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Hematite from
Llanharry Mine, Llanharry, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Comments:Limonite Psudomorphs after Pyrite.
Spherical nodules of Pyrite.
Large Calcite cristals with growth lines.
Specular Hematite as minute red crystals (confirmed by XRD at National Museum of Wales)
Limonite showing water solution tubes and encrusted with
Colour:red
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite1 photo of Hematite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Hematite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Llanharry Mine, Llanharry, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:34947
Long-form Identifier:1:3:34947:7
GUID (UUID V4):c449d9c9-1175-42c4-b943-23a61b0a1ce9
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
3.5km (2.2 miles) Bute Mine, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
7.2km (4.5 miles) Cregiau Quarry, Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK
10.2km (6.3 miles) Garth Mine (Little Garth Mine), Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK
10.6km (6.6 miles) Taff's Well Quarry, Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK
13.4km (8.3 miles) Wenvoe Iron Mine, Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK
19.0km (11.8 miles) Ty Coch Mine, Porthcawl, Bridgend, Wales, UK
33.1km (20.6 miles) Minehead Bluff, Selworthy Sands, Bossington, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
33.3km (20.7 miles) Selworthy Sands, Bossington, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
37.6km (23.4 miles) Glenthorne Beach, Culbone, Oare, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
37.8km (23.5 miles) Wychanger Mine, Luccombe, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (chapter)
CF14 9D Y, UK 2Department of Earth Sciences, Cardiff University, PO Box 914, Cardiff CF1 3 YE, UK Abstract"...of the current mouth of Magor Pill (Gwent, South Wales; Fig. 1). On its final voyage, the boat had been...Carboniferous limestones of the South Crop of the South Wales coalfield (Fig. 4), but other lesser deposits are...The major ore occurrences of the South Crop (Llanharry, Miskin, Lesser Garth and Fforest Fawr) lie within...the western part of the Glamorgan orefield, at Llanharry and Miskin, the caves lie in the uppermost Dinantian
Report (edition)
40-50 25-70 50-55 100+ Geology of the South Wales Coalfield, Part VI, the country around Bridgend...Bridgend, largely situated to the south of the South Wales Coalfield and forming the western part of the Vale...oe ~~ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geology of the South Wales Coalfield, Part VI, the country around Bridgend...1:50 000 geological sheet 261 and 262 (England and Wales) SECOND LONDON: EDITION HMSO _ 1990 © First... CJ N and Situ, M. 1990. Geology of the South Wales Coalfield, Part VI, the country around Bridgend
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HJUUTITB DEPOSITS OF GLAMOBGANSHIRE. 241 T H E HEMATITE DEPOSITS OF GLAMORGANSHIRE. By D a J. J. W. WATSON...years, the native iron-making resources of South Wales have received considerable assistance from the re-discovery...are found in the districts of Llantrissant and Llanharry, near Cowbridge, and at Newton Nottage, near Bridgend;—the...shales ; but the real "old red" base of the South Wales coal-field commences south of Pentyrch, and, with...HjKMATITE DEPOSITS OF GLAMORGANSHIRE. 245 in South Wales," the dolomitic conglomerate is classed with the
Report (edition)
)-THE H.tEMATITES OF THE FOREST OF DEAN AND SOUTH WALES. I BY T. FRANKLIN SIBL Y, D.Sc., Professor of...outcrop ~ the Carboniferous Limestone in South Wales. It originated in an offer made by ProfessGr Sibly...geological chair at the University College South Wales: and Monmoutmhire at Cardiff, P.ro1ils3or Sibly...anticipation has been realised. « The ores of South Wales have been described in tho :Memoirs explanatory...untiring in rendering aid. The various firms and mine-managers to whom application was made for assistance
Report (edition)
ORES-THE HAEMATITES OF THE FOREST OF DEAN AND SOUTH WALES By T. Franklin Sibly, D.Sc. SEC01'lD EDITIOf.l...outcrop of the Carboniferous Limestone in South Wales . It originated in an oiler n1ade by Professor Sibly...H . Prisk, of the Eas ter :Mine ; lVIr. T . S. Tho1nas, of the Tufts :Mine; and to l\.Ir. J . H. Bennetts...Bennetts, of the Llanharry :Vline in Glan1organshire, for personal assistance. To :.Vlr. R . W. Atkinson...James Hooper, of Lydney, :Mr. G. Carter, of the Llanharry Mine, and Mr. J. H. Bennetts, of the Hendy J.vline
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 (article/letter/editorial)
against3ø per cent.for home.ores. The importationof hematite, rich in iron andlow in phosphorus, from Sp,ainandthe...'coalfields(8 per cent.) and sundryoresminedin Wales,Forest of Dean,Devonshire, Weardale,andIreland(I...Staffordshire, DerbyandNottingham,South'Yorkshire andSouth Wales to .be smelted in admixture wit.h the calcareous....................................... 1,119,215 Wales and Forest of Dean ...............................County Durham and Devonshire) 37,o39 West Coast (Hematite) ................................ 1,549,962 Total
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
European Way, Southampton, UK, SO14 3ZH Funding: This work was supported by NERC, UK [grant number NE/M010953/1]...unconformity across a large area of England and Wales. These ores are primarily hosted within Lower Carboniferous...limestones and were formerly worked in Cumbria, South Wales, and SW England (Fig. 1). They represent a unique...type, but despite their former importance to the UK steel industry their origin is not completely understood...suggests, in both Cumbria (Dunham 1984) and South Wales (Rankin & Criddle 1985), that the iron was stripped
Book
Geology in Wales: it EDITED BY MICHAEL G. BASSETT Department of Geology, National Museum of Wales VALERIE...DEISLER Department of Geology, National Museum of Wales AND DOUGLAS NICHOL NEWTRA Geotechnical Group, Wrexham...Wrexham County Borough Council NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES GEOLOGICAL SERIES No.24 Cardiff, November 2005 ...Sponsored by Welsh Assembly © National Museum of Wales 2005 ISBN 0 7200 0563 9 REFERENCES TO THIS VOLUME...D. (eds). 2005. Urban geology in Wales: 2. National Museum of Wales Geological Series No.24, Cardiff
Report (edition)
BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 181$ Geology of the South Wales Coalfield, Part VI, the country around Bridgend... - -- - ------< I 00 + Geology of the South Wales Coalfield, Part VI, the country around Bridgend...Bridgend, largely situatecJ to the south of the South Wales Coalfield and for1ning the western part of the Vale...000 geological sheet 2 6 1 and 262 (England and Wales) SECOND EDITION LONDO N : H:tv1S0 1990 ' ...J N and SMITH , M . 1 990. Geology of the South Wales Coalfield, Part VI, the · country around Bridgend
Report (issue)
the number of persons normally employed when the mine was at work. (1) Scotland Division. Mr. A. H....respectively. Owner end Postel Address. No. and Name of Mine. Situation. AYR. ... ... Adams Pict Firebrick...1st). Wm. Barr (3,088 ; 1st). • Mainly a Fireclay mine. Coal, H. Ell, Major and Five Quarter (E.), (C...Sanquhar t. Bankton Near Prest.onpans 3. Tower Mine 2. Fleets 3. Preston Links William McNaughton...Glasgow, C.2. Agent, Jas. Young. ... Branxton Mine. Jas. Benzies (3,743 ; 1st). Julian Pit. � E
Report (issue)
address of the owner, the name and situation of the mine, the names of manager and under-manager, number...(314). (4) A separate Index of all Mines producing mine�ls other than coal, arranged according to the mineral...the number of persons normally employed when the mine was at work. In the case of mines under the Metalliferous... M . Thomas, u Is.l--· wyn." Bettws•y•Coed, N. Wales. (uHeuab• R. D. Allison. (see also Div. a.) E'...Howieson. Ditto Ditto ditto ditto No. and Name of Mine. .. .. 2. Doura . . .. l . Pict Under-Manager
Report (issue)
Howieso11. Ditto Ditto ditto ditto No. and Name of Mine. 1. Pict ... r. 2. Doura Situation. ... Saltcoats...Sanqul1ar 4. Arclterbeck Canonbie ... 3. Tower Mine 5. Ditto, No. 2. ... Ditto I William McNaughton...Julian Pit. William Speir (3,146 ; 1st). Bran:ctcn Mine. Robt. Imrie, Jr. (215 ; 1st). Jas. Wyllie (4,619...(2,479 ; 1st). . .. ... . .. (3,395). • This mine has a system of ventilation partly in common with...68 persons employed at the Power Station. t Th.is mine has a system of ventilation partly in common with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of pyrite and hematite-magnetite (mushketovite, magnetite pseudomorphs after hematite) coexisting with...were obtained from the vein skarn at the Su Zurfuru mine (Aponte et aI., 1988). The garnets were sampled...been described by Rankin and Criddle (1985) in Wales, Behr et al. (1987) in Germany, by Mullis (1987)...quartz and barite from karstic caves in the Masua mine, Southwestern Sardinia, Italy. Chem. Erde, 46, 25%73...low-temperature inclusion brines at Llanharry iron deposit, South Wales. Trans. Inst. Min. Metall. B. 94
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
manufacture of steel by the Acid process in South Wales, on the North-West coast, on the North-East coast...coalfields (8 per cent); and sundry ores mined in Wales, Forest of Dean, Devonshire, Weardale, and Ireland...IRON-ORES. Jurassic ironstones . . . . West coast (Hematite ore) Blackband and Clay-ironstone in coalfields...Derby and Nottingham, South Yorkshire, and South Wales, to be smelted in admixture with the calcareous...88,047 Total Jurassic Ironstones . Coalfields Wales and Forest of Dean . . . . Miscellaneous (Ireland
Report (issue)
address of the owner, the name and situation of the mine, the names of manager and under-manager, number...WALKER, C.B.E. ]. A. B. HORSLEY Ckief fosp,cwr of Mine, .. Deputy Chief Tnspecwr of Mines Ekctrical I nspeetor...(north of the R,.,;. Tw,t). Lancashire and North Wales Division, com­ prising part of L a n ­ cash.ire...Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto No. and Name of Mine. I. Argyll . . 1. Corsehill No. 2 2. Auchincruive...and 1 m'f (E.). (C.C.). EU Seam abandoned 20/7/22. Mine entirely dis­ continued. Coal. Ga.swater. Coal,
Journal (issue)
.......... "Geofest" at the National Museum of Wales ............... ......... ........ ....... The Festival..... ........... ...... W&W Branch and the South Wales RIGS project: An update ........ NW Branch activities................ Former miner honoured for building UK - Mexico links .................... Crystal Classics............................. Trial at Brandy Gill Mine ... ..............................................Posnjakite, connellite and other minerals from Crinnis Mine, Cornwall Meeting & Field Trip Reports ........
Report (issue)
Chester not included in the Nor Lancashire and North Wales Districts, and the Parishes of Y eardsleycum-Whaley...Caemarvon, Denbigh, Flint, Metioneth and Montgomery in Wales ; that part of Lancasbire AND t?a:·ng south of a...73. W. M. Thomas, Jslwyn, Bettws-y-Coed, North Wales. Bettws-y-Coed 77. EAST MIDLAND DIVISION (NOTI'INGHAM)...Ystradgynlais. NAME OF DISTRICT . AREA COVERED WEST WALES DISTRICT (SWA.'lSEA) The Counties ofPembroke, Carmarthen...County of Glamorgan, (tbe Parishes of Abcrdare, Rhondda, Llangeinor, Bettws, Coyaburch Higher, Pencoed
Report (issue)
address of the owner, the name and situation of the mine, the names of manager and under-manager, number...the number of persons normally employed when !he mine was at work. In the case of mines under the Metalliferous...of Rescue Apparatus. Uie Parishes of Aberdare, Rhondda, Ltantrisant, Coycburob HJsher, PenCO...Street, Glasgow, C.2. Ditto Ditto No. and Name of :Mine. 1 . Pict 2. Auchengree, No. 4 . 3. Doura . . ... 4. Tillicoultry :i 6. Brucefield (Sur­ face Mine). 7. Tulligarth Crai-gric. & Irvine Kilwi1ming
Report (issue)
Roberttt_C.8.E., 1\f.C. Principal Electrical Inspector of Mine, ... R. ):•,ttr11: C.B.E., u.S.O., M.C. Deputy Principal...Cheater not included in the Nort Lancaahire and North Wales Districts, and the Parisbes ofYeardsleycum-Whaley...ofYeardsleycum-Whaley and Taxal in the County of Derby. NORTH WALES The Counti-. of Anglesey, Caernarvon, Denbigh, Flint...Flint, Merion.eth and AND Montgomuy in Wales ; that part of Lanc uhire ng · 1outb of a line drawn ST. HELENS...Hanmer 73. w M. Thomas, Islwyn, Be:-wa-y-Coed, North Wales. Bettws-y-Coe d 77. 2153. IAST MIDLAND OIVtSJON
Report (issue)
address of the owner, the name and situation of the mine, the names of manager and under-manager, number...0 t:, • locluding the Parishes of Aberdru:e, Rhondda._, Llaot.risant, Coychu.roh Higher, Peoooed, Coychurch...Street, Glasgow, C.2. Ditto Ditto No. and Name of Mine. 1 . Pict .. 2. Auchengree, No. 4. 3. Doura ... Ditto ditto Newmilns Coal Co., Ltd., Lanfine Mine, New­ milns, Ayrshire. 43. Ditto, No. 2 . . 44...Newrnilns Pierslaod Coal Co., Piers- 48. Piersland land Mine, Newmilns, Ayrshire. Polquhairn Coal Co., Ltd.
Report (issue)
address of the owner, the nan1e and situation of the mine, the nan1es of manager and under-manager, number...the number of persons normally employed when the mine was at work. In the case of mines under the Metalliferous...Llanddalle, t Iacluding the Pansbes o f Aberdare, Rhondda, IJanlilo, Llan•y-weni, Llanhamlacb, Llanfrynach...Street, Glasgow, C.2. Ditto Ditto No. and Name of Mine. l . Pict .. .. 2. Auchengree, No. 4. 3. Doura...Rankinston, Ayrshire. Dalgai.n Coal Co., Ltd., .Logan Mine, Som, By Mauchline, Ayrshire. 23. Tofts; Nos. l
Report (issue)
address of the owner, the name and situation of the mine, the names of manager and under-manager, number...the number of persons normally employed when the mine was at work. In the case of mines under the Metalliferous...Division 6). • Including the Parishes of Aberdnre,Rhondda, llantrisant, Coychurcb Higher, Pencood, Coycburcb...C.2. Ditto Ditto No. and Name of Situation. Mine. 1. Pict .. 2. Auchengree 3. Doura . . • ...Ayrshire. Agent, Wm. Gt'ay. Dalgain Coal Co., Logan Mine, Sorn, By Mauchline, Ayrshire. Dallars Coal Co.
Report (issue)
Owner and Postal Address. ,. No. and Name of Mine. Situation. AYR ... Adams Pict Firebrick Co...Robert Rennie (5,160 ; 2nd). • Mainly a Fireclay mine. 78 so 19 124 94 3 5 32 Coal, H. & S. Major...(3,088 ; 1st). Ditto Ditto • Mainly a Fireclay mine. 319 2 7 Coal, H. & M. Major and Five Quarter...Canonbie 1. Bankton Near Prestonpans 3. Tower Mine Ditto rutto 2. Fleets Ditto ditto 3. Preston...Blairball East Grange William Speir Bra11xton Mine. (3,021). William Speir, Jr. (3,146 ; 1st). Julian
Catalog/List
Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of Wales, the Hancock Museum (Newcastle Upon Tyne) and the...Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...green stock label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section... SW.18 Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]...Corpus Christi Lode. SW.43 Botallackite - Levant Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 368 346]. 130 fathom level
 
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