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Cassiterite from
Wheal Trumpet (Trumpet Consols), Boderwennack, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Trumpet (Trumpet Consols), Boderwennack, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:548324
Long-form Identifier:1:3:548324:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘWheal Ann, Boderwennack, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘTrevenen Mine, Trevenen, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘTremenheere Mine, Trevenen, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘTreworlis Mine, Helston, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘWheal Trannack, Trannack, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘNorth Wheal Lovell, Trewennack, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘWheal Roots (Poldark Mine), Trenear, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘPorkellis United Mine (Porkellis Moor Mine), Porkellis, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘNew Wheal Lovell, Trewennack, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘEast Wheal Lovell (incl. Tregonebris Mine), Trewennack, Wendron, 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
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.
Collins, J. H. (1871) A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon. Heard and Sons, Truro.
 
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