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Galena from
Scar Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Vein
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Scar Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:139801
Long-form Identifier:1:3:139801:4
GUID (UUID V4):f4bbce62-2504-466b-b553-0f277f14b882
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
0.1km (0.0 miles) Hopeful Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.1km (0.1 miles) Lady Anne Hopetoun shaft (Brow and Hopeful Veins), Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.1km (0.1 miles) Sarrowcole Vein, Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.2km (0.1 miles) Katrine vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.2km (0.1 miles) George Roust Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.3km (0.2 miles) East Stayvoyage Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.3km (0.2 miles) Stay the Voyage Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.3km (0.2 miles) Glengonnar shaft (Brow and Browns Veins), Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.3km (0.2 miles) Claystring Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.4km (0.3 miles) Dobbies Vein, Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Thesis/Dissertation
Boston Spa, Wetherby West Yorkshire, LS23 7BQ www.bl,uk ORIGINAL COpy TIGHTLY BOUND IMAGING SERVICES NORTH... ABSTRACT. The principal structural pattern of the Leadhills;1anlockhead district, imposed by the Caledonian...order of 2000 ' -4000 ' below the surface.. The Leadhills-Uanlockhead area is related to other lead-zinc.... ·.. (iv) • •• 1 I. The Geology of the Leadhills-i';anlockhead district The Stratigraphy ••• •••...• • • 0 0 • • •• II. Hineralogy of the Leadhills-1·fanlockhead district Introduction .0. • •• List
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
groups. Appendix 3: Minerals discovered first in Scotland 5 5 6 7 9 10 11 11 12 13 39 44 47 SYNOPSIS...groups; and minerals which were discovered first in Scotland. Some 15 per cent of the species listed in this...knowledge as to which mineral species occur in Scotland, but that there is also a need for greater precision...to find the first recordings of minerals new to Scotland since 1901. Many authors have been unaware that...described had not been recorded previously for Scotland or the United Kingdom. The main criteria for accepting
Report (issue)
\ MEJ\IOIRS OF THE GEOI,OGICAL SURVEY, SCOTLAND. SPECIAL REPORTS ON THE ~iINER.AL RESOURCES OF GREAT...XVII. THE LEAD, ZINC, COPPER AND NICKEL ORES OE, SCOTLAND. BY G. ·v. WILSON, B.Sc. W('l'H CONTRTRUTIO~S...:...., ;:. i...t.1 .._. ·- ·;, ... . _ IN Scotland the ores of lead and zinc have a wide distribution...only on a small scale, except at Wanlockhead and Leadhills. Copper ores are less frcqnent, and nickel ores...general account of the kno,vn mineral resources of Scotland in respect of lead, zinc, copper and nickel ores
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Northumberland, and the Askrigg Block to the south, in North Yorkshire. These blocks represent areas...between the two blocks, and the Craven Basin to the south. The rocks making up the two blocks are, for the...has a master’s degree in geology, is a partner in UK Mining Ventures, which is operating a specimen-recovery...looking southwest from near the entrance to the Dow Scar High Level. underground in many of the mines in...a cluster of smaller fluorites, from the Dow Scar vein. ion as the waters rose, spread laterally, and
Journal (issue)
ticle In this Issue). Photo by Mick Cooper. The UK Journal ofM;nes a'1d Mi,,erals publishes articles...BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & '.\·lincrals No. 11 -1- EDITORIAL...such an extent that we lose touch with the local UK scene, but the variations in the mineralogical scene...indecent; just your average bunch of collectors in fact. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -2- GODDESS...determines to what class of minerals they belong. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -3- Encyclopaedia
Book
THE GREENBANK COLLECTION. It is an Leadhills-Wanlockhead in Scotland, was sold in amalgamation of the...incorporating the work of earlier collectors. Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, much of it The earliest specimen...Barstow he did not restrict his collecting to the Scotland, to be published by the National "silver pick..." but pursued an active commitment Museum of Scotland. The finest northern to field collecting, particularly...emerald colour; green fluorite being a especially in South West and Northern England. highly prized speciality
Report (issue)
pages . Old Merryfield Mine Gouthwaite Mine Lolly Scar Mine Blayshaw Gill Mine STONEBECK UP Foul Hole Mine...The Grimwith Mining Arca 10 Plan & Section of Red Scar Mine 11 Share certificate, Grimwith Mining Co. Ltd...12 Burhill Mine 13 Old Man's timbers from Wright Vein 14 Craven Moor Mines 15 Share certificate, Craven... Ltd 16 Section on Rodhill Vein 17 Section on Hargate (Hardgate) End Vein 18 Section of Craven Cross...Prosperous & Providence Mine 23 Section on Black Vein at Merryfield Mines 24 Nidderdale Mine 25 Share
Book (volume)
district has yielded about a million tonnes of galena, with much smaller quantities of copper and zinc...elaborate pattern of fractures that provided the vein channels. Throughout the orefield there is a marked...increasingly evident as it is traced towards the south-east, and it is shown that all the mineralisation...adjacent to the mines. P]ate 1 Section of a lead vein from Gra ·sington High Moor, presented by Hi, Grace... London SW7 Bands of galena alternate with fluo•rite and barvtc. Widtt1 of vein 0.35 m , BRITISH GEOLOGICAL
Journal (issue)
"deliberate mistake" in the article on the field trip to South Wales, in Journal 169, (Jan/Feb 2001 ). What a cunning...studied open-cast coal mining carried out in the South Wales coalfield, they have been able to identify...by a major East-West mountain chain lying to the south of Britain during the Carboniferous Period. The...included anglesite, boleite, cerussite, cumengite and galena. Reference Hamilton Jenkin A.K. Mines and Miners...Meadowfoot Smelter, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. This area has been the scene of lead and silver
Report (volume)
is also responsible for the ehort account of the South Tyne areas, finished in 1921, a.nd fur the Introduction...Veins, p. 74. Rampgill Vein, p. 76. Barnay Craig Vein, ]), 77. The ScaJeburn Vein, p. 79. Guddamgill Yein...Treatment of Ore at Nenthead, p. 89. TIIE UPPER SOUTH TYNE. Galligill and the Sout.h Tyne Valley, p. 93...--Area North of the Roman Wall " 5.-Outputs of Galena from mines in the Lower Tyne .Arca . " 6.-Plan...-Section of Burnhope and Swandale Mines • 8.-Output of Galena from the Allendale a.nc1 W earda.le " (Beaumont)
Book
and albite-antiperthite crystals in calcite-cored vein-dikes (by L. Moyd) 21:235-248 ALICE GLORY HOLE The...ANHAEUSSER. CARL R. --with B. Caimcross: Gold in South Africa 23:209-225. 23:228 Al 'JAJ\ABO~OINA The Anjanabonoina...Birch) 8:391-392 Zinc phosphates at Reaphook Hill, South Australia (by C. W. Johnston & R. J. Hill) 9:20-24...Pseudomalachite from [the West Bogan mine, New South Wales,] Australia (by D. H. McColl) 9:295 Malachite...pseudomorphs from the Sir Dominick mine, Arkaroola, South Australia (by B. M. England) 11:73-76 Brown's deposit
Report (volume)
Bracken Sike Vein, p. 5. Burtree Pasture Mine, ·p. 5. Sedling Vein, p. 6. Slitt, Vein, p. 6. Greenlaws...(Sharnberry Vein, p. 16. Flake Bridge Vein, p. 16. Old \.Viregill Vein, p. 17. Lodge Sike Vein, p. 18. Pikestone...19. · Skears . 21:line, p. 20. Hunt's Coldberry Vein, p. 20, 11,farlbeck Mine, p. 20. Fltushiemere Mine...SWALEDALE (Cockrake, p. 26. Blackethwaite , Vein, p 27.- . Blind Gill Vein, p. 27 .. Old Gang , lodes, p. 27....28. Friarfold Rake, p. 28. Cherry's Vein, p. 28. \.Vatersikes Vein, p. 28. '\1/indogg and Freeman's. Veins
Book (edition)
witherite and barytes, minerals that accompany the galena, all became industrially important. The 20th century...wallrocks for some of the . veins. The Dales of the South ,.l.,yne, Derwent, Wear and Tees, with their tributaries... MAPS 1:625000 Solid geology, south sheet Quaternary geology, south sheet 1:250 000 Sheet Sheet Sheet...Burtreeford Disturbance 56 Faulting and minor faulting 57 Vein fissures 59 Joints 61 Po t-mineralisation mov ments... 7 Mineral deposits: details Alston Moor 118 A South Tynedale 120 136 B The N nt Valley Mineral deposits:
Book
B. Young "-. ~•, ~ ,' National , Museums ~ Scotland NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM The rights of R.F. Symesand...division of NMS EnterprisesLimited National Museums Scotland Chambers Street Edinburgh EH1 1JF British Library...Printing. © The Trusteesof the National Museums of Scotland/Natural History Museum, London and Brian Young...175(x2), © The Trustees of the Notional Museums of Scotland [©NMS] (images and mops design): pages 17,23,29...Northern Pennine Orefield ........ The West and South Cumbrian Iron Orefields .......................
Report (issue)
Stockarton Moor, south-west Scotland 58 Investigation of small intrusions in southern Scotland 31 Geophysical...arsenic and vein antimony mineralisa­ tion in Silurian greywackes at Glendinning, south Scotland 60 33...North Wales 34 Results of a gravity survey of the south-west margin of Dartmoor. Devon 35 Geophysical...Copper-bearing intrusive rocks at Cairngarroch Bay, south-west Scotland 40 Stratabound barium-zinc mineralisation...area around Culvennan Fell, Kirkcowan, south-western Scotland 43 Disseminated copper-molybdenum mineralisation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cube, modified by the octahedron, with calcite on galena (12 cm high), the Gibraltar mine, Naica, Chihuahua... Figure 4. Yellow fluorite (10 cm high), Dow Scar Vein, Hilton mine, Appleby, Cumbria, United Kingdom...Maharashtra, India. Figure 12. Green fluorite cubes with galena octahedra on quartz matrix (16.2 cm wide), Rogerley
Report (issue)
AND HALTON Hesleden Bank West Close Potts Beck Vein 11 12 13 14 20 22 24 30 a 32 36 41 41 44 47 51...extensive laterally. In Wharfedale, outcrops of Great Scar Limestone form the lower valley slopes and terraces...Buckden. To the south of the unconformity, most of the ore came from the Hardraw Scar (Six Fathom) Limestone...three geological horizons. One is near the Red Scar Grit, one in the Grassington Grit and the other...New Discovered Vein $D849838 Swarth Gill Head Vein $D843835 SD846836 Unnamed Vein Unknown Ciddas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimen, Larry Low photo March/April: Fluorite, Dow Scar vein, Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England; Jesse...County, New York State, R. B. Cook, 244–52 Amethyst, South Carolina, 66–68 Amphibolite, New York, 451 Ancyclite-(Ce)...Diamond Hill Quartz Prospect, Abbeville County, South Carolina, R. Jacquot, C. Karwoski, 66–68 Colorado...Symposium: Contributed Papers in Specimen Mineralogy Galena, Colorado, 423; New York, 230, 331; Virginia, 356...Specimen Mineralogy Smithsonite, New York, 332 South Carolina, amethyst, 66–68 Spain, Folch collection
Journal (issue)
36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8 South Africa: Horst Windisch 30 Van Wouw Street Groenkloof...(1957) Zincian and plumbian dolomite from Tsumeb, South-West Africa. American Mineralogist, 42, 798803....mainly of germanite, renierite, tennantite and galena. Only two finds are known (Keller, Hess, and Dunn...cavities in a partially oxidized lens of massive galena-tennantite ore yielded a suite of remarkably fine...level. Deeply oxidized ore, mainly consisting of galena and tennantite, formed porous masses with vugs
Book
the ma n who built a smelte r and controlled the galena deposits ,vould also conrrol all of Cerro Gordo's...more adapted tO sme lting than milling, and the galena deposits so plentiful, no flux was needed in processing...large surface pit on the Jefferson chimney at the south end. A short distance down from the Union, the San...quartz deposit of siliceous silver. The mine had no vein, but consisted of a series of irregular pockets...Its silver ores followed a long, narrow, quartz vein and were distributed in pockets along the Buen a
Book
form capable of economic getting and smelting is galena, the sulphide of lead. Nearly all the ores of ironare...which generally make only a minor portion of the vein stuff, fill the fissure. The ore may be dispersed...a good vein) that much of the gangue and even the country rock forming the walls of the vein has to be...ascending mineralising solutions, so that richer vein deposits tend to be found in the thicker limestones...materially. A ‘ribbon shoot’ is the common form of vein filling; it generally has walls of limestone or
 
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