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Flint from
Meldon Aplite Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Type:Flint
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Flint data
Locality Data:Click here to view Meldon Aplite Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1093353
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1093353:0
GUID (UUID V4):ca551541-c436-4a6e-b580-513458e90870
Nearest other occurrences of Flint
78.1km (48.5 miles) ā“˜Black Ven and The Spittles, Lyme Regis, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK
References
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^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; 'ā€™i 'ā– -ā–  ,, t Cedric Rogers A Collectorā€™s...MINERALS, ROCKS AND GEMSTONES in Cornwall and Devon Cedric Rogers i D. BRADFORD BARTON Truro LTD... MINERALISED ILPMACOMar AREAS of CORNWALL & DEVON Main. Concentrations of mints. (has Hine. fnaxt*...Lizard .. North and Central Cornwall East Cornwall Devon 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 MAPS 36 39 APPENDIX...experienced collector who is unfamiliar with Cornwall and Devon should find helpful. There has been no attempt to
Journal (issue)
regional geochemical reconnaissance of South-west England. By P. L. Lowenstein and R. J. Howarth. ...... 478 Muscovite (ā€˜Gilbertiteā€™) from the Meldon aplite. By M. Nawaz Chaudhry and R. A. Howie. ... ....Geophysical surveys over two ore-bodies near Tavistock, Devon. By E. M. Durrance. ... ... ... 495 The sequence...... 521 Correlation of fold phases in S.W. England. By David J. Sanderson. ... ... ... ... 525 ...Pleistocene section west of Tregunna House. By B. B. Clarke. ... ... ... 551 Loess in Devon. By T. R. Harrod
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SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Country around OKEHAMPTON ( Explanation of One-inch...Beche. His 'Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset' (1839) was the first memoir of the...other early Geological Survey maps of south-west England, are undated, but it is believed that they were...(1956), 'The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England'. The district formed part of the area in which...geophysical methods. In 1962 the newly formed South-West England field unit, successively under Dr. F. B. A.
Report (edition)
British Regional Geology I * South-West England r * FOURTH EDITION e ā–  - O ā€ ..y 1835 Geological...British Geological Survey Front cover: Bull Point, Devon (For full explanation see p. ix) NATURAL ENVIRONMENT...and Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologist, South-West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the...advances in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carboniferous...as oil companies turn their attention to the seas west of Britain, so attention is increasingly focused
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| In Search of the Silk Road | The Magic of Flint | Dartmoor | Underlands | The Pliocene Forest...Lecture May 2014: PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: The Magic of Flint: A never ending Story: Prof. R. Mortimore 17 Evening...guides and organises field excursions both in the UK and abroad. Subscriptions are renewed annually on...picture Cherts veined by aplite from the Dartmoor Granite in Meldon Aplite Quarry - see article on page...disappear from document is welcomed as a Totternhoe Quarry my memory banks like a useful overview of Society
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Copenhagen Field Trip January Lecture Riddlesdown Quarry Field Trip Review of London Guide ANNUAL DINNER...goes to church Rockwatch News Newhaven Field Trip Meldon Field Trip Letters, Geology Terrace at Bournemouth...Copenhagen Field Trip 8. January Lecture 9. Riddlesdown Quarry Field Trip 10. Review of London Guide ANNUAL DINNER...19. Rockwatch News 20. Newhaven Field Trip 21. Meldon Field Trip 22. Letters, Geology Terrace at Bournemouth...4119 SSSIs (covering 8.1% of the land surface of England) are in 'favourable or recovering condition'. This
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GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES British Regional Geology South-West England (TH [RD EDITION) By E. A. Edmonds, M.Sc. M...world war, interest in the geology of south-west England has further inten ified. Much valuable work...done, and in 1962 the newly l"ormcd outh-we t England field unit of the Geological Survey began ix-inch...Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologi t. South-We t England, editor). Private workers whose publications have...the countryside and natural history of south-west England. An EXHIBIT illustrating the geology and scenery
Report (edition)
British Geological Survey Front cover: Bull Point, Devon (For full explanation see p. ix) ā€¢ā€¢ ll On 1...Mr. G .. Bisson (District Geologist, South--West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the...advances in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carbonifļæ½rous...as oil companies turn their attention to the seas west of Britain, so attention is increasingly focused...age-determinations of rocks of south-west . . . . . . . Facing England 1 112 List of Geological Survey
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Science, Plymouth Polytechnic, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, Devon. PROCEEDINGS OF THE USSHER SOCIETY VOLUME FOUR...Co., Kyrtonia Press, 115 High Street, Crediton, Devon CONTENTS CHAIRMAN'S REPORT......................formation of small-scale tectonic structures in south Devon (Abstract). By D.M. Hobson........................of the late Triassic - early Jurassic sequence in west Somerset. By G. Warrington.......................... 157 The Variscan granites of south-west England: a progress report. By J. R. Hawkes and J. Dangerfield
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
communication was read :ā€” " The Geology of the Meldon Valleys, near Okehampton, on the Northern Verge of Dartmoor...main railway line, from a point a litte east of Meldon Viaduct to near Sourton, and the ridge of Dartmoor...occupied by Black Tor, High Wilhays, Tes Tor, and West Mill Tor, being the greater part of the valley of...of the Redaven and a portion of the valley of the West Okement. The southern extreme of this area is occupied...slight local deviations, strike north-east and south-west and dip north-westwards, the mean angle of dip being
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Science, Plymouth Polytechnic, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, Devon. PROCEEDINGS OF THE USSHER SOCIETY VOLUME THREE............. 209 Fluid inclusion studies in SW. England. By D. H. M. Alderton............................geochemical division of the Namurian shales of Devon and Cornwall and its significance. By Stephen McCourt... 235 Iron-manganese mineralization at Merehead Quarry, eastern Mendips (Abstract). By C. Alabaster.....suites in the post-Armorican formations of SW. England (Abstract). By M. E. Cosgrove.................
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PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin and copp...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned for his...Meldonaplitequany.nr Okehampton, Devon (leucophanite)' Meldonaplitequarry,nrOkehampton, Devon PottsGillmine...St Kew,Cornwall; Shallowfield Bridge,SouthMolton,Devon Tynebottom mine,Alston.CUm~ria mercury Chatsworth
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Geological Highlights of the West Country 1 Geological Highlights of the West Country A Nature Conservancy...A. W. G. Kingsbury LONDON BUTTERWORTHS ā–  ENGLAND Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd London: S8 Kingsway...Conservancy, 1970 ISBN 0 40S 70002 5 Printed in England at the Pitman Press, Bath ) I 281495 Contents...Introduction 7 11 Descriptions: Cornwall 17 Devon 39 Dorset 89 Gloucestershire 197 Somerset...Index 292 Ā» Preface To a geologist Englandā€™s West Country is classic ground. Not only are its rocks
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John Hall Printed by Action Press, Burgess Hill, West Sussex Summer2022 TO A VERY SPECIAL SUSSEX MINERAL...of brilliance is there to b~ho!d Through Sussvc flint and selenite and even Scottish gold Of ,course the...Critchley 48 52 Julie d'Ablaing (nee Pearce) 54 Trevor Devon 58 Catherine Foley 60 Don Ford 66 David and late...increasingly ambitious. Collecting started in Southern England, Cornwall and Wales, and gradually extended to...other local mineral clubs as well as the national UK mineral societies: the British Micromount Society
Report (edition)
AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND (SECOND EDITION) by HENRY DEWEY LONDON HER...SURVEY AND REGIONAL MUSEUM GEOLOGY SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND (SECOND EDITION) by HENRY DEWEY YRIGHT RESERVED...Lower Devonian -----(a) Cornwall and South Devon (b) North Devon ------ - 17 17 17 19 (2) Middle Devonian...Devonian -----(a) Cornwall and South Devon _ _ _ lb) North Devon ------- - 22 22 22 (3) Upper Devonian...Devonian -----(a) Cornwall and South Devon lb) North Devon ------(c) Pillow lavas, sills and altered rocks -
Catalog/List
New Minerals in this list Acanthite, Axinite from Devon,Celsian from Wales,Clinozoisite,Colemanite crystals...1cm Ā£6 āœ“ on a ship wreck in 1885 Ives, Comwall, England ABHURITE SnO OH DESCRIPTON Pyroxene Na Fe...AlS0/4 Al S0/4 āœ“ New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon .England Madagascar Railway cutting nearCreston . Wyoming...Wyoming ,U S. A Newhavcn Sussex. England I x2 Ā£6 Ā½xĀ½ Ā£2.50 I ins Ā£4 lx2 Ā£2.20 IXĀ½ Ā£5 I xĀ½ Ā£4 lxl...Rich white to faintly blue masses Staffordshire England 25 ANKERITE-KlJTNAHORITE Rich fawn massive. xrayed
Journal (issue)
the ability of the Government agencies (Natural England and its equivalents) to maintain the geological...be useful to have a representative from Natural England on Council. Dr Colin Prosser was duly invited to...Glen Affric (S); Special sheet Assynt (B). For England and Wales sheet 27 Durham (B); 71 Selby (B & S);...Wessex basin extends across southern England from Devon in the west to Kent in the east. The basin contains...onshore and offshore from Osmington Mills in the west to Hastings in the east. Petroleum traps can be
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0115-936 3200 e-mail : sales@bgs.ac.uk www.bgs.ac. uk Shop online at.: www.thebgs.co.u.k !Vlurchison House...Business Centre, Harrier \-Vay, Sowton, Exeter, Devon EX2 7Hll 'B' 01392-445271 Fax 01392-445371 Geological...Assets in Easten1 England 3 Igneous & n1etamorphic rock resources and workings in the UK, 2005 4 Sandstone...resources and workings in the UK, 2005 5 Lin1estone resources and workings in the UK, 2005 6 Sand and gravel...gravel resources and workings in the UK, 2005 Tables l Production and value of the major sectors of the Minerals
Journal (issue)
world-class tungsten mine being developed atHemerdon in Devon, a full-scale gold operation atTyndrum , and confused...difficult, or ferry heavy bags and kit back up steep quarry roads . As we approach the end of the first decade...- just ask anyone who was on the Breedon Cloud Quarry trip on 15 May (see the account in this newsletter)...Stillanhay, Churchgate, Knowle Lane, Drewsteignton, Devon. EX6 6QX. Tel07531912834 Broom Cottage, New Street...SW Mr John Vaughan 9 George Street, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 1LP Tel 01395 269882 SW Mr Adam White 18
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online at www.geologyshop.com J\llurchison House, West J\llains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA 'B' 0131-667 lOOO...resources and workings in tJ1e UK, 2008 3 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK, 2008 4 Limestone resotu-ces...tonnes) 4 Active Mineral Workings by co.mmodity in the UK, including Noriliem Ireland, Channel Islands and...Spoil Crushed Rock Rail Depots and Wharfs Fireclay Flint Fluorspar Gold Gypsum Igneous & Metamorphic Rock...industries, which represents their contribution to the UK econo1ny. The GVA of the nunerals extractive industries
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for free. The possibility of a trip to Portland quarry was also discussed ā€“ Mrs Cowie suggested that more...look into the chances of a subsidized outing to a quarry such as Portland and to arrange a trip to Barton-on-Sea...meantime, he would write to Mr Linham at Perry Field quarry on Portland and also circulate the member- ship...Museum, Charmouth, Shelford Sandpit, Malden quarry, Alton quarry, the Forest of Dean, the Wessex Impex factory...factory in Winchester, Radstock and Batscombe quarry near Cheddar plus Parkinsonā€™s mineral dealership
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Gazetteer section of Sites of Geological interest in England, Wales and Scotland compiled by Peter R Rodgers...over the world, have come from an English county (Devon) and two ancient Welsh tribes (the Silures and the...period there 1.8 Cross section ofa volcano to the west, around the Clyde Plateau the lava flows cover...Tertiary Period, some 70 million years ago, the West of Scotland, the Hebridean Islands and Antrim were...away, one at the island of Lundy off the North Devon coast. All reveal some of the life history of the
Report (issue)
and grl1t1r1dv-.'aters '2 l,itl1ium in South-West England 3 Geology of the St Austell c;r,tnite 7 The...shEngland 5 The gecJ!ogy cif the St Austell Granite 8 The...uthors J . R . Hawkes, BSlļæ½, PhD 1 9 Jenner Drive , West End , Woking, Surrey G U 24 9HU P . M . Harris,...ranging from 1 60 to 5 1 00 ppm Li are reported from flint -clays of Pennsylā€¢.:anian age i n the U nited States...The source rr1 i neral i n the richest Americ<'.n flint-clays is a diocĀ­ taheclral chlorite resembling cookeite
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Southwest England 10 Fig 5 Extent of kaolinisation in the granites of Southwest England 11 Fig 6...the United Kingdom and the deposits of Southwest England are world famous for their high quality. The United...range of other uses. The deposits of Southwest England were formed by the in situ alteration of the feldspar...proportion to today. The china clays of Southwest England are world famous both for their high quality and...kaolinite-rich clays, such as ball clays, fireclays and flint clays which exhibit properties and therefore industrial
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Department of Geology, University of Manchester, UK SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V. First edition...study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the UK Copyright Designs and Patcnts Act, 1988, this publication...liccnccs issucd by the Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK, or in accordance with the terms of liccnces issued...appropriate Reproduction Rights Organization outside thc UK. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the terms...for concrete 2.4 Sources of aggregate within the UK 3 Industrial clays: kaolin, ball clay and bentonite
 
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