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Acanthite from
Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Comments:A one-time find of a small amount of acanthite and native silver has been documented in 1813.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:17
Long-form Identifier:1:3:17:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Acanthite in this Region
North Wheal Basset, Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘSouth Wheal Basset, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘDolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
8.0km (4.9 miles) ⓘLushington Cove, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘWheal Ann, Boderwennack, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘWheal Herland (Old Herland Mine; Manor Mine; North Wheal Herland), Rosewarne and Herland United Mines (Rosewarne and Herland Mine; incl. Wheal Fancy; Wheal Pleasure), Gwinear, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘWest Alfred Consols (Wheal Ann), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘMount Mine (Perran Iron Mine; Trebisken and Mount Mine), Perran Iron Lode (Great Perran Iron Lode), Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
19.4km (12.0 miles) ⓘWheal Mexico (Trebellan Mine; incl. Treworthy Mine), Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
21.0km (13.0 miles) ⓘWest Wheal Darlington, Long Rock, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK
37.3km (23.2 miles) ⓘPolmear Cliff, Carlyon, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Phillips, William (1823) An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy (3rd ed.)
Hogg, Thomas (1825) A Manual of Mineralogy - In which is shown how much Cornwall contributes to the illustration of the science. W. Polybank High Cross, Truro.
Hall, Townshend M. (1868) The Mineralogist's Directory: or, a guide to the Principal Mineral Localities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Edward Stanford.
Henwood, William Jory (1871) The Mining District of Chañarcillo in Chili, in Observations of Metalliferous Deposits, and on Subterranean Temperature - Part the First. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, 8 (1). 69-152p.110
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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