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Chalcopyrite from
Wheal Brothers (Wheal Duchy), East Cornwall Silver Mines (St Vincent Great Consols; incl. Wheal Emily; Wheal Georgiana; Wheal Mercer), Wheal Langford (New Wheal Langford; Baring and Langford Mine), Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Brothers (Wheal Duchy), East Cornwall Silver Mines (St Vincent Great Consols; incl. Wheal Emily; Wheal Georgiana; Wheal Mercer), Wheal Langford (New Wheal Langford; Baring and Langford Mine), Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:197126
Long-form Identifier:1:3:197126:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘWheal St Vincent (East Cornwall St Vincent Mine; Wheal David), East Cornwall Silver Mines (St Vincent Great Consols; incl. Wheal Emily; Wheal Georgiana; Wheal Mercer), Wheal Langford (New Wheal Langford; Baring and Langford Mine), Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘSilver Valley Mine (William and Mary Worth Mine; incl. Ashburton Mine), Sevenstones, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘPrince of Wales Mine (Wheal Pleasant), Harrowbarrow & Prince of Wales Mines (Calstock United Tin and Copper Mines), Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘWheal George, Harrowbarrow Mine (Harrowbeer Mine; Wheal Goodluck; East Wheal Brothers), Harrowbarrow & Prince of Wales Mines (Calstock United Tin and Copper Mines), Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘSilver Hill Mine (Silverhill Mine), Callington, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘPrincess of Wales Mine, Callington Consols, Callington, Cornwall, England, UK
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘKit Hill Mine (Kit Hill Consols), Kit Hill United Mines (incl. Kit Hill Great Consols), Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘHingston Down Consols, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
2.3km (1.5 miles) ⓘKit Hill Wheal Mary (Wheal Tonkin), Wheal Florence (Mary and Florence Consols; Florence and Tonkin United Mine), Callington Consols, Callington, Cornwall, England, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘLady Ashburton Mine, Callington Consols, Callington, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Henwood, William Jory (1843) On the Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, 5. 1-386
 
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