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Quartz from
Wheal Emma, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Emma, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:176135
Long-form Identifier:1:3:176135:1
GUID (UUID V4):e4d6c1bd-1305-421f-843e-333d3c3867c5
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.2km (0.1 miles) Brookwood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) Newbrook Wood Copper Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Wrey Consols, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Kingswood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
5.0km (3.1 miles) Ringleshutes Mine, Holne, South Hams, Devon, England, UK
5.1km (3.2 miles) Huntingdon Mine (Devon Wheal Vor; Avon Consols), Dartmoor Forest, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
5.5km (3.4 miles) T Girt Tin Stream, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
5.5km (3.4 miles) Mel Tor, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
5.7km (3.5 miles) Leusdon Common, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
6.0km (3.7 miles) Whiddon Mine (Whiddon and Brownshill Mine), Ashburton, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SN AND AS TAILINGS GREAT CONSOLS, SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND AT DEVON A. CAREY, M. FOWLER, D. BULLEN AND N....As tailings at Devon Great Consols, South-West England. Geoscience in South-West England, 13, 437-444....were deployed at the abandoned mine complex of Devon Great Consols (DGC) to investigate water/substrate...arsenic, tin, copper, lead, pore water, MacroRhizone, Devon Great Consols. INTRODUCTION Environmental contamination...(105 mgkg-1) at Devon Great Consols, a former metalliferous mine in South-West England (Figure 1). Environmental
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granite-associated mineral veins in southwest and northeast England* G. TURNER’ and M. P. BANNON~ ‘Geology Department...13 9PL, UK ‘Fluid Processes Research Group, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, NG 12 5GG, UK (Received...inclusion-bearing quartz and fluorite veins from two areas of granite associated mineralisation in England. Crushing...mineralisation ages for four samples from southwest England. These show that mineralisation extended for up...40Ar-39Ar method to date inclusion fluids in vein quartz from two areas of granite-related mineralisation
Book (volume)
MINES OF DEVON Cornish mines and the work done on them by A. K. Hamilton Jenkin are famous. Devon mines...volume will deal with the mines of North and East Devon. This volume deals with a wide variety of mines...Cornish Miner Cornwall and Its People II MINES OF DEVON Volume I THE SOUTHERN AREA A. K. HAMILTON JENKIN...& Charles (Holdings) Limited South Devon House Newton Abbot Devon Published in the United States of...Douglas David & Charles Limited 3645 McKechnie Drive West Vancouver BC CONTENTS List of Illustrations 7
Catalog/List
Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDERING INFOhMATION Mail orders are promptly...aggregates with minor Limonite and fragments of Quartz. 3x3x2~". £12. 3. AURICK~LCITE. 4. BATHITE...coloured oXidised coating. 2xlt". £1- 6. BAYLDONITE. Wheal ~arpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich crusts of apple...apple green sparklin micro crystals on Quartz matrix. Specimen A - 229x2"- with a l~xl~" covering of crystals...aggregated in ~alcite. 2xli-xlt". £6. 8. BEODA.NTITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich crust of sage
Book
ISLES Series Editor: E. R. R. GREEN Southern England, by Kenneth Hudson The East Midlands, by David...Charles {Publishers) Ltd South Devon House Railway Station, Newton Abbot Devon Contents PAGE PART I ONE...Canal 103 SEVEN The canal mines 129 EIGHT Devon Great Consols mine SIX NINE TEN 43 The East...section plan of Wheal Crebor Mine *35 Devon Great United Company prospectus 140 Plan of Devon Great Consols...*54 *54 *54 Group of miners, circa 1880 171 Wheal Martha and New Consols, Luckett 172 Okel Tor mine
Book (volume)
COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING GION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume II 1956 2017 reprint BRITISH GEOLOGICALSURVEY...BRITAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME II H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical...The metalliferous mining region of the south-west England. Economic Environmental Science Centre Keyworth...London SW7 5BD Tel: +44 (0)20 7589 4090 www.bgs.ac. uk www. geologyshop. corn ... 111 CONTENTS PAGE...V-DETAILS iv V OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET ................................
Book (volume)
IE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF UTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume II LONDON HER MAJESTY ' S STATIONERY...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South -West England Volume II By H.... — Details OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 8. St. Austell district in .. ...Wadebridge district .. .. . . 571 .. .. ' .. ' West of Wadebridge (p . 572); East of Wadebridge (p ...) ; Calstock (p . 644 ); Luckett, Latchley and Devon Great Consols (p . 649) ; Sydenham Damerel (p. 661);
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ENGLAND AND WALES. EXPLANATION OF SHEET 338. TH.E GEOLOGY OF DARTMOOR...s11p­ plied at the cost of drawing and colot1ring: DEVON. 87. SE., by R. L. Sherlock. 88. SW., by R-. J...Mine-Cross Section ... • ••• ••• • •• 76 3.-Wheal Betsy-Main IJode • •• ••• ••• ••• 76 ••• ..... '' JI ,, ,, '' '' ,, ,. , ,, ,, ••• 4.-Emma and Brookwood Mine ••• •• • • •• •• •• • 5-8...Sections . . . ••• ••• . .. . 59 10.-Great Wheal Eleanor .. . . • •• ••• ••• ••• ••• 79 79
Book (volume)
BRITAIN The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England 0 iz 0 1-rj VOLUME II Assistant Director's...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume II By ...published 1956 Second impression 1969 Printed in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...CHAPTER V.-DETAILS OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 509 8. St. Austell district 510...539); Par (p. 552). 9. Wadebridge district . . 571 West of_ Wadebridge (p. 572); East of Wadebridge (p.
Book (volume)
BRITAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical notes...NG12 5GG Plumtree (060 77) 6111 Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA (031) 667 1000 BGS...to The metal/iferous mining region of south-west England, H G Dines (1956). Economi,· Memoir of the Geological...staffs of Geevor Mine, South Crofty Mine, Wheal Pendarves, Wheal Jane and Mount Wellington Mine. The generous...miners of Cornwall, and two volumes on the mines of Devon, one of which was issued. posthumously. Where quoted
Book (edition)
CORNWALL AND DEVON. STATISTICS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, ILLUSTRATED BY...Statistics and Observations on the Mines of Cornwall and Devon have been received, I am induced to make another... Bosorne and Bollowal United ... Boswedden and Wheal Castle ... Bosworthen Botallack ...... Brea Consols...Craddock Moor Crane Cuddra..... Devon and Cornwall Devon Great Consols Devon Wheal Vor Ding Dong Dividends...Statement Camborne Consols..... Camborne Vean and Wheal 59 Frances 104 Caradon Consols... Carnyorth 108
Journal (volume)
resources of the country. Very little is known in England of these coal-fields, and some account of the most...geological origin. The latter, does not, as in England, belong to the older or palæozoic formations, but...cut off by eruptive rocks, and towards the south -west it is lost under a thick cover of unconformable...direction of the axis is from north -east to south -west, and its extreme length is only about four miles...very peculiar kind, little known by experience in England, but common in various partsof Europe, and perhaps
Journal (volume)
Annales des Mines on theMetallurgy of Iron in England , ib. ; Proceedings of the Manchester Geological...Relief Fund, 402 ; The Geo Metallurgy of Iron in England, 120 ; Blow -pipe Vade Mecum byDr. Aquila loyical...Annales des Mines on the Metallurgy of Iron in England, 181 ; Abstract from Rev. 8. Haughton on the Chemical...305 . of Iron in England, 120, 181 , 327. ASSOCIATION, Miners', of Cornwall and Devon , by R. Hunt, 160...April- Abstract from Observations BOSWEDDAN AND WHEAL CASTLE MINE, on Silica, by Arthur H. Church , B
Journal (volume)
cost, of the rich oxidised ores of the north of England, and of readily exporting the products obtained...iron works were situated morein the south-east of England-in the counties of Kert, Sussex, and Surrey - and...properof South Wales extends along the coast east and west, from the neighbourhood of Newport to the Bay of...conformably on the Carboniferous Limestone; towards the west however it gradually extends beyond the Limestone...the Millstone Grit of the centre and north of England. Only, in the district we are speaking of, this
Journal (volume)
Calamine . b . Stopes. c . Dry wall. the north- west side of the head d. Range of Poles. ing towards...warrant for produce stored in the London Docks or the West India Docks. The tin-ore was carried to the smelting...Alexander, Government Inspector of Mines for the West of Scotland. 6. David Wingate, of Parkhead_colliery...surplus among the twelve districts of inspection in England and Scotland. The following table shows the proportion...83 8. South ... 1,299 6 8 1,648 3 9 1,473 15 2 9. West Lancashire and North Wales 7.1 19 1,845 1 6 1,807
Book
Front cover: The engine houses at Wheal Trewavas, with Porthleven background. Photo: Adam Sharpe, Cornwall...Cornwall Archaeological Unit. in the Wheal Trewavas Peter Joseph & Alasdair Neill Published by the...TM of the Trevithick Society eiU in a stope in Devon Great Consols. Photo: Paul Deakin The wild characterof...1843.On the Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon, Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of...extensive and solid research. Certainly my volume on Devon Great Consols would have been much the poorer without
Journal (volume)
of West Chiverton and Wheal Chiverton Main Lodes 18. Transverse Section at Hawke's Shaft at West Chiverton...COMPANY, 351. ASSOCIATION , Miners, of Cornwall and Devon, Proceedings of, 157. AUSTRIAN ENGINEERS' ASSOCIATION...Review of Trade in, 34, 105, 170, 235, 294, 352 . DEVON CONSOLS TIN MINING COM . PANY, 233. DEVONSHIRE... COPPER ORES, Treatment of, in Car COM EAST WHEAL VOR MINE, 287. ELECTRICITY, Blasting by, 224. niola...287. GREAT WHEAL METAL MINING COM PANY, 287. Alteration of Capital of, 350. GREAT WHEAL VOR, Discovery
Book (edition)
AND OBSERVATIONS UPON THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON . ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND GROUND PLANS OF THE...legitimate mining enterprises, in Cornwall and Devon, to make an appeal for the public support of such...county of Cornwall, but in the adjoining county of Devon. Satisfied that an accurate knowledge of these Mines...Cornwall, and the Tavistock district in the county of Devon. For the further accurate information of the reader...T‬‬ ‫‪12‬تا‬ ‫‪ , 45‬و‬ MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON. STATISTICS, OBSERVATIONS , &c. CHAPTER I. The
Journal (issue)
into the geology and geomorphology of south-west England Volume 6 Part 4 1987 Edited by G.M Power ...into the geology and geomorphology of southwest England and the surrounding marine areas; to hold Annual...Annual Conferences at various places in South West England where those engaged in this research can meet...University of Exeter, North Park Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 4QE Proceedings of the Ussher Society Volume...The Kyrtonia Press, 115 High Street, Crediton, Devon EXl73LG Set in Baskerville and Printed by Photolithography
Book (edition)
centuries, which for a while made this far south-west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper mining...from Dartmoor (Devon) westwards through Bodmin Moor,’ Hensbarrow, Carnmenellis, and West Penwith, with...granite into the killas and trend generally east-west throughout the county. Lead, zinc and iron were...Mulberry and Wheal Prosper near Lanivet. minerals in the lodes include tourmaline, quartz, LAUNCESTON...manganese. Uranium (pitchblende) was produced at Wheal Trenwith near St Ives, and South Terras near St
Book (edition)
centuries, which for a while made this far south- west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper mining...from Dartmoor (Devon) westwards through Bodmin Moor, Hensbarrow, Carnmenellis, and West Penwith, with...‘gangue’ minerals in the lodes include tourmaline, quartz, fluorspar and calcite. The tin and copper lodes...granite out into the killas and trend generally east-west throughout the county. Lead, zinc and iron were...worked by opencast methods such as at Mulberry and Wheal Prosper near Lanivet. Tin ore is cassiterite,
Journal (volume)
Califobnian Dialogue, A, 27. Marvel, A, 84. Cardinham Wheal Rose SilverLead Mining Company, 96. Cast-Iron, Effecting...at Essen, 169. Coal-Field, Paper relating to the West of Scotland, 158. , Statistics Relative to the Bristol...Accident at, 37. D. Davey, Mr. Stephen, Death of, 351. Devon Great Maria Consolidated Mining Company, 163. Dressing...Mining Company, Proposed Purohase of, 12. East Wheal Florence Mine, 35. Ebbw Vale Company, 97. Elliot...North Vor Tin and Copper Mining Company, 35. Great Wheal Bonnie Tin Mining Company, 96. Groddeck, A. von
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055................................... 428 8: babel quartz to bytownite .............................. 66...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,Caldbeck
Book (edition)
OF CORNWALL AND DEVON : STATISTICS AND OBSERVATIONS. THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON : STATISTICS AND...counties in England with which are associated more varied objects of interest than Cornwall and Devon : as...under pulmonary diseases. The southern coast of Devon is indented with beautiful bays and watering-places...head in the moral statistics of the counties of England. There is much to admire in the life and habits...in the appearance of the Cornish population. In Devon there is probably less intelligence and less comfort
Journal (volume)
In the metallic mining districts of Cornwall and Devon, of Wales, Shropshire, and the Isle of Man , of...Getting Coal . A New 31 Rock Crusher. Crushing Quartz 33 Metallurgy - Puddling Iron. Hot -Blast Puddling...Sources of Thallium . Gold in Quartz Crystals. ... 33 North of England Institute of Mining Engineers... AND CHEMICAL MANUFACTURES : 37 Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset Wales and the Borders -- South Wales...and 3" thick , composed of half fireclay and half quartz, which have been found to answer very well . The
 
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