Log InRegister
Quick Links : The Mindat ManualThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryMindat Newsletter [Free Download]
Home PageAbout MindatThe Mindat ManualHistory of MindatCopyright StatusWho We AreContact UsAdvertise on Mindat
Donate to MindatCorporate SponsorshipSponsor a PageSponsored PagesMindat AdvertisersAdvertise on Mindat
Learning CenterWhat is a mineral?The most common minerals on earthInformation for EducatorsMindat ArticlesThe ElementsThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryGeologic Time
Minerals by PropertiesMinerals by ChemistryAdvanced Locality SearchRandom MineralRandom LocalitySearch by minIDLocalities Near MeSearch ArticlesSearch GlossaryMore Search Options
Search For:
Mineral Name:
Locality Name:
Keyword(s):
 
The Mindat ManualAdd a New PhotoRate PhotosLocality Edit ReportCoordinate Completion ReportAdd Glossary Item
Mining CompaniesStatisticsUsersMineral MuseumsClubs & OrganizationsMineral Shows & EventsThe Mindat DirectoryDevice SettingsThe Mineral Quiz
Photo SearchPhoto GalleriesSearch by ColorNew Photos TodayNew Photos YesterdayMembers' Photo GalleriesPast Photo of the Day GalleryPhotography

Bitumen from
Carharrack Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Petroleum var: Bitumen
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bitumen data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carharrack Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:691176
Long-form Identifier:1:3:691176:8
GUID (UUID V4):aeb594cb-7b51-46be-b8e6-d0980f19467f
Nearest other occurrences of Bitumen
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘEast Wheal Damsel, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘWheal Damsel, Wheal Damsel United Mines, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘWheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.7 miles) ⓘPoldice Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘTreskerby and Chance United Mine (incl. Treskerby Mine; Wheal Chance), Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘWheal Scorrier (Scorrier Consols), Skinners Bottom, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘSouth Wheal Towan, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘCook's Kitchen Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘNorth Wheal Crofty, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
7.3km (4.6 miles) ⓘSouth Crofty Tin Project (South Crofty Mine; South Wheal Crofty), Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...Retinite . 8. Schleretinite . 9. Burytite . 10. Bitumen. 19. Arragonite. 20. Calcite, &c. 21. Strontianite...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
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
Book
MANUAL OF MINERALOGY; CORNWALL •ONTR1BUTES TO THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE SCIENCE...minerals in general, and the localities , of those of Cornwall, hitherto known, in par ticular, with the economical...before the public the first Book ever printed in Cornwall on the most beauti* ful branch of natural history...agents are more nume rously crowded together in Cornwall than in any other part of the British empire."...of the structure of the globe. II. The basis of Cornwall, whether a crystallization arising from fire,
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
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...WHERE. Beaches Cliffs and Caves. River Beds etc. Mine Dumps Quarries St. Just - Botallack - Pendeen Camborne
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...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned...theLakeDistrictandCornwall (izoklakeite}" WhealCock,StJust,Cornwall SouthTerrasmine,StStephen•in-Brannel. Comwa!I
Book (volume)
penetrated afterwards into to the stone was had mine, yards so who by the the chalk the was return-...beautiful very Opals in notice, and the England. The rarity and cholong, been opal called...the direction an Tin octaedron, &c. , who Cornwall, not These A. marked one were exactly ...formation of these new have been stores what mine quite Blend. or Crystallized, 1. cubical ...mostly Copper Pyrites. Since figuring from Cornwall rather separate striae however this specimen
Book
sulphides when heated. 4. Bituminous, or the odour of Bitumen. The odour of sulphuretted hydrogen or rotten eggs...Dysodile. Mineral Naphtha. Oils and Resins. Bitumen. Inflammable Salts. Elaterite. Boron. Boracic...Epidote. Amphibole. Scales of Mica. Chlorite. Bitumen. Enhydros, or Crystals containing Water and other...compounds) : — Diamond, Graphite. Coal, Coke, Bitumen, Lignite, Mellite, „ Sulphur, and its Amber...3B fuses globule. Locality. readily to Cape Cornwall Huel Unity, Botallack, Huel Owls, and several
Journal (issue)
Society is :i society of :un:u cur and profc:••ioll:ll mine r:tlogist• which encourages the s tudy, recording... -~ :.u ~•!l•~~!..=1 1-tc-.=, l :,.r., ; '::,: UK .and l tthod miner~ p.•xno;:n.p.,S.. TI:::- Jli;...Force Polish Air Force Remnants. John arrived in England at RAF Manston around April 1940, where he joined... Fluorite Zone - Heights Mine and quarry. Baryte Zone - Settlingstones Mine. Virtually no fluorite or...or baryte - Smallcleugh Mine. Fluorite and baryte together - Hilton Mine. The displays looked quite good
Book
Kristalle siche unter Bergwerk, Mine, Grube (in Betrieb) Bergwerk, Mine, Grube (außer Betrieb) Durchmesser...Apatit, Apophyllit (klare XX), Baryt, Biotit. Bitumen, Bolus. Calcit. Coelestin, Cordicrit, Epidot, Fluorit...Nationale Superieure des Mines, 60, boule- 77/6/8) Mine v. „Les Chalanches“ (HF): Allemontit, Amalgam, Antimon...Frankreich. - (W. Ally: (Hautc-Loirc) (Mich. 76/5/8) Mine b. „La Barraque“: Antimonil, Baryt (33/13). Noltcmcycr...Bains d’Avene: (Herault) (Mich. 83/4/3) N v. B. Cu-Mine „des Clauzcls“ (X) Azurit, Baryt, Bournonit, Chalkopyrit
Book (volume)
LONDON , AND OF THE ROYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL ; OF THE ROYAL DANISH SOCIETY OF SCIENCES ; ...Mineral Oil, or Petroleum , 3d Mineral Pitch , or Bitumen , 481 483 485 1st Kind, xvi CONTENTS OF VOLUME...country of Congo. Asia . — There is a considerable mine of rock -salt twenty versts from Jena- Tayerska...of burning beds of coal, both in Scotland and England. It is found in the Island of Iceland. On the...It occurs, along with copper-pyrites, in Pary's mine in Anglesea ; and also in the copper-mines in the
Book
discovered, a district producing tin. Indications of old mine workings such as holes pierced in the faces of the...present day, throughout the jength and breadth of Cornwall, which are ^mistakably of great antiquity. \V%...STORICAL AND MONUMENTAL, OF IDE COUNTY OF CORNWALL.’* Devon and Cornwall) were first discovered by tne Phornicians...among<^ which they prolmbly reckoned the west of Cornwall, carried on so considerable a trade here, that...that • called by the two names of Devonshire and Cornwall, and the small islands adjacent to Con^wall, now
Book
OF LONDON; OF THE ROYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL, AND OF THE CAMBRIDGE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY ;... or Petroleum, t I I t Mineral-Pitchy or Bitumen, ib. h m 1st •! !f Kind, Earthy Mineral-Pitch...Occurs in transition rocks in Swit- Germany, England, and in secondary rocks in » South America....burn- ing beds of coal, both in Scotland and England; and in manv volcanic districts in different... It occurs along with copper-pyrites, in Pary's mine in Anglesea ; and also in the copper-mines in the
Book
contributed during discussions, field trips, and mine visits. As cited in the text, many colleagues provided...the original manuscript, particularly T. K. Ball (UK), I. Benkovics (Hungary), F. Bianconi (Switzerland)... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.1 Cornwall .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...mineralization occurs in the upper sections of the mine in two settings, synsedimentary (up to few hundred...vertical interval from 40 to 50 m in the Mitterberg Mine. Mineralization consists of irregular accumulations
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada,...administrative divisions inside those countries, e.g in Spain, UK, Russia, some African countries, etc. Several repeated...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald
Book (volume)
LONDON , AND OF THE ROYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL ; OF THE ROYAL DANISH SOCIETY OF SCIENCES ; OF...The principal characteristic distinctions of this mine ral are colour, distinct concretions, lustre, fracture...in Cairngorm and Arran in Scotland, and Cornwall in England. It is well known in Saxony, and other countries...of the nature of common felspar. The Growan of Cornwall appears to contain principally the dis integrated...Scotland , and in the Shetland Isles ; also in England and Ireland. One of the best known and most celebrated
Book (edition)
^ fe o -• vO y MINERALOGY AND MINING. Mine Accidents —Ventilation — Ore Dressing, Etc. DESCRIPTIVE...lific of valuable treats and advice." PRACTICAL MINE VENTILATION. WILSON. For the Use of Mining Engineers...above, there is also the department of Economic Mine) alogy, which is not here and (3) in the coarser... titles as in : : ; ; : ; ; ; ; ; Cornwall. Commenced 1875. Commenced Zeitschriit fiir...further on p. 173. PHYSICAL CHARACTERS OF 120 MINE.'?AL8. hedron, dodecahedron, or rhombohedron, it
Book (edition)
of the Mineralogical Society London, and Truro, Cornwall. Commenced 1875. Zeitschrift fur Krystallographie...many 4. sulphides. Bituminous ; the odor of bitumen. Fetid; the odor of sulphuretted hydrogen or rotten...Analysis with the Blowpipe, translated by Prof. H. B. Cornwall, 1872). The work of Prof. Brush has been freely...of Aosta in Piedmont in many of the streams of Cornwall near Dolgelly and other parts of North Wales in...rare, and mostly in filaments at the Ophir tained. mine rare, and disseminated or filamentous in California
Book (edition)
of the Mineralogical Society London, and Truro, Cornwall. Commenced 1875. Zeitschrift fur Krystallographie...many sulphides. 4. Bituminous / the odor of bitumen. 5. Fetid ; the odor of sulphuretted hydrogen...with the Blowpipe, translated by Prof. II. B. Cornwall, 1872). The work of Prof. Brush has been freely...formerly worked in Asturias in many of the streams of Cornwall near Dolgelly and other parts of North Wales in...rare, and mostly in filaments at the Ophir tained. mine rare, and disseminated or filamentous ; in California
Book
(Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, England) Editorial Readers: Alison Bolus and Jay Thundercliffe...British Geological Survey; 223, China Clay Museum, Cornwall; 189, Shane Dohnt; 193, by permission of the Illinois...underground, such as those in the Austrian Tyrol and in Cornwall. Again, locating these sources required a good...gently sloping sheets, forming as south-west England, which are linked dykes like this in a ‘dyke swarm’...because it is so quickly worn away. In south-east England, and places in Above: Spitzkoppe in Namibia is
Book
exterminated in large islands (wolves, for instance, in England), without any interruption of the completeness...inhabitants of Thuringia. The 2. Sylvaticus. Mulot. mine —M. Ger. Field-rat. die Waldmaus. le cauda... the Sicilian, with extremely large horns of England 'without horns. if On ; those of the other...(Frisch. Tab. 8. fig. 3.) North-west of Europe, England, &e. — OF BIRDS. Ill Pendulums. The Penduline...(Rosel. Tab. 9-12.) In almost the whole of Europe, England excepted, also in The clammy slime with which it
Book (volume)
in Barcelona, Spain. At North wich, Cheshire, England. Skeletal crystals containing large amounts of...numerous localities in France, Spain, Italy, and England. Found in large amounts at many places in Chile...Silver City district, Owyhee County, Idaho, Poorman mine, where masses weighing many pounds were especially...probably also occurs in that state in the Hechman mine, near Globe, Gila County. Many other occurrences... Loire, France; at Newcastle, Northumberland, England, and at a number of similar occurrences. Here salammoniac
Book (volume)
Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:...Veatchite Sr2[B5O8(OH)]2B(OH)3¡H2O Locality: Billie mine, Death Valley, California, USA. Description: White...CaMgB6O8(OH)6¡3H2O Locality: District # 99, underground mine, Inder boron deposit, Atyrau region, Kazakhstan...Ca4Mn2+3O3(BO3)3(CO3) Locality: Tachgagalt manganese mine, near Ouarzazate, Morocco (type locality). Description:
Book (edition)
solution of barytes be added gradually by Berzelius, mine to a solution of citric acid, a flocculent precipitate...465 = 100 3.62 Berzelius, From Not having a mine its specific much Hydrogen. ByLussac, posed...large masses, or in rocks under the earth, in England and elsewhere. In the solid form it is called sal...of its weight of salt ; that of the sea between England and Flanders contains one thirty-second part ;...Lussac and Vauquelin in France, and Mr. Porrett in England, who have happily succeeded in removing the veil
Book (edition)
Reston, Virginia, and The British Library, London, England, respectively, which allowed for their transcriptions...Minneapolis, Mn. The British Library, London, England. Harvard Libraries, Cambridge, Ma. DeGoyler History...Metallurgy. Transactions of the Royal Society of Cornwall. Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische...raisonné of collecting in Germany, France and England, 1565-1750. Pittsburgh, 1970. [i]-v, [1]842 p....the Old World, vol. 2, the New World and vol. 3, England. Volume and plate counts are given for the titles
 
Mineral and/or Locality  
Mindat Discussions Facebook Logo Instagram Logo Discord Logo
Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are Š OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: April 23, 2024 11:20:43
Go to top of page