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South Wheal Hawke (incl. Scorrier Wolfram Prospect), Great North Downs Mine (incl. Wheal Hawke), Scorrier, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UKi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 15' 24'' North , 5° 11' 36'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SW724446
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| St. Day | 700 (2011) | 2.0km |
| Chacewater | 1,226 (2017) | 2.5km |
| Mount Hawke | 1,511 (2017) | 3.0km |
| North Country | 773 (2017) | 3.2km |
| Redruth | 42,690 (2017) | 3.4km |
South Wheal Hawke worked lodes adjacent to an ENE-trending elvan dyke in the southern part of the sett, across the boundary between Chacewater and Redruth parishes. The shafts formed a line that passed the A3047 road just south of the present A30 road. Most of the workings are now built over; only the eastern shafts remain in a field between the A3047 road and the railway line.
The occurrence of quartz-wolframite fragments in the dumps near Paull's shaft led to the search for a tungsten-bearing lode in the area. An attempt in 1938 to locate the outcrop by digging trenches in the neighbourhood remained unsuccessful. In 1942, Paull's shaft was re-opened. At a depth of 120 ft below surface, a level was driven through the old stopes for 120 ft to the west, where the copper lode, on which Paull's shaft was sunk, intersects with another lode; the drive was then turned on to this for another 150 ft. This lode was traversed by a series of late quartz veins with crystals of wolframite and cassiterite, but this ore differed from the material found on the surface. The source of the latter was not encountered in the investigations.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ 'Tourmaline' Formula: AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| ⓘ 'Wolframite Group' |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
| ⓘ | 'Wolframite Group' | 4.DB.30 va | |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Tourmaline' | - | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| B | Boron | |
|---|---|---|
| B | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Sn | Tin | |
| Sn | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
Geochronology
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
- Rheno-Hercynian BeltOrogenic Belt
EuropeContinent
UK
- England
- Cornwall
- Camborne-Redruth and St Day Mining DistrictMining District
- Devon and Cornwall metalliferous mining districtMining District
- Cornwall
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South Wheal Hawke, Great North Downs Mine, Scorrier, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK