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Actinolite from
Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:895048
Long-form Identifier:1:3:895048:2
GUID (UUID V4):58b2e798-5656-4d9a-8047-7bdaf9081d59
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Lariggan rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
4.5km (2.8 miles) St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, England, UK
6.0km (3.7 miles) The Greeb, Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, England, UK
8.0km (5.0 miles) Cudden Point, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
8.1km (5.1 miles) Acton Castle, Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, England, UK
8.4km (5.2 miles) West Poldice Mine (East Wheal Margaret), Canon's Town, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK
10.9km (6.8 miles) Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
11.0km (6.8 miles) St Ives Consols (incl. Wellesley Mine; Wheal Mary), St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
11.3km (7.0 miles) Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
11.3km (7.0 miles) West Wheal Owles (Cargodna Mine), Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SOCIETY June, 1949 Vol. XXVIII The Wherry mine, Penzance, its history and its mineral productions...standing at Wherry Town on the south-western end I Fofthethevisitor esplanade at Penzance looks seaward...by water, there existed many years ago a rich tin mine, unique in the boldness of its conception, romantic...during the hey-day of its career, this remarkable mine was examined by a very competent observer in the...John Hawkins (1761 ?-1841), F.R.S., of Trewithen, Cornwall, and Bignor Park, Sussex, and it is to him that
Book
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geology .of the country around Penzance ' . i\i�i / ---�-----✓- \ \ // •• ,- ---...C-�. --·.J;:;{ GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION IN THE PENZANCE DISTRICT Superficial deposits (Drift) Quaternary... Geology of the country around Penzance The district around Penzance (Sheets 351 and 358) has been exploited...copper since the Bronze Age. Only the Geevor tin mine was still open in 1986, but the vigorous development...district featured on Maton 's geological map of Cornwall in 1797 and accounts, both of the minerals and
Report (issue)
LOCALITIES: Bucks County: Rushland; Lebanon County: Cornwall? Philadelphia: Fairmount Park. . H ; MICA GROUP...The following analysis of "chrome ore" from Wood's mine by Garrett (1852: 45) lies may be taken as an example...regarding Pennsylvania minerals: to Dr. Edgar T. Wherry for much data, and a critical examination... where they 4 may form hydrothermal Edgar T. Wherry and Samuel G. Gordon, An arrangement veins. Quite...HYDROTHERMAL METAMORPHS: anthophyllite, tremolite, actinolite (nephrite, asbestus, smaraghornblende; hydroxy-:
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
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
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 (volume)
prolific zone has recently been issued by Benge and Wherry. With 1 281331 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MINERALOGY...small amount of MnO in the green variety. P & R mine, Siesholtzville, Berks county. (W. Headden) B light...209, 1836). 15: Actinolite, in grayish-green banded crystals; Easton. 401: Actinolite, in green blades...Montgomery county. 410: Olive-green; Kober's copper mine, Sumneytown, Montgomery county. 418: Dark olive-green...MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA 16 361: Light pea-green; Cornwall, Lebanon county. 419: Precious; light green to
Report (Issue volume)
of the localities. Magnetite deposits of the "Cornwall type" are included because of their economic significance...the most important type of deposit has been the Cornwall-type magnetite group (type N), with a production...of this value is from the Cornwall mine, but the ore body of the Grace mine near Morgantown appears to...lead-zinc 110,000 Sandstone copper-uranium 10,000 Cornwall-type magnetite I ,000,000,000 Copper adjacent...Friedensville zinc mine in type F is clearly the third largest mine in the state after Cornwall and Morgantown
Journal (volume)
N TRA comer , OP THE Royal Geological Society CORNWALL . INSTITUTED FEBRUARY 11th , 1814. VOLUME THE...Peru .” President of the Board of Agriculture. PENZANCE : SOLD AT THE APARTMENTS OF THE SOCIETY . 1878...and Zirkel on Crystalline Rocks Stratigraphy of Cornwall Geological Time The Evolution Hypothesis . ...Position and Relations of the Sedimentary Rocks Cornwall . . 12 . • Changes of Level on the Cornish Coasts...Henwood's Works . ix . M .Moissenet on the Lodes of Cornwall Elie de Beaumont's Theories ix . xiv . Report
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS· ·OF ·-1}RE-·GEOLOGICAI/ SURVEY.. -: ,. ENGLAND AND WALES. .. - -EXPLANATION Q_F SHEETS 361...SECTIONS, AND MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGIOA SURMEY. OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MU,SEUM E>F PRACTICAL GEOLOGY• of...6d. A Compl1 �) ; 4 (I. of l\ta11); 5 {Lake ENGLAND .i Di��rct) Dewon;}; ' ....' .. -: Torquay NEW...by Joseph Ca1�·n e, a11d the geological map of Cornwall of 1 832 by D1'. H . S. Boase, are deserving of...ILLUSTRATI ONS. ... ... Fig. 1 .-Map of South-Western Cornwall Fig. 2.-Diagrarnmatic Section across the St. Erth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
orange-yellow, powdery efflorescence on the walls of the mine workings a t Minasragra, Cerro d e Pasco. The optical...is of long-bladed crystals of wolframit'e from Cornwall, associated with chalcopyrite arid quartz ; and...dark brown, nodular crust on quartzite in an iron mine near Hellertown, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania....L. H. Koch, and V the mean of t w o analyses by Wherry) give ratios for R,O,:P,O, varying between 1 ....another determination of boric oxide gave 6-04 by Wherry. Zoisite is sometimes intermixed with this axinite
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
collect some of the early and late history of this mine, that after two years of research, this paper is...not survive without the other. Specimens from this mine, have been observed in many of the large museums...Berks Co. in Pennsylvania The Colonies of New England and Virginia were the first to start in the manufacture...merchants, farmers and workers, little of it came from England or Europe. These mines, furnaces and forges supplied...It was during this same year, the iron mines at Cornwall were sold to Joseph Turner of Philadelphia and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pennsylvania. The recentproduct{onhas been from the Cornwall magnetitedeposits. Considerable geological work...x9x4; Spencer, A. C.: Magnetite deposits of the Cornwall Type in Penn. U.S. Geol. Surv., Bull. 359, x9o8;...the paper by W. O. Hickok on the Geology of the Cornwall Ore Depositswas in press (Editor). MINER•IL...TRI•ISSIC AREA. 621 reported are augite,biotite,actinolite-tremolite, albite,epidote, talc,andsomegarnet...are those of the Esterley mine, the Raudenbusch, theWheatfield,the Cornwall,the Carper,the Hummelstown
Journal (issue)
UK Journal of mes ·and .Minerals Issue SprJng 1989 , No ...6 Pr:f ee ~3.95 ·- • r .. Arnold...Lower Trewellard, Penzance, Cornwall. TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Calcite (Cornwall) UK Journal of Mines...EUROPE SOUTH AFRICA The History of Ystrad Einion Mine J & A Wolters. Leeuwendaal 2, 3273 XD Westmaas...Merritt Cassiterite from Whiteworks Carharrick, Cornwall R. Morton.Dr. K.F.G. Hosking 22 Mining Methods...the Boscawcn Diagonal Shaft at Botallack Mine. St. Just. Cornwall. Reproduced hy permission of City of Manche
Report (Issue volume)
......... 49. Other fire clay processed at the mine: quantity ..... .. ............ .... .. .......... 31 18 53. Plastic fire clay processed at the mine: value................................................. 19 54. Flint fire clay processed at the mine: value 32 18. Other clay mined: average value...ton.... 19 55. Other fire clay processed at the mine: value 32 19. Shale mined: average value per ton.... . 21 59. Plastic fire clay processed at the mine: average value per ton.........................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
uranium-mica' from the Basset mines, Redruth, Cornwall, hitherto referred to autunite, but now shown...University of Heidelberg. Calcio-carnotite. E . T . Wherry, 1914. Science, New York, new set., vol. xxxix...list). See Kalio-carnotite. Calcioscheelite. E.T. Wherry, 1914. Proe. United States National Museum, vol...after Mr. D. Lyon, the manager of the Christmas Gift mine in which it was found. Chlorido-marialite. marialite...corresponding to the minerals, pyrites, &c. E. T. Wherry (Centralblatt Min., 1918, p. 519) had previously
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
Report (issue)
longitude) 2. deposit size (occurrence type - mine, prospect, or occurrence; production estimate) 3...south and east to west. The most prevalent name of a mine or prospect which was used in reference descriptions...category. Where multiple names have been given to one mine or prospect site, generally the most recent name...(p), or mineral occurrences (o) in Table 1. The mine designation is given to deposits with a written...Most of these occurrences provided only limited mine production of base metals, although some were temporarily
Book
Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...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...protect iron from oxidation. LOCALITIES. — England. Cornwall; near Tuckingmill, Cam borne, and in a granite
Report (Issue volume)
man-hours devoted to specific mine operations during the year 5. Mine or mine-plant equipment modernized...value per ton. All information is presented on a mine-by-mine basis, thereby providing a means of comparison...conveyor belt, or that the products are used at mine-site plants and are moved by unspecified methods...showing the name, location, and ownership of each mine, that are found in the front of the study. These...Oounty Location Nearby Town Adams Hanover Name of Mine a11djor Mining Company Hanover Quarry 2 Adams
Journal (issue)
Cornwa ll Furnace and Museum along Route 322 at Cornwall, Pa. Open to the public and maintained by the...Fig. 4). Amphibolites (primarily hornblende or actinolite-rich rocks with epidote) also occur farther north...mappers. Honors to Professor Edgar T. Wherry Professor Edgar T. Wherry has been elected to the Honorary Life...congratulations to Professor Wherry for this well deserved recognition. Professor Wherry is an outstanding scientist...water in the underground mines and also the effect mine-water d ischarge has upon the Lackawanna River.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
return journey, a stop was made at the Wheatley Mine at Phoenixville, where some very promisiirg microscopic...Laboratory, Foshag and Shannon of the National Museum, Wherry of the Bureau of Chemistry, Mr. Augustus Locke...schists with talc, actinolite and chiorite schists in lesser amounts. At the Springfield mine hematite schist...of it approaching itabirite. At the Mineral HiIl Mine the chief ore was magnetite. Sufficient chalcopyrite...chalcopyrite and bornite were encountered to work the mine for its gopper. The chalcopyrite its intimately associated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Prof. E. T. Wherry, and Prof. A. N. Winchell) to attend. At the first meeting Professor wherry, at the second...and at the third meeting Professors Walker and Wherry, were unable to be present. The report of the first...x-navs. bv Chemical analyses of mine dust and of mill feed from the same mine indicate that cer- prepared...cutting the magnetite ore bodies of the Greenwood mine show little alteration of the magnetite. Non-tourmaline...for high iron tourmaline from the Champion iron mine. Drcxtre rN Mrssounr, by W. A. Tarr and W. D. Keller
Journal (issue)
James R. Craig Roderick J. Hill 13S Pennsylvania's Cornwall-Type Iron Mines Bryon Brookmyer 140 The Native...localities such as the Cornwall mines and those of French Creek, the Grace Mine and the Kibblehouse Quarry...the Blue Ridge and the Reading Prong of the New England Province separates the Piedmont from the Valley...vania's "Oil Rush" which began in the 1860s when Cornwall magnetite deposits provided most of the the oil...in their heyday. These fields still form the wall mine was only recently flooded after 200 source of the
 
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