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Cassiterite from
Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:624027
Long-form Identifier:1:3:624027:1
GUID (UUID V4):ba6e1aaa-a090-4096-9284-64778a133d3d
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.2km (0.2 miles) Tryphena Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
0.3km (0.2 miles) South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) Wheal Bounty, Tryphena Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) South Condurrow Mine (Marshall's Shaft), Grenville United Mines, Troon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) Carn Camborne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) The Reens, Troon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) West Condurrow Mine, Killivose, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Great Condurrow Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Wheal Harriett, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.5 miles) "Wheal Bounty" section, Wheal Pendarves, Killivose, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
south-west England MONAZITE IN POLYMETALLIC CHLORITE-(TOURMALINE)-QUARTZ-(FLUORITE)CASSITERITE-SULPHIDE...CHRONOLOGY OF MAGMATIC HYDROTHERMAL MINERALISATION IN CORNWALL N.G. LEBOUTILLIER 1, R.K. SHAIL 1 AND C. JEWSON...hydrothermal mineralisation in Cornwall. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 403-409. Monazite [(Ce,...hydrothermal lode systems of Cornwall than has been previously recognised. In situ and mine dump specimens analysed...polymetallic chlorite-(tourmaline)-quartz(fluorite)-cassiterite-sulphide mineralisation. The assemblage is interpreted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Conference of the Ussher Society, January 2000 THE CASSITERITE-ANATASE-ILMENITE-MONAZITE-SULPHIDECHLORITE ASSEMBLAGE...LeBoutillier, N. G., Shail, R. K., Jewson, C. 2000. The cassiterite-anatase-ilmenite-monazite-sulphide-chlorite assemblage...Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 050-057 North Tincroft Lode (New Cook's Kitchen Mine) forms a segment of...along strike and —800 m vertically through the Camborne-Redruth mining district. Lode samples from previously...and reveal a complex polymetallic mineralogy. Cassiterite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite (±
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...MARCH/APRIL 2008 1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Ironstained quartz/gossan with scatterings... 50x40x20mm. £35. 2) A PAT I T E and CASSITERITE. Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais,...apatite xls to 10mm together with a few black cassiterite xls to 3mm. 30x25x30mm. £38. 3) ARTINITE. Clear...4) BERTRANDITE. Cheesewring Quarry, Linkinhome, Cornwall. Approximate 15x10mm cavity in granitic matrix
Catalog/List
BJIRSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ...1973 1. bP~TITE. Tregarden Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Specimen aSmall, bright sharp greenish blue modified...mineral. ltxlt". £10. 5. aZURITE. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, tlustralia. Bright...around l"xt" in size - £3 each. 7. BbRYTES. Hilton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. 1. large wellformed group...crystals being mainly transparent. £3.50. Golconda Mine, Brassington, Derbyshire. Light green radiated crystal
Book (volume)
Hodge, Bosulval Farmhouse, Newmill, Penzance, Cornwall. ©T. A. Morrison, 1983_ No pan of 1hi~publica1ion...34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40; Royal lns1i1u1ionof Cornwall, Pla1es 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 26, 27, 28, 30... Ives, Cornwall. Origination and printing by Dowrick Design & Print Lid., S1. Ives, Cornwall. CONTENTS...I. Camborne Town 1. Dolcoath 2. Stray Park 3. Camborne Vean 4. Camborne Consols 5. Carn Camborne 6....Wheal Nelson 10. 'West Tolcarne 11. Trevoole 113 119 125 126 Srdion 3. Beacon and Troon 12. 13. 14
Journal (issue)
SUSSEX MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETY www.smls.0119.uk ....................................... ················...new members out. When combined with a week in Cornwall, a day on a Kent coal tip for carboniferous plant...pyromorphite. The field in question, near the old mine shaft was too overgrown to allow us to find specimens...Sussex. One of the main reasons for returning to the UK, John told me at this year's BBQ, was so that he...surface sites, four working quarries and one working mine. 4. Visit classic tourist venues such as the Gorges
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. CRDERING INFOF\MATION Ma il order s ar e...APATITE variety FRAN~OLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Choice, small, sharp transparent crystals...display. 4ix4". £12. AURIc~LCITE. AXINITE. Obira Mine, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Lustrous, sharp, clove...BARYTOCALCITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nr. ,;lston Cumberland. Intergro~m group of large...crystaL Itxl". £2. 16. BREWSTERITE. Bellsgrove Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland. Superb, transparent
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 Pen=ance, Cornwall, England. TEL 0.: st. Just 880 (STD 073 677) V.A...attractivli r or display. 11. BARYTES. Hilton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. Lustrous, transparent to...3x3x2". £6.50. 12. BARYTES. Ale & Cakes Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. unusual, lustrous, translucent, dark olive...veinstuff. 2tx2xl". £6.50. 13. BARYTOCALCITE. Blagill Mine, Nr. Alston, Cumberland. Choice, transparent, slightly... green BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich. crusts of apple green small s~arkling rhombic
Report (chapter)
South Crofty tin mine, Cornwall P. D . G R I B B L E Surpac Software International ( UK) Ltd, Plessey Business...Park, Technology Drive, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 2ND, UK Abstract: The orebodies at South Crofiy take the...bearing lodes belong to the ENE-striking series. Cassiterite mineralization is in two main stages characterized...and which have limited wall rock alteration. Cassiterite mineralization is associated with a later quartz...series of quartz and quartz-haematite phases. Cassiterite mineralization in this group is associated not
Report (issue)
certain lodes, not traceable in the .tield, from old mine plans, and has written the Appendix giving detailed...of the n1inerals •· - 93 Fig. 2 and 3.-Blue Hills Mine. Cross Sections - 93 Fig. 4.-East Blue Hills. Cross...sections .. ··· 98 ., •· 99 � igs. 9 and I0.-Penhalls Mine. Cross sections .. • 101 Fig. 11.-Polberro Consols...Wheal Chiverton. Cross section· Fig. 19.-Trewollock Mine. Cross sectio11 - 100 - 106 Fig. 20. --Perran United...Sheet 346 of the Geological Survey Map. It lies in Cornwall, and takes in an area of about 105 square miles
Book
Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, for 1848 ; and a table of some of the principal...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Reports of the Devonshire Association for the...LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHESHIRE 31 CORNWALL . 32... 64 65 CONTENTS. X MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE...124 130 APPENDIX 137 INDEX TO LOCALITIES IN CORNWALL 149 INDEX TO MINERAL SYNONYMS 153 1 THE
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
Book (volume)
THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE...Description .)SG(England urv eol em M est -WSouth of Region Mining MINING . DISTRICT CAMBORNE F)PLATE I(...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South - West England Volume I Ву...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset . the territory in which
Book
So ·Very Foolish A History of the Wherry Mine, Penzance Peter Joseph THE 1:rDVII1rIHill CCJK SOCIETY...Founded1935 Cover image: Print ofa painting of the Wbeny Mine by Denys Law (1907-1981), taken from the Holman...artist bad one or more of the early skecthes of the mine to refer to. Published by The Trevithick Society...Typeset by Peninsula Projects, c/o PO Box 62, Camborne, Cornwall TR14 7ZN I instanced a lamentable case...000, by a Comish mine. 'I remember,' said another passenger, 'the case of the Wherry mine being re-opened
Report (issue)
I◄�. FAIJMOUTI-1 J\Nl) l\1INING DISTI�ICT OF CAMBORNE ANf) REDRUTfl. l!Y ANI) 13¥ .J. H.. l?LJ��"l1T...Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey .... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... 36.-Pedn an J)rea Mine . . . ... ... ... :1 7. -Porkellis United 1\ii i11es...larger of these are the Red River, so called from the mine ,vasbi11gs which discolour it, and the stream th...Palreozoic formations of Cornwall. In the original Geological St1rvey map of Cornwall, De la Beche separated
Book (volume)
The Metalliferous MiningRegion of South-West England VOLUME I Assistant Director' s copy LIBRARY...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AN D WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume I By H...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...This account of the mining geology of south-west England summarizes the .iological information gained during...south-west of England was the first to be published, and his ' Report on the eology of Cornwall, Devon and
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
Catalog/List
Drakewalls Hou~e , D~akewalls , Gunnislake , Co~nwall , England. TEL. ~O .: Tavistoc k 032301 (STD 0822) V.A...NITE . Fouoy ConsolEl f"d. ne , Tywal'dl'eath , Cornwall. Silvel'y- grGy"needl y tll'ystal! to 4 mm in...13. OORNITE . Carn Ol'tla I·lino , Illtlga n, Cornwall. W'Elll ftlrmod tul'nished cl'ystals to 4 mm in...piec e of matr;hx. ,11}xi" , £1.25p 20. CASSITERITE. Tolcarne ~ti. n e , C...00 22. CERULEITE. Wheal Gtlr lan d , St . Day , COrnwall. Rich crusts of sky - blue crystallwne ceruleite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RYBACK 42 Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4EB, England AND PETER C . T A N D Y Department of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, England T n E supplementary lists of British Isles minerals...has improved recently. The classic minerals of Cornwall and Devon are splendidly described by Embrey and...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...on minerals collected by A. de Hailer at Tynagh mine, Ireland, unpublished except in newsletters (Bulletins
Book (volume)
The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical notes...The metal/iferous mining region of south-west England, H G Dines (1956). Economi,· Memoir of the Geological...staffs of Geevor Mine, South Crofty Mine, Wheal Pendarves, Wheal Jane and Mount Wellington Mine. The generous...notably his 16-volume series Mines and miners of Cornwall, and two volumes on the mines of Devon, one of...Somerset figures were published in 1984 and the Cornwall outputs are due to be published soon. K. E. Beer
Book
Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...Uranium . ORDER XI. Tin. Genus 1. OXIDE . 191. Cassiterite . Genus 2. SULPHIDE IN COMBINA TION . 192. Stannine...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...on Kergiliack estate near Pen a. Coberard ; at a mine near the head of Borrowdale, near Lometer, rearis...in the Isle of Man. Scotland . At Craigman coal -mine, near New Cumnock in Ayrshire, massive and columnar
Book
i'ish, tin"'cor per NF )907566804 ~42 . 37 • CORNWALL COUNTY LIBRARY ll 11111111111111 3 8009 014 20...Dyllansow Truran. Trewolsta, Trewirgie. Redruth, Cornwall. © 1983 D. Kneebone \ All rights reserved...Chapter 1. Life in Cornwall in 1875. 22. Chapter 2. Some Smaller Mining Setts in Cornwall. 27. Chapter...Chapter 4. The Mining of Lesser-known Metals in Cornwall. 41. Chapter 5. More about Old Helston. 52...' (1978) was a general introduction to Celtic Cornwall, together with chapters on the Wendron and the
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 district...Wolfram Lode .. . FIG . 35. — Castle-an -Dinas Wolfram Mine; longitudinal section .. .. FIG . 36 . — The...United Mines Lode . . FIG . 37. — South Phoenix Mine; transverse section showing the lodes occupy ing
 
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