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Liroconite from
Wheal Muttrall, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Liroconite
Formula:Cu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Liroconite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Muttrall, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:7040
Long-form Identifier:1:3:7040:9
GUID (UUID V4):e39fdd1b-3673-4ff9-b745-40cdcfb2d82e
Nearest other occurrences of Liroconite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.5 miles) Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
2.8km (1.7 miles) Pednandrea Mine (Pedn-an-Drea Mine), Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
25.3km (15.7 miles) Great Hewas United Mines (Great Hewas Consols; Great Hewas Mine; Wheal Hewas; Hewas Downs Mine), Kingsdown Mine (Hewas Water Mine), Sticker, St Ewe, Cornwall, England, UK
37.6km (23.3 miles) Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
75.7km (47.0 miles) Old Gunnislake Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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Journal (issue)
mineral assemblage is remarkably similar to Wheal Gorland. A third locality '\\ith close similarities...Wbeal Gorland needs little introduction. Located in the parish of Gwennap, just north of St Day, the deposit...return [on] investment in the early 1790s as Wheat Gorland was still in gossan at a depth of I0Oftns". It...supergene minerals that are of interest to collectors. Gorland is an old mine with a chequered history because...(Embrey and Symes, 1987). Between 1815 and 1851, Wheal Garland produced 40,750 tons of7.5% copper ore,
Journal (volume)
U.K. R.E. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. R.F. Symes, Sidmouth, U.K. A.D. Hart...manganese-bearing assemblage from Restormel, Lostwithiel, Cornwall Tom F. Cotterell 53-56 The first confirmed British...Cu3Al4(PO4)2(OH)12·2H2o, from spoil at Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall Michael S. Rumsey and Gordon M. Cressey...from around 40 to over 110, including the ‘first UK occurrences’ of a number of minerals, such as fornacite...Sweden, the Kombat Mine in Namibia, and the Mammoth St. Anthony Mine in Tiger, Arizona. • Production of
 
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