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Stannite from
East Pool Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Stannite
Formula:Cu2FeSnS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Stannite data
Locality Data:Click here to view East Pool Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:10462
Long-form Identifier:1:3:10462:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Stannite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘWheal Agar, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘCarn Brea Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘSouth Crofty Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘWheal Druid, Carn Brea Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘNew Roskear Shaft, Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘWheal Scorrier (Scorrier Consols), Skinners Bottom, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘCameron Quarry, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
9.9km (6.2 miles) ⓘWheal Jane, Kea, Cornwall, England, UK
10.2km (6.3 miles) ⓘWest Wheal Kitty (Wheal Rock), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
10.7km (6.6 miles) ⓘWheal Friendly (West Wheal Pink), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society (1870): 38. Annual Report, pp. 30-31
Hill, J. B., MacAlister, D. A. (1906) The Geology of Falmouth and Truro and of the Mining District of Camborne and Redruth - Memoirs of the Geological Survey. Geological Survey of Great Britain.
 
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