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Cuprite from
Old Gunnislake Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite1 photo of Cuprite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Cuprite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Old Gunnislake Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:690647
Long-form Identifier:1:3:690647:4
GUID (UUID V4):855be636-9467-4b66-98f4-17dceac7170f
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
0.9km (0.5 miles) Bedford United Mine, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
2.5km (1.5 miles) Wheal Crebor, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
3.4km (2.1 miles) New East Wheal Russell (South Wheal Crebor), Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
3.9km (2.4 miles) Crowndale Mine, Tavistock, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
7.3km (4.5 miles) Holmbush Mine, Callington United Mines (incl. Emmens United Mines), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
11.0km (6.8 miles) Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England, UK
14.8km (9.2 miles) Glasgow Caradon Consols, Pensilva, St Ive, Cornwall, England, UK
15.3km (9.5 miles) Marke Valley Mine, Upton Cross, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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Journal (issue)
shows in Tucson, Denver, Munich and Ste-Marie-aux-Mines Tel.: 949-494-5155 • www.kristalle.com • Email:...tgressman@comcast.net Famous Mineral Localities: The Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota ....Mineral Localities: The Old Gunnislake mine, Callington District, Cornwall, England .......................red hematite inclusions, 4.5 cm, from the Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Don...FineMineral.com AQUAMARINE ON MUSCOVITE Chumuru Mine, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern
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
Catalog/List
;i NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cormrail PL18 Tel: Tavistock (01822) 832530 *...DECEMBER/JANUARY 1995 1. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine, Alston, Cumberland. About 30 greyish-white pyramidal...matrix. 60x35x30mm. £58. 2. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Portugal. Nice lustrous double sided group of pale... BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass of yellow bindheimite... CARBJNATE-FLUORAPATITE "FRANCOLITE". Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Chilsworthy, Cornwall. A 40x30mm area of granite
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
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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...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org...Landreath to Linkinhorne East Cornwall: Callington to Calstock Rocks of Cornwall Precious Metals and Semi-precious
Catalog/List
NIQ( CARRlJl'H CcJt)seCottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PLl 8 (0822) 832530 'IM,stodc lei!llle...grey Antimony with a Old lab2l. tube of fragment. &12. 2. 3. Austell, Cornwall. quartz/mica matrix..."mioo" layer structures. Old label40x30x25mn. U6. 4. 5. ~u,_,. Panasqueira Mine, Beira-Beixa, Portugalxl...transparent i-42. ITE. Fowey Consols, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Typicul -~~•'?Ulll~"••rifi"II"' cblløl61~ h cavities...l)olcoath Min 1iop of which is mstly . camborne, Cornwall. Solid mass of covered with blue iridescent
Catalog/List
List March 2008 PaulA.Lowe l 8 United Dcwms Ind. Part< St Day Cornwall TRI 6 SHY tel.077•O IOI lll order...£245 2 METATORBERNITE, \Nheal Edward, St Just, Cornwall. Ex RW Barstow numbered 877. (white label missing)...missing) 50x50x34mm. £75 3 CASSITERITE 1n etvan,Wh«ry Mine, Penzance,ComwaJI Pohahed aectlon from thil femou•...night 5 FLUORITE,Eut St.ring, No.1 Level, Rogertey Mine, Froster1ey, Weardale Mined In 1995. Absolute treasure...penetrating crystals to 7 MALACHITE and CERUSSITE, Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Ireland. Spheres and fans of malachite
Catalog/List
refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...Name of the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland...Waterbank mine Waterbank mine Milltownquany Waterbank mine Wh.Fortune Lyme Regis Dry GIii mine Roughtongill
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tav.istock (01822) 832530...RY/FEBUARY 2009 l) ANALClME. Dean Quarry, The Lizard, Cornwall. Thin piece ofmatrix showing about 12 intergfOwn...colourless calcite. 70x40xl5mm. £35. 2) ANNABERGITE. KM 4 Mine, Laurion, Greece. Cavities in gossan matrix showing...£12. 3) ARAGONITE. Reedy Cliff, St Endellion,. Cornwall. Cellular gossan matrix intergrown with sharp...matrix. 30x20x7nun. £10. 5) AURICHALCITE. Royal Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Calcite matrix with some
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...physical properties of minerals (pages I I 0- 1 I). Cornwall, for its size, has one of the most diverse ranges...1n museum collections such as hose of the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro and the aural His ory Museum
Catalog/List
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 Tel/Fax: Tavistock (0822) 832530 * *...1995 li.-- AGARDITE. Wheal Alfred, Phillack, Cornwall. Cavities in quartz/killas veinstone showing pale...£45. 2..J ALBITE. Lanterdan Quarry, Tintagel, Cornwall. A 100x90mm area, of thin kilias/slate matrix... 140x90x20mm. £18. 3. ANTIMONITE. Xikuangshan Mine, Hunan, China. A single lead grey lustrous xl 110x9x7mn...4. APATITE AND SIDERITE ON QUARTZ. Panasqueria Mine, Beira-Beixa, Portugal, An impressive display specimen
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permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...Belgium, France, and Morocco 127 1985 - Bedford United Mine 140 1986 - 1989 More Foreign Travel 154 1990...David Lloyd laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction I was born in Bristol...older brother Michael John Lloyd, who was two years old, and mum and dad moved up to Bolton in Lancashire...remained in the Bolton area until I was thirteen years old. My sister, Anne Francis Lloyd was born in 1953.
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFORMnTION Mail orders are promptly...2~xli-". £4.50. 1. N.~TIVE 2. :,P"TITE. Carrock Mine, Caldbeck, Cumberland. Large cloudy sea-green crystals...light. 3x2t". £2. 3. "POPHYLLITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. t" modifie; creamy grey crystals intergrown...crystaline mass. 3x2~". £4. 6. AZURITE. Titlg-Tang Mine, Glvennap, Cormmll. Specimen rlSmall sharp bright...2~xli". £3.50. 7. hZURITE. Carharrack Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Specimen h Bright blue platy crystal mass
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are prollipt~y...attention at all times. JULY 1973 1. ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico. Choice well-formed yellowish green...£6. 3. APATITE. Colcerrow Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Very fine highly modified clear sea green crystals...excellent Apatite crYstals, and are taken from an old collection. Prices from £1.50 - £2.50 dependent on...mass. £~. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Fine clear glassy crystals to ~ mm. in size intergrown
Catalog/List
Apatite (Var: Francolite). Geevor Mine, Pendeen, West Cornwall. An altered Chloritic matrix with overforming...e/Native Bismuth. Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, West Cornwall. A hilly and sculpted Chloritic matrix indurated...Lode West 420 fm level, South Croft Mine, Pool, Central Cornwall. An interesting and rare Cornish phenomena...Axinite. Carn Vellan near Botallack, St Just, West Cornwall. Large, sharp, terminated clove-brown coloured...ra/Pyrnmnrphito/ramccitp Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, West Cornwall. A vuggy completely encrusted matrix
Book
Bougainville copper mine, AND M1 4 td oe 3 om. Papua New Guinea — the fourth largest copper mine in the world... Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Bucks HPI7 9AJ, UK. Set in 9 point Times roman and printed in Great...friends and colleagues at the Camborne School of Mines for their help in the preparation of this book....Mr R. Penhallurick of the Royal Institution of Cornwall for his assistance. Photographs are acknowledged...18 (upper), 20 (lower), 30; Camborne School of Mines, 4 (upper), 5, 11, 16 (lower); Mr E. G. Holland
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Pensance, Cornwall, England. V.A.T .No.132-78~ -67 CRDERING INFORMA.TION...£13;50. 6. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, TYwardreath, Covnwall. Small, bright, creamy hexagonal...Quartz with disseminated Sulphides. ltxlt". £5. An old label is attached to the specimen. ARSENOPYRITE....white Quartz. 2i" x 3". £10. BARYTES. Force Crag Mine, Nr. Keswick, Cumberland. An attractive intergro~n...2" on edge. 3x3~_ll.£6. 50. BARYTES. Ale & Cakes Mine, Gwennap, ~ornwall. Unusual, greyish green ~lusters
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Churchill Way, Churchill House Cardiff CF10 2HH, Wales United Kingdom rbowell@srk.co.uk ROBERT B. COOK Department... Chalcophyllite Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall, England S ome minerals, such as tsumebite and leadhillite...tamarite, for specimens from Wheal Tamar, Devon, England. Chalcophyllite occurs in a range of colors from...exceptional crystals to 2 cm are known from Cornwall, England (Corbett 1973). The crystals are flattened...have been noted (Piazza 1931). At Wheal Gorland, England, a specimen exhibiting partial replacement of the
Book
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... DARTMOOR ®"’ Unless athcnoise stated ,(tw. -mines ne^uxy §¥?'• • TAVISTOCK BCDMI1 /s^° pnsduced...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS
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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...diagrams and contemporary and recent photographs of old workings, both above and below ground, this book...t). ~ e • ~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants...Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and n1ineral
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...£6. ARSENOPYRITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Cornwall. A Itxl" cavity in massive pure Arsenopyrite
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFOFlMATION Mail orders are promptly...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...associated with minor Quartz and Tourmaline. An old label is 3ttached to this specimen. 3x2". £6. 14
Report (issue)
about the year 1832, was publisl1ed in 1835 on tl1e Old Series one-inch Sheet 25. In the earlier issues th...responsible for tl1e mineral lodes taken £1..om olcl mine-planR, l)11t where p<}ssible tl1e Olttcrops were...Mr. Maf�Alister. On comparing the new witl1 the old 1nap impor·tant differences will be observecl. The...supplied at the cost of drawing and colouring. CORNWALL. 15. NE., by H. Dewey; SE., by G. Barrow and H...Kaolinised Granite ••• Granite of Kit Hill and Gunnislake Elvans ••• ••• ••• • •• CHAPTER VI.-METAMORPHIC
Catalog/List
Number C311 ALBITE excellent coveraqe (Tintagel, Cornwall) lx2 of creamy f.1.50 coloured 2x2 f.3 crystals...some with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2 ins. Pieces...C315 single 1/2 ins NATIVE ARSENIC rich (Kusa Mine, near ,Bau, lx2 f.5 •2x2 EIO crystal, across. ...Chalcopyrite. (16 level, Sim.ms Lade, Geevor Mine ,Cornwall) size reflects the area of botryoidal surface...RussiaJ l/21ns piece E3 brown crystalline This is old stock, 2x2 f.2.50 vughs 4.80 in mass. (Meldon
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... .. .. 623 Kit Hill (p . 624); Gunnislake (p . 636 ) ; Calstock (p . 644 ); Luckett, Latchley and...Okehampton district . . .. .. . Mines in the granite (p. 750); Mines in the Culm Measures (p. 751); Newton
 
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