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Chalcopyrite from
Brow Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Vein
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brow Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:138582
Long-form Identifier:1:3:138582:3
GUID (UUID V4):d8216026-3a65-48af-9368-e032253546c4
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.4km (0.2 miles) Lady Anne Hopetoun shaft (Brow and Hopeful Veins), Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.4km (0.2 miles) George Roust Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.4km (0.3 miles) Claystring Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) Scar Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) Sarrowcole Vein, Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) Laverock Hall Vein, Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) Katrine vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) Dobbies Vein, Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Glengonnar shaft (Brow and Browns Veins), Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Browns 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)
V.—The Leadhills-Wanlockhead Lead and Zinc Deposits. By A. K. Temple, B.Sc, Ph.D., Department of Geology...Issued separately May 24, 1956) SYNOPSIS THE Leadhills-Wanlockhead mining field is situated within a...synclinorial belt of greywackes, bounded to the north and south by anticlinoria in which lower stratigraphical elements...order of 2000-4000 feet below the surface. The Leadhills-Wanlockhead deposits are related to other lead-zinc...Mineralization 92 (i) Metasomatic Minerals . . . 92 (ii) Vein Minerals 93 (iii) S u m m a r y a n d Discussion
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 (issue)
Strontianite, Strontian mines, Highland Region, Scotland. 100 mm x 55 mm. From an old collection. Specimen...on native silver from the Clyde Plateau Lavas, Scotland T.K. Meikle 67 Conference Reports 71 Book...pre- and post-joint pegmatites, mineralized sheeted vein systems, mineralized fissure systems, and irregularly...bundance. chalcocite. arsenopyrite, bornite, chalcopyrite, cassiterite, hematite, scheelite, and bismuthinite...divisions I mm. The supergene leaching of copper in south-west England has been recorded in numerous studies
Journal (issue)
Raade and J. Haug Famous mineral localities: the Leadhills-Wanlockhead district, S cotland.................36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8 South Africa: Horst Windisch 30 Van Wouw Street Groenkloof...open by Appointment only BRUCE & J O RUNNER 13526 South Ave. Delhi, Ca. 95315 Ph. (209)634-6470 Tel: 0822-832381...kimberlite matrix. Purported locality: Kimberley, South Africa. (NMNH specimen #C61.) The Mineralogical...mechanized crushing and separating techniques in South America and elsewhere practically rule out the preservation
Journal (issue)
Ovington, UK NJ Elton, St Austell, U.K. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, U.K. RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King...Carbonate-fluorapatite from the Westphalian coal measures of South Wales, u.K. Stephen Plant and David Evans NOTES...occurrence, from Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Tim Neall and David I. Green Epirnorphs of quartz...and coauthors describe supergene galena from six UK localities and discuss the conditions under which...carbonate-fluorapatite are documented from several coal mines in South Wales by Stephen Plant and David Evans, who suggest
Journal (issue)
UK j I o mi minerals TS C nlm~ 2 EDITORIAL COVER: Vanadinite from the LeadhillsWanlockheadminingdistrict... 5 PEGMATITE MINERALS FROM CI-IYWOON QUARRY The UK Joumal efMines a11dMinerals publishes articles of...& FINANCE Jean C. Spence CASSEDANNEITE FROM LEADHILLS Tim Neall 31 NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe Richard...Worbop, Nott~. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 26 -1- EDITORIAL...these mark the event out as one of the best in the UK This year the society instigated a mineral competition
Book
Nortlrn·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf...sters Da,·id Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the...London; National Museums of Scotland (Royal Museum and Museum of Scotland), Edinburgh; Oxford University...t.1useum (NaturalHistory). NMSNati:malMuseumof Scotland(RoyalMuseuma:idt.~JSe:.rm of Scot'a:1d). Edinb...labelled "South Tcrras mine, St Stcphen-in-Brannel, Cornwall". As a result of this work, South Terras mine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
........................................... The Vein-Solutions ........................................that this can be the source of the fluorine in the vein-fluorspar. The quantities present are extremely...fluorine has been one of the original elements in the vein-solutions. The presence of fluorine is believed...Gtreenside. Slate ........................... Leadhills. Limestone ...................... IIalkyn. Limestone...along a cross-cut, at varying distances from the vein and along one and the same s t r a t u m - - t h
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The deposits of nickeliferous pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite at Glen Esochossan and Craignure, Loch Fyne...unimportant .occurrences of molybdenite and chalcopyrite, associated with tourmaline, represent this...:Palmozeic rocks in England and Wales, Southern Scotland, and most of Ireland; and an Eastern region, embracing...embracing the Mesozoic area of Central and South-Eastern England. I t is, of course, not intended to...embraces Northern and Central Wales, Anglesey, and the South-East of Ireland. This area differs somewhat from
Report (issue)
Economic minerals of Scotland – bedrock of Scotland's economic development. Information Management and...INTERNAL REPORT IR/04/001 Economic minerals of Scotland bedrock of Scotland's economic development. R...F. MacTaggart, T. Cullen, J. Rayner Key words Scotland, mineral resources Bibliographical reference R... Cullen, J. Rayner. 2004 Economic minerals of Scotland - bedrock of Scotland's economic development....History Museum (Earth Galleries), Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DE 020-7589 4090 Fax 020-7584
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK B.YOUNG British Geological Survey, Windsor Court...Court, Windsor Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HB, UK AND C. J. STANLEY Department of Mineralogy, The...Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 3BD, UK Abstract Bismuthinite-bearing quartz veins from the...orefield. Rhythmical crystallization of quartz, chalcopyrite and minor pyrite is followed by fluorite-qu...mineralization. Early tin-bearing (up to 0.29 wt.% Sn) chalcopyrite encloses trace amounts of bismuthinite (Bi2S3)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
few scattered grains, mainly < Imm across, of chalcopyrite and sphalerite. The rosasite is clearly a product...Foster’s Hush workings [NY 8556 2040] on Hunter’s Vein, near Lunehcad, aurichalcite occurs sparingly as...abundant at Grecnhurth and small quantities of chalcopyrite are also present. Aurichalcite has been found...from an old level [NY 7698 3812] driven on Windy Brow Vein beneath the Great Limestone near Tynehead. The...limonitic quartz veinstone, in which specks of chalcopyrite are common. Much paler blue aurichalcite, locally
Journal (issue)
RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...cobalt mineralisation near Alva, Central Region, Scotland S Moreton, P Aspen, D.l. Green and S.M. Ingram...clinoatacamite, from Castletown mine, Lochgilphead, Scotland R.E. Starkey and .v Huhbm-d 3R Thaumasite from...and Dr Alec Livingstone from the Royal Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Both have given valuable and unstinting...is tu notl: the essential features of the field. Vein deposits in the Alston Block occupy a series of
Journal (issue)
Chamberlain(Syracuse,New York, U.S.A.) Dr.l.R.Pllmer(New South Walea) Mr .J.Fuller(London) Mrs. T.Sheppard(Derby)...Lettsom (1858) described numerous occurrences in Scotland, particularly· in the Carboniferous lavas near...yielded a few specimens of heavily weathered chalcopyrite-quartz veinstone on which occur vivid turquoise-blue...from old opencast workings on the Great Sulphur Vein to the west of Gale Sike show much limonite-stained...tone include cerussite, malachite and linarite. The vein here occupies a fault which down throws beds from
Report (edition)
P. Geological Survey Office, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, S.W.7. 31st October, 1950....the White Vein p. 29; Mines on the Rookhope Red Vein p. 31; Mines on ·Sedling-Longsyke Vein p. 41; Mines...Mines on the Slitt Vein p. 44; Mines on East-North-East Veins p. 49; Mines on North-West Veins p. 59; Mines...Mines. in East Cumberland and South Northumberland p. 60. CHAPTER Ill. 65 NOR,TH-WJ;ST YORKSHIRE ...·Teign Valley Area p. 121. CHAPTER VI. 123 SCOTLAND Introduction p. 123; Abergaim p. 123; Elgin p
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
exploration is now concentrated around and to the south of Egremont, where the Carboniferous Limestone plunges...with the Cumbrian iron ores are : manganite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, siderite, and galena. Gangue minerals...feet in depth. Strings of manganite from the lenses vein the enclosing haematite, but no haematite occurs...mineral also occur within the haematite ore-body. Chalcopyrite and Pyrite.—Copper ore occurs in several iron...thickest vein known to me to occur in this manner was proved in Winscales Mine, where a vein 3 feet wide
Book (edition)
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:...flats, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead 149 4 Scraithole Vein, Scraithole Mine, West Allendale 15 7 5 Surface
Journal (issue)
study but galena, blende, pyrite and probable chalcopyrite have been found in limestones of Wenlock age...except for micaceous sandstone exposed near the south-west corner, the ground is heavy marl and seemingly...p.l04). Dinantian limestones are absent. In the south of the area Silurian rocks near 11ay Hill, mainly...occurs in the ploughing at Birches, 600m to the south in Ludlow strata, and this may be Ballard's Ore...was near Hillend Green (SO 706 285) (Figure 2) south-'"est of Castle TUinp, ,,,here a drift put down
Journal (volume)
Broken Hill, Prospecting at Broken Hill South Broken Hill South Fire Buena Tierra 131 315 261 101 126...Outputs Platinum and Gold Corporation South Africa Co.'s Claim South Africa Co.'s Mining Department Burma...180 SCO (m.d.) 133. Coal, Powdered 139, Coal, South African (m.d.) 316 Cobalt, its Occurrence, Metallurgy... W. Perry {m.d.) Leaching Copper Ores Report Leadhills Lead, Innovations in Metallurgy of... Lyon and...and Ralston „ ...W. Versfelil (m.d.) Lead in South Africa Lead Mines in Transvaal John Mitchell Lead Mines
Book (edition)
Owners of Settlingstones Mine Ltd., Holmside ·& South Moor Colliery Co. Ltd., and the New Brancepeth Coal...TIIE Geological Survey Office, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, S.W.7 4 October, 1948 IA-23675...Burtreeford Disturbance; F"aulting and Minor Folding; Vein-Fissures; Joints; Post-Mineraliza­ tion Movements;...struc-· ,, 9. Idealized cross-section of a fissttre vein '' ,, '' '' ,, '' '' " 15 18 38 43 46.... ... 66 10. Cross-section of l(illhopeh·ead Vein ... ••• • •• ••• ••• 71 73 .. . . 80 12.
 
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