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Galena from
Borrow Pit, Bishopton, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Borrow Pit, Bishopton, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:626242
Long-form Identifier:1:3:626242:6
GUID (UUID V4):cbc2ea64-967b-47c3-a3fa-962d4e3da31e
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
16.1km (10.0 miles) Muirshiel Mine, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
17.9km (11.1 miles) Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
51.2km (31.8 miles) Mannoch Hill Mine, Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
52.9km (32.9 miles) Alva Silver Mine, Silver Glen, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK
56.2km (34.9 miles) Castletown mine, Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
56.3km (35.0 miles) Hilderston Silver Mine, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
57.6km (35.8 miles) Cononish Gold mine, Tyndrum, Stirling, Scotland, UK
58.6km (36.4 miles) Dollar Mine (Burn of Sorrow Mine), Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK
58.9km (36.6 miles) Tyndrum lead mine, Tyndrum, Stirling, Scotland, UK
61.5km (38.2 miles) Glen Lednock, Comrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
References
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Journal (issue)
ticle In this Issue). Photo by Mick Cooper. The UK Journal ofM;nes a'1d Mi,,erals publishes articles...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...determines to what class of minerals they belong. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -3- Encyclopaedia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
extracting metal ore for instance, from an open pit mine will typically emit high amounts of CO2 into...Peninsular Malaysia [43,44]. It is a 135 m deep open pit mine, occupying about 776 ha. The mine is situated...in the Central Gold Belt of the Malay deep open pit mine, occupying about 776 ha. The mine is situated...(Fe7S8), galena (PbS), stibnite, and (CuFeS2 ), sphalerite [(Zn,Fe)S], pyrrhotite (Fe7 S8 ), galena (PbS)...lower grade (SLG), lower grade (LG), high grade borrow pit (Figure 1). The [super lower grade (SLG), lower
Journal (issue)
Stanley 51 Mica quarrying and processing in Scotland during the Second World War 71 R.P Mcintosh...Hubbard and D.J. Green 93 Otavite from Bishopton, Renfewshire, Scotland J Faif~rull and.v. Hubbard 94 Botallackite...grey-yellow to brown spherules from Wanlockhead, south Scotland, identified by Frenzel (J 875) as descloizite...Higher Longrigg contain baryte, fluorite, calcill:, galena, chalcopyrite and zincian tennantite, with conspicuous...NHM collections. Halotrichite was recorded from Scotland by Greg and Lettsom (1858) and has ~ince been
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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
Book (edition)
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...Sand and Gravel resource and licence areas in the UK in 2014 i i vi vii viii ix x xi xii xiii Tables 1...the major sectors of the Minerals Industry in the UK, 2010–2012 (thousand tonnes) 2 United Kingdom Production
Book (edition)
Huntingdon Fossils..................... Mapleton Galena......................... Ickesburg Trilobites....Crystal Point Diamond Mine....... Montour Fossil Pit....................... Eastern Industries Quarry...Building |____ Parking Lot QuarrV- Roac* Cut or Borrow P'rt North ^ Mine X Collecting Site ]|(^ Small...California Quarries Huntingdon Fossils Mapleton Galena Ickesburg Trilobites New Bloomfield Devonian Fossils...Ammonites Crystal Point Diamond Mine Montour Fossil Pit Eastern Industries Quarry Carbondale Fossil Ferns
Journal (issue)
Redstone cool ~-~ Re ds tone- li mestone · · ·· ~ -~ ~ Pit ts burgh sand stone 1---f-·-+---f::~::::::!:-:':'i...ZINC-LEAD OCCURRENCES While examining sphalerite and galena occurrences in Pennsylvania, an attempt is being...NaAISbOa (sodium aluminosilicate), occurs with galena in quartz veins in the Pequea and Burnt Mills silver...silver mines, Lancaster County. A few galena crystals from Burnt Mills contain sphene crystals, whereas...prismatic crystal habit, occurs w ith sphalerite and galena in calcite 8 at Lime Bluff, Lycoming County
Report (issue)
monzonite and is being mined by conventional open pit methods. The ore is crushed, put on leachpads, and...beds. The ore is also mined by conventional open pit methods; gold is recovered in a 350 ton per day gravity/flotation...massive bluewhite quartz with pyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, and sphalerite (Gray, 1927, p. 48-56). Chalcopyrite...contains pyrite, molybdenite, and lesser amounts of galena. Accessory minerals, noted especially at the Monitor...containing gold, pyrite, sphalerite, pyrolusite, and galena occur in granitic rocks of the Leesburg Stock.
Report (issue)
Stop 8: La Brot Borrow Pit Overview Site Details, Upper Pit Site Details, Lower Pit Discussion Economic... 6: Big Hollow Property Creek Owners Strip Pit 91 91 Location 91 General Stratigraphy 91 ...THE ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION Mike Phillips Galena-Platteville Formation Carbondale Formation St...of the La Brot borrow 7.5-minute Quadrangle 54 plotted versus depth for the 55 pit in a portion of...the upper La Brot borrow pit 2-26 Sketch of exposure in the lower La Brot borrow pit 2-27 Location of
Report (issue)
identifying plant specimens from the Old Copper open pit geobotanical anomaly. Reviews of this manuscript...(Birch Still Road reduced zone) Old Copper open pit 72 Old Farm uranium-copper occurrence Tivoli Overlook...copper-uranium zone Muncy Valley cluster Jordan borrow pit (noncommercial) Klemic locality 12 McCauley prospect...anomaly, Old Copper open pit Stunted birch and hawthorn, Old Copper open pit 27. Unprospected uraniferous...in Figure 69 71. Phosphatic fish scale, Jordan borrow pit 181 186 72. Mini-adit, Klemic locality 12,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
have ever seen. was collected recently from a borrow pit He also sawed and polished two brooches, about...KANSAS—Beautiful agates have been found in a gravel pit near Concordia, Cloud Co., Kansas. KENTUCKY — Bob...Good sharp xls of chalcopyrite associated with galena and sphalerite occur at the Lucky O. K. zinc mine...sand and gravel pit near Franconia, Fairfax Co., Va., on Sat., Jan. 12, 1952. The pit is operated by the...series of the Kundelungu System. The lead occurs as galena, the sulfide, more or less altered to the carbonate
Journal (issue)
of copiapite in the UK as his subject. Only a few recorded specimens from the UK are known in theOA-...have been received, and we have a single copy of the UK]ournal of Mines and Minerals. This is proving a useful...and its geological activities in all regions of the UK. The objective has clearly been achieved as Rockwatch...the ridges and peaks of these beautiful parts of Scotland. He related the rocks of the Cuillins on Skye...gold in New South Wales. He also found gold in the UK wherever he went. He published his book in 1853 The
Journal (volume)
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...from remote workings at Clargillhead in Cumbria. Galena from the area around Clargillhead has an unusually...ground from the nearest similar mineralisation. Galena is the principal primary sulphide in the veins...Mineralogy of Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 32, 5 61. Dunham, K
Book
Nortlrn·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf...sters Da,·id Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the...London; National Museums of Scotland (Royal Museum and Museum of Scotland), Edinburgh; Oxford University...t.1useum (NaturalHistory). NMSNati:malMuseumof Scotland(RoyalMuseuma:idt.~JSe:.rm of Scot'a:1d). Edinb...Cheshire; Treoremine,St Ende!lion, Cornwall Gunhealh pit,StAustell,Cornwall t!.eldonapfitequarry,nrOkehampton
Journal (issue)
interpretations, map of mineral localities. Sphalerite and galena occur in Silurian Tuscarora Formation along tension...of Sphalerite and Galena from Pa. Pure mineral concentrates of sphalerite and galena will be analyzed...State Univ. Hydrogeologic Ramificati ons of Open-Pit Anthracite Mining [ T amaq ua, Pa.; Southern P..nthracite...durin g th e construction of a 2-3 squ are mile open-pit mine extend ing down to sea level. The purpose of...author across the face of the inactive Moxon borrow pit (Figure 1 ). Radioactivity along the channel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
C. Columbia County Ancram lead mines: barite, galena, sphalerite, quartz; F. New Concord: pyrite; S...State Rte. 22: tennantite, smithsonite, sphalerite, galena, hemimorphite, aurichalcite; F. Rhinebeck, quartz...River: prismatine; C. Martinsburg, lead mines: galena, calcite; F. Natural Bridge, Carbola mine and property...(43°03'00"N, 76°00'22"W): gypsum; S. Jamesville, shale pit on Gates Road (42° 59 '11"N, 76° 02'30"W): witherite...Rossie, Rossie lead mines (44°21'15"N, 75°39'54"W): galena, calcite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, pyrite, celestine
Book
right-of-way 246 35. L arge-scale removal of fill at Borrow Pit #9 247 List of Figures l. P roject area a nd...remai ns a nd pollen recovered from the large borrow pit under Mound 5 l. The maize studies em phasized...obligations, a n umber of archaeological sites in highway borrow pits located primarily in the bluf( uplands to...19_78-1981. First was the size and extent of the borrow pit problem in the loess bluffs overlooking the American...enlarged areas that required investigation. The borrow pits, in particular, resulted in much larger areas
Report (issue)
mineralogy includes pyrite, arsenopyrite, realgar; minor galena, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite; and rare stibnite...sulfuros incluye pirita, arsenopirita, rejalgar; galena, calcopirita y esfalerita menor; y estibina rara...approximately two-to-one, with minor pyrite and traces of galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite. Pyrite...this zone. We will see these relationships in a borrow pit on the return trip. High REE (La >40 ppm), B...STOP (Tajo Ese) To the right of the road is a borrow pit. Rhyolitic dikes cut andesites; both rhyolite
Book (edition)
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...tonnes) 4 Active Mineral Workings by co.minodity in the UK, including Northern freland, Channel Islands and...industries, which represents their contribution to the UK econon1y. The GVA of the 1ninerals extractive industries
Report (issue)
Formation, Perce (Quebec); Tyrone Limestone (Kentucky); Galena Dolomite and Platteyille Limestone (of Mississippi...________ Reference section in the Lost Creek borrow pit ___________________ Paleontology ___________...Lost Creek borrow pit _______________ Map showing the location of the Lost Creek borrow pit and cross...Geologic cross section A-A' through the Lost Creek borrow pit, showing the structural interpretation __ Photograph...in the Livengood Dome Chert at the Lost Creek borrow pit Drawings of graptolites from the Livengood Dome
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
corundum, muscovite, quartz (Hurst, 1956c). Wood pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County...mine—lot 929, 21st district: bornite, chal­ copyrite, galena, gold, quartz (Anderson, 1934). Allatoona Station—near...k m northeast of Allatoona: barite, cerussite, galena, sphalerite, strengite (Kesler, 1950). May/June...of Allatoona: bar­ ite, chalcopyrite, cerussite, galena, sphalerite, tennantite (Kesler, 1950). Ward or...Nashville Railroad: barite, dolomite, fluorite, galena (Hurst and Crawford, 1970). Reesville quarry—5
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
limestone containing lent/Is of fine crystalline ape n pit dolom ite Collapse Odo, yellow weathering argillite...stratigraphicinterval. The barite content of the and rare galena are disseminatedin the matrix of nodulesis highly...lessthan 30 feet stratigraphically from in an old borrow pit and at the Trotter zinc prospect the Athens Shale
Journal (volume)
Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury, U.K. I.R Plimer... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...photograph. Photograph originally published in the UK Journal of Mines & Minerals no. 29 (2008) . NOTES...vol. 27. Heddle, M.F. (1901) . nre Mineralogy of Scotland (ed. by J.G. Goodchild), vol. 1, p. 25. David
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 09:49 03 January 2015 Counties, where coarse galena, sphalerite, marcasite, calcite, barite, and copper...talc (La Berge 1979a; Laybourn 1979). Hanna test pit. A pit was dug in an iron formation in the SW 1/4 SE...digenite, dolomite, electrum, enargite, epidote, galena, goethite, gold, graphite, hematite, magnetite... R.2W., south of Ellenboro: calcite, dolomite, galena, marcasite, pyrite, smithsonite, sphalerite (Whitlow...south of Ellenboro: calcite, cerussite, dolomite, galena, marcasite, pyrite, sphalerite (Whitlow and West
Journal (issue)
from High Pim mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Orangybrown globular aggregates up to 7 mm in...Sutcliffe-Greenbank Collection purchased by the Royal Museum of Scotland in 1991. JOURNAL OF THE RUSSELL SOCIETY CONTENTS...over the years, good specimens of chalcopyrite and galena. I never found the actual mine. Other mines from...first visited it, I obtained good specimens of galena, pyrite and ankerite. From the dumps of the old...azurite. In Shropshire I obtained good specimens of galena and baryte from Snail beach mine and good specimens
 
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