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Calcite from
Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Headland
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gold18 photos of Calcite associated with Gold at this locality.
Quartz3 photos of Calcite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Clausthalite1 photo of Calcite associated with Clausthalite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:19163
Long-form Identifier:1:3:19163:0
GUID (UUID V4):bb595400-5760-40dc-a91f-42bc6a2610d2
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
3.5km (2.2 miles) Petit Tor Point (Babbacombe), Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK
8.7km (5.4 miles) St Mary's Bay, Brixham, Torbay, Devon, England, UK
9.0km (5.6 miles) Sharkham Point Mine, Brixham, Torbay, Devon, England, UK
18.8km (11.7 miles) Littleham Bay, Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Devon, England, UK
19.1km (11.9 miles) Linhay Hill Quarry, Ashburton, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
20.1km (12.5 miles) Silverbrook Mine, Ilsington, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
20.9km (13.0 miles) Whiddon Mine (Whiddon and Brownshill Mine), Ashburton, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
20.9km (13.0 miles) Bakers Pit Cave System, Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
21.3km (13.3 miles) Black Rock Quarry, Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
22.2km (13.8 miles) Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
103 THE GEOLOGY OF THE TORQUAY DISTRICT. B)' w. G. SHAKI\OX, D.Se., F.(;.S. Received Fcbnuu-y rth...work on the sedimentary and igneous rocks of S.£. Devon, and has been prepared to furnish a summary of the...Lower Devonian. The main folds are those of the Torquay, Paignton and Mudstone Bay anticlines. South of...east-and-west folds, with probable thrust-relations. The Torquay anticline has been surveyed in greatest detail...of Palseolithic man. Raised beaches exist at Hope's Nose and the Thatcher rock, and the plateau deposits
Book
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL Geology oft Torquay di - ' ~~ ,: ~ .'. !~, .• .., , ~ •'"' . ... BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geology of the Torquay district Sheet description of tl1e British Geological...Geological Survey 1 :50 000 Series Sheet 350 Torquay (England and Wales) TI,e National Grid and other ...island comprises rocks of the Daddyhok Mem ber, Torquay Limestone Ftographer BE Lcveridge;...J J, and l\lleniman R J. 2003. Geology of the Torquay district. Sheet description of the British Geological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Linnej) from the best known raised beach at Hope's Nose (Fig. 1) are attributable to amino acid group...morphological relationships are not well displayed. At Hope's Nose an extensive and full exposure is displayed in...OTTERSHEAD , D . D . GILBERTSON A N D D . H . K E EN Hope's Nose o --Thatcher Rock t TOR BAY T "" ,...,::;...erosional shore platform. (b) Hope's Nose (i) Stratigraphy The Hope's Nose raised beach is best exposed...than the well ordered head deposits of southwest England. Interpreted as Main Head. 9 0.2-0.5 m Sand with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
base metal selenide mineralization at Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon C. J. STANLEY AND A. J. CRIDDLE Department...Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD AND D. LLOYD Ashburton, Devon Abstract Precious and base metal selenide minerals...Devonian limestones of the Torquay Limestone Group at Hope's Nose, Torquay. The selenide assemblage consists...chalcopyrite in a gangue consisting predominantly of calcite; alteration products include cerussite, malachite...metal 'epithermal' systems. The occurrence at Hope's Nose is related to both structural and lithological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Correlation of the Surface Deposits of South-east Devon. By W. G. SHANNON, D . S C , F.G.S. I. INTRODUCTION...scenery of the district. There are three levels near Torquay. One level is at 300 feet, bordering the Upton...dried and sieved through a 50-mesh sieve, the calcite was removed by very dilute hydrochloric acid, and...Mudstone Bay, were sampled for a comparison with the Torquay examples. Fissures occur in the limestone, filled...the Plateau Deposits. Eaised beaches occur at Hope's Nose and on the Thatcher rock, with traces at Galmpton
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chrisstanleyite, Ag2Pd3Se4, from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon, England W. H. PAAR 1 , A. C. ROBEaTS2...Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 KBD, UK Chrisstanleyite, Ag2Pd3Se4, is a new mineral from...in Middle Devonian limestones at Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon, England. It is associated with palladian...arsenide-antimonide (possibly mertieite II), cerussite, calcite and bromian chlorargyrite. Also present in the...electron-microprobe data, reflectance data, Hope's Nose, Devon, England. Introduction AT the end of 1995 one
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
unconformity-related Au-Pd mineralisation, South Devon, UK: new insights and the European perspective Received:...around the Permo–Triassic basins of southwest England, UK, has confirmed the importance of low temperature...rhodochrosite and manganoan calcites (up to 2.5 wt% Mn in calcite) and the co-precipitation of hematite and manganese...Unconformity-related metallogenesis Æ Red bed Æ South-west England Editorial handling: B. Lehmann T. J. Shepherd...5GG, UK R. C. Scrivener British Geological Survey, Forde House, Harrier Way, Exeter, EX2 7HU, UK D. E
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Whitsun Field Meeting Report: Devonian of Torbay 8-11 June 1962 Report by the Director: G. F. ELLIOTT...Lecompte (1959). Although the general dip in the Torbay area is to the north, Lower Middle and Upper Devonian...associations at or near the southern, central and northern Torbay coasts, and it was emphasised that many details...contains many Lummaton species listed as from Torquay or Barton. Later, the Palaeontographical Society...visited on this occasion), and then walked to Hope's Nose-Mr. Vachell demonstrating roadside exposures
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SHOALSTONE BEACH 3. 4. CONNECTED PHENOMENA AT HOPE'S NOSE, TORQUAY CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES ...... Cementation of the Dyke Material Calcite Growth and Calcite-filled Dykes Discussion ... page 173...nearly in the present magnetic meridian or E' S NOSE ~~~ ~~~i~il~llli~S~H~O~A~L~STONE BEACH ."J<:--...dyke intersecting older dyke (hammer) and showing calcite margins. The older dyke becomes concordant with...in cross-section of dyke D. Antipolar growth of calcite from fissure margins in limestone. Sandstone patches
Report (edition)
. l 350. MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ENGLAND AND WALES. ) ,, • .• 1 GEOLOGY OF . THE COUNTRY...SEO�IONS, AND MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MUSEUM OF PRAOTIOAL. GEOLOGY. J...London. µtba,mp�n. Price ls. A Complete l Devon); 11 ( · Torquay to I. l o:. of Man) ; 5 (Lake JO (Sot1tb...s}le�ts, 48. t.o 8. Sheet 7, Drift 18s. 6d,. ENGLAND AND District) ; 6 ( LIBRARY OF THE GEO.LOGIC...OORFB CAS'!'LE •• Pll.YMOUTH and IVYBBIDGE • • TORQUAY ... •• •• KINGSBRIDGE .. . � •• START POINT ••
Report (edition)
SURVEY ENGLAND A N D WALES EXPLANATION O F S H E E T 3 5 0 The Geology of the Country around Torquay By...Price 4s. od. net. 62-266-0-33. Geology of Torquay (Mein. Geol. Surv.) PLATE I WESTERNCOMBECOVE...knowledgeofthedistrictandoftheDevonianrocksoftheSouth-westof England. •ThecontributionstothepalaeontologybyMr. C. P...of the area 3.—Combe Gorge, south-east of Hele, Torquay, looking north... 4.—Diagram illustrating inverted...Hole district, Torquay .11 7.—Horizontal section across Daddy Hole district, Torquay . . . IP 8.—Sketch-map
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Petrography and Correlation of the Igneous Rocks of the Torquay Promontory By W. G. SHANNON, M . S C , F.G.S...the east -*- of the Upton and Fleet Valleys in Torquay : to the west of this line there are large areas...Staddon Beds with a patch of limestone forming Hope's Nose. Here inversion has occurred, and two bands of...faulted against Meadfoot Beds, The Petrography of Torquay. 195 forming the base of Lincombe Hill. This...of tuff were noticed, but in small amount. At Hope's Nose the seaward end of the promontory is of limestone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RYBACK 42 Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4EB, England AND PETER C . T A N D Y Department of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, England T n E supplementary lists of British Isles minerals...recently. The classic minerals of Cornwall and Devon are splendidly described by Embrey and Symes (1987)...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...Tetragonal Significant component of siderite-calcite-Fe sulphide concretions being formed in reduced
Book
»•*>.?* QOLD in the Counties Of Cornwall and Devon Errata Contents should read; Dedication Acknowledgements..." _ 1 QOLD in the Counties Of Cornwall and Devon G.S.Camm CORNISH HILLSIDE PUBLICATIONS St. Austell...Printed and Bound by the Short Run Press Ltd, Exeter, Devon. - Contents Foreword Page Acknowledgements Preface...Wadebridge District 53 7 Bodmin District 59 8 South Devon District 66 9 Dartmoor District 75 10 Crediton...Index 99 108 Maps and Figures Page Map 1 SW England Simplified Geology. Map 2 District Location.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PP. 371-7 Palladium minerals from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon A. M. CLARK AND A. J. CRIDDLE Department...small inclusionsassociated with native gold at Hope's Nose. One of the minerals has been identified as isomertieite;...nm are tabulated. The luminance values of the Hope's Nose isomertieite are 55.5% in air and 42.5% in oil...in some specimens of native gold from Hope's Nose, near Torquay. The presence of small quantities of gold...sprigs found by him in five distinct calcite veins at Hope's Nose. Russell gives the results of assays
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ENVIRONMENTS IN THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN OF SOUTH DEVON, ENGLAND C. J. R. BRAITHWAITE Department of Geology...sedimentation of Middle Devonian carbonate rocks in south Devon is presented. It can be resolved into two groups...INTRODUCTION The Devonian carbonates in south Devon range in age from Eifelian (Plymouth; TAYLOR, 1951)...belt which expands across south Devon from Plymouth in the west to Torquay and Brixham in the east, a distance...distribution of main limestone outcrops in south Devon. Major intersections of the British National Grid
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Meadfooi Beds (Lower Devonian) in South.east Devon (England) By DIETER RICHTER, Exeter *) With 7 figures...Devonian Meadfoot Group on the east coast of South Devon represents a typical shallow-water facies, comprising... Department of Geology, University of Exeter, England. 543 Aufsatze ments; ainsi on note des stratifications...Sedimentological description of the Meadfoot Beds at Torquay . . . . . . . . . . (1) Lithology . . . . . . ...d s have taken their name from Meadfoot Bay at Torquay (Fig. 1, loc. 1), where their relationship to the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
159 On the occurrence of native gold at Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devonshire. (With Plate VI.) By ARTHUR...small quantities of free gold were S OME found in calcite in or near a crush-breccia filling an east and...known as Daddy Hole Plain directly south-east of Torquay. The name of the actual discoverer I have been...Harrison, the then proprietor of the Queen's Hotel, Torquay, and several other persons subscribed about s and...Survey, 1903, p. 48). 1 To Mr. B. W. Stedham of Torquay I am indebted for the additional particulars given
Report (issue)
native gold is entirely pure; a sample from Hope's Nose, Devonshire, contained 1.9 per cent silver -...seeking a commercial return on his l:ibours. England Con11rnll. l\1ost of the stream gravels and moors...crystals . Torquay, Devon. X 17 areas have produced good specimens: the first is near Torquay, where interesting...dendritic gold were found in the I 920's in calcite veins at Hope's Nose,t close to the town's sewage outfall;...Treore mine, near Port Isaac, Corn wall 12. Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devonshire 13. North Molton area, Devonshire
Book
with the originators. Front cover: Hope 's Nose Gold, Torquay , FOV 8mm Specimen & photo: John Hall Printed...Critchley 48 52 Julie d'Ablaing (nee Pearce) 54 Trevor Devon 58 Catherine Foley 60 Don Ford 66 David and late...District, Erongo Region, Namibia. Photo: John Hall CALCITE, 15mm crystal group - Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland...increasingly ambitious. Collecting started in Southern England, Cornwall and Wales, and gradually extended to...other local mineral clubs as well as the national UK mineral societies: the British Micromount Society
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HARRISON, T. N., 57 Brownley Hill Mine, see Cumbria, England BUCKLEY, H. A. and WOOLLEY, A. R., carbonates of...phase transitions, 447 Caesium, in pollucite, 447 Calcite, from metamorphosed manganese deposits of the Sausar...group, India, 511 Caldbeck fells, see Cumbria, England Caledonides, from the Bergen Arcs, W. Norway, 145...fluids in the development of, 219 Cornwall, see England Corona structures, almandine- and grossular-rich...alvanite, 609 CUFF, C. see NESS, S. E. Cumbria, see England Dahllite, 657 Dalradian rocks, S-type granite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EXCURSION TO NEWTON ABBOT, CHUDLEIGH, D ARTMOOR, AND TORQUAY, EASTER, 1900. Directors : H ORACE B. WOODWARD...examin ed for th e first time the coast of South Devon from Seat on to Exmouth, and proceeded from Exeter...occasion they investigated a further portion of South Devon, to which no excursion had previously bee n mad...proceeded from Plymouth to Torquay for the day, saw the coast at Hope's Nose, and visited Kent's Cavern...Clement Reid in his paper on the Eocene deposits of Devon. Driving on by Blackpool and Halford, the members
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
January 17, 2016 ON THE DEVONIAN ROCKS OF SOUTH DEVON. 4S7 29. The D~.voNIA~ ROCKS of SO~TH D~.v0N....USSUE~, Esq., F.G.S., of the Geological Survey of England and Wales. (Read April 30, 1890.) By permission...RELATIONSOFTHE Ct'L~ ANDDFVO~IA.~. wIV. Lower DEVONIAN. 1. Torquay Area. 2. Paignton Area. wV. MII)DI.EDEVONIAN. 1...fossils appear." l~ere is the geology of South Devon as epitomized by Professor H. S. Williams, of Ithaca...localities rich in characteristic fossils, renders South Devon a most unprofitable field to the casual investigator
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
154 THE VISIT TO TORQUAY. EASTER, 1927. REPORT BY THE Director, W. G. SHANNON, D.Se., F.G.S. FIFTY members...the Museum, which was opened by courtesy of the Torquay Natural Hist ory Society. H ere the Kent's Cavern...examined th e Meadfoot beds, and then walked to Hope's Nose, which proved the most interesting section a...th e coast . The relations of the Daddy Hol e-Hope's Nose thrust carrying Cr-limestone over E j-slates...magnetic were well seen along the eas t face of Hope's Nose , and here the raised beach proved t o be of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GonooN. Secretartt THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY (ENGLAND) Mineralogicol Society, January 15, 1929. Dr....kesol lhe north oJ England. The suite of tholeiite dikes in the north of England, bounded on the north... A. Russrrt On the occurrenceoJ gold ot Hope's Nose, Torquay, Deuonshire. A detailed description is given...crystallized arborescent gold in calcite, in Middle Devonian limestone at Hope's Nose, where it was discovered
 
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