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Ophiolite from
Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Type:Ophiolite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ophiolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1101616
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1101616:8
GUID (UUID V4):3acfad6b-a5ef-4047-ab90-48e7de420197
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lowland Point, St Keverne BOG IRON ORE FROM LOWLAND POINT, ST KEVERNE, LIZARD, CORNWALL P.W. SCOTT 1,3...from Lowland Point, St Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Geoscience in South-West England, 12, 260-268. Concretionary...the first reported occurrence of bog iron ore in Cornwall. 1 Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter...Campus, Penyrn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ , U.K. 2 8 Minster Fields, Manaccan, Helston, Cornwall, TR12 6JG, U.K...Navas, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 5RL, U.K. (E-mail: p.w.scott@ex.ac.uk). Keywords: Cornwall, Lizard, Lowland
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MINERALISATION WITHIN THE LIZARD COMPLEX, SOUTH CORNWALL: CONSTRAINTS ON THE TIMING OF SERPENTINISATION...mineralisation within the Lizard complex, south Cornwall: constraints on the timing of serpentinisation...Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3SE. INTRODUCTION The Lizard complex of south Cornwall (Figure 1) comprises...serpentinisation is minimal (O'Hanley, 1992). P re vi o u s st u d i e s o n t he Li z a rd The serpentinisation...association with vein serpentine (e.g. Trevassack quarry [SW 712 222]). Although not widely documented,
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of Europe 127-54 Agm at itic st ruct ures 54 Albi an . Middle 478. 479 - St ag e 479 - . Z on al and Subzonal...Wales 63-76 Allered interstad ia l 540 All ingt on Quarry. Maidstone 541 A lnus 354, 358 A lpheus 172. 176...259. 262, 265. 273 , 275 - fold-belts 131 - gr een st one 269 - - belt s 276 . 277 A rcha eon iscus 210...rrhaphoce ras 491. 429 - cf. transit orium Spath 4 11 7 - st uderi (Pic tet & C ampi chc) 411 7. 49 2 - substuderi...hy potheti cal palaeogeogr aphy of th e so ut hea st Dor set a rea
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Geological Survey. l:50 000 Sheet 353 Mevagissey (England and Wales). © NERC 2008 All rights reserved Copyright...}ical S1.1rvey. KeY'v-orth, e-maiJ ip.r@b$s,a.-;.uk. You may quolie e.xlm(:1$ of a reasonable le.n&Lh...of south -west England 2 2 Parautochthonous and allochthonous terrains in south Cornwall 4 3 Geological...the English Channel coast of south Cornwall, is within the Cornwall County Council districts of RestormeJ...Touris1n, albeit on a smaller scale than that of west Cornwall, is an i1nportant elen1ent of the district's econ01ny
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School of Mines, University of Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3SE INTRODUCTION There is well documented...mineralization in southwest England have largely concerned northern and eastern Cornwall, and south Devon (e...south Cornwall. GEOLOGY V a ris c a n t ect o n ic s The Variscan basement of south Cornwall comprises...lithosphere, now partially preserved within the Lizard ophiolite. Variscan convergence brought about the closure...within the vicinity of the Carrick Thrust, south Cornwall (trace of the thrust after Leveridge et al., 1990)
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GEOLOGY OF ,,, ,,. F .. THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL Cornwall is renowned for its spectacular rocky coastline...seventeenth century. This book reviews the importance of Cornwall in the development of geological thought in Britain...of notable scientific interest. The Geology of· Cornwall is a companion volume to The Geology of Devon...org/details/geologyofcornwal0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY Edited by E.B. Selwood... Andrews Geological Setting The Crousa Downs Ophiolite The Western Tectonic Unit Age Ridge-Axis Tectonics
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NG12 5GG, UK Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ, UK A R T I C...Devonian rocks of Great Britain are in South-West England where successions together span most of the Devonian...Review (GCR) sites of the volume are located in Cornwall and Devon, the latter providing the historic stratotype...marine Devonian and its stratigraphy in South-West England. ß 2011 The Geologists’ Association. Published...Geological setting of the Marine Devonian of South-West England Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...the production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sukkula, Tammela, tapiolite, 477 British Isles ENGLAND Alderley Edge, Cheshire, osarizwaite, I75 Barrington...Yorkshire, spencerite, I76 Cornwall Botallack mine, digenite, I72 Carn Vellan, St. Just, Land's End, garnet...427 Cheesewring quarry, Linkinhorne, danburite, 171; durangite, I72 Chycornish Cam, St. Just, Land's End...tourmaline, 427 Crowns Rock, St. Just, Land's End, garnet, 427 Dean quarry, The Lizard, djurle'ite, I72;...calcite, 5o9 and M49 Redruth, uranospathite, II7 St. Just, Land's End, garnet, axinite, epidote, apatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
zonati on , 86 490 - Upper and Cenomanian, SW England , correlation, 81 613 - - Blackd own Bed s, 85... 85 262 Barremian, 86 410, 440 Barretts Zawn, Cornwall, 85477 Barrier Reef, Australian Great, 85 45 Barrington...fordshire, 89 212 - Wenlock material, easte rn England, 89 21 2 Bo rnho lrn, geo log ica l map , 90 186...8748 Bounce casts, 85 180 Bounds Cliff, north Cornwall, 85 474 Bourne End, 89143 Bovey Basin, South Devon...87 58 Braunton Burrows, 85 153 Breage, western Cornwall, 86 155 Breccias, explosion, 87 253 Breckland
Journal (issue)
Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent ME3 8AT, UK. EDITORIAL BOARD: F.B. Atkins, Oxford, UK. RE. Bevins, Cardiff, U.K. RS...Braithwaite, Manchester, UK. T.F. Bridges, Ovington, UK. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, UK. RA. Howie, Matlock, U...U.K. R.J. King, Tewkesbury, UK. A. Livingstone, Edinburgh, UK. l.R Plimer, Parkville, Australia RE....Bromsgrove, UK. R.F. Symes, London, U.K. P.A. Williams, Kingswood, Australia B. Young, Newcastle, UK. Aims...baryte. Nether Row Brow, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. M. Rothwell collection. Photograph by Mick Cooper
Book (edition)
Gaswells. h-ont cover Operations at Shap Beck Quarry, Hanson Aggregates, North.em Region. © D Cameron...Ji'igures 1 An extract from Hunt's 1858 listing of Quarry Re turns 2 lJnited Kingdom production of n1inerals...resotu-ces and workings in the UK in 2010 4 Limestone resotu-ces and workings in the UK in 2010 5 Sand and grave...resources and workings in tbe UK in 2010 6 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK in 2010 7 Coal resources...and workings in the UK in 2010 8 Onshore Oil and Natural Gas workings in the UK in 2010 Tables l Production
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granulites around Porthkerris Point, the Lizard, Cornwall A. F. SEAGER Department of Geology, Birkbeck...similarity to the paragenesis in the gabbros of Dean quarry (Seager, I97I). The most satisfactory explanation...peninsula. These minerals also occur in a gabbro quarry on the east coast at Porthoustock, and natrolite...parageneses of the mineralization in the gabbro at Dean quarry and in the granulites and amphibolites around...Mitchell, r976a ). A specimen of adularia from Dean quarry, which appeared to have suffered hydrothermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Actinolite, Grand Canyon, Arizona, anal., M24 Adularia, Cornwall, pseudomorphous after analcime, 245, 5o9, and..., X-ray, 439; Greenland, anal., 3 I Agardite, Cornwall, 169, I74 AHMAD (S.) and MORRIS (D. F. C.), Geochemistry...Discordant calc-silicate bodies from the St. Just aureole, Cornwall, 427 Alice Mary copper mine, W. Australia...anorthoclase, cryptoperthite, 63 Amblygonite, Cornwall, sp. gr., cell-size, I51 Amphibole, see actinolite...sedimentary, partial anal., cell-size, opt., 24 I; Cornwall, alteration to adularia, 245, 5o9, and M49 Andalusite
Report (chapter)
building and decorative stones of Cornwall, UK COLIN M. BRISTOW Cornwall Geoconservation Group, Ty Gwyn...Gwyn, 46 Chatsworth Way, Carlyon Bay, St Austell, Cornwall, UK (e-mail: mail@colinbristow.com) Abstract:...varied suites of igneous and sedimentary rocks, Cornwall has a rich variety of building and decorative...such as elvan and sandrock, do not occur outside Cornwall, so local stone provides much character to the...Carnmenellis Granite (mainly in Mabe parish), in the St Austell Granite (Luxulyan, Carn Grey and the china
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Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK. http://journals.cambridge.org Downloaded: 20 Mar...Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK. http://journals.cambridge.org Downloaded: 20 Mar...Westphalian A) in the central and south Pennine area of England, 1, 55 CLIFT, P. D. & ROBERTSON, A. H. F. A Cretaceous...Ordovician) sediments in the Cross Fell inlier (northern England), 2, 147 COOPER, D. C. & BRADLEY, A. D. The ammonium...of early Ordovician graptolite sequences, 6, 497 DEAN, W. T. & MONOD, O. Revised stratigraphy and relationships
Book (edition)
0115-936 3200 e-mail : sales@bgs.ac.uk www.bgs.ac. uk Shop online at.: www.thebgs.co.u.k !Vlurchison House...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...tonnes) 4 Actjve Mineral Workings by com,nodity in the UK, including Northern Ireland, Channe l Islands and
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Igneous Rocks of South-West England THE GEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION REVIEW SERIES The comparatively small...M. C. Gyopari S. Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd, C. S. Exley and M. T. Styles 6. ...D. R. Bridgland Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd Department of Geology, University of...study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication...licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK, or in accordance with the terms of licences issued
Report (chapter)
between the marine Devonian rocks of southwest England and the Old Red Sandstone facies to the north still...Devonian sequences in southwest England are poorly dated. Except in south Cornwall, no evidence for Lochkovian...found in southwest England. Historically, interpretations of the ground in south Cornwall have varied considerably...Dineley 1961). The St. Maugham's Group in southwest Wales and the Forest of Dean correlates with this...Pragian-Emsian boundary In a belt across southwest England, from the Cornish coast to Tor Bay, the shallow
Book (edition)
cover Operations in the Welton Chalk at Melton Ross Quarry, Singleton Birch Ltd., near Brigg, North Lincolnshire...Figures 1 An extract from Hunt’s 1858 listing of Quarry Returns 2 Current distribution of BRITPITS database...resources and workings in the UK in 2014 4 Limestone resources and workings in the UK in 2014 5 Sand and Gravel...resources and workings in the UK in 2014 6 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK in 2014 7 Coal resources...and workings in the UK in 2014 8 Onshore Oil and Natural Gas workings in the UK in 2014 9 Marine Sand
Journal (issue)
report Field Trip reports Mud! & Hock (a poem) Cornwall field trip Maisemore Chairman's Report Treasurer's... Back in September ten of us travelled down to Cornwall for an extended field trip which, for some of...mind when attending any field trip to a working quarry and bring all these items with you to ensure you...and any additional requirements set out by the quarry owners. MONTHLY MEETINGS REPORT (by Mike Milward...geology of Bardon Hill Quarry - Eddie Bailey Eddie described the geology of the quarry and set his audience
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OF CORNWALL Edited by E.B. SELWOOD, E.M. DURRANCE and C.M. BRISTOW THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL Cornwall...seventeenth century. This book reviews the importance of Cornwall in the development of geological thought in Britain...rock and mineral exploitation. The Geology of Cornwall will be of interest to all those, whether amateur...of notable scientific interest. The Geology of Cornwall is a companion volume to The Geology of Devon...Press Reed Hall. Streatham Drive Exe1er. EX4 4QR UK Ii:) I998 University of Exeter Hardback ISBN O 85989
Journal (volume)
u.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...white botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection; David Green...photograph. Photograph originally published in the UK Journal of Mines & Minerals no. 29 (2008) . NOTES
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......................... Northern I 'Wtl.les & ~st 9 .......................................................................................... North ~st 31 ......................................................................................... South ~st 32 .................................................................................... 'Wt!.les & ~st 33 ....................................................................... Ban on Collecting North ~st Branch 47 ......................................
Journal (issue)
the next AGM, to be held at the University of Cornwall Tremough campus, near Falmouth. Our friends in...J BUTCHER Mineralogical note: Veszelyite from Cornwall Recent an alysis of two unidentified specimens...has produced the first recorded veszelyite from Cornwall - 110 years after t he specimens were registered...semi-quantitative chemi cal analysis using EDAX, and st ructura l analysis using PSD-XRD methods, conclusively...labeled, as bei ng from St. Day, Cornwall, and the smaller is just labeled 'Cornwall'. The fact that both
 
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