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Chalcopyrite from
Britannia Mine, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Britannia Mine, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:18425
Long-form Identifier:1:3:18425:0
GUID (UUID V4):f95452dc-f1eb-47e7-ad2a-124ca6a6abfa
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
2.2km (1.4 miles) Lliwedd Mine, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
2.6km (1.6 miles) Hafod y Llan workings, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
3.3km (2.0 miles) Cwm-y-Llan slate mine, Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
6.3km (3.9 miles) Sygun Mine, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
7.2km (4.5 miles) Drws-y-Coed Mine (Drwy-y-Coed Mine), Nantlle Vale, Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
7.4km (4.6 miles) Simdde Dylluan Mine (Talysarn Mine), Nantlle Vale, Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
8.1km (5.0 miles) Benallt Mine, Nantlle Vale, Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
11.0km (6.8 miles) Gloddfa Ganol Quarry (Oakley), Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
18.0km (11.2 miles) Parc Mine, Trefriw, Conwy, Wales, UK
29.0km (18.0 miles) Gwynfynydd Mine (Gwyn Mine; Morgan Mine; Mount Morgan Mine; British Gold Fields), Ganllwyd, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
A Mineralogy of Wales RfCHARD E. BEYfNS Ocpartmellf o[Geolngy, Nmin11a/Museum of\Valcs, Cardiff AMGUEDDFA...Colliery, Ponh, Mid Glamorgan. National Museum of Wales specimen 48.264.GR 175. ex Cymmer Welfare Library...CE 6 I CES IN WALES 9 30 127 138 6 INTRODUCTION The mineralogy of Wales is diverse. with over...reveal the presence of additional species new to Wales. and perhaps new to the British Isles. It is also...completely new to cience will be discovered in Wales. as techniques for analysing specimens become ever
Journal (issue)
and D. Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon...core of the collection at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. ~ow settled in Tewkesbury and curator...sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed to be...assemblages observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral...hypogene copper lodes. INTRODL'CTION Botallack mine (SW 363 336) in the St Just mining district, Cornwall
Book (edition)
Gold Occurrences in the UK A Gold Prospector's Guide LEE GARY PALMER MSc Published in the United...40 Archers Ave Irvine, Ayrshire KA11 2GB Scotland UK Content copyright© Lee Gary Palmer, 2019 The right...Contents Acknowledgements Notable Nuggets of the UK Preface Gold The Word The Element Origin Locations...Isle of Man Wales South Wales - South Glamorgan South Wales - Carmarthenshire South Wales - Pembrokeshire...Mid Wales - Powys Mid Wales - Ceredigion North Wales - Gwynedd North Wales - Anglesey North Wales - Conwy
Journal (issue)
Hill London NW3 2AH CONTENTS Minerals From North Wales The Trials and Tribulations of Mineral Identification...Membership Details 2 5 19 20 MINERALS I ROM NORTH WALES Mike Rothwell During the 1996 BMS Symposium, Richard...on the mineralogy of a few chosen sites in North Wales. The following is a short summary of the workshop...chose Eclusham Mountain Wedding Cave Mine at Bwlchgwyng, Bryngwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain, and Great Orme...Llangollen (OS GR SJ 255.503). At nearby Wedding Cave Mine (OS GR SJ 265.541) there is galena mineralisation
Report (issue)
draft form include: John Betts Refiners Limited, Britannia Refined Metals Limited, Carnon Consolidated Tin...proportion by country, 1978-1982 59 Table 6 EEC and UK silver consumption by major end use 60 Table 7...silver-containing batteries 80 Table 10 United Kingdom mine production of silver: 1851-1982 83 Table 11 United...86 Table 13 World mine production of silver: 1821-1981 87 Table 14 World mine production of silver...of world silver mine production: 18661870 and 1980 89 Table 16 World and UK mine production of silver
Catalog/List
refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...Name of the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland...Waterbank mine Waterbank mine Milltownquany Waterbank mine Wh.Fortune Lyme Regis Dry GIii mine Roughtongill
Journal (issue)
of Geology, National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, CardiffCFI 3NP, Wales, U.K . CO-EDITOR: Peter A. Williams...Barite, Cleator Moor, Cumbria. National Museum of Wales specimen NMW 83.4IG. M8874. R.J. King Collection...D .H .M. Alderton 17 The Mineralogy ofWapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire F. fnce 25 13 NOTES...N. Hubbard 35 Strontianite from Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria M . Wood 35 Secondary copper...Arthur made his first visit underground in a working mine, at Wheal Providence, St. Ives, Cornwall, being
Journal (issue)
AGARDITE(Y) Collected in 1987 from Marke Valley mine, Cornwall. Identified by David Green and photographed...FLUORITE Collected about 15 years ago from Yew Tree mine in Weardale. A beautiful combination of the two...on an underground SMLS trip to Bwlchglas in Mid-Wales. Excellent contrast in colours and a classic association...Eagle Crag mine. A site memorable for a 3 mile walk across the hills, entry into the mine through an...Tan-y-Grisiau Station cutting, Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. Filifonn habit (thin wires). BROOKITE Collected
Journal (issue)
Ovington, UK NJ Elton, St Austell, U.K. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, U.K. RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King...tennantite. Dolyhir quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, October 2004. Collection: Neil Hubbard. Photograph:...Tim Neall Mud-filled fluorite vugs in Greenlaws mine, Weardale, Co. Durham Stephen Moreton Gearksutite...te from the Westphalian coal measures of South Wales, u.K. Stephen Plant and David Evans NOTES The composition...Andy G. Tindle Cotunnite from Penrhyn Du Mine, Gwynedd, Wales Neil Hubbard and David I. Green An update
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DeformedMesozoicVolcanogenic Cu-ZnSulfideDeposits in the Britannia District, British Columbia J. G. PAYNE, 877 Lillooet...17th Street, Denver, Colorado80217 Abstract The Britannia copper-zincsulfidedeposits,previouslydescribedas...strain produceda broad zone of S-tectonites,the Britannia shear zone, which containsall of the known or... Introduction Britannia. The most completepublishedwork on the geologyof Britannia was completedby...completedby H. J. THF• Britannia district, 25 milesnorth of Vancouver, James(1929). His work wascontemporaneous
Book
provided by: Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Wales, Cardiff); British Geological Survey, Edinburgh...meneghinile Pengenna mine,St Kew,Cornwall; Shallowfield Bridge,SouthMolton,Devon Tynebottom mine,Alston.CUm~ria...CUm~ria mercury Chatsworth mine,Grassinglon, Yorkshire Severallocalities in theLakeDistrictandComw melacinnabar...theLakeDistrictan:iCorrr::a!I natrojarosite Wanlhwaite mine,StJohn'sin theVale,Cumbria SouthTerrasmine,StStephen-in-Brannel...Cumbria pharmaco!ite Wanlhwaite mine,StJohn'sin theVale,Cumbria Chatsworth mine,Grassington, Yorkshire p:cropharmacolne
Journal (issue)
ns, Department of Geo logy, Na tional Muse um of Wales, Cat hays Park , Card iff C FI 3NP, Wa les, U .K...Barium feldspar rocks from Broken Hill , New South Wales I. Plimer Alumohydrocalcite from the Bristol District...new variety, from the Britannia Mine , North Wales, and from the Botallack Mine, Cornwall A.M. Pollard...Williams, R.E. Bevins and S. Turgoose 23 The Wesley Mine; a further occurrence of manganese oxide-hosted...Croft Mine , Cornwall- a second English occurrence 1. Betterton Native silver from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck
Journal (volume)
non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...mineralisation of Snowdonia and the Llŷn Peninsula, North Wales John S. Mason 93–105 Andradite-bearing skarn-like...suspected palaeogene dyke from Coed y Brenin, North Wales John S. Mason, Martin Liezers and Tom F. Cotterell...emphasise the geological context of mineralisation in Wales, in two articles, one of which includes a note on...sphalerite crystal (7 mm across) on calcite with chalcopyrite; Level G, West Face, Cloud Hill Quarry, Breedon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE BRITANNIA MINES, BRITISH COLUMBIA.* STUART J. SCHOFIELD. INTRODUCTION. THE Britannia minesbelongto...has thrown somelight on theseoccurrences. The Britannia minesare locatedabout twenty miles north of Vancouverin...Victoria. The total productionof copperfrom the Britannia Mines since the beginningof operationsin I9O6...Sunloch, and Britannia of the PacificBelt and SalmonRiver, Premier Mine, Engineer Mine of Atlin, Bear...Bear River, Dolly Varden Mine o.f Alice Arm, Hazelton (excepting Rocher Deboule) and the depositsof Ootsa
Report (issue)
geochemistry of parts of North-west England and North Wales Keyworth, Nottingham 1997 This volume has been...geochemistry of pa,ts of North-west England and North Wales. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey...stream sediment in North-west England and North Wales BGS MAIN OFFICES AND SALES DESKS The full range...Office in Wales GEOCHEMICAL ATLASES Room G19, Sir George Stapledon Building, University of Wales, Penglais...1996 (0 85272 255 9) North-west England and North Wales 1997 (0 85272 307 5) Printed and bound in England
Book
January. 32 Fig. 10 Assay certificate Treore Mine. 55 Fig. 11 Mining Journal 1854 3rd. March. ...author panning. Plate 2 Painting of Poltimore Mine, North Molton. Devon. 24 Plate 3 Gold in quartz...publish the picture of the painting of Poltimore Mine. I would like to thank the assistant curators/curators/keepers...Cornwall Geological Museum, Penzance and the Geevor Mine Museum, Pendeen, for their assistance in tracing...it is certain that it was not as abundant as in Wales or Scotland, (see Hall 1975 and Callender 1990)
Journal (volume)
and Andy Hopkirk 86 90 Linarite from Cononley Mine, Skipton, North Yorkshire John Chapman and David... 112 120 BOOK REVIEW ‘‘Gold Occurrences in the UK’’ Norman Moles Journal of the Russell Society, volume...The current ‘History of Mineral Collections’ in the UK is not even a ‘History of Kings and Queens’. A small...from localities such as Tynagh Mine in Co. Galway and Pendarves Mine in Cornwall (Figs 1 and 2) serves...confirmed by XRD at Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum Wales. It may be of interest to potential authors to note
Catalog/List
is a new discovery, rare for the UK generally ,and a first for Wales. White micro spheres on the top surface...grey mass with Actinolite, large 2x3 inch ..Bastnas Mine Sweden £30 12. SCAPOLITE completely clear single...small quartz crystals, possibly some with faces. lxl Mine, Washoe County Nevada USA £30 Olinghouse ......on lxl inch matrix Arizona USA £18 · Inspiration mine, Gila County, 21. HAMBERGITE chalky-white crystalline...tabular twinned crystal about 1cm size ( Telino Mine, Linopolis, Minas Gerais Brazil) £25 . 1'fa Be PO4
Report (issue)
Primary occurrences Placers 7 7 7 Resources England Wales Scotland Isle of Man Northern Ireland 9 9 11 13...37 38 38 39 39 Page Production United Kingdom Wales Scotland World production 41 41 43 43 43 Trade...Gold was mined in the United Kingdom, mainly in Wales, for centuries, and about 4 tonnes of gold has been...91 per cent, was reported from the Great Boulder Mine near Kalgoorlie. Native gold at the surface and...dispersed in sulphide minerals such as pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena and tetrahedrite-tennantite, accompanied
Book
Aur deilen o Waith Gwynfynydd, ger Dolgellau, Gwynedd; rhif y spesimen 72.33G.M7 Ffurfiau cydnabyddiedig...lefelau o dan yr Wyddfa ei hunan, (yng Ngwaith Britannia) ac yn Nyffryn Nantlle (e.e. gweithiau Drws-y-coed...Rhanbarthol Bick, D.E. 1976. The o/d metal mines of mid-Wales, part 1, Cardiganshire south of DevH's Bridge. Pound...House, 52 pp. 1976. The old meta! mines of mid-Wales, part 2, Cardiganshire the Rheidol to Goginan. Pound...pp. _________ 1976. The old metal mines of mid-Wales, part 3, Cardiganshire — north of Goginan. Pound
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
25 Kedumba Crescent, North Turramurra, New South Wales 2074, Australia Abstract A number of innovative...miss” in the exploration drilling in and around the mine. Whole-rock oxygen isotope analyses were used to...identified a hot spot 1 km west of the limit of the mine workings. The Mount Windsor Volcanics, which host...interpretation is based on observations from drilling and mine development. The conductive nature of the Campaspe...stratiform lenses of pyrite, sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite with variable gangue assemblages, including
Catalog/List
crystal about I cm size, twinned crystal ( Telino Mine, Linopolis, Minas Gerais Brazil) £25 Na Be PO 4...silvery platelets and small masses (Castle Siscoe Mine, Gowganda Ontario, Canada £30 4. CUBANITE two intergrown...8mm overall size Quebec Canada) £20 (Henderson# 2 mine, 3250 level, Chibugamu, 5. NATIVE BISMUTH water...undulating 2x4 inch surface Katanga) £20 (Mashamba Mine West. Kolwezi 8. VESUVIANITE attractive coverage... some slightly pink on 1,5 x 1,5 matrux Jeffery Mine, Quebec Canada £20 9. DANBURITE very large single
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
related to the nugget effect during the mine value chain Stage of mine value chain Challenge Exploration/evaluation...north-ore drive on the 549 m level. (B) Imperial Gold Mine, Charters Towers, Australia. Photograph of west...Production costs can be between 40 and 70% of the mine site revenue, thus even a 15% decrease in grade...understanding and reporting of grade uncertainty through the mine development chain is clearly a key issue for any...line with the expected long-term average from the mine of between 7?5 and 8?5 g/t Au. The results achieved
Book
BASIN VOLC DOC) MARGINAL SM IN SNO (NORTH-WEST WALES) ONIA .. .. • • Front co11er Tryfan, viewed...marginal basin volcanism in Snowdonia (north-west Wales). (London : HMSO for the British Geological Survey...based on Ordnance Survey mapping. Printed in the UK for HMSO Dd 291125 ClO W91 ... lU CONTENTS ...map of Wales xi Representation of Harker's diagram, NW Wales 1 Disposition of England and Wales, and Scotland...centres in the Welsh Basin 3 Geological map of North Wales and surrounding offshore region 4 Caradoc volcanic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits share similar mineral features, with chalcopyrite and bornite as the main ore minerals, but they...Worldwide, 20 million tons (Mt) of copper was the total mine production in 2020 [7]. This number decreased from...1). All three deposits are characterized by chalcopyrite and bornite as the main ore minerals, but they...Ulveryggen deposits in the near future [13]. The mine tailings from this operation are designated to be...VMS mines along the Scandinavian Caledonides, the mine waste material was disposed of on land, and still
 
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