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Schorl from
Wheal Fortune, Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Schorl
Formula:NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schorl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Fortune, Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:548382
Long-form Identifier:1:3:548382:2
GUID (UUID V4):5fcd9520-5e7f-406e-b81c-fcc8d78ff31a
Nearest other occurrences of Schorl
0.8km (0.5 miles) Mount Wellington Mine (Wheal Magpie), Cusgarne, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Wheal Maid, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.7km (1.1 miles) Carharrack Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
2.5km (1.5 miles) Wheal Unity Wood (Tolgullow United Mine; West Poldice Mine), Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
2.8km (1.7 miles) Killifreth Mine, Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
5.2km (3.2 miles) Penstruthal Mine (Bestruthal Mine; incl. North & South Penstruthal Mines), Lanner, Cornwall, England, UK
6.1km (3.8 miles) Wheal Uny, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
7.5km (4.7 miles) Chywoon Quarry, Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK
7.7km (4.8 miles) Trolvis Quarry, Longdowns, Stithians, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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Report (volume)
SURVEY. SPECIAL REPORTS ON THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN. VOL. XXVII.-COPPER ORES OF OORNWALI,...: : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote period...is reason to believe that many of the famous old mines are practically exhausted, and copper-ores have...tungsten ores. · Much has been written about these mines, though the infor1nation is often not of a very...important mines or groups of mines have received special attention, but as the number of mines which produced
Book (edition)
STATISTICS OF , AND OBSERVATIONS UPON THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON . ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND GROUND...the Statistics of, and Observations on the Mines of Cornwall, published by me in 1859, have emboldened...to sustain legitimate mining enterprises, in Cornwall and Devon, to make an appeal for the public support...realized prices of the numerous Mines, not only in the county of Cornwall, but in the adjoining county of...accurate knowledge of these Mines can only be attained by ground plans of the great mining districts, I have
Book
P79-16 STATISTICAL NOTICES OF THE PRINCIPAL MINES IN CORNWALL ; TO WHICH IS ADDED , THE HISTORY AND USES...WITH STATISTIGAL NOTICES OF THE PRINCIPAL MINES IN CORNWALL ; TO WHICH IS ADDED , THE HISTORY AND USES...Mine_Mode of commencingfrom the Surface Shafts, Adits, great Cornish Adit - Rates of Wages of Diners - Veins...Mine- Bad Management in Working often the Cause of Mines being Abandoned Page 5 THE SYSTEM OF CORNISH MINING...Process of Smelting Copper andof Tin - Timber used in Mines Discovery of Gunpowder First Introduction of Blasting
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House 50 Daniell Road Truro, Cornwall TR1 2DA England Printed in Great Britain by Short Run Press Ltd...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 (volume)
TRANSACTIONS OF THE Royal Geological Society CORNWALL ; INSTITUTED FEBRUARY 11th , 1814. VOLUME THE...opulence to the country, than the acquisition of the mines of Mexico and Peru ." President of the Board of...PRINTER, PENZANCE ROYAL Geological Society OF CORNWALL . PATRON . Her Most Gracious Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA...Richard Davey, Esq ., F .G . S . Alfred Fox , Esq. | Day P . Le Grice, Esq . John N . R . Millett, Esq. Richard... CONTENTS. I. On the Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon . By William Jory Henwood , F .R .S
Book (edition)
ON THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON. STATISTICS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON...C. LONDON : PRINTED BY VINCENT & SKEEN, 19, GREAT ST. HELENS. 1864 . Price Five Shillings , S TN...which my Statistics and Observations on the Mines of Cornwall and Devon have been received, I am induced...various mines in each district, and, be illustrated by ground plans, distinguishing the mines in each... and that the plans and classifications of the mines, may be considered an improvement upon the ordinary
Catalog/List
W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders...orders are prollipt~y filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...£6. 3. APATITE. Colcerrow Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Very fine highly modified clear sea green crystals...botryoidal mass. £~. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Fine clear glassy crystals to ~... ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich green crystaline to crystalised coatings
Report (issue)
Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey ...con11ect1on with the rl"rigono1r1etrical Sttr '";ey of Great Britain, then under the superi11te11de11ce of Colo11el...(J rea t \V11 eal _H cld de r11 . . • ... ... 4.-Great VVheal llL1S.) ... G.-- Sitl1ney a11(l C:trn1r1eal...Unitcd Mines 26.-Consolid�tecl lVIi11es . . . ... 27.-Eas t Wl1eal Lovell 28. -Gi--eat Wheal Fortt1ne...i11e . . . :3 2.-\Vhenl Lt1sl1ington .. . . 3?. -Wheal \rincent (part ot· \Vl1eal ... :1 4.-Nangiles :-3
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There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...many of the ores and associated minerals are of great beauty both in form and colour. They range from...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...not be complete without acknowledgement of the great debt of gratitude owed to our late friends Sir Arthur
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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...CAMflORNE TREPRUTH Sb DAY W. - Wolfmbu ° DARTMOOR ®"’ Unless athcnoise stated ,(tw. -mines ne^uxy §¥?'•... ’’fe, -'A Sr A6Nfl^ fe'Pk :. g,TRURO <4 J -St AUS FELL S’ LAND'S EHdG HOUMTSS. HEL5TOW PENZANCEJH
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b1·anch f1·om tl1e 'f1·igono111et1'icttl Survey of Great ll1·itain, of wl1ich Color1el CollJy, Royal Enginee1�s...southe1·n g1·anite line nea1· St. Au._ tell, tl1e 11ii11e1·al veins of St. Agnes, and 1nany of those i11...Do,,rn�, C10,var1ce, Gwinnear, lVIa1·azion, St. Ives, and St. J 11 '"'t. I11cle11endent]y of these labouI·s...CHAPTER I. �etch of tlze Pllysical.Eealu1'es of Cornwall, Devon, and 1Pest·sonterset. Rcaso11s for first...Hensbt\tro,v l1igh-lancl, ib. St. Brooclt:s Downst 7. Carn Me­ nelcz l1i 11-lancl, ib. St. Agnes Beacon, 8. Lizard
Book (edition)
CASS LIBRARY OF INDUSTRIAL CLASSICS No. 24 CORNWALL ITS MINES AND MINERS CASS LIBRARY OF INDUSTRIAL...Kohl England and Wales New Impression No. 20. (1844). James A. Mann The Cotton Trade of Great Britain...Coal Pits New Impression (1853). (1908). CORNWALL ITS MINES AND MINERS J. R. Leifchild FRANK CASS &... Published by FRANK CASS AND COMPANY LIMITED 67 Great Russell Street, London WC1 First edition 1855...Printed in Great Britain by Thomas Nelson (Printers) Ltd., London and Edinburgh CORNWALL: ITS MINES AND MINERS
Journal (volume)
EAST, MELBOURNE . 1 PRINTED BY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE. THE MINING AND SMELTING JANUARY...trough of Altenberg, in which it forms a mass of great longitudinal extent, but of very variable (although...carried on some centuries ago, but not to any great extent in consequence of the trifling application...save time, the ground is N. E. V worked away by day , and the workings filled up by night. In order...coming to the “ old men's ” workings, FIG , 5 . great care has to be taken that the old workings filled
Book
Mining in Cornwall 1850-1960 (Moorland, 1980-1) 2 Volumes ISBN 0 85989 334 0 Printed in Great Britain...Districts I The St Just and St Ives Mining Districts II The Marazion District III The Wheal Vor or Breage...Breage District IV The St Erth, Gwinear and Crowan Districts V The Wendron District 51 73 91 103 127 Section...Condurrow II Tolgus Tunnel to Lambriggan III St Austell-Par Mines to Trebartha-Lemarne 147 163 181 Mine...Showing the Output of Metallic Tin and Copper from Cornwall, Estimated from the Public Sales of Ore 35 Fig
Journal (volume)
FOUNDATIONS R 1222 L PRINTED BY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE . LIST OF PLATES. I. French Mechanical...17. 270 Section on Line of West Chiverton and Wheal Chiverton Main Lodes 18. Transverse Section at...VALE IRON COMPANY, 351. ASSOCIATION , Miners, of Cornwall and Devon, Proceedings of, 157. AUSTRIAN ENGINEERS'...CANADA, Review of Mining in , 39, 109. CAPE CORNWALL CONSOLIDATED TIN AND COPPER MINING COMPANY, 167. CARDIGANSHIRE...Treatment of Copper Ores in , 214. CUMBERLAND CONSOLIDATED LEAD AND COPPER MINING COMPANY, 236. CAST -STEEL
Book (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .,pvii Description .)SG(England urv eol em M est -WSouth of Region Mining MINING...SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South - West England Volume...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
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AND FUTURE PROSPECTS ' i OF METALLIFEROUS MINES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM By ROBERT HUNT, , F...kOV M. SCHOOL OF MINES f EUriOR OF URE'S DICTlONARv^ OF ARIS, MANUl' ACTURJ’S, AND MINES / MC. uplDnilJs...the present day, throughout the jength and breadth of Cornwall, which are ^mistakably of great antiquity...to infer, not that Saracens ever wbrked the tin mines, valuable strangers did, in this country, establish...Rome flowed chiefly through that channel. The tin mines of Banca are probably the richest in the world.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAGAZINE AND JOURNAL OF THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND No. 17. APRIL, 1880. Vol....and sands (stream-tin.) The detrital tin, ore ~ Cornwall may be grouped under the following heads : - a...Pool," in Crowan, referred to by Mr. Tyack,~ and of St Agnes Beacon, mentioned by Messrs. Kitto and Davies:t...slowness,--as on some of the isolated beaches near St. Agnes - i t is very pure, but where it results from...killas from such a deposit at Mincar Downs, near St. Austell. 4. As the cementing material of conglomerates
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MINES AND MINERS OF CORNWALL 2. ST AGNES - PERRANPORTH A. K. HAMIL TON JENKIN MINES AND MINERS OF...OF CORNWALL II. ST. AGNES - PERRANPORTH MINES AND MINERS OF CORNWALL 11. ST. AGNES-PERRANPORTH ...PUBLISHED A.K. HAMILTONJENKINS 1962 Prin.ted in Great Britain By C.P. PRINTERS RYLANDLUCASLIMITED BRACKNELLBERKSHIRE...and origin of this work, see Part I: A.ROUND ST. lvES. ST. AGNES - PERRANPORTH T HIS AREA COMPRISES...which forms its southern limit. The more important mines of the district lie within the coastal strip but
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4. Cana,)' Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris...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... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...Survey, Edinburgh and Keyworth; Cambome School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn; Department of Earth
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN The Metalliferous MiningRegion of South-West England VOLUME I Assistant...Director' s copy LIBRARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN. (Scottish Office.) Press._ _ _ __,J helf_...SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AN D WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume...PH EM I STER, M.A., D.Sc. LONDON H ER MAJESTY'S ST A TI ONER Y OFFICE 1956 The Institute of Geological...by the incorporation of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology with
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM...Geological Survey carries out the geological survey of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the latter as an agency...south-west England, H G Dines (1956). Economi,· Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. r...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
Journal (volume)
EAST, MELBOURNE. PRINTED EY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. VARTIN'S LANE, W.C. THE MINING AND SMELTING...GRUNER AND LAN . (Abstracted from the Annales des Mines, 5th Series, Vol. xx, p. 515.) GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS...cost, of the rich oxidised ores of the north of England, and of readily exporting the products obtained...iron works were situated morein the south-east of England-in the counties of Kert, Sussex, and Surrey - and...production per Welsh furnace was from 8 to 9 tons per day in 1827, it now reaches 20 tons ; and that the consumption
Report (volume)
SPECIAL REPORTS ON THl~ MINERAL ltESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN. VOL. XV.-ARSENIO AND ANTIMONY ORES. BY...OFFICE BY JAS. TRUSC01'T AN.D SON, L TD., CA.NNON ST!l-EET, E.C. 4. And to be pun,hased from E. STANFORD... SPECIAL REPORTS ON THl~ MINERAL ltESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN. VOL. XV.-ARSENIO AND ANTIMONY ORES. BY...OFFICE BY JAS. TRUSC01'T AN.D SON, L TD., CA.NNON ST!l-EET, E.C. 4. And to be pun,hased from E. STANFORD...the ' Special Reports on )ti.neral Resources of Great Brit&in ' the information concerning arsenic and
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...LIJ3RARY OF THE Nos. t to 110 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.OF GREAT BRITAIN. 98' N'' '!'"i�. ., 1 SS. 6d. ; q D,1•ift-·exeept...p1lblished i n 1 822 bJ.. Di,. John Fo1·bes, the map of St. Just Pa1·ish issued in the same year by Joseph Ca1�·n
 
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