 | | Report (issue) | | Simplified flow diagram of the Cavendish Mill near Eyam, Derbyshire. 17 Fig 4 United Kingdom recorded production...occurring in the Pennines of northern England, particularly in Derbyshire and Durham. The deposits are associated...processed by gravity concentration or flotation. Derbyshire is the principal producing county, much of the...production coming from workings within the Peak District National Park; mining is carefully controlled...being in Derbyshire. Additional reserves are likely to be found, particularly in northern Derbyshire and west |  | | Journal (issue) | | INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...minerals of Derbyshire with the PDMHS Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published |  | | Journal (issue) | | No 3. "Henwoodite", West Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne Specimen: 118 x 85 x 65mm Watercolour commissioned...PEAK of rhe DISTRICT A joint publication of Rockbottom Publications and the Peak District Mines Historical...of the Peak District Mines Historical Society. COVER:BLUE JOHN FLUORITE, Blue John Mine, Castleton,... Derbyshire, polished slab 7 x I 0cm. Bob King Collection (KI052), National Museum of Wales, Cardiff...TRI T MI E HISTORIC L SOCIETY 3-----------BL The UK Jouma/ of 1Jfi11es a11dMinerals publishes articles |  | | Book | | DER by Peter R. Rodgers Derbyshire Geology £1.50 By the same author: YORKSHIRE MINERALS Of...Of related interest: CAVES OF DERBYSHIRE DERBYSHIRE: EARLY A Visitor’s Guide SETTLEMENT GEOLOGICAL...GEOLOGICAL LAKELAND IN DERBYSHIRE EXCURSIONS GEOLOGY IN LAKELAND Derbyshire Geology by Peter R. Rodgers... Nelson, Lancs. Contents Geological Map of Derbyshire sk, este 6 ECE, 2s yh 8 Gere) Mer aise...Sedimentary Rocks in Derbyshire .... esses 26 3. Volcanic Rocksanithe Peak District... sms 42 Ao |  | | Book | | and gemstones are traced by their geographical England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland occurrence. detail...AND PORTENTS 7 ROUND THE BRITISH ISLES PART I, ENGLAND AND WALES ROUND THE BRITISH ISLES PART 2, SCOTLAND...down below by sweated labour in a remote tropical mine and passed through the well-oiled wheels of a large...exhausted, as has happened, for example, to the Derbyshire ‘Blue John’, used for ornamental purposes though...due to the interference of light, as in precious opal or labradorite. These attractions are not wholly |  | | Journal (issue) | | displays (including the finest UV display in the UK), illustrated talks, a children's workshop, a lapidary...letters, postcards and greetings cards from around the UK and overseas, thanking SMLS for the mouse mats, being...You may have seen a piece in the last issue of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals about barite and calcite...March was not an ideal time to travel; even in England the snow caused David to nearly miss the only train...in much the same way many of the shows had in the UK. Fortunately at the Miskolc show David met a Hungarian |  | | Book | | collector'sguide 1 28 A list of 111i11eral localities in England, f;f/ ales and Scotland 13 1 Bibliography and further...Gneiss, 19 A11:irt.ist's impression of the Lake District (Eden Valley) during Ordovici:in times. 25 Gas...52 A crinoidal limestone from the Peak District of Derbyshire The gentle tilting strata in the flagstones...Desert'.An artist's impression of part of the Lake District (Eden Valley) during the Permian Period, 66 Cannon-ball...(Liassic) shaks. 6S 22. The renuins of the Glencricff Mine at Wanlockhc:id. 77 23. A galena specimen. 79 24 |  | | Journal (issue) | | phosphate in the Mesozoic and Tertiary of Eastern England 60 Hugh S Torrens and Trevor D Ford An early-19th...early-19th century geological map of the Peak District by John Farey 69 Front cover: The apron reef limestones...Hill, formed on the edge of the Carboniferous Derbyshire Carbonate Platform, and visited on a Society...Mercia Mudstone at the opencast pit of Bantycock Mine, at Balderton, south of Newark. Photos by David...mines of the Hucklow, Eyam, Stoney Middleton and Longstone Edge area, Derbyshire by Trevor D Ford Mercian |  | | Journal (issue) | | SUSSEX MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETY www.smls .org .uk ****'lr1...forms of quartz: clear crystal groups, chalcedony, opal, agates, rose quartz and some magnificent deep purple...chalcedony after octahedral fluorite from Wheal Mary Ann mine dump in Cornwall. Although the chalcedony was an...black oxide specimens from the Kremikovtsi Iron Mine: an unusual form of goethite that featured a cluster...specimens of calcites from the depths of the Drouzbha Mine at Madan in the Rhodope Mountains. The winning specimen |  | | Book | | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...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 (article/letter/editorial) | | malachite coats most of the feldspar. "From Eagle Mine, Mineral Hill Dist., Lemhi Co., Idaho."—on label..."This specimen was found on the dumps of a clay mine near Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. This type...of the Frostburg Clay Mine," by Harold Levey. MASSACHUSETTS—"The old lead mine at Loudville (Hampshire...attempting to identify it and believe it is a specimen of opal, but I am not sure. I will appreciate your identifying...to me: "Butte, Montana: Unfortunately, the exact mine from which this specimen came is not noted on the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ancient prase mine that had been worked by the Indians many centuries ago. This ancient mine is now known...located in the Eureka Mining District in Yavapai County, Arizona. From this old mine we have a number of gem...the Blue Creek Mt. Mine, Del Norte County, Calif., which I own. The ore of my mine is very unusual because...Fancher, P. O. Box 63, Ouray, Colo. "At the Brooklyn Mine near Silverton (San Juan Co.), Colo., Frank Richardson...muscovite and biotite mica (books), etc. Have been a mine owner and operator for 30 years." INDIANA — Harry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dam, and my understanding is that it is out of a mine that is worked intermittantly. It could be that...that someone is working out the vugs in an old mine. "The crystals are peculiar in many respects. The unusual...Murfreesboro (Pike Co.), Arkansas. Here, in the diamond mine, I found a beautiful blue barite crystal about 1"...Philipsburg. Granite Co., Mont. NEBRASKA — "This is common opal (fl.). It comes from an old diggings on Angora Hills...Hills — north of Bridgeport (Morrill Co.), Nebr. The opal can be found right in the road cuts as you go north |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | the general title of The Mesozoic Ironstones of England ' a series of memoirs is in course of preparation...the general direction of Mr. T. H. Whitehead as District Geo)ogist., The Northampton Sand Ironstone Field...Sand, Finedon Glebe Quarry • • ,, . . FIG. 7.-Section of Northampton Sand, Thingdon Mine, Finedon . F10...Ironstone VI.-A.-South Witham Limestone Quarry • • • · Mine B.-Overburden in Short Leys Pit, near Corby . ....an inclined ad.it leads to Thistleton Ironstone Mine. . (Geological Survey Photograph No. A 8224.) PLATE |  | | Journal (issue) | | Caldbeck Fells and adjoining land, by the Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA). This has given...have a bloody good scramble up a hill or down a mine and rid myself of the rigours of everyday life....members have taken parties into the same quarry or mine to look at the same granite or rock face and been...enjoyable AGM weekend. Brian Young PRESIDENT Peak District Oddities Warring!on Gem and Mineral fair The...searching through some specimens collected in the Peak District a few years ago, I came across two unusual items; |  | | Book | | gold and gemstones, and to the meadows of middle England to look for buried historical treasure. You will...World War his designs were put into practice as mine detectors, and after the war a glut of surplus machines...1980s, when over 50,000 people were involved in the UK alone. Today there are around 30,000 detectorists...below are some of the coins that were minted in the UK from the Anglo-Saxon period right up until decimalisation...denarius coin. The penny was first introduced to England in AD 785 by king Offa of Mercia, and it was eventually |  | | Report (issue) | | DISTRICTS. (Corrected to June 1905.) District. 1. EABT SOOTLA.ND DISTRICT, compriRing Aberdeen, Banff, Berwick...Stirling,• and East Lanark.t 2. WEST SCOTL.AlID DISTRICT, comprising Argyll, A.yr, Bute, Dumbarton, Dumfries...The Grove, Rutherglen, Glasgow. 3. NEWCASTLE DISTRICT, com- J. B, Atkinson, Eaq., prising Northumberland... West Jesmond, Newoastle-on-Tyne. 4. DURRill DISTRICT, comprising South DU.i'ham, Westmorland, and North...North Riding of Yorkshire. 5. YORK AND LINCOLN DISTRICT, comprising East and West Ridings of Yorkshire |  | | Book | | as in quartz Resinous like resin, as in amber and opal Pearly like a pearl, due to alignment of pl aty...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...Kongsberg (Norway), Erzgebirge (Germany), Cornwall (England), Ontario (Canada) and Oruro and Tasna (Bolivia)...Bristol (Connecticut, USA) and Redruth (Cornwall, England). Large deposits are mined In Butte (Montana, USA)...Mansfeld (Germany). Good crystals come from Cornwall (England), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Butte (Montana, USA). Large | | | Book | | as in quartz Resinous like resin, as in amber and opal Pearly like a pearl, due to alignment of pl aty...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...Kongsberg (Norway), Erzgebirge (Germany), Cornwall (England), Ontario (Canada) and Oruro and Tasna (Bolivia)...Bristol (Connecticut, USA) and Redruth (Cornwall, England). Large deposits are mined In Butte (Montana, USA)...Mansfeld (Germany). Good crystals come from Cornwall (England), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Butte (Montana, USA). Large |  | | Book | | Md Cover photo: the 180 fathom level of East Pool mine, Illogan, Cornwall, in 1893, by John Charles Burrow...cleavages of galena and calcite he had picked up in Derbyshire. The gleaming geometrical shapes and the double-refraction...Chris Stanley, into Minerals of the English lAke District: Caldbeck Fells (1990), a rather cumbersome title...series on the development of museums in northern England, Messrs Crosthwaite, Todhunter and Hutton have...producing the specimens for fear of being found out by mine management, and dealers would carefully guard their |  | | Report (issue) | | giving the county, number of district, and name of owner of each. (2) District Lists (a) of 1\1ines under...address of the owner, the name and situation of the mine, the names of manager and under-manager, number...of Yorkshire. 4 YORK AND NORTU 111IDLA:tl'O DISTRICT, comprising Ea.lit an_d West Riding& o.f Yorksh1re...brackets.) nations a.re held. AND NORTH WALES DISTRICT, com• prising South-West Lanco.shire,• part of...Sefton Park, Itoole, Liverpool. Chester. SOUTJJERN DISTRICT, comprising that pa.rt of the County of Cheater |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | ONE-INCH AND OUARTER - INCH GEOLOGICAL MAPS OF ENGLAND AND WALES. AVAILABILITY OF ONE-INCH GEOLOGICAL...Old Seri�s hand-coloured one-inch maps cover all England and Wales but are out of print; copies are available...analyser in u�e on the 315-fathorn level, South Crofty Mine, Cornwall. See pp. 6, 16, 85 (MN. 22913) PLATE...and 4361 sq. miles of resurvey. In south-western England, the primary six-inch survey of the Chulmleigh...problems in the Ordovician mapping. In south-east England, the completion of the primary survey of the Tun |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | good deal of collecting during the weekends. "At a mine east of Leadville (Lake Co.). Colo., almost at the...are reported from only one mine at Mackay, Idaho. Also found at this mine are malachite, azurite, cuprite...ite. chalcocite and others. "At the Sedalia copper mine, north of Salida (Chaffee Co.), Colo., I found garnet...collected in Monroe Co., near the old Persons Mica Mine. The cordierite is found at a depth of about 30...(Illinois) area in search of fluorite. At the Mackey Mine, junction of Rt. 34 & 146. near the 210 ft. level |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with vesuvianite, magnetite and calcite. "Th's mine goes back to the 1870's and 80's—and worked off...pounds, have been found in the Copper Queen Copper mine in Bisbee, Cochise Co., Ariz. ARKANSAS—A large,...Crestmore, Riverside Co., Calif. 462 "The ores of the mine are of interest to collectors for their bright colors—a...rubies have come from the old Hog Creek corundum mine in Town County. At Piedmont Orchard in Habersham...quality aquamarine has been recovered from this district. No emeralds have been found. Sapphire—No transparent |  | | Journal (issue) | | blocks weighing 1 ton or more a n d is now sold in England at the price of £ 1 8 to £ 4 0 per ton {1907-8)...number of years near Nord K a a p in the Barberton district, some 185 miles East by North of Johannesburg...decoration of prominent buildings such as the Bank of England and South Africa House in L o n d o n . " T h e...different from the original verdite of the Barberton district, Transvaal. In order to obtain a more satisfactory...»stress laid on colouring by copper his agrees with mine, i.e. is a massive muscovite-rock." I n order to |
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