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Quartz from
Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Habit:Typical 6 sided and rock crystal
Colour:Glassy clear
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sphalerite1 photo of Quartz associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:505042
Long-form Identifier:1:3:505042:0
GUID (UUID V4):435f946e-b6fb-4911-9899-77bcf754e713
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.9km (1.2 miles) Great Rock Mine, Hennock, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
3.6km (2.2 miles) Bridford Barytes Mine (Bridford Wheal Augusta), Bridford, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
4.2km (2.6 miles) Hedgemoor Farm, Bridford, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
4.5km (2.8 miles) Woolley Farm, Bovey Tracey, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
4.6km (2.8 miles) Buller's Hill quarry, Haldon Forrest, Kenn, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
8.8km (5.5 miles) Haytor Mine, Ilsington, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
8.8km (5.5 miles) Silverbrook Mine, Ilsington, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
10.5km (6.5 miles) Bagtor Mine, Ilsington, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
11.6km (7.2 miles) Haytor Consols (Hemsworthy Mine), Ilsington, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
12.0km (7.5 miles) Chinkwell Tor, Widecombe-In-The-Moor, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
The Northern Mine Research Society, Sheffield, England. ISSN ISBN O 0308-2199 901450 18 9 BRITISH...Adams and Exmouth, 1845-1874 2 . Lead and silver production, Frank Mills and South Exmouth, 1857-1880...1857-1880 3. Zinc ore production, Wheat Exmouth and North Exmouth, 1857-1873 4. Iron ore production, Frank Mills...Valley mines, 1855-81 1 O. Population change in Christow and Hennock parishes, 1 801-1891 103 109 110...Cross-section of Wheal Exmouth c1860 Surface layout at Porter's Shaft, Wheal Exmouth c1855 South Exmouth, diagram
Report (issue)
Pr(1gramme Mineral investigations in the Teign Valley, Devon. Part 2: base metals. Departme11t of Trade and...WF/92/6 Mineralinvestigationsinthe Teign Valley, Devon. Part 2: base metals KE Beer, T K Ball, DC CcxJper...123 Mineral Investigations in the Teign Valley, Devon. Part 2: base metals. K E Beer, T K Ball, D C Cooper...1992. Mineral invtstigations in the Teign Valley, Devon. Part 2: base metals. British Geological Survey...by anomalies to the cast of the main vein at Wheal Exmouth. Sixteen interlinked traverses north-east of
Report (issue)
12 Mineral investigations in the Teign Valley, Devon Part 1 - Barytes K.E. Beer, BSc, CEng, FIMM and...1977. Mineral investigations in the Teign Valley, Devon. Part 1 - Barytes. Miner. Reconnaissance Programme...Sci., No. 12, Z6 pp. (Unpubl.) Photocopied in England by the Institute of Geological Sciences il CONTE... Miroell'al investigations on the Tengni VaUey, Devon Part 1 - �arytes K.E. Beer and T.K. Ball Summary...Carboniferous (Crackington Formation) of the Central Devon Synclinorium (Selwood and lvkCourt, 1973). Normal
Journal (issue)
BBQ 2013 Jamie Nelson is 100 SMLS Field Trip To Devon Anthropology of Mineral Collecting Herodsfoot Mine...and treasurer: Vice-chairman Secretary Trevor Devon Nick Hawes Colin Brough OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS...Master John Burgess John Pearce Mark Oddy, Trevor Devon and Colin Brough Terry Denney John Hall Derek Underdown...treasurer: F/Trip Coordinator: Secretary: Trevor Devon Battle Barn Farm Sedlescombe Battle EAST SUSSEX...clamour for a repeat performance next year! Trevor Devon Photo credits: Helena Carter: 3,6,12; Paul Plows:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the same age from the Teign Valley of south Devon to east Cornwall. After departure from the conference...east of the village of Ilsington, Bovey Tracey, Devon. Both opencast and drift mining for magnetite and...fillings of sulphides, carbonates and chalcedonic quartz. The party entered the workings through the adit...paid a brief visit to the site of the former Wheal Exmouth [SX 8376 8302], at Ashton, where lead, silver...tetrahedrite, pyrite and siderite, with abundant quartz and barite. The veins are hosted in Lower Carboniferous
Book
Haldon Hills - reminiscent more cJf east than south Devon. The Permian rocks form mainly lowlands with warm...(A 11540) Plate I BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SUR VEY England and Wales E. B. SELWOOD R. A. EDWARDS S. SIMPSON...also available through booksellers Printed in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office Dd 736172...districts. B o oKs British Regional Geology South-West England, 4th Edition, 197 5 Memoirs Geology of the country...Sandstone-and-Mu dstone succession between The Maer, Exmouth, and Straight Point 95 1 8 Diagrammatic representation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
    Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations Jens... Shail, Robin K., Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations,...Ore Geology Reviews Indium mineralisation in SW England: host parageneses AC CE P TE D and mineralogical...Cornubian batholith, SW England 1 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT The SW England ore region contains significant...portions of greisen-bordered sheeted vein systems and quartz-tourmaline lodes, MA veins and breccias across
Report (volume)
-LEAD, SILVER-LEAD AND ZINC O1-tES OF CORNWALL, DEVON AND 8O1\fERSET. BY HENRY DEWEY. PUBLISHED _BY...of lead, zinc and silver in the south-west of England. The early history of the industry is obscure and...number of mines widely scattered through Comwall, Devon, and Somerset. As a whole the output has declined...at our disposal 1nany records of mines in North Devon and our thanks are due to him and to Prof. S. H...-EASr Co&N,vALL AND DEVON. V.-TAVISTOCK DISTRICT. VI.-CHRISTOW DISTRIOT. VII.NoRTR DEvoN DrsTRICT - 44
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. .. ENGLAND AND WALES• EXPLANATION OF SHEET 339. THE GEOLOGY OF THE...••• ••• ••• •••• ••• 131 ''.. 11.-WheaJ Exmouth ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• • •• ••• 131 ''" 13...town. The watering places Teign-1 mouth, Dawlish, Exmouth, and Budleigh Salterton are ·situated on the coast...IGNEOUS ROCKS. - • •• Basalt.. ... { CONTEMPQ.. ( Quartz•keratophyres. RANEOUS. Upper and :Middle Spilites...g�neral succession which would apply throughout Devon and Cornwall. It is as follows in descending order
Journal (issue)
Changes 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 News Items Update on UK Mining Projects ...................................a loss; especially to members in the north of England. On a more up-beat theme, there is positive news...to several of the potential mining ventures in the UK both in terms of increased estimates of available...in the future. It seems entirely possible that the UK may once again have a metalliferous mining industry...Micromount Society 101h anniversary edition of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals in 1991 , and was a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the origin of mineralizing fluids in south-west England D. H. M. ALDERTON Department of Geology, RHB New...southwest England has been inferred from analysis of various silicate minerals (predominantly quartz) and...and by direct analysis of fluid inclusions within quartz and fluorite. These data have been combined with...isotopes, south-west England. Introduction THE Cornubian orefield of south-west England is the most intensely...Pb, and Zn. Additionally, a distinctive set of quartz-fluorite veins, with Pb, Zn, and Ag mineralization
Catalog/List
AZURITE altering to MALACHITE. Barnaovald, Russia. Quartz gossan matrix showing several azurite xls to 5mm...matrix. 70x50x20mm. £10. 13)CERUSSITE. Wheal Exmouth, Teign Valley, Devon. An intergrown mass of off white...stock label. 60x30x30mm. £375. 15) NATIVE COPPER Wheal Unity, Gwennap, Cornwall. A nice intergrown almost...26) NATIVE GOLD. Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Quartz thumbnail showing microscopic gold with pyrite...HEYROVSKYITE. Hurky, 65km W ofPrague, Czech Republic. Quartz matrix with a 6mm metallic grey patch ofheyrovskyite
Journal (issue)
SUSSEX MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETY www.smls.org .uk ***tt1<**1rlrlt-***_*_irlrlf'lrlr1rlt'frlrlt***-...15, photo 2 was intended to be a photo of Trevor Devon posing by the road sign of Treves (see photo by...Blue John; Barite; Mica; Twinned Quartz; Plumpton Calcite; Rose Quartz; Granite; Molybdenite ... • a potato...unable to resist the 'tourist' photo of Trevor Devon standing in front of the 'Treves' (a zince mine...Journal 194 March/April 2005 year. Fortunately the UK is very quiet with the last eruption occurring more
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE IMPACT OF MINING ON THE TEIGN ESTUARY, DEVON, UK B. SIMONS 1, D. PIRRIE 2, G.K. ROLLINSON 1 AND...mining on the Teign Estuary, Devon, UK. Geoscience in South-West England, 12, 339-350. Previous mineralogical...studies on the sediments in the Teign Estuary, Devon, UK, have shown that there are elevated levels of...mining, estuaries, SW England. INTRODUCTION The Cornubian Orefield in SW England contains metalliferous...estuarine sediments throughout the southwest of England with mine waste being released into the environment
Journal (issue)
aanraden van Steve Rust gingen we samen naar Wheal Exmouth in Devon. Op de weg naar deze storthoop ligt Sidmouth...te komen. Het resultaat van ons bezoek aan Wheal Exmouth was wat aan de magere kant en het impromptu...bollen, obelisken en piramides tot het vreemde ‘quartz doré’. De stand met ‘minéraux cultivé’ verkocht
Journal (issue)
with a more stately Curator’s Corner from Trevor Devon and add another Trevor who recounts close encounters...896432 20 Lutterbum Street. Ugborough. Ivybridge, Devon PL2I ONG 01375 844955 2 Coles Cottages, Rector...was born on 4th August 1942 in Middlesbrough, England, the day on which Middlesbrough Railway Station...BIBLIOGRAPHY ALDERSON, D.M. (2003). Pink Room Advertisements UK Journal of Mines & Minerals 23, 55. GREEN, D.l. &...J.G. (2001). Twenty Years in Minerals: Scotland. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals 21. 22. FORD, T.D.. SARJEANT
Book (volume)
COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING GION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume II 1956 2017 reprint BRITISH GEOLOGICALSURVEY...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME II H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical...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 OFFICE...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South -West England Volume II By H...CHAPTER V . — Details OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 8. St. Austell district in ...) ; Calstock (p . 644 ); Luckett, Latchley and Devon Great Consols (p . 649) ; Sydenham Damerel (p. 661);...Upton Pyne (p. 754). 14. North Devon and Somerset district North Devon (p . 757) ; West Somerset (p .
Book (volume)
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...636.); Calstock (p. 644); Luckett, Latchley and Devon Great Consols· (p. 649); Sydenham Damerel (p. 661);
Journal (issue)
long known for rutile, ilmenite and hyaline smoky quartz. The relative lack of rainfall this year has resulted...world-class tungsten mine being developed atHemerdon in Devon, a full-scale gold operation atTyndrum , and confused...Stillanhay, Churchgate, Knowle Lane, Drewsteignton, Devon. EX6 6QX. Tel07531912834 Broom Cottage, New Street...6UN SW Mr John Vaughan 9 George Street, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 1LP Tel 01395 269882 SW Mr Adam White...collection contains numerous excellent pieces from the UK and abroad. On one occasion he was invited to exhibit
Book
of Collecting Minerals Gold from Hope's Nose, Devon. 23 x 15 mm. Image© Jeff Scovil. David Lloyd First...permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction I was born in Bristol on the 24...Construction Ltd in Paignton, Devon, had a heart attack. I was asked to go to Devon and help run the small works...uncle was one of the main building contractors in Devon for S. N. W. Homes, a division of the English China
Journal (issue)
Science, Plymouth Polytechnic, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, Devon. PROCEEDINGS OF THE USSHER SOCIETY VOLUME FOUR...Co., Kyrtonia Press, 115 High Street, Crediton, Devon CONTENTS CHAIRMAN'S REPORT 3 Mineralogy and...Argon isotopic age determinations from some North Devon mineral deposits. By P.R. Ineson, J.G. Mitchell...technique to selected mineralised areas in S.W. England (Abstract). By K. Atkinson and M.J. McCullough...Carboniferous successions in Germany and in South West England. By S.C. Matthews.............................
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significant minerals to come out of southwest England. The accompanying captions describe the crystallographic...~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants Pass, OreQon...Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and n1ineral resources...resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009 8 9- 3 paperback...ISBN 0-565 01046 8 hardback Printed in England by Balding+ Mansell UK Litnited CONTENTS • Acknowledgements
Book (volume)
The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical notes...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...Economic History Department, Exeter Univer­ sity. The Devon and Somerset figures were published in 1984 and
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purchase 10 lb of amethyst and 10 lbs of rutilated quartz. The Secretary (M. Dawkins) would obtain a quotation...on his caving experiences in various parts of England and illustrated it with a splendid set of colour...and eight specimens – pyrite, galena, fluorite, quartz, hematite, malachite, sphalerite, calcite and also...with a visit to see Douglas’ collection in the Wheal Martyn museum. Sunday’s excursions took the party...millerite, white siderite and doubly-terminated quartz crystals and to Whatley quarry for hematite and
 
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