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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Golconda Mine, Hopton, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:629181
Long-form Identifier:1:3:629181:5
GUID (UUID V4):f55a65db-828e-4020-a04a-55a1e9b6d060
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
15.4km (9.5 miles) Quarry Mine, Ecton, Wetton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England, UK
15.4km (9.6 miles) Ecton Mine (Deep Ecton Pipe), Ecton, Wetton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England, UK
16.7km (10.4 miles) Isolation Mine (Snelston Mine), Snelston, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
29.4km (18.3 miles) Wall Shaft Mine, Castleton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK
44.0km (27.3 miles) Newhurst Quarry, Shepshed, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK
44.7km (27.8 miles) Engine Vein Mine, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UK
45.3km (28.1 miles) Wood mine, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UK
46.8km (29.1 miles) Bardon Hill Quarry, Bardon, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England, UK
48.8km (30.4 miles) New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton under Bardon, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, UK
59.9km (37.2 miles) Mancetter Quarry (Oldbury Hill Quarry), Atherstone, North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, 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 (article/letter/editorial)
GALENA-BARITE DEPOSITS GOLCONDA MINE, BRASSINGTON, DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND TREVOR D. FORD AND ROBERT...authorsare very gratefulto the ownersof the mine, the Hopton Mining Company,for their kindnessin givingpermissionand...1964. The mine has now ceasedproduction and the windinggear is aboutto be withdrawn. TIlE MINE AND ITS...eighteenthcenturies. It is known to have been a rich lead mine in the mid- nineteenthcenturybut no documents or...yieldof galena averagedabout 1 percentduring the Hopton Mining Company'soccupation. 1688 T. D. FORD
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
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
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
Catalog/List
<.Sanv We(ftuMineraG Mineral Dealer & Mine Agent Levanl Gallery, Lower Boscaswe/1, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance...- ✓...,· -~Xc ,d, 12. APATITE.Panesquira xtls Mine,Beira i3eixa,PortugaL (to about 1ri in size) .....OO. r ' \ 20. lURICBJ.ICITE. Golconda Mine,Brassington,Derbyshire. Silky blue-green xtl aggregRtee...Specimen B. 1~1"(very gemmy) ~2.00. AZURITE. Tsumcorp Mine,Otavi,S.W.Africa~ Brilliant,sharp,striated 'Roman-sword'...3x21'',~1S.OO. 1tx1; /lZURITE/MALACHITE.Tynagh Mine,Co.Ga1way9Irelando Brilliant nodule form cavernous
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
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
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)
Society members have contacted me prior to visiting Derbyshire for a collecting trip, and to discuss localities...decide to have a weekend away in the Yorkshire Dales, or even more specifically the Grassington Moor...to 100+ specimens, or for larger areas such as Derbyshire or Mid-Wales, 50 to 500+ specimens. If you think...Gorland,Millclose Mine, Wheal Jane, Ladywash Mine, Carrock Mine, Geevor Mine, Snelston Mine, etc. So, let's...by becoming a founder member of both the Peak District Mines Historical Society and this Society. In
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
Catalog/List
CATALOGUE Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL . richard.tayler@minerals...massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless... £6 BaCa .C0/3 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 975 ALTHAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway...River Quebec, Can 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Rich fibrous pale grey-brown mass. Pure hard white
Report (issue)
course, no copper has yet been produced in this district, but the facilities for transportation offered...RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1911. One small stream, Golconda Creek, a tributary of Bremner Eiver, has yielded...yielded most of the gold so far produced in this district, although Little Bremner Eiver has contributed...in Hanagita Valley. The total production of the district is not known, but probably several thousand dollars...placers. The most important geologic features of the district can be stated briefly as follows: A belt of metamorphic
Report (volume)
The Wallapai Mining District Cerbat Mountains Mohave County Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 978-E...978-E The Wallapai Mining District Cerbat Mountains Mohave County Arizona By MCCLELLAND G. DINGS CONTRIBUTIONS..._____ Champion mine.__--_--___________-____-_____ ___----______-___ Emerald Isle mine.______________...Descriptions of mines and prospects Continued Golconda mine-_______________________________________________..._ Payroll mine._________________________________________________ Tennessee-Schuylkill mine._________
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
Catalog/List
I Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL richard.tayler@minerals...£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...lx½£5 ZnAs0/4 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Rich mass ofblnck crystal sections ,on...£10 2x3 £15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix...5cm £4 no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine
Book
palaeontology of Charnwood Forest . .12 C. The Nuneaton District . . . . . . .15 2 THE CAMBRIAN AND ORDOVICIAN...Sills of Warwickshire . . . . .47 The Mountsorrel District ....... 47 General Conclusions ........ 54 THE... .97 Details of the Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfields . 98 Possible Concealed Coalfields...117 .123 .132 8 THE BURIED FLOOR OF EASTERN ENGLAND by P. E. Kent.138 9 PERMIAN AND TRIASSIC FORMATIONS...and R. J. King.324 A. The Pocket Deposits of Derbyshire ..... 324 B. Tertiary (?) Deep Weathering in
Catalog/List
Also new: Dufrenoysite, Ferroactinolite From England: There is a seperate This catalogue Nitrobarite...\·1hi te sphere shaped nodule. (Newhaven,Sussex,England) 111 50p 2" El.00 311 fl.60 411 f).80 017 ANALClTE...white masses intergrown with Selenite. (Dorset, England) lxl 60p lx2 El.20 2x2 E2.40 2x4 EJ.80 4x4ins E7...Group. Rich green masses with Siderite.Unusual for England. (ScarboroughYorkshire) lxl f2 lx2 f4.50 2x2 f9...BARYTESBariumSulphate pure fawncolumnarmasses. (Winster, Derbyshire) lxl 80p lx2 fl.60 068 BATISITE(Ba K Na) Ti
Report (issue)
commodities present (listed alphabetically); the mining district (Ransome and Kerns, 1954 (IC 7679)) in which the...•104•01o4Nai .... ....". (Amy Cr.) Copper Chistochina district MF-77313, loc. 163 McCarthy (1.25-1.35, 12.3-12... loc. 10 5 (Barnard Glacier) Iron Nizina district MF-7738, loc. 28 McCarthy (19.1, 2.7) 61°08'N... p. 30, loc. 8 Bear Paw Copper(?) Nizina district McCarthy (12.5, 6.85) approx. 61°23'N, 142°31'W...P. 62 7 (Beaver Cr.) Copper, Gold Chisana district MF-773B, locs. 186, 188 McCarthy (24.0-24.5,
Report (issue)
precious-metal deposits in the Battle Mountain mining district UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...Antler block___________________________________ Golconda block _________________________ -_______ High-angle...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Future of the district _____ ----------------------Mines ___________...---Copper Canyon mine (9) - - - --------Iron Canyon mine (17)·-------------N evada mine (22) ____ ----...-------------Wilson-Independence mine (6) _______ _ Tomboy mine (4) _____ -- -----------Minnie mine (8)-------------------Independence
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...r~inium. 4x2b<2", £6.5Op 10. BARVTES. Silverband Mine, Great Dun Fell, Westmoreland. A select sharp mostly...crystal. 2x1", £2.50p ( 11. BARVTOCALCITE. Blagill Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Specimen A: A 2x1t" cavity
Report (volume)
and Ore Deposits Of the Lawson-DumontFall River District Clear Creek County Colorado By C. C. HAWLEY and...of the general geology and ore deposits of the district which forms the northwestern part of the important...Argentite_________________________________________ Chalcocite, bornite, and covellite_ _ _ ______ ________...map and section of the Lawson-Dumont-Fall River district, Clear County, Colo. 2. ~ap showing major faults...faults (veins) of the Lawson-DumontFall River district projected to a horizontal plane having an elevation
Catalog/List
_1_0_0_ Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL ·_-2_0_0_6__, -· Phone 01932...Lochinver, Scotland 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England / MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE, dark green fibrous mass....___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...-- ·- · ~~1 ~0/~ 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 1073 AMBL YGONITE Eitarama,Ruanda, Central...- - --··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker
Journal (issue)
UK JOURNAL M I N OF E S -----&----- M ·1 N E R A L S ISSUE N0.9 • SPRING - SUMMER 1991...EDITORIAL COVER PHOTO: Bayldonite. Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Globular aggregates to 0...collection. Photo: Mick Cooper. 3 CALCITE 4 The UK Joumol of Mi11es011dMinerals publishes articles of-interest...Simon Camm· Michael Merry ------- 16 ------THE VAN MINE S.J.S. Hughes -------26 ------A JOURNEY THROUGH... EDITORIAL LOOKING BACK In the course of its evolution the UK Joumol of Mints and Minerals has seen many small
 
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