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Sphalerite from
Wheal Kitty (Kitty and Penhalls United Mine; incl. Goonlaze Mine; Wheal Osborne), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK


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Sphalerite

Wheal Kitty, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
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Sphalerite

Wheal Kitty, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
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Sphalerite

Wheal Kitty, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite1
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Kitty (Kitty and Penhalls United Mine; incl. Goonlaze Mine; Wheal Osborne), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:46969
Long-form Identifier:1:3:46969:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Sphalerite in this Region
Penhalls Mine, Wheal Kitty (Kitty and Penhalls United Mine; incl. Goonlaze Mine; Wheal Osborne), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
Wheal Vottle, Wheal Kitty (Kitty and Penhalls United Mine; incl. Goonlaze Mine; Wheal Osborne), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘPenhalls Mine, Wheal Kitty (Kitty and Penhalls United Mine; incl. Goonlaze Mine; Wheal Osborne), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘTrevaunance Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘWheal Friendly (West Wheal Pink), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘWheal Vottle, Wheal Kitty (Kitty and Penhalls United Mine; incl. Goonlaze Mine; Wheal Osborne), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘWest Wheal Kitty (Wheal Rock), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘSeal Hole Mine, St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘNorth Seal Hole Mine, St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘTrevaunance Mine (Wheal Trevaunance), St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘWheal Prudence, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘCameron Quarry, St Agnes, 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.
Reid, Clement, Scrivenor, J. B. (1906) The Geology of the Country near Newquay - Memoirs of the Geological Survey. The Geological Survey.
Dines, H. G. (1956) The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England (1st ed.) Vol. 1. Geological Survey of Great Britain, London.pp.462-467
 
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