| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Molybdenite |
| Formula: | MoS2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | 5 |
| Wolframite Group | 2 |
| Ferrimolybdite | 2 |
| Hydrokenoelsmoreite | 2 |
| - var Ferritungstite | 2 |
| Ferberite | 2 |
| Bismuthinite | 2 |
| Cuprite | 1 |
| Fluorite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Molybdenite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (9 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 7827 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:7827:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite |
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| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘPrince of Wales Mine (Wheal Pleasant), Harrowbarrow & Prince of Wales Mines (Calstock United Tin and Copper Mines), Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.9km (1.2 miles) | ⓘDrakewalls Mine, Drakewalls, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 2.2km (1.4 miles) | ⓘEast Kit Hill Mine, Kit Hill United Mines (incl. Kit Hill Great Consols), Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 3.5km (2.2 miles) | ⓘKit Hill Mine (Kit Hill Consols), Kit Hill United Mines (incl. Kit Hill Great Consols), Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 3.6km (2.3 miles) | ⓘSouth Kit Hill Mine (Cornwall Great Consols), Kit Hill United Mines (incl. Kit Hill Great Consols), Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 6.9km (4.3 miles) | ⓘPencrebar Wood Mine (Pencrebar Mine; Creva Wood Mine), Callington, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 18.8km (11.7 miles) | ⓘTreburland Manganese Mine (Treburland manganese deposits), Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 21.1km (13.1 miles) | ⓘHemerdon Tungsten Mine (Drakelands Mine), Sparkwell, South Hams, Devon, England, UK |
| 23.0km (14.3 miles) | ⓘHerodsfoot Mine (North Herodsfoot Mine), Lanreath, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 25.4km (15.8 miles) | ⓘMeldon Mine, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK |
| References |
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Weiss, S., Green, D.H., Hooper, J.J., and Elton, N. (2007) Erzgänge und "Alpine" Klüfte: Die Mineralien des Hingston Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall. Lapis 32 (11), 13-25; 54. |
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Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK