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Chalcopyrite from
Wheal Prosper, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Arsenopyrite3 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality.
Pyrite3 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Cassiterite2 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Cassiterite at this locality.
Sphalerite2 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Prosper, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:896747
Long-form Identifier:1:3:896747:3
GUID (UUID V4):7986dfdb-b809-4f83-8e6a-5b682316ed71
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Wheal Rodney (East Wheal Rodney), Tregurtha Downs Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Wheal Fortune (West Wheal Fortune; Great Wheal Fortune), Truthwall, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.8 miles) Trevarthian Downs Mine (Trevarthen Mine), St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Tolvadden Mine, Marazion, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) Wheal Virgin, Marazion, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) Rospeath Mine, Crowlas, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Wheal Neptune, Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Wheal Darlington (Bog Mine; incl. East Wheal Darlington), Marazion Marsh, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Wheal Friendship, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
LATE MAURICE J. E. GRIGG ESQ OF INDIAN QUEENS CORNWALL TO BE HELD IN “THE VICTORY HALL" THE DRANG, INDIAN...COLLECTION LABEL) 70x30 5 ACC No. 745. CUPRITE, WHEAL DAMSEL, GWENNAP. CRYSTALS TO 8MM ON GOSSAN Y UPPER... ACC No. 1036. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN) WHEAL KITTY, ST. AGNES. COLLCI920’S. 25x20 ACC No. 1037....CASSITERITE PSEUDOMORPHING ORTHOCLASE FELDSPAR, WHEAL COATES, ST. AGNES. (EXC.V.SMALE) 40X20 14 ACC No....35X30 15 ACC No. 1034. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN) ST. AGNES. A POLISHED PEBBLE, COLL Cl920. (EX MIKE MERRY
Report (issue)
investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall Part 3- The Mulberry and Wheal Prosper area .I I I· I I I _I I ...and Wheal Prosper area I I I I I I I I I I I I �-. Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall Geology...south-west Cornwall Geochemical and geophysical investigations around Garras Mine. near Truro, Cornwall Molybdenite...its application to detailed gravity surveys in Cornwall Mineral investigations in the Teign Valley, Devon...Augill Faults Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part l-Airborne and ground geophysical surveys
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 (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...ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -2- AUTHORS UK Journal of Mines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SEDIMENTATION; THE CAMEL AND GANNEL ESTUARIES, CORNWALL D. PIRRIE, M. R. POWER, A. PAYNE, G. S. CAMM AND...the Camel and Gannel estuaries, Cornwall. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 021-028 The mineralogy...in the Camel and Gannel estuaries on the north Cornwall coast has been examined to test the importance...mineralisation, probably from mines such as Mulberry and Wheal Prosper in the area around Lanivet. In contrast the...School of Mines, University of Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3SE INTRODUCTION REGIONAL SETTING Sediment
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EarlyandMain StageOre Mineralization in Southwest Cornwall A. N. H^i•i•m^¾ Scottish Universities Research...The quartz yieldsfluid inRb-Sr wholerockagesfor the St. Austellgraniteand clusiontemperaturesof Th (homogenization...S. W. CORNWALL r'• Basement Rocks ,,,. . . • Granite Cupolas • • •r•gn(•t•-•--•'• "•- St. Agnes...granite porphyry stocks, such as Cligga Head and St. Michael's Mount (Fig. 1) (Hall, 1974). The grei...usually fine grained but can be coarse(>5 ram; e.g., St. Michael'sMount). Greisenveins frequentlyoccurin
Report (issue)
Intrusive and pneumatolytic breccias in south-west England • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• ••...Intrusive and pneumatolytic breccias in south-west England A. J. J. Goode and R. T. Taylor © Crown copyright...Intrusive breccias 5 Composition in south-west England 5 Distribution and form 6 Relationship to granites...deposits, intrusive breccias and their signficance in Cornwall 13 Conclusions 14 Acknowledgements References...Other intrusive breccia localities in south-west England 3 PLATES 1 Intrusive breccias from New Rosewarne
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...secondary mineral at Gravel Hill mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall (C. Sparrow, pers. comm., 1991; XRD by Monica
Catalog/List
W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ffiDERING INFORMATION Mail orders... Itxi". £2. ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Large sno\1-white intergrown crystals...minor Quartz. 2txlt". £8. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Rich crust of rhombic crystals thickly...ARSENOPYRITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Cornwall. A Itxl" cavity in massive pure Arsenopyrite lined...Gwennap, Cornwall. Thin blue coatings inter-mixed with slightly irr1descent masses of Chalcopyrite and whitish
Catalog/List
Capnic, Romania. Veinstone with small quartz, chalcopyrite and calcite xls to 5mm on one surface. On these...50x30x30mm. £15. 16. CASSITERITE. Wheal Prosper, Lanivet, Cornwall. The upper surface of an altered killas...17. CASSITERITE AFTER ORTHOCLASE. Wheal Coates, St-Agnes, Cornwall. About half a complete xl showing... CHALCOCITE. Crenver & Abraham Mine, Crowan, Cornwall, A mass of black chalcocite showing several areas...CHALCOPHYLLITE. Marke Valley Mine, Linkinhome, Cornwall, Light reddish brown limonitic gossan with areas
Book (edition)
Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses the...Skip Shaft P.S. The history of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and tin, copper, iron, lead and...winding, and crushing ores. Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in...Marth, Castle-an-Dinas, Hingston Down, Kit Hill, St Agnes and Tregonning. These were intruded as molten...It is here that the richest mining districts of Cornwall are found. During a late cooling stage of the
Book (edition)
iv INTRODUCTION THE HISTORY of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and copper, iron, lead, tin and...CORNWALL'S MINING HERITAGE Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in...were once bustling with industry. Sans Levant Mine, St. Just. The small engine house nearer the camera houses...Marth, Castle-an-Dinas, Hingston Down, Kit Hill, St Agnes and Tregonning. These were intruded as molten...It is here that the richest mining districts of Cornwall are found. During a late cooling stage of 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
Catalog/List
interest ! Grylls Bunny ''tin floors" Botallack,St Just Cornwall a) large 2x2 £7 b) lxl £5 short wave fluorescent...inch surface (Hazard Section, Botallack mine, St Just Cornwall) £20 HORNBLENDE single black crystal about...I x2 matrix, also minor dolomite micros and Chalcopyrite-pyrite. (Missouri USA ) Seager collection £8...the wreck of SS Cheerful off the Cornish coast near St Ives ) £7 ARSENOPYRITE attractive lustrous silvery...white crystals to 5mm size all over large 2x3 inch St Gotthard Switzerland £18 ALUMINOTSCHERMAKITE, black
Book
undifferentiated Head Raised Beach Solid formations Pliocene St Erth Beds Devonian M ylor Slates Gramscatho Beds...district featured on Maton 's geological map of Cornwall in 1797 and accounts, both of the minerals and...phonolite of Wolf Rock. Small outcrops of Pliocene St Erth Beds are described and there is a full account...Memoir for 1: 50 000 geological sheets 351 and 358 (England and Wales) LONDON: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE...British Geological Survey, Sheets 351 and 358 (England and Wales). Authors A J J Goode, BSc and R T Taylor
Report (issue)
Edinburgh EH9 2LF T 031-667 1000 Telex 727343 SElSED G St Just, 30 Pennsylvania Road, Exeter EX4 6BX The British...notably in the north of England, and the opening of the Whcal Jane tin mine in Cornwall. However, mining companies...baryte. More recent work in the 2 south west of England has revealed unexpected possibilities for gold...(for gold) and in the Craven Basin in northern England (for base metals). Reports and publications The...Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG 12 SGG, UK (telephone: 0()077 6111; telex: 378173 BGSKEY G;
Book (volume)
THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .,pvii Description .)SG(England urv eol em M est -WSouth of Region Mining MINING...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South - West England Volume I Ву...London s.E.1 13a Castle Street, Edinburgh 2 109 St. Mary Street, Cardiff 39 King Street, Manchester...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during
Book
OF THE CHANNEL ISLES-Cedric Rogers 5. NORTHERN ENGLAND NORTHUMBRIA 1-Ron Brown NORTHUMBRIA 2-Ron Brown...we have managed to contact arc Richard Barstow of St. Just and John Weller, of Newquay Derbyshire, of...exploitation of this country’s mineral wealth. Tin from Cornwall, fluorite from the Midlands and the North, are... DEVON CONSOLS, Good arsenopyrite crystals, chalcopyrite crystals. rare coppers. WORKING QUARRIES SOUTH...arseni­ cal pyrites, chalcopyrite and pyrite, chalco­ pyrite. galena, sphalerite. WHEAL JANE. Exceptional
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...Brook-Fox, Mr D. G. Broughton, Dr R. Burt, the late Mr H. St L. Cookes, Mr T. A. Greeves, the late Dr A. K. Hamilton...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
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...— Details OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 8. St. Austell district in .. ...... 511); Belowda (p . 521) ; Luxulian (p . 531) ; St. Stephen (p . 539) ; Par (p . 552). 9. Wadebridge...North Hill (p . 582) ; Caradon and Phoenix (p. 589); St. Neot (p. 608 ); Menheniot (p . 615). 11. Callington
Journal (issue)
Watercolour commissioned for Paul A. Lowe, Truro, Cornwall. UKjourna! & 1ninera!s of mines CONTENTS...NODULES from BOULBY MINE DI Green· MD Freier 8 The UK Journal of Mines 011d Minerals publishes articles...-----MINERAL -------------37 -EWS ------------ST-MARIE-AUX-r 11 ES 94 DI Green• P Briscoe· J Spence...D PRI, 1TING BY Rycon Typing Servi <.:, 29 Ryron St., on . 80 2AY Tel (090CJ)476906 Worksop, l'K Journal...•lick Cooper has tirelessly devoted himself to the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals for several years in
Book (volume)
COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING GION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume II 1956 2017 reprint BRITISH GEOLOGICALSURVEY...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME II H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical...metalliferous mining region of the south-west England. Economic Environmental Science Centre Keyworth...London SW7 5BD Tel: +44 (0)20 7589 4090 www.bgs.ac. uk www. geologyshop. corn ... 111 CONTENTS PAGE...CHAPTER V-DETAILS iv V OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET ...................
Catalog/List
DrakeHalls House. Dmke~ralls . Gunnislake . CornHall. England. Tel.No.: Tavis', ck 832381 (STD 0822) ORDERING...4x4x2~". £38 , 011 2 13 . BERTHIERITE . Wheal Prosper . St . Ew" , C0mwal l Specim<.l n A- Rich gr"...00 . Wheal Prosper is the first r epor t ,xl ()(!cur r (;nc.:l f berthi e r itc in S W. England . 14...apprnx 2~x2 " in si ze. j " i nbd bgc t hcr find fr"st ,~ \oo'i th t rans parent lustrous sharp CELESTITE... £5 . 50p 27 . CERUSSI TE P..m til'egl'lze Minc, St . i"'
Catalog/List
DrakeHalls House. Dmke~ralls . Gunnislake . CornHall. England. Tel.No.: Tavis', ck 832381 (STD 0822) ORDERING...4x4x2~". £38 , 011 2 13 . BERTHIERITE . Wheal Prosper . St . Ew" , C0mwal l Specim<.l n A- Rich gr"...00 . Wheal Prosper is the first r epor t ,xl ()(!cur r (;nc.:l f berthi e r itc in S W. England . 14...apprnx 2~x2 " in si ze. j " i nbd bgc t hcr find fr"st ,~ \oo'i th t rans parent lustrous sharp CELESTITE... £5 . 50p 27 . CERUSSI TE P..m til'egl'lze Minc, St . i"'
Report (issue)
parts of south Devon and Cornwall 4 5 Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 2-New uranium,...tin and copper occurrence in the Tremayne area of St Columb Major 7 5 Geophysical surveys in part of...investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 3-The Mulberry and Wheal Prosper area 49 Seismic and gravity...over the concealed granite ridge at Bosworgy, Cornwall 50 Geochemical drainage survey of central Argyll...Dent-Ingleton area of the Askrigg Block, northern England 65 Geophysical investigations in Swaledale, North
 
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