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Baryte from
Castle Hill Quarry, Cannington, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calciteⓘ2 photos of Baryte associated with Calcite at this locality.
Chalcopyriteⓘ1 photo of Baryte associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ1 photo of Baryte associated with Quartz at this locality.
Hematiteⓘ1 photo of Baryte associated with Hematite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Castle Hill Quarry, Cannington, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:108812
Long-form Identifier:1:3:108812:0
GUID (UUID V4):bc133b07-1bd2-44c4-915c-b74a8d532e9c
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘCannington Park Quarry, Cannington, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘBuckingham Mine, Dodington, Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘKilve Beach, Kilve, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
16.8km (10.4 miles) ⓘHelwell Bay, Watchet, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
19.1km (11.8 miles) ⓘWarren Bay, Watchet, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
22.8km (14.2 miles) ⓘBanwell Hill, Banwell, North Somerset, England, UK
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘNell's Point, Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK
28.7km (17.8 miles) ⓘKennisham Hill Mine, Luxborough, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
28.7km (17.8 miles) ⓘMark Rock, Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK
28.7km (17.8 miles) ⓘBendrick Rock, Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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Changes 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 News Items Update on UK Mining Projects ...................................a loss; especially to members in the north of England. On a more up-beat theme, there is positive news...to several of the potential mining ventures in the UK both in terms of increased estimates of available...in the future. It seems entirely possible that the UK may once again have a metalliferous mining industry... Mike was co-author of an article about Hendre Quarry which was published in the British Micromount Society
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elements in Permo-Triassic red beds of south-west England, by R. K. Harrison, M.Sc. with contributions by...agglomerate in the caradocian succession at Montgomery Castle, Wales, by R. W. Sanderson, B.Sc: . . 43 TV....Flo. 2. Simplified geological map of south-west England showing the location of the Brannel, South Crofty...ELEMENTS IN PERMO-TRIASSIC RED BEDS OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND BY R. K. HARRISON, M.Sc. with contributions...haloes in Fermo-Triassic red beds of south-west England, and particularly near Budleigh Salterton, Devon
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David I. Green 19 32 RichelsdorïŹte from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys: the ïŹrst British occurrence...33 38 Tetrahedrite-group minerals from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys David I. Green, Neil Hubbard... 112 120 BOOK REVIEW ‘‘Gold Occurrences in the UK’’ Norman Moles Journal of the Russell Society, volume...The current ‘History of Mineral Collections’ in the UK is not even a ‘History of Kings and Queens’. A small...Dawson collection, which is preserved at Cliffe Castle, Keighley, West Yorkshire. Museums, especially
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23-25 PAPERS Danburite from Meldon Quarry, Okehampton and other UK localities Michael S. Rumsey, George...professional mineralogists and geologists both in the UK and overseas. One of the main aims of the Society...years ago the UK still had an active metalliferous mining industry, predominantly in SW England, and fluorspar...interest in re-evaluating deposits in the north of England, and it has also been reported recently that the...reopened. These are exciting times indeed for the UK minerals industry, let’s hope that some of these
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permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later...the move to Yeovil and eventually to East Coker, Somerset. Ian and Simon Brock invited me to join their... I helped out at all of the mineral shows in the UK and on the continent, and later with the Bruce &
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230 John Carney Geological evolution of Central England, with reference to the Trent Basin and its landscapes...Mining of the copper ore, chalcopyrite, from Ecton Hill goes back to Bronze Age times and there is plenty...look at recent work on the Quaternary in Eastern England. April’s lecture, given by Dr. David Shilston,...September a group visited Melton Ross Quarry to see the chalk quarry, its fossils and processing plant....2006 16 (4) Geological Evolution of Central England with reference to the Trent Basin and its Landscapes
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Bridges 6-12 Unusual fluorite from Old Towns Quarry, Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham Trevor F. Bridges...was born on the 18th March 1923 in Leicester, England. He attended the City Boys School, Leicester, and...“The Boltsburn mine, Weardale, County Durham, England” won the award for “best article of the year” in...massive cuprite at the type locality, New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, first...the Silurian KonservatLagerstĂ€tte of Herefordshire, UK. Proceedings of the Royal Society London. B. 267
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cover Operations in the Welton Chalk at Melton Ross Quarry, Singleton Birch Ltd., near Brigg, North Lincolnshire...Figures 1 An extract from Hunt’s 1858 listing of Quarry Returns 2 Current distribution of BRITPITS database...resources and workings in the UK in 2014 4 Limestone resources and workings in the UK in 2014 5 Sand and Gravel...resources and workings in the UK in 2014 6 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK in 2014 7 Coal resources...and workings in the UK in 2014 8 Onshore Oil and Natural Gas workings in the UK in 2014 9 Marine Sand
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Merritt. MALACHITE Collected in 1980 from Castle Hill quarry, Somerset. A rare form as curved strands up to...FLUORITE Collected in 1985 from Meldon Aplite quarry, Devon. A group of octahedral crystals on axinite...EPIDOTE Collected about 12 years ago from Loanhead quarry, near Beith, Southern Scotland. Fascinated by the... AZURITE Collected on a SMLS trip to the north of England in 1998 from Eagle Crag mine. A site memorable...from Maned quarry, Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. RUTILE Collected in 1996 from Lanterdan quarry, Tintagel
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Gaswells. h-ont cover Operations at Shap Beck Quarry, Hanson Aggregates, North.em Region. © D Cameron...Ji'igures 1 An extract from Hunt's 1858 listing of Quarry Re turns 2 lJnited Kingdom production of n1inerals...resotu-ces and workings in the UK in 2010 4 Limestone resotu-ces and workings in the UK in 2010 5 Sand and grave...resources and workings in tbe UK in 2010 6 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK in 2010 7 Coal resources...and workings in the UK in 2010 8 Onshore Oil and Natural Gas workings in the UK in 2010 Tables l Production
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bags being deposited on garage floors all over the UK. It was an altogether memorable trip - socially,...Society. Professor Bob Howie was major figure in UK geology and well known to many members. He will be...aragonite, argentite, asbestos, augite, azurite, baryte, beryl, bismuth, 'black copper', bloodstone, blue...formation of rivals like Rockbottom and its successor UK Journal of Mines and Minerals. The Russell Society...Society's South West Branch and National Group at the Castle in 2011 and 2012 respectively for two viewings
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Current-bedding in Upper Mottled Sandstone : Bulkeley Hill .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. (L23) . . V 18 18 30 30...Sat1dsto11e at tl1e 11ortl1 c-n <.l of Parl(er's Hill, Cl11tto11 : doïżœr r1throw to rigt1t. ( L32) B. Exposure...hereabouts is mineralized and contains abundant baryte crystals. S01ne of tl1e harder bands seen i11 tl1e...photo­ grapl1 are probably due to cementation by baryte. This deposit is regarded as a water-lain deposit...cast-south­ east at 5 to 7 ° . It contains many baryte crystals due to n1incralization along adjacent
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resources and workings in tJ1e UK, 2008 3 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK, 2008 4 Limestone resotu-ces...tonnes) 4 Active Mineral Workings by co.mmodity in the UK, including Noriliem Ireland, Channel Islands and...industries, which represents their contribution to the UK econo1ny. The GVA of the nunerals extractive industries...1ninerals produced in 2005 in the UK, expressed as sales on an ex-works (quarry) basis as opposed to gross valued...the major sectors of 1/te Minerals Industry in the UK, 2003- 2005. Production (sales) (000 tonnes) Value
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aged 60. Born in Lancashire but brought up in Somerset, he obtained a science degree and Ph.D at Bristol...1966 and held several senior posts in Europe and the UK before retiring in November 1998. In 1981 he was...collected over the years from this very productive quarry. They will be photographed and referenced for a...more field meetings than any other society in the UK, has no formal written Fieldwork Code covering visits...modern mineral reference but neither could I find baryte, f\uorspar or sulphur. We now have to use barite
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117 .123 .132 8 THE BURIED FLOOR OF EASTERN ENGLAND by P. E. Kent.138 9 PERMIAN AND TRIASSIC FORMATIONS... Inferior Oolite of Bathonian Age ..... Sharp’s Hill Beds ........ Taynton Stone ......... Hampen Marly...Man-Abell’s Quarry, Oldbury Diorite, Man-Abell’s Quarry, Oldbury Fine grained bedded tuff, Judkins’ Quarry, Nuneaton...Judkins’ Quarry, Nuneaton Probable Lava, near Hartshill Grange Welded Tuff, Man-Abell’s Quarry, Hartshill...Blue Hole Basalt, Judkins’ Quarry, Nuneaton Granophyric Diorite, Boon’s Quarry, Hartshill III Microphotograph
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thickness m SUPERFICIAL FORMATIONS Quatern-ary Hill peat Fluviatile Alluvium Glacial ground-moraine;...Stainmore The northern one-third of the Backbone of England, that ridge of hilly country known since last century...sheets 19 and 25, and parts of 13, 24, 26, 31, 32 (England and Wales) LONDON: HMSO 1990 . I\. © C,rown...sheets 19 and 25 and parts of 13, 24, 26, 31, 32 (England and Wales). Author Sir Kingsle_y Dunham, DSc, SD...between Durham and Hartlepool country around Barnard Castle, Sheet 32 Northern Pennine Orefield: Volume 2,
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...................................... the first uk rigs conference a ustin lockwood 3 5 ..............Dunlap's talk on the 'Minerals of the North of England', held on Sunday, 6 December 1998 showed a marked...throughout October with the final event at Ton Mawr Quarry in South Wales. Although discoveries have been...visits have generally been quite successful. Wick Quarry produced its usual array of calcites and pyrite...found. Other visits have included Wickwar quarry and Hendy quarry, both of which proved interesting. Attendance
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(Rothesay) Solid and Drift, 1971 Printed in the UK for HMSO Dd 291142 C10 6/90 V CONTENTS One Introduction...in volcanic plug of olivine-basalt. Underheugh Quarry [203 752] (D 35 1 2) 32 Volcanic plug of olivine-basalt...limestone of Carboniferous age, and vein-deposits of baryte supported an extractive industry during the 1 9th... J Geikie, R L Jack, E Hull, H M Cadell and J B Hill and the maps were pub­ lished in Solid and Drift...in BGS Report, Vol. 18 and an assessment of the baryte and copper mineralisation of the Renfrewshire Hills
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guides and organises field excursions both in the UK and abroad. Subscriptions are renewed annually on...a larger lecture theatre to allow more people England. I know from my own experience that the GA has...you to collect. For the UK, we have a good selection of 1: 50 000 maps for England & Wales and Scotland...December, 2016 at Burlington House, Piccadillyy, London, UK. Convenors: Richard Moody Kingston University. Roy...minerals of Cornwall and Devon and the North of England; supeergene mineral geochemistry y, the formation
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435 Stoksund, pyrophanite, 312 British Isles ENGLAND Ashover, Derbyshire, fluorite, 459 Glen Parva,...847 Cairngorm, Inverness-shire, granite, 847 Castle Hill, Kilbernie, Ayrshire, tobermorite, 253 Creetown...Creetown, Kircudbrightshire, granite, 847 Dalmahoy Hill, Edinburgh, chlorophaeite, 2o5 Fitful, Shetland, cornubite...Carnsore Point, Wexford, granite, 847 Cleengort Hill, Donegal, granite, 847 Connemara, Galway, amphibolites...847 Crossdoney, Cavan, granite, 847 Curraghmore Hill, Tullagher, Kilkenny, granite, 847 Dawros, Connemara
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Geo logical Survey, Keyworth, e-mai l ipr@ bgs .ac .uk. You may quote ex-tracts of area.sonable length...1nain road mid rdil route between Scotlmid and England (M74/M6) whereas the latter two were once the twin...1nodem Scotland) and Avalonia. (including moden1 England) for much of Early Palaeozoic titnes but was all...·····-····-· undivided Raven Gill Formation Castle Hill Member ··-·····-·····-·····-·····-·····-···...subdued, with rounded hills up to 418 In (Conunon Hill) consisting mainly of Siluro-Devonian sandstones
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Geological Survey. 1:50 000 Sheet 151 Welshpool (England and Wales). © NERC 2008 All rights reserved Copyright...~ologiJ;al Surve)~ K<'!y;v-orLh, e-m;.1il ip.r@b$$.ar..uk You may quo~ e..'< lra,:;l$ or a 1~asonabJe Jens1h...Quaternary deposits 28 Plates 1 2 3 4 5 J\iliddletown Quarry Me1nber 11 Nant-ysgollon Mudstone Fonnation 17...17 l\llottled Mudstone J\ile1nber 20 Bailey Hill Formation 21 Roof tiles from the Ttlestones Fonnation...by Ian Longhurst, and page-setting was done by A Hill. The British Geological Survey gratefully acknowledges
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