Wheal Gorland

Mindat lists over sixty minerals from the site including five for which it is the type locality – chenevixite, clinoclase, cornwallite, kernowite, and liroconite.

There are a range of interesting specimens from this site – fine cuprite, and a range of radioactive minerals including torbernite, meta-torbernite, uraninite, etc.

The mine was first worked in around 1792 and worked off and on until the mine was finally closed in 1906.

Further reading

• https://www.mindat.org/loc-939.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheal_Gorland
• https://www.buddlepit.co.uk/mine-explorer/Database/MineDetails.html?id=oDuzwn7aG6asKS-mYOaLeA==

If you are interested in other minerals from nearby locales, we may have stock from the following locations.

• Binner Downs Mine, Leedstown, Crowan, Cornwall
• Bodelva Pit, Bodelva, St Blaise, Cornwall
• Boiling Well Mine, Upton Towans, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall
• Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall - including Wheal Cock, Wheal Tolvan
• Charlotte United Mines, Perranuthnoe, Cornwall
• Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
• Crowns Rock, Cliff outcrops, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall
• Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Cornwall
• Drakewalls Mine, Drakewalls, Calstock, Cornwall, UK
• Fowey Consols, Tywardreath and Par, Cornwall
• Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall
• Great South Tolgus, Tarewaste, Cornwall
• Goonbarrow China Clay Pit, Bugle, Treverbyn, Cornwall
• Gravel Hill Mine, Perran Iron Lode, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
• Great Longstone China Clay Pit, Longstone Downs, St Mewan, Cornwall, England, UK
• Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall
• Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, Cornwall
• High Cross, Brill, Constantine, Cornwall
• Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Cornwall
• Holmbush Mine, Callington United Mines, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall
• Idless Woods, Truro, Cornwall
• Lanterdan Quarry, Treknow, Tintagel, Cornwall
• Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall
• Loe Warren Zawn, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall
• Melbur China Clay Pit, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall
• Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Cornwall
• Mulberry Mine, Mulberry Downs, Lanivet, Cornwall
• Old Gunnislake Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall
• Parson's Park Pit, St Neot, Cornwall
• Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall
• Penlee Beach, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall
• Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall
• Penpol smelter slag locality, Penpol, Feock, Cornwall
• Pentireglaze Mine, Polzeath, St Minver, Cornwall
• Pentreath Beach, Landewednack, Cornwall
• Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall - including Wheal Phoenix
• Restormel Royal Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall - formerly Trinity Mine
• South Caradon Mine, St Cleer, Cornwall
• South Crofty Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall
• The Gannel Smelter slag locality, Crantock, Cornwall
• Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall
• Tolvadden Mine, Marazion, Cornwall
• Tresungers Mine, Port Isaac, St Endellion, Cornwall
• Trevarthian Downs Mine (Trevarthen Mine), St Hilary, Cornwall
• Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall
• West Wheal Jewel, St Day, Cornwall
• Wheal Edward, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall
• Wheal Elizabeth, Great Hewas United Mines, St Ewe, Cornwall
• Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall
• Wheal Maid, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall
• Wheal Pendarves, Killivose, Camborne, Cornwall
• Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, Cornwall
• Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall
• Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall
• Wheal Wrey, St Ive, Cornwall

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