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Wulfenite from
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Wulfenite
Formula:Pb(MoO4)
Habit:Minute, imperfectly developed.
Colour:Deep Aurora-red.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyromorphite14 photos of Wulfenite associated with Pyromorphite at this locality.
Linarite4 photos of Wulfenite associated with Linarite at this locality.
Cerussite3 photos of Wulfenite associated with Cerussite at this locality.
Brochantite3 photos of Wulfenite associated with Brochantite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wulfenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:998937
Long-form Identifier:1:3:998937:5
GUID (UUID V4):355b9f2a-3b9b-45cd-8a07-c0ca15f45ba0
Localities for Wulfenite in this Region
Broadlaw Vein, Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Bulmer Vein, Bulmer Moss, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Raiks Vein (incl. Broadlaw Low Level), Mine Hill-Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Wilsons shaft (Brown's vein), Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar vein; Susanna vein [Scar vein]; Portobello vein; Humby vein; Lead vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
East Stayvoyage Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Hopeful Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Wulfenite
0.4km (0.2 miles) Raiks Vein (incl. Broadlaw Low Level), Mine Hill-Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) Broadlaw Vein, Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar vein; Susanna vein [Scar vein]; Portobello vein; Humby vein; Lead vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Wilsons shaft (Brown's vein), Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Hopeful Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) East Stayvoyage Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
2.0km (1.2 miles) Belton Grain vein, Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
2.5km (1.6 miles) Bulmer Vein, Bulmer Moss, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
2.8km (1.8 miles) Waygate Shaft (Straitstep Vein), Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
52.2km (32.5 miles) Clatteringshaws reservoir, New Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Strontianite, Strontian mines, Highland Region, Scotland. 100 mm x 55 mm. From an old collection. Specimen...composition of stolzite from Wanlockhead and wulfenite from various Scottish localities A. Livingstone...on native silver from the Clyde Plateau Lavas, Scotland T.K. Meikle 67 Conference Reports 71 Book...divisions I mm. The supergene leaching of copper in south-west England has been recorded in numerous studies...in the post-Armorican early Mesozoic period when south-west England was approximately 200300 miles from
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ticle In this Issue). Photo by Mick Cooper. The UK Journal ofM;nes a'1d Mi,,erals publishes articles...Tel (0909) 476906 RUSKIN GALLERY, SHEFFIELD WULFENITE in the BRITISH ISLES M Rothw·ell · J Mason --------...BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & '.\·lincrals No. 11 -1- EDITORIAL...such an extent that we lose touch with the local UK scene, but the variations in the mineralogical scene...indecent; just your average bunch of collectors in fact. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -2- GODDESS
Book
MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF © 1MS PublishingLimited...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...SCOTLAND'S GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction...species 1 55 2 Minerals originally discovered in Scotland 188 3 Scottish minerals 1991-96 190 REFERENCESAND
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...divided into Dyfed, Clwyd, Powys and Gwynedd and Scotland into Highland, Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold nuggetfrom Leadhills, Lanarkshire. N June 6, 1940, Mr. John Blackwood of Leadhills, while searching...the head of the Shortcleuch Water, LeadhiUs, Lanarkshire, a spot which has for many years been the happy...hunting ground of Mr. Blackwood and John D. Weir, Leadhills' two most persistent and successful gold winners...(wrongly shown on the six-inch Ordnance map, Lanarkshire 49 NE., as Lauder Cottage) and the junction with...discovered in the Leadhills-Wanlockhead district in the reign of James IV of Scotland, 1488-1513, and there
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of some ore deposits, such as Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia; Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England;...malachite, leadhillite, descloizite, mottramite, wulfenite, vanadinite, and bayldonite, to name a few. Pyromorphite...Lubec lead mine, the Gouldsboro mine, and with wulfenite at the upper Colton Hill quarry near Stow, Maine...of unusually fine pyromorphite and associated wulfenite specimens (Greene and Marshall 2001). Pyromorphite...lead mines at Middletown, with cerussite and wulfenite as a trace mineral in pegmatites at Branchville
Catalog/List
miles from junction 5 or junction 6 of the M5, just south of Droitwich. National Grid Reference [SO 875 618]...have gone slightly too far. If travelling from the south, leave the M5 at junction 6, take the A4538 through...17 SS.A1 Wavellite - High Down Quarry, Haddon. South Molton. [SS 652 290]. Ex Keat's collection, c. 1820...Just, Cornwall. [SW 368 346]. 130 fathom level, South Lode. Ex N.Carruth. SW.A8 Cassiterite - Pendarves...label. SX.1U2 Pseudomalachite - Bamfylde Mine, South Molton, Devon. N.Hubbard 1988. [SX 745 315]. 8
Journal (issue)
IN THE SUPPLY OF QUALITY MINERAL SPECIMENS IN THE UK. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO BUY INDIVIDUAL MINERAL...01884 821724 e-mail: ian@crystalciassics.co.uk UK TS C 2 COVERPrismatichexagonalberyl to 14 mm w...Moretoncollection. TwENTY YEARS IN MINERALS David Green 9 The UK ]011rnalof Mines and Minerals publishes articles...subscriptions and advertising. TWENTY YEARS IN MINERAL SCOTLAND David Green • Gordon Todd 28 EDITOR David I...SPECIAL ISSUE The first of t\vo special editions of the UK ]oumal of 1\lli11es [.,,.Minerals celebrating t\venty
Report (issue)
Pyromorphite, mimetite, duftite, cerussite, anglesite, wulfenite. Distribution: In France, from Huelgoat, Finistère...Alfred, Gwinear. At Leadhills, Lanarkshire, and Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. From the Horcajo...Horcajo mines, 35 km south of Brazatortas, Cuidad Real Province, Spain. At Moldava, 20 km northwest of Teplice...Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; at Broken Hill, New South Wales. Several other minor localities are known
Report (issue)
brochantite, malachite, mimetite, pyromorphite, wulfenite, massicot, gypsum, sulfur, galena. Distribution:...Fells, Cumbria. From Leadhills, Lanarkshire, and Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. At Bleiberg, Carinthia...Tsumeb, and in the Kombat Cu–Pb–Ag mine, 49 km south of Tsumeb, Namibia. In the USA, from the Wheatley...Coeur d’Alene district, in the Hypotheek mine, south of Kingston, and the Last Chance and Tyler mines...Australia, large crystals from Broken Hill, New South Wales, and at Dundas, Tasmania. Name: For its occurrence
Report (issue)
pyromorphite, dundasite, vanadinite, descloizite, wulfenite, cerussite, anglesite, quartz, “limonite”. Distribution:...Glauchau, Saxony. In the Hopeful vein, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. From the Greystone quarry, Lezant... about 100 km east of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. In Australia, as exceptional specimens and...Australia; at the Wadnaminga gold mines, near Olary, South Australia. From Labo, Luzon, Philippines. At Goyabeira...Anchor, Potter-Kramer, Pack Rat, and other mines south of Wickenburg, Maricopa Co., Arizona. Name: From
Report (issue)
anglesite, smithsonite, willemite, pyromorphite, wulfenite. Distribution: Many localities. A few for well-crystallized...mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. From Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Extraordinary crystals at Tsumeb...Ojuela mine, Mapimı́, Durango. At Broken Hill, New South Wales; in the Mt. Bonnie mine, Grove Hill, Prices
Catalog/List
li.xlixl". £9.00. 4. ANGLESITE. Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Choice, lustrous, creamy coloured...LEADHILLITE. 8elton Grain Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfries, Scotland. Choice, pearly, creamy coloured platy crystalised...£2.50. MANGANITE. Hotazel Mine, Cape Province, South Africa. Select, bright black sharp crystals to 4...matrix. 2txl". £2.75. PVROMoRPHITE. Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Unusual light orangey pure cellular...SPHALERITE. New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfries, Scotland. Large, bright black, well formed crysta_s to
Journal (issue)
UK TS C 2 COVER. Emerald-green torbemite crystals to 9 mm across, from South Wheal Basset, lllogan...Caerhays Miniature Collection No. 945. EDITORIAL The UK Journal of Mines a11d Minerals publishes articles...Press, Dorchester, Dorset, DT11HD ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Mincr.ils No. 34 -1- EDITORIAL...subscription will remain at £16 for two issues for UK subscribers, £22 for European subscribers and £26...Trade Fair entre (www.munichshow. corn). David Green UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 34 -2- Frontispiece
Catalog/List
specimen.3~x2t".£7.75. LEADHILLITE. Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Rich, pearly white platy mas es intergrown...83. 84. 85. 86. PYROMOhflHITE. LEadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Light green, well formed, small hexa~onal...2ix2txH". £5. STILBITE. The StJrr, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Lustrous, creamy white, well formed terminated...associated with minor creamy Fluorite. 2xltxl". £1.25. WULFENITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.W. Africa. Superb, sh...dusting of mi 1'0 Duftite crystals. 4"b-x3t". £23. WULFENITE. Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. Bright, burntorangey
Report (issue)
Galena, cerussite, massicot, litharge, lead, wulfenite, mimetite. Distribution: Many localities, but...At Mies (Mežica), Slovenia. From Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. At Castelberg, near St. Avold, Moselle
Report (issue)
pyromorphite, wulfenite, calcite, quartz. Distribution: From Leadhills, Lanarkshire, and Wanlockhead...Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. In the Tchah Milleh mine, near Anarak, and the Dareh Zandjir mine, near Anjireh
Journal (volume)
non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...Grandhome, Aberdeen Michael McMullen 11 29 Wulfenite from Roar Hill, Ballater, Aberdeenshire: a new... 48 58 Amazonite from Ben Loyal, Sutherland, Scotland Roy E. Starkey and Chris Finch 59 76 The Smale...matured sufficiently to merit a descriptive article? Wulfenite (Figs 2 and 3) is one of a suite of poorly recorded...Russell Society (2019) 3 Figure 3. A tiny wulfenite crystal, 0.27 mm across, collected on a Russell
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Associated minerals include cerussite, pyromorphite, wulfenite, vanadinite, iron oxides, and a variety of rarer...in the general Vulture Mountains area and others south of Wickenburg in the nearby Osborne district, such...found associated with wulfenite in the mines at Darwin, Inyo County, and with wulfenite in the El Dorado mine...at Zacualpan, Mexico, and Mazapil, Zacatecas. In South America, crocoite has been known from Brazil since...the Hopeful vein, Leadhills, and the High Pirn mine, Wanlockhead, Lanarkshire, Scotland, and from the Greystones
Journal (volume)
Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 20, 7-37. Bevins, R...The Minerals of the Peak District of Derbyshire. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 13, 16-55 and Bulletin...Moreton, S. (2001). Twenty years in minerals: Ireland. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 21, 29-38. Green, D...minerals from Waterbank Mine, Ecton, Staffordshire. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 15, 30-35. Ryback, G...the first authentic occurrence of this mineral in south west England. LOCATION Penberthy Croft Mine [SW
Catalog/List
CERUSSITE 4 CALEDONITE 5 SWEETITE 6 CERUSSITE 7 WULFENITE 8 HEMIMORPHITE 9 CERUSSITE 10 CRONSTEDTITE 11...Scordale,Cumbria Dyfed.Wales Derbyshire Dyfed.Wales Leadhills,Scotl. Caldbeck,Cumbria Derbyshire Moorshaft Lode...KlrlScotland Scotland Beith.Scotland Leadhllls,ScoU. Beith.Scotland...Skye.Scotland Wanlockhead,Scot. Beith,ScoUand Scotland Beith.Scotland Beith.Scotland Beith,Scolland Rhlw...LIBETHENITE 64 MESOLITE 65 SCORODITE 66 APATITE 67 WULFENITE 68 AURICHALCITE 69 PHARMACO· SIDERITE 70 CHALCOPYRITE
Journal (issue)
UK C TS 2 EDITORIAL COVER.Smalt-blueplumbogummite with minor pyromorphite on vein quartzfrom RoughtonGill...N0952-2409 BOOK REVIEWS 68 PRINTEDBY ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 33 -1- EDITORIAL...the journal by subscription. We have examined the UK subscription rates and these will remain at £16 for...website, we are still very happy to accept cheques from UK subscribers, these should be payable to UKJMM and...the northern Pennine Orefield that would grace any UK collection. Ief Frontispiece. Thisbeautiful engraving
Journal (issue)
Ireland.Robert Lawsoncollection. EDITORIAL 9 The UK J,111mal(lf Mines and Minerals publishes articles...sop, Notts. S80 2EE 55 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 30 -1- EDITORIAL...··,1 ~'J 203 Frontispiece. The mines of the Leadhills-Wanlockhead districtwere importantspecimenproducersin...indebtedfor savingthemfromthe crusherand oblivion. UK Joun1Jl of Min,:, & M1m·r.1lsNo. JO • -:\- OBITUARY...MaxWirthat homein Bownessin 2001. PhotoRoyStarkey. UK Journal ofMim·, & M111nJI, Nu. 30 -4- Max was a
Journal (issue)
year, and again covering the whole of England and Scotland. Chris Jewson had a number of micro jeanbandeyite...shaped brochantite crystals Isobel Geldart found at south Wheal Basset. Finally from Cornwall, Dorothy Merritt...mattheddleite and lanarkite from the Susanna mine at Leadhills and some excellent hemimorphite on quartz from...been visiting Wales and had a good example of wulfenite from Pandy Mine near Machynlleth. Also from Wales...Mineralogy in the UK. With that aim in mind he felt that the Society should support the UK Journal of Mines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
groups. Appendix 3: Minerals discovered first in Scotland 5 5 6 7 9 10 11 11 12 13 39 44 47 SYNOPSIS...groups; and minerals which were discovered first in Scotland. Some 15 per cent of the species listed in this...knowledge as to which mineral species occur in Scotland, but that there is also a need for greater precision...to find the first recordings of minerals new to Scotland since 1901. Many authors have been unaware that...described had not been recorded previously for Scotland or the United Kingdom. The main criteria for accepting
 
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