998 University of Exeter Hardback ISBN O 85989
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twenty-five years. REFERENCES. [1]. Memoir Geol. Surv. (England and Wales), 1912 (Lizard and Meneage). [2]. Summ...closely that seen in many of the igneous rocks of Cornwall (9 and 10). Brown, blue, yellow, green, and colourless...gravel being characterized by a tourmaline-zircon-andalusite suite, the upper by a zirconrutile-tourmaline...limonite X X quartz X X corundum . X - andalusite . X X 4-3 staurolite . X X 2-8 topaz...that of other Pliocene outliers of the West of England, so far as these have been described. That this
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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...for obscure references, and for support from my head of department and secretary. In all cases, help...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned
 
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