| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Chalcocite |
| Formula: | Cu2S |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chalcocite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Wheal Muttrall, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 906317 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:906317:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 22d55118-b91b-48b1-9b0f-b56c9a279111 |
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| 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 |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘWheal Jewel, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | ⓘEast Wheal Damsel, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | ⓘWheal Unity Wood (Tolgullow United Mine; West Poldice Mine), Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘCarharrack Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘWest Wheal Virgin, Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘWheal Maid Decline, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘGreat Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘWheal Virgin, Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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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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