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Smithsonite from
Golconda Mine, Hopton, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Smithsonite
Formula:ZnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smithsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Golconda Mine, Hopton, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:630180
Long-form Identifier:1:3:630180:4
GUID (UUID V4):f9e3bb63-2122-47dd-90b4-c2aa7f516cb8
Nearest other occurrences of Smithsonite
4.3km (2.7 miles) Ball Eye Mine, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
4.4km (2.7 miles) Ball Eye Quarry, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
4.6km (2.8 miles) Bage Mine, Wirksworth, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
4.6km (2.9 miles) Sacheveral Farm, Winster, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
5.0km (3.1 miles) Cumberland mine, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
5.1km (3.2 miles) Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
5.1km (3.2 miles) Royal mine, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
5.2km (3.2 miles) Owlet Hole, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
5.2km (3.2 miles) Masson Hill and mines, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
5.2km (3.3 miles) Devonshire Cavern, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Catalog/List
crystals to 2mm. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Black goethite... Collected 1980. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Stalactitic brown...Quartz. 50' above bottom of Boundary Shaft, Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. A group of colourless pyramidal...pyramidal quartz crystals. 90/091 Baryte. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Pale blue baryte crystals...minor matrix. 901006A Baryte with sphalerite. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Clear transparent baryte
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
Journal (issue)
Mining History The Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd. Volume 16, No. 5, Summer...Willies. Hilderston, 174 Dale Road, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. DE4 3PS. Contents Associate Editors: Evelyn...Carsington, Derbyshire Trevor D. Ford and John A. Jones 1 Geophysical Survey at Magpie Mine, near Sheldon...24 Early Exploration of Mines at Perryfoot, Derbyshire Bernard Chandler 32 The History of Coalpithole...Peak Forest and Chapel-en-le-Frith Liberties, Derbyshire. 1705-1880 Chris Heathcote 36 Addendum - Plans
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals from Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, with a note on infra-red spectra. By R. S. W...workings in the tteights of Abraham, Matloek Bath, Derbyshire. Partial analyses of two specimens each of rosasite...Rake at the Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. The mines and caves on this part of the Great...Cavern, at about 700 ft O.D. ; and the lower Nestus mine workings, at about 550 ft O.D. Masson and Rutland...connected to the north with the Black-Ox-High-Loft mine complex. Below them, Rutland Cavern (N.G.R. 1 SK/29305858)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
55–86 Mineralization of the South Pennine Orefield, UK—A Review T.D. Ford1 & N.E. Worley2* 1 Department... Leicester LE1 7RH, UK 23, Gloucester Avenue, Nuthall, Nottingham, NG16 1AL, UK *Correspondence: noel...along the eastern margins of a large inlier, the Derbyshire High, in Carboniferous platform carbonate host...commercial interest. The orefield lies mostly in Derbyshire, extending into Staffordshire. Estimates of the...technically challenging or no longer available because of mine closures. This, in combination with some additional
Catalog/List
Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ...mineral. ltxlt". £10. 5. aZURITE. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, tlustralia. Bright...around l"xt" in size - £3 each. 7. BbRYTES. Hilton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. 1. large wellformed group...being mainly transparent. £3.50. Golconda Mine, Brassington, Derbyshire. Light green radiated crystal tufts...3tx3x2t" • £It. -2BnRYTOChLCITE. Nentsberry Hoggs Mine, ~dmiralty Flats, hlston, Cumberland. Well formed
Book
mines and miners. l . Lead mines and mining - England - Peak, The - History - Pictorial works I. Title...Ltd, PO Box 2, 9- L1 Station Street, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE61DZ. Contents Acknowledgements Introduction...Staffordshire / 52 Into the Twentieth Century - Millclose Mine at Darley Dale / 57 Smelting the Ore / 70 Mining...of Millclose Mine, belonging to her late husband. We have to thank also the Derbyshire Pennine Club,...Sheffield City Libraries, the Derbyshire Archaeological Society, the Derbyshire Record Office, and the Royal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mason University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals...interest, including malachite, azurite, cuprite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, and rosasite. A...including the Harborside mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke...Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as pale blue rosettes...cutting trap rock at Moore, the long-abandoned iron mine at Andover, and as an accessory mineral at Franklin
lead mines and miners. 1. Lead mines and mining - England - History - Pictorial works I. Title II. Willies...Ltd, PO Box 2, 9-11 Station Street, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 1DZ. S413 i Contents Acknowledgements...Staffordshire / 52 Into the Twentieth Century — Millclose Mine at Darley Dale / 57 Smelting the Ore / 70 Mining...of Millclose Mine, belonging to her late husband. We have to thank also the Derbyshire Pennine Club,...Sheffield City Libraries, the Derbyshire Archaeological Society, the Derbyshire Record Office, and the Royal
Catalog/List
AUCTIONEER: MR. J.A.JONES 31 BRIDGEFIELDS, KEGWORTH, DERBYSHIRE, DE74 2FW Tel: 01509 672125 EMAIL OR POSTAL BIDS...mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS...green stock label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section
Journal (issue)
Morgon • R.E. Starkey 7 DIARY OF EVENTS 8 The UK Joumol of illines mul 1J,,fi11erols publishes articles...QUARRY S.A. Rusi ------- 20 ------A TRIP TO ENGLAND C. Pe1111ypocker • M.P. Cooper EDITORIAL P.J...conference weekend at the Peak District Mining Museum in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. That first Symposium was...local group of the Society was formed in southeast England, and this organises regular meetings every two...developed during 1985, covering northern England, northwest England and the Midlands. The Society purchased
Journal (issue)
D. K. Jones and W. J. Schaub Minerals of the Derbyshire Orefield ......................................by R.S.W. Braithwaite Graphite from the Lead Hill mine, Ticonderoga, New Y o r k ........................without sur­ charge, to the following people: England: Roger S. Harker 2 Wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire...assured that, with localities like the Ray mine and the Old Yuma mine still to go, we are not yet close to... C olo rado 80919 303-598-1233 Tourmaline Golconda mine, Brazil Stibnite Kisbanya, Romania Hydroxylherderite
Book
EAK IC T I D Compiled by members of the Peak District Mines Historical Society and edited by TREVOR...of the Peak District Mines Historical Society in the hope that visitors to the Peak District National Park...formed the backbone of the wealth of the Peak District for over 1500 years. The limestone uplands and...scenery are not normally compatible, the old Derbyshire lead miners invariably used local materials for...are, however, rapidly disappearing, and the Peak District Mines Historical Society is making efforts in
Journal (issue)
evening speakers was giving a talk on the Golconda Mine in Derbyshire, and I'd like to know what I missed....collection ofShropshire minerals was exchanged fora Derbyshire collection, and a Mexico Collection was exchanged...particularly in the archives at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. In recent years Connie had taken up translation...earth science related clubs and societies in the UK, was last updated in 1993 with the aid of a grant...By far the greatest number come from southern England and is hoped that these will form the core ofa
Journal (issue)
Peter F Jones Tufa deposits in the Via Gellia, Derbyshire 99 Correspondence Society Secretary, 100 Main...north of Eastwood, in Nottinghamshire near the Derbyshire border, Brinsley and the surrounding area had...commanded that no person should be employed in a mine unless there are at least two shafts in communication...is called ‘Beggarlee’ (there had formerly been a mine of this name located near Moorgreen Colliery), and...lithostratigraphy for the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group of England and Scotland. To mark its centenary in November
Journal (issue)
TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Wulfenite (Mexico) UK Journal of Mines and Minerals Issue No 5 SUMMER1988...non U.K. Page No. The Re-opening of Clogau Gold Mine 1966 J. Hodgkins 2 The Minerals of Trimouns, Ariege...Board. Articles should be sent to: Max D. Freier ·Golconda' Littleworth Lane. Rossington, Doncaster, South...For Your Bookshelf 31 The Minerals of Esgair Hir Mine S.A. Rust, J. S. Mason 35 Classified Advertisements... 47 FRONT COVER Barite. Parksidc Mine, West Cumberland. England. Crystals to %mm Ralph Sutcliffe Collection
Catalog/List
e Co b h a m COBHAM SURREY 0 9 3 2 8 S2 3 4 0 ENGLAND KT 1 1 2 NL Catalogue 1'392 No 55 - This is..."'· f·,,or.-i ti.s cd: send a 1 ist of th,;'! mine"i",;• L, that price for ~ach piece There is no... C191 AJOITE fairly (New Cornelia well covered~ Mine,Ajo,Pima greenish (Belstone light County blue...A) Cl92 ANDRADITE location. brown crystals on Mine near Okehampton Cl93 ARSENOPYRITE Arsenopyrite...location pieces, about a third covered (Bedford Consols Mine near Tavistock, Devon) B) for micros lx 1/2 ins
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No. Gunnislake 832381 (STD 0822) V.A.T.No...matrix. 17Xli-x1 ", £1. SOp 4~ ANHVDRITE. Bancroft Mine, Zambia. Select pure light lavender coloured rhombic...Malachite. 2~x1b<1t", £.11.00 9. BARVTES. Char Kounhi Mine, Iran. Lustrous creamy coloured tabular crystals...crusts of Hydrozincite, a little crystalliseo Smithsonite, and rich reddish crusts amd masses of r~inium...r~inium. 4x2b<2", £6.5Op 10. BARVTES. Silverband Mine, Great Dun Fell, Westmoreland. A select sharp mostly
Journal (issue)
Photo by Tim Cullen. Back cover: Minerals of Golconda Mine. See notes on page 205. Photos by John Jones...Members’ Evening, 2010: Shetland: John Aram Golcona Mine: John Jones James Hutton: Gerard Slavin, Gerry Shaw...Mines in the Northern Part of the White Peak, Derbyshire by Trevor D. Ford 203 205 207 210 211 212 213...more of the great mining heritage within the Peak District. It could well be viewed as heritage vandalism...than bio-conservation? One may wonder if the old mine would have been closed off had it become a bat roost
Report (issue)
fault system is in the western Kentucky fluorspar district, in Crittenden County, about 6 miles northwest...fluorite, calcite, smithsonite, sphalerite, and galena. Fluorite and smithsonite are the chief ore minerals...SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN COUNTY 41 1892 at the Commodore mine. In 1905 Ulrich and Smith (1905, pi. 8) mentioned...map. Because of the inaccessibility of most of the mine workings, tllQ writer found that unpublished maps...of Stuart Weller also have been of great value. Mine operators cooperated by permitting examination of
Journal (issue)
largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife collection; self-collected...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe...Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China. Ex Steve Smale Kunzite spodumene, 11 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais...photo. Benitoite on natrolite, 5.5 cm, Dallas Gern mine, San Benito County, California. Ex Robert Gill collection
Book
Kentucky fields-.....-....--..... 4. showing Mine, 2a. Diagram (a) illustrating normal fault, (b)...of Old Jim dike in abandoned open-cut of Old Jim Mine eLOuLl MILES west OL Marion. Ky es ae eee Photomicroeraph...eee Strike Plot of faults in region C (Weller), Golconda quad- Lage F221 Diagram ee oe illustrating...64 65 91 92 93 94 Modern mine plant and company cottages at Franklin mine. Section of vein on 75 foot...ft. level, Holly mine No. 1, shaft.. Surface plant at Liberty Bond mine, Salem district... Open cut, mined
Journal (volume)
the manganese ore bed obtained from Llyn Du Bach Mine, Harlech, Merionethshire, Wales. National Museum...Starkey 3-5 PAPERS Phosgenite and matlockite in Derbyshire (Part 2) Trevor F. Bridges 6-12 Unusual fluorite...of an article on phosgenite and matlockite in Derbyshire, Part 1 of which was published in Volume 1 in...was born on the 18th March 1923 in Leicester, England. He attended the City Boys School, Leicester, and...Pennines, and the Caldbeck Fells in the northern Lake District were some of his most popular collecting areas
 
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