
Location: |
Lower temperature copper-bearing assemblages. Wood-tin. Devon and Cornwall, Britain |
Major Minerals: |
Chalcopyrite, bornite, pyrite, chalcocite, covelline, haematite, cassiterite (as wood-tin) |
Minor Minerals: |
Galena, sphalerite, arsenopyrite |
Trace Minerals: |
Include tetrahedrite group minerals, lead sulphosalts, silver sulphosalts |
Textures: |
Rhythmical and botryoidal haematite or cassiterite (known as wood-tin) are common. Bornite-chalcocite form symplectite-like intergrowths and have sulphosalt inclusions. Sphalerite and chalcopyrite are intergrown with tetrahedrite group minerals. Galena carries silver sulphosalt inclusions. Alteration of primary sulphides to secondary copper sulphides is widespread |
Reference: |
Hosking, 1969 |
