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Cornwall's Geology and Mines

     
GEOLOGY
Cornwall Geology Overview for non specialists
Geological museum     Penwith geology

Camborne School of Mines Virtual Museum English Nature's Geology of Cornwall  

SW England granites - This site details the Cornubian Batholith and associated mineralisation.

 

  Cornwall Minerals Local Plan for period to 2011     

Plate tectonics: Present to Cambrian  -  Global maps stretching from the Present day back to the Cambrian period

Cornwall Geologic Map - BGS

MINES & MINING HISTORY  Cornish Mining World Heritage Bid  Geevor Tin Mine    Levant Mine Newlyn Mines  Geological and Mineralogical Importance of Cornwall and West Devon’s Former Mines
Mining History of Devon and Cornwall. Cornish Mines and Mining History in Cornwall  West Mary Ann Mine, Menheniot  
St. Just Mining district Carn Brea Mining Society Caradon Hill

Trevithick Trust    introduces some of its heritage sights, including Geevor mine.

Mining History of Cornwall and Devon 

Tin Mining -  an interesting tour of the submarine mines of the St. Just District.

 

  CORNISH MINERALS     Cornwall Mineral Specimens Central & West Cornwall Minerals        More on Cornish Minerals
Rare Cornish Minerals
Mineral Dealer   Tin  The Wheal Gorland Website - A Bibliography of Cornish Mineralogy  "Dangerous Laboratories"  radioactive minerals in Cornwall     Mike Merry    Crinnis Info - site for buying and selling Mineralogy Books    Liroconite.com Information and photographs on Liroconite and other famous Cornish minerals.

Cornish Mineralization - Oxford Brookes Site

Cornwall & Devon Mineral Specimens (commercial site)

 

GEOLOGIC LOCALITIES  Cape Cornwall  Kynance Cove Upper Carboniferous of Boscastle - Widemouth  St Austell area    Land's End Peninsula  Downloadable geologic walks 

 

 

     

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