This website is a resource for anyone studying, or interested in, the geology of southwest Cornwall. It stems from a literature review for a research degree (PhD) undertaken at Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall on 'The tectonics of Permian magmatism and mineralisation in SW England' and covers the history of the Variscan Orogen, granite magmatism and mineralisation within the area of the former Gramscatho Basin, west of St Agnes.
Also included are details about some of the fieldwork locations used in this study and information on the geology and mineralogy (including a set of photographs, plans and sections) of South Crofty Mine collated during my time as Senior Mine Geologist, prior to the closure of the mine in 1998. A new set of photographs show the current development workings at the mine, the latest from August 2009.
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This site last updated on 01/01/2010
** All South Crofty Level Plans - 260fm to 445fm now available **
** Paper on the mineralogy of North Tincroft Lode, monazite in Cornish lodes and a report on zinc & cadmium
at South Crofty Mine now available for download on the 'South Crofty geology' page **
** Paper on mineralisation at Nanjizal now available on the Nanjizal fieldwork page **
** Latest South Crofty news - January 2010 **
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