| Reference number | AP/55/14 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the composition and origin of the waters of a salt spring in Huel Seton Mine [Cornwall, England], with a chemical and microscopical examination of certain rocks in its vicinity' by J [John] Arthur Phillips |
| Date | 1873 |
| Description | Phillips describes the Huel Seton copper mine as 'situated about one mile north-east of the town of Camborne, Cornwall, and is distant from the sea, on the north coast, a little more than three miles. The workings of Huel Seton are entirely in “killas,” or clay-slate, and the saline waters issue at the rate of 50 gallons per minute, and at a temperature of 92° F., from the eastern fore breast of the 160-fathom level. This has intersected a fault, or cross course, which may be traced in a northerly direction to the sea.' He goes on to provide an analysis of rocks in the area and minerals present in the salt spring.
Marked on front as 'Archives May 15/73'. Includes two figures in the text and a portion of a geological map of Cornwall.
Subject: Geology / Mineralogy
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 21 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the composition and origin of the waters of a salt spring in Huel Seton Mine, with a chemical and microscopical examination of certain rocks in its vicinity'. |
| Extent | 17p |
| Format | Manuscript |
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| Map |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1872.0032 |
| Related records in the catalogue | MC/9/457 |
| RR/7/269 |
| RR/7/270 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA4990 | Phillips; John Arthur (1822 - 1887) | 1822 - 1887 |