Fatwork and Virtue Mine (Indian Queens Tin Mine; Wheal Cornwall), Trevarran United Mines, Indian Queens, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UKi
Regional Level Types | |
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Fatwork and Virtue Mine (Indian Queens Tin Mine; Wheal Cornwall) | Mine |
Trevarran United Mines | Group of Mines |
Indian Queens | - not defined - |
St Enoder | Civil Parish |
Cornwall | County |
England | Constituent Country |
UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 23' 26'' North , 4° 55' 50'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SW918586
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Saint Dennis | 2,206 (2016) | 3.5km |
Saint Columb Major | 3,170 (2017) | 4.7km |
Nanpean | 2,563 (2017) | 5.0km |
Saint Stephen | 2,252 (2015) | 5.6km |
Roche | 2,517 (2017) | 7.1km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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British Micromount Society, Devon and Cornwall Branch Meetings | Liskeard, Cornwall | 34km |
Mindat Locality ID:
221783
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:221783:6
GUID (UUID V4):
ba01794b-1fb7-41d5-b7ea-8221f4c3a5ca
Now obscured, this was a small mine which worked small cassiterite strings along bedding planes associated with a quartz crush zone. 44 tons black tin in 1853 and 1881-82
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 |
ⓘ Kaolinite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ 'Tourmaline' Formula: AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Kaolinite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Tourmaline' | - | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
B | Boron | |
B | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
O | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
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
EuropeContinent
UK
- England
- Cornwall
- St Austell Mining DistrictMining District
- Devon and Cornwall metalliferous mining districtMining District
- Cornwall
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