 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 297 THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTH SHROPSHIRE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE DIST RICT TO BE VISITED DURING...Sandstone and Newer Rocks The Igneous Rocks of Shropshire ..• H istorical Summary Conclusion 297 29 8...-INTRODUCTION. R OM whatever point of view we regard the district to be visited by the Geologists' Association in...county, first to describe the sequence of rocks in Shropshire so far as it is at present understood, and subsequently...Silurian rocks. The physical features of Southern Shropshire may be regarded as built up on and around this |  | | Report (volume) | | PRE-CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS OF WEST SHROPSHIRE AND NORTH WALES. P.A.RT I.-WEST SHROPSHIRE, . SMITH, ~I.A. P.A.RT...ZINC ORES IN THE PRE-CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS OF WEST SHROPSHIRE AND NORTH WALES. p .ART I.-WEST SHROPSHI RE...ance and information from those in charge of the mines, and desire to express their indebtedness, especially...of the Shropshire Mines, Ltd., who supplied them with copies of the plans of this Company's mines ou the...manuscript maps of the geology of the Shropsrure district are now deposited in the library of the Geological |  | | Book | | Catalogue of the several localities in Ireland where Mines or metalliferous indications have hitherto been...COMPOSITION 29 31 31 31 31 MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE...LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE SHROPSHIRE SOMERSETSHIRE...round a few post -towns. The exact position of mines which are now working, has been taken from the Official...in our museums have, however, been obtained from mines that are at present abandoned ; but the refuse heaps |  | | Book | | language of geology to the general reader, in the hope that, with its aid, he may be able to ascertain...tuffs and ashes. agate. A variegated form of chalcedony (q.v.), composed of different may be either sharply...calcite, or generally in the form of agate or chalcedony. Na 2 O.Al 2 .4Si0 2 .2H 2 0. Generally second-...or grit, formed by the rapid disintegration of granite or gneiss. It differs from felspathic grit and...the neigh- bourhood of Ludlow and Wenlock in Shropshire. A deep azure-blue hydrated carbonate of copper |  | | Book | | MINERALOGY AND MINING IN THE | ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES, TRENHAM REEKS, F. W. RUDLER, AND CURATOR. ...September. - The Session of the Roy AL SCHOOL of MINEs and of SCIENCE applied to the ARTs commences early...ON MINERALOGY AND MINING IN THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES, TRENHAM REEKS, AND F. W. RUDLER, ASSISTANT CURATOR...- • . • - * * , - North Wales -- - Shropshire . - * South Staffordshire. Warwickshire North...1 / . . . A Case K. -> QUARTz, continued Chalcedony - 161 to 163 • º • 161 - e -> 162 |  | | Book (volume) | | Piccadilly. Atcherley, Mr. Sergeant, Marton, Shropshire. Bonnor, John, Esq., Bryn-y-Gwallia, Oswestry...Lady &c, Palace, Hereford ; Heywood, Thomas, Hope End, near Ledbury. Manor Place, Edinburgh. Esq...Perceval, Esq., Dowlais, Glamorganshire. Esq., Hope, the Rev. thenshire. william Place, Dublin. J...Shrewsbury Subscription Library, Shrewsbury. Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and Antiquarian...—Upper Coal Measures and Freshwater Limestone in Shropshire. (PI. 29. figs. 5 — 9.) 79 xiv CONTENTS |  | | Report (issue) | | 21 DISTRICT REPORTS: (A)-ENGLAND AND WALES: 1 . South... West England and South Wales District (a)...South-West England • • • • • • • • (b) South Wales . .. • • • • 2. South-Eastern District •• • • • •...Central Wales District • • 4. Yorkshire and East Midlands District • • • • 5. North-Western District • • • 6...6. North-Eastern District .. • • • • • • • • • .. . •• •• • • • • • • • • 25 25 26 27 30 31 34...(B)-SCOTLAND: • • 1 . South Lowland District 2. North Lowland District • 3. Scottish Highlands and Islands |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (a) The more Acid Grits and Tugs ..................... (b) Palagonite-Tuffs, Grits, and H/i,lleflintas....................... (4) Rhyolite-Breecias and Grits associated with the South-Eastern Rhyolite........north-western flank of the Longmynd range of Shropshire, about 7 miles south-west of Shrewsbury. With...nearly the whole sweep of the Ordovician district of Shelve and the Corndon. Immediately to the east...south rise abruptly the conglomerates and purple grits of the Western Longmynd, making up the conspicuous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | On abnormal Geological Deposits in the Bristol District." By Charles Moore, Esq., F.G.S. 2. "Interglacial...F.G.S. Specimens from deposits in the Bristol District were exhibited by Mr. Moore in illustration of...were read :-1. "On the Constitution and History of Grits and Sandstones." By John Arthur Phillips, Esq.,...specimens were exhibited : ~ Specimens of Opal, Chalcedony, &r from Australia, exhibited by Prof. James...honour in the Meeting-room of the Society. They hope that it may not long remain there in solitude. In |  | | Book | | Gazetteer section of Sites of Geological interest in England, Wales and Scotland compiled by Peter R Rodgers...the most widely travelled cut across northern England to die away on the Yorkshire coast and one or two...covers an area of 2,500 square km in Northern ee England (see Colour 2) averaging about 30m in thickness...around the Pacific, extended across the Lake District and Wales, forming 3,0004,000m of andesitic lavas...deltas extended over much of Northern England forming the ‘Millstone Grit’ (up to 2,000m of sandstones and |  | | Journal (issue) | | elements in Permo-Triassic red beds of south-west England, by R. K. Harrison, M.Sc. with contributions by...Flo. 2. Simplified geological map of south-west England showing the location of the Brannel, South Crofty...ELEMENTS IN PERMO-TRIASSIC RED BEDS OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND BY R. K. HARRISON, M.Sc. with contributions...haloes in Fermo-Triassic red beds of south-west England, and particularly near Budleigh Salterton, Devon...operating in Permo-Triassic basins, from eastern England to Germany and Poland, suggesting that deep-seated |  | | Journal (issue) | | Annual subscription '(six copies) £1 post free in the UK. Overseas $3.25 (US) or '£1.25 Our front cover: Reproduced...interested only in underground mines, not in open cast working. Un derground mines were easier to control,...000 and 4,000 feet, again bespattered with small mines, and a larger one at Boa Vista halfway to Vila Real...rates. TRADE ENQUIRIES WELCOME WE ALSO SUPPLY: Grits (from 15plb.), Tumbling and cutting rough (Tumble...TUMBLED STONES, BOOKS, LAPIDARY MACHINES, SPECIMENS, GRITS, FINDINGS, ETC. Please send a large s.a.e. for a |  | | Report (issue) | | GREAT BRITAIN: ENGLAND & WALES • • Wartime Pamphlet No. 46 • • BARIUM MINERALS IN ENGLAND & WALES .....FIG. I- DISTRIBUTION OF BARIUM DEPOSITS • 1N ENGLAND & WALES • BARYTES I o WITHERITE 0 Ntwc�: e ... Lok� District (Tyne to Stoinmore) (stoinmore to Crov:�n) Prznninc.s - 7. -Shropshire B. Central...the available information on the occurrences in England and �Vales; and to meet urge11.t requests for early..., 4 • 46. ... BAR.ru-i/I l.ITNSR/1.LS JN :ENGLAND J,V\ID 1?ALES by K. c. Dunham anaM H. G. Dines |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ]3ala-Ffestiniog Railway crosses the northern end of the district, to which Arenig Station, close under the northern...westerly and south-westerly gales from the ocean, the district, receives its full share of weather ; and, in...component rocks. Further, the structure of the district is fairly simple, and the cleavage, though present...series of h'orth Welsh volcanic rocks, the Arenig district has been a source of interest to geologists. Yet...published. The only connected general account of the district which I have found, is that contained in the first |  | | Report (issue) | | geochemistry of Wales and part of west-central England: stream water Geocemeg rhanbarthol Cymru a rhan...database. Southern Scotland -\_,\ � No� east England Enquiries about G-BASE data or other aspects of...geochemistry of Wales and part of west-central England: stream water. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological...Geological Survey.) Printed and bound in England for the British Geological Survey by Hawthornes, Palm...6) Lake District 1992 (0 85272 225 7) Southern Scotland 1993 (0 85272 229 X) North-east England 1996 (0 |  | | Book | | 1 THE SOUTH WEST 2 WALES 3 IRELAND 4 NORTHERN ENGLAND 6 8 10 5 FROM TWEED TO THAMES II 14 6 MINERALS...ARRAN FOSSICKING AT FERRYDEN TREASURES IN DISUSED MINES Section 3 33 35 38 ABOUT MINERALS & GEMSTONES...around 300 species, many of them rare. The old mines of Britain, once leading the world in productivity...grouped roughly as follows:— The copper and tin mines of Corn wall and Devon, taking pride of place....in the West Country are found the lead and zinc mines of the Men dip Hills, east Somerset, the celestite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ammonites, Albian of Dorset, 56, 19 Analyses, Iron Grit, Gault, Storrington, Sussex, 51, 74 - - - - , Wealden...Brickearth, 60, 288 Anhydrite-Gypsum Deposits, N. England, 53, 141 Ankerite in Coal Seams, 52, 190 Annual...Axmouth, S.E. Devon, Landslips, 51, 259 Aylesbury District, Bucks (10 April 1948), 60,219 Backlund, Helge...Claydon, Suffolk, 59, 33 Bala Beds, Dolgelley District, Merioneth, 56, 70 BALCHIN, W. G. V., Remarks..., Churt, Surrey, 58, 161 - - - - , Goldalming district, Surrey, 59,87 Bargate Beds, Hindhead, Surrey |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Swanscombe includes pebbles apparently derived from Shropshire and neighbouring districts ; and as some of these...two rocks occur together near Wellington, in Shropshire, and again further west, in North Wales, so that...Tourmaline Grit Rounded purple quartz-porphyry Carboniferous X X X X X X X X X X X X X Millstone Grit (or...l t Potash-syenite-porphyry Soda-rhyolite (? Shropshire) . . . . X X x X x X X Metamorphic Schistose...Cretaceous radiolarian chert is unknown in place in England, but occurs in France and elsewhere on the Continent |  | | Journal (issue) | | STERLING SILVER, HORSE SHOE NAILS WAX, BOOKS, GRITS, POLISHES, MACHINES, CABS ETC. ETC. FREE CATALOCUE...royalty. BEACH'S Tumblers, Cutters and Grinders, Grits and Polish, Rough and Polished Stones, Jewellery...THEDAMS,CAVERSWALL, STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFS. LEADING 'UK' STAINLESS STEEL FITTINGS Mfg. NEWLOWER PRICESJUSTOUT...the dealers spend at least a year or so in the mines. or in the gem dealing centres of the world learning...these places. Often too they have interests in gem mines in various countries. Julius Petch for example has |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the high ground on the west, and traverse the district from W. to E. In its upper reaches the Ceiriog..." On the Discovery of F ossils in the Mil lstone Grit near Osw estry," Rep. Oswestry and Wel shpool N...the upper beds of the Bala series and the Denbigh grits. At the south-west corner near Hirnant a similar...in the Vale of Clwyd and in the Cheshire. and Shropshire areas, and traces of this may perhaps be found...Messrs. Groom and Lake have shown that in the Glyn district numerous faults occur, the principal of which |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from London to Brighton. The coal removed from our mines since the year 1800 would form a mass nearly a cubic...from 4000 feet depth, we might look forward to England having 1000 years before her with coal at hand...devitrified rhyolitic rocks, felstones, and felspathic grits were dwelt upon at some length. The paper included...conglomerate are quite unlike any rock known in the district, but closely resemble the Upper-Ludlow beds of...frequently encircled also with bands of fibrous chalcedony, the structure of which is well exhibited with |  | | Report (volume) | | COPPER ORES OF TlIE MIDLANDS, WALES, THE LAKE DISTRICT AND THE ISLE OF M~i\N. BY HENRr· DEWEY AND T...OFFICE 1925 Price 2s. Net iii PREFACE The mines described in this volume of the Special Reports...and Devon. Hitherto no general account of these mines has been published. Many of them are small and they...exploitation. The mines are scattered over the Midlands, Wales and the North of England. Most of them have...the Ecton and Mixon mines from Sir A. Strahan's memoir on North Derbyshire : the mines of the Isle of Man |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of soft rocks can be made using silicon carbide grits on sheet glass, but the hardness of agate makes...problems can be caused by stray coarse grits contaminating fine grits. Nevertheless, I used this particular...carried out initial coarse grinding using 100 and 200 grits on a pulley-geared 10-inch lap operating at about...uses 600 grit on a similar but separate lap that is geared down to about 25 rpm. All named grits are silicon...on the lap using 100 grit. The lap and agate are cleaned, switching to 200 grit, and the process repeated |  | | Journal (issue) | | .............................. 390 BIHAR MICA DISTRICT MOST IMPORTANT IN INDIA ............ 391 MT. PICO...they were forced out. Among the articles which we hope to print in the early part of 194 5 are: Summary...for he partially filled the bole before he left. I hope to see it opened again sometime. The best way to...granites. Copper, lead, tin, and tungsten mines also occur in the district. Fine Jaspers from Esja, Iceland...green in color, the matrix is a creamy-white chalcedony. Reykjavik is the capital and largest city of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the eastern slopes of the border hills to the Shropshire and Cheshire plain. In this low- 424 D.O....descending scale, these deposits occur in the district under notice ; Group I.-a. Peat deposit. b. Freshwater...been washed and blown in them from the Millstone Grit. Then, as in the Quinta Section, Plate V, Fig. 2...deposits except this-that the exposed strata of the district were subject to fluvial and atmospheric action...character from the like rocks in the North of England and Scotland. Next come the Llandeilo and Bala |
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