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Cornubian Ore Field, Cornwall - South Crofty, Geevor, Mt Wellington, Wheal Jane, Hemerdon, Drakelands |
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Sn W Cu
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The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2014.
Record last updated: 09/02/2016
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below. © Copyright Porter GeoConsultancy Pty Ltd. Unauthorised copying, reproduction, storage or dissemination prohibited.
Geevor Drakelands/Hemerdon South Crofty Wheal Jane Mount Wellington
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Barton, D.B., 1967 - A History of Tin Mining and Smelting in Cornwall: in D Bradford Barton Ltd, Truro, Cornwall. 302p.
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Clayton R E, Spiro B 2000 - Sulphur, carbon and oxygen isotope studies of early Variscan mineralisation and Pb-Sb vein deposits in the Cornubian orefield: implications for the scale of fluid movements during Variscan deformation: in Mineralium Deposita v35 pp 315-331
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Dominy, S.C., Scrivener, R.C., LeBoutillier, N., Bussell, M.A. and Halls, C., 1994 - Crosscourses in South Crofty Mine, Cornwall: further studies of paragenesis and structure: in Annual Conference of the Ussher Society, January 1994, Proceedings of the Ussher Society, v.8, pp. 237-241.
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El Sharkawi, M.A.H. and Dearman, W.R., 1966 - Tin Bearing Skarns from the North-west Border of the Dartmoor Granite, Devonshire, England: in Econ. Geol. v.61, pp. 362-369.
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Garnett, R.H.T., 1966 - Relationship Between Tin Content and Structure of Lodes at Geevor Mine Cornwall: in Trans. IMM, Section B, Appl. Earth Sc. March 1966, pp. Bl-21.
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Garnett, R.H.T., 1966 - Distribution of Cassiterite in Vein Tin Deposits: in Trans. IMM, Section B, Appl. Earth Sc. Nov 1966, pp. B245-273.
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Hosking, K.F.G., 1964 - Permo-Carboniferous and Later Primary Mineralisation of Cornwall and South-west Devon: in Hosking, K.F.G. and Shrimpton, C.J. (Eds.), 1964 Present Views of Some Aspects of the Geology of Cornwall and Devon; A Series of Papers Compiled to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Inauguration of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall Royal Geol. Soc. Cornwall, pp. 201-246.
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Jackson N J, Willis-Richards J, Manning D A C, Sams M S 1989 - Evolution of the Cornubian ore field, southwest England: Part II. Mineral deposits and ore-forming processes: in Econ. Geol. v84 pp 1101-1133
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Moscati, R.J. and Neymark, L.A., 2020 - U-Pb geochronology of tin deposits associated with the Cornubian Batholith of southwest England: Direct dating of cassiterite by in situ LA-ICPMS: in Mineralium Deposita v.55, pp. 1-20.
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Muller A, Seltmann R, Halls C, Siebel W, Dulski P, Jeffries T, Spratt J and Kronz A, 2006 - The magmatic evolution of the Lands End pluton, Cornwall, and associated pre-enrichment of metals : in Ore Geology Reviews v28 pp 329-367
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Putzolu, F., Seltmann, R., Dolgopolova, A., Armstrong, R.N., Shail, R.K., Spratt, J., Buret, Y., Broderick, C. and Brownscombe W., 2024 - Influence of magmatic and magmatic-hydrothermal processes on the lithium endowment of micas in the Cornubian Batholith (SW England): in Mineralium Deposita v.59, pp. 1067-1088.
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Rayment, B.D., Davis, G.R. and Wilson, J.D., 1971 - Controls to Mineralisation at Wheal Jane, Cornwall: in Trans. IMM, Section B, Appl. Earth Sc. Aug. 1971, pp. B224-237.
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Taylor, R.G., 1966 - Distribution and Deposition of Cassiterite at South Crofty Mine Cornwall: in Trans. IMM, Section B, Appl. Earth Sc. v.75, pp. B35-49.
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Taylor, R.G., 1969 - Influence of Early Quartz-Feldspar Veins on Cassiterite Distribution at South Crofty Mine, Cornwall: in Trans. IMM, Section B, Appl. Earth Sc. May, 1969, pp. B72-85.
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Willis-Richards J, Jackson N J 1989 - Evolution of the Cornubian ore field, southwest England: Part I. Batholith modeling and ore distribution: in Econ. Geol. v84 pp 1078-1100
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