Cornubian Batholith

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The Cornubian Batholith is a large granitic rock mass underlying much of southwest England, notable for its role in shaping the region’s geology and mineral resources.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf batholith
geological formation
granitic intrusion
age approximately 300 million years
associatedWith china clay deposits
copper mineralization
tin mineralization
tungsten mineralization
composition feldspar
mica
quartz
contains biotite granites
porphyritic granites
tourmaline-bearing granites
controls topography of southwest England
country United Kingdom
economicImportance source of copper ores
source of kaolin
source of tin ores
extendsFrom Isles of Scilly
extendsTo Dartmoor
formedDuring Variscan orogeny
geologicalPeriod Late Carboniferous
Permian
hasPart Bodmin Moor granite pluton
linked to: Bodmin Moor

Carnmenellis granite pluton
Dartmoor granite pluton
Land's End granite pluton
St Austell granite pluton
heatFlow elevated geothermal gradient
influences hydrothermal mineral veins in Cornwall
intrudedInto Carboniferous sedimentary rocks
Devonian sedimentary rocks
locatedIn southwest England
notableFor control on regional mineral resources
large areal extent beneath southwest England
outcropsAs granite headlands
moorland tors
relatedTo Variscan fold belt of Europe
researchField economic geology
igneous petrology
structural geology
rockType granite
studiedIn Cornish mining geology
underlies Cornwall
Devon
Isles of Scilly

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Variscan orogeny affects Cornubian Batholith
River Taw locatedOn Dartmoor granite upland (source area)
linked to: Cornubian Batholith
South West Peninsula hasGeologicalFeature Cornubian Batholith
Bodmin Moor partOf Cornish granite batholith
linked to: Cornubian Batholith
Penwith Moors partOf Cornish granite batholith
linked to: Cornubian Batholith
Botallack Mine geologicalArea Cornubian Batholith