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Chalcopyrite from
Buckingham Mine, Dodington, Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Buckingham Mine, Dodington, Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:21507
Long-form Identifier:1:3:21507:3
GUID (UUID V4):abfd95db-0a1c-429a-848b-45e7636ea0cd
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
7.2km (4.5 miles) Castle Hill Quarry, Cannington, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK
7.7km (4.8 miles) Cannington Park Quarry, Cannington, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK
16.1km (10.0 miles) Raleigh's Cross Mine, Brompton Regis, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
21.5km (13.4 miles) Kennisham Hill Mine, Luxborough, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
27.1km (16.8 miles) Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK
27.4km (17.1 miles) Minehead Bluff, Selworthy Sands, Bossington, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
28.1km (17.5 miles) Banwell Hill, Banwell, North Somerset, England, UK
30.6km (19.0 miles) Aller Park Mine, Porlock, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
32.1km (19.9 miles) Batts Coombe Quarry, Cheddar, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK
37.0km (23.0 miles) Higher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
faults in the Mesozoic sedimentary rocks of the Somerset coast D. C. P. Peacock* and D. J. Sanderson" PEACOCK...faults in the Mesozoic sedimentary rocks of the Somerset coast. Proceedings ofthe Geologists' Association...Triassic and Liassic sedimentary rocks of the Somerset coast indicate spatial and temporal variations...history of the Mesozoic sedimentary rocks of the Somerset coast over only a few kilometres along strike...Triassic and Lower Jurassic sedimentary rocks of the Somerset coast, and shows how the geology is influenced
Report (issue)
apatite, azurite, bomite, bastnaesite, cerianite, chalcopyrite, chlorite, chrysocolla, clinzoisite, cuprite...weinschenkite zircon. APPOMATTOX COUNTY: bornite, chalcopyrite, chrysocolla, hematite, limonite, magnetite...naesite, beryl, betafite, biotite, bronzite, chalcopyrite, chrysocolla, clinozoisite, columbite-tantalite...hexahydrite, specularitc, starkeyitc, thenardite. BUCKINGHAM COUNTY: actinolitc, amesitc-daphnitc, ame­ thyst...bornitc, bytownitc, chalcanthitc, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, chalcosideritc, chloritoid, copper, corundum
Report (issue)
Geology of the Buckingham Stockwork Molybdenum Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada U...NEVADA FRONTISPIECE. Buckingham area. Group of buildings in foreground is Buckingham Camp. Reese River Valley...background. View northwestward. Geology of the Buckingham Stockwork Molybdenum Deposit and Surrounding...39Ar GEOCHRONOLOGY OF SELECTED PLUTONS IN THE BUCKINGHAM AREA By EDWIN H. McKEE and a section on ECONOMIC...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 798-D The Buckingham stockwork molybdenum deposit, a Late Cretaceous
Journal (issue)
in Prince William, Spotsylvania, Louisa, and Buckingham counties includes base- and precious metal deposits...paper. PRINCE WILLIAM, SPOTSYLVANIA, LOUISA, AND BUCKINGHAM COUNTIES In the Piedmont province a series of...the Evington Group(?) and Arvonia Formation of Buckingham County (Brown, 1969). Base-metal and gold deposits...Moors 6.Arminluo 12. Bishop A Pyrite mine Lead-zinc mine m Copper mine Figure 1. Locations of abandoned...pyrite (iron sulfide), with lesser amounts of chalcopyrite (copper-iron sulfide), sphalerite (zinc sulfide)
Book (edition)
fields occur in almost every State except in New England and a few Southern States, but the discoveries...Fayette Court-house, Fayette county, and near Gold Mine in Marion county. These localities are at a distance...ties. Gold. 692 MINERAL RESOURCES. ALABAMA — Mine d — Continued. Mineralogical name. Common name...Not Mined. Asbestus . Barite CassiterUa .. Chalcopyrite Corundum . Covellite. Asbestus Near corundum...Wood's mine, Cleburne county, a bedded lode with pyrite, copper ore. in mica schist; Smith's mine, near
Report (issue)
longitude) 2. deposit size (occurrence type - mine, prospect, or occurrence; production estimate) 3...south and east to west. The most prevalent name of a mine or prospect which was used in reference descriptions...category. Where multiple names have been given to one mine or prospect site, generally the most recent name...(p), or mineral occurrences (o) in Table 1. The mine designation is given to deposits with a written...occurrence, such as Fe in magnetite and Cu in chalcopyrite. The elements listed in the accessory subcategory
Journal (issue)
at the Haile mine, by Wesunont Mining Company at the Brewer mine, and by the Ridgeway mine. TheRidgewayminebecamethe...Augusta Springs silver mine; 3 - Woods Mill Occurrence; 4 - Yancey gold mine; 5 - North River prospect;...prospect; 6 - Dunlap mine; 7 - Edison Ridge occurrence; 8 - Barren Ridge occurrence; and 9 - Roanoke River...occurrence. AUGUSTA SPRINGS SILVER MINE The Augusta Springs Silver mine (Figure 2) is located in Augusta...along with W. M. Allihoe, began operating a silver mine on September 10,1800. Mr. Benovitz states that lead
Journal (issue)
...................................... Florence Mine on You Tube ...................................................................................... UK Mining Snippets ...................................this issue you will find – among other things: - UK Mining Snippets – a collection of news items about...actual or proposed commercial activities across the UK. Some of these are positive and show projects proceeding...surprised at the level of interest and activity in UK mining. I should point out that these are just plums
Report (issue)
AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Ann P. Sabina Buckingham - Mont-Laurier Grenville, Québec; Hawkesbury...Report 33 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Buckingham - Mont-Laurier Grenville, Quebec; Hawkesbury...history How to use this guide 5 Section 1: Buckingham - Mont Laurier 5 6 6 7 7 9 10 10 11 12 13 13...37 37 39 39 40 41 Walker Mine Buckingham galena occurrence Dominion Mine Road-cuts on Val-des-Monts...road Haycock Mine Sabourin property Rainv ille (Dugas) Mine Wallingford Mine Jackson Rae Mine Blackburn
Journal (issue)
slate belt east of South­ western Mt. (ll. 8). Buckingham County.-A placer gold specimen about 7 x 10 x...Dinwiddie County.-Two specimens from the Whitehall Mine with gold, tetrn­ dymite, limonite, and quartz are...as having been taken from a placer (Spotsylvania Mine) neat· Whitehall (very possibly this is a mixed...Institution. Possibly this should refer to the Whitehall Mine in Spotsylvania County. Madison, Culpeper, and Orange...to 2 cm. in greatest dimension from the Greenwood Mine which is about five miles west of Chancellorville
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyrite, pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine—near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous galena...quarry—Old Dominion actinolite asbestos, apatite, chalcopyrite, chlorite, cobaltite, dolomite, erythrite, galena...magnesite, magnetite, talc Stony Point mine—near Charlottesville chalcopyrite, cuprite, goethite, malachite,...lime quarry—near Bent Creek bornite, calcite, chalcopyrite, dolomite, pyrite, sphalerite Augusta County...calcite crystals (some with pyrite inclusions) Crimora mine (manganese)—near Waynesboro cryptomelane, psilomelane
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No. Gunnislake 832381 (STD 0822) V.A.T.No...green crystals. 2ix2t". 3 ".s. ANTHOINITE. Bjordal Mine, Uganda. Specimen A - Rich whitish earthy masses...quartz. 2tx2xl". £3.25. 5. AZURITE; Copper queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co. Arizona, U.S.A. Choice, bright...'. £23.00. 6. AZURITE. Buckingham Mine, Doddington, Nether Stowey, Somerset. Small bright blue crystals...*2~-x1~-", £4.50p. { 9. 10. BREWSTERITE. Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland. Choice lustrous
Report (volume)
and Tertiary limestones in southern Alabama. Chalcopyrite (copper pyrites). Clay County, with pyrite in...working in pure white clay at Eureka V ALABAMA. 7 mine 4 miles northeast of Valley Head. Etowah County...to Georgia State line, small production. See Chalcopyrite, Covellite, and Melaconite. Corundum (emery)...was mined with other copper ores at Woods' copper mine. Mica. See Muscovite. 10 USEFUL MINERALS OF THE...County, mined in Wedowee, and prospected at Pinetucky mine, Natural gas. Occurs in scattering wells in Franklin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Actinolite. . . . Apatite. . . Barite Calcite Chalcopyrite Feldspar. . Fluorite. Hornblende. Hydromica...both from available parts of the deposits and from mine dumps. Over 400 specimens w-ere collected and shipped...the northern phlogopite-apatite district in the Buckingham series, which range in composition "from a pyroxene...mile in width, as mapped by Wilson (1913) on the Buckingham sheet. Thin sections of the pyroxenite reveal...the bed rock has been uncovered and penetrated by mine openings. Unfortunately, most of the mining activity
Report (issue)
APER 68-51 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Buckingham - Mont- Laurier- Grenville, Quebec; Hawkesbury-...68-51 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Buckingham - Mont-Laurier- Grenville, Quebec; Hawkesbury...l ong the route Section 1: 3 Buckingham - Mont-Lauri e r Walker Mine ... . ... . ... . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . ...... Buckingham galena occurrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dominion Mine . .. . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
after pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine-near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous galena...topaz, tourmaline, triplite Trueheart pegmatite mine (f)-near Amelia beryl (var. aquamarine), microcline...Old Dominion actinolite-tremolite, apatite, chalcopyrite, chlorite, cobaltite, dolomite, erythrite, galena...magnetite, pyrite, talc Stony Point mine-near Charlottesville chalcopyrite, cuprite, goethite, malachite,... siderite Buck Mountain mine-near Forks of Buffalo arsenopyrite, fluroite, gold, scorodite, silver Burley
Report (volume)
W.H., 1968, Geology of the Friedens ville zinc mine, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in Ridge, J.D., ed...deposits and sedimentary features, Jefferson City mine, Tennessee: Economic Geology, v. 55, p. 985-1003...of the medial Ordovician flysch of western New England: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the...weight percent sulfides (pyrite, molybdenite, chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite). Propylitic to potassic...second stage of mineralization that produced chalcopyrite + sphalerite + galena + quartz ± pyrite ± calcite
Journal (issue)
the High Hill copper mine and gold and silver from the Red Bank (Goldbank) gold mine in Halifax County (Sweet...065 ounces in gold was produced from the Red Bank mine (Sweet, 1971, p. 31). The district is composed of...whereas part of the chalcocite, bornite, and chalcopyrite and all the native silver, cuprite, malachite...mineralization was seen on the quartz. Anaconda mine is located in Halifax County, 1.15 miles (1.85 km)...last five carloads were reportedly shipped from the mine (Weed, 1911, p. 83-84). Presently, a dump of 20
Report (issue)
present in the general area of the Morning Star Mine a small polymetallic vein occurrence in the northeast...temperatures toward the area of the Morning Star Mine implying that an apophysis of the igneous phase...stockworks, may be close to the surface near the mine. East of, and near the margin of the quartz stockworks...gold in quartz stockworks near the Morning Star Mine must be mesothermal, and must be related to fluids...three stockwork molybdenum systems, including the Buckingham deposit, are Late Cretaceous in age (Theodore
Catalog/List
Hot Springs. Arkansas Hematite, var. Kidney Ore, England Salin Spar Malachite, Stalactite Agatized Wood...balt. Ont. Chocolate colored Barite, Frizington, England S1ihnite, Crystalliz�d with Crystallized Quartz...Mammoth, Arizona. Pyrargyrite, crystallized, Samson Mine, Harz, Germany Cuprite on Native Copper, very fine...Quartz, Drusy on Chry socolla, Globe, Arizona Chalcopyrite on Pink Dolomite, Okla­ homa W 69 70 71 W...Calcite on Sphalerite, Joplin, Mo. Iridescent Chalcopyrite on Sphalerile on Pink Dolomite, Tar River, Okla
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold Mineralization at the London-Virginia Mine, Buckingham County, Virginia Margaret Mangan 1, j. R....dispersed with minor amounts of pyrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, and tennantite in the ferruginous quartzite...nature of the gold occurrence at the London-Virginia Mine, one of the numerous abandoned gold mines and prospects...zones have been postulated. The London-Virginia mine is situated in the stratigraphic middle to upper...approximately 0.5 km northwest of Dillwyn in Buckingham County. The area is deeply weathered and only
Report (issue)
deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...of deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent... Pyrrhotite appears to be been reported in just a single mine in the East Belt of the Sierra Nevada foothills...86 percent of the districts in Nova Scotia. Chalcopyrite was "very minor" in the Mother Lode (Knopf,...Victoria (Junner, 1921). Hotz (1971) reports that chalcopyrite was uncommon in deposits of this type in the
Book
CRYSTALS OF NATIVE From BISMUTH the Foster ON Mine, SMALTITE Cobalt, AND Ontario. NATIVE SILVER...Ontario. COPPER From the ORE Boundary (Chalcopyrite) District, British Columbia. COPPER From...rich gold-bearing milky GRAPHITE From Buckingham, Quebec. SELENITE From (Variety Elmsdale...Ontario. MOLYBDENITE From Quebec. COPPER (Chalcopyrite) and NICKEL From Sudbury, (Pyrrohotite)...the world’s mineral. 78 ECONOMIC is the Chalcopyrite is found which in Brass-yellow iridescent
Report (volume)
and Tertiary limestones in southern Alabama. Chalcopyrite (copper pyrites). Clay County, with pyrite in...STATES ALABAMA. H ing in pure white clay at Eureka mine, 4 miles northeast of Valley Head. Etowah County...Georgia State line, small production. See also Chalcopyrite, Covellite, and Melaconite. Corundum (emery)...was mined with other copper ores at Woods' copper mine. Mica (muscovite). Chilton County, mined in T. 22...also. Randolph County, small quantity at Pinetucky mine; carries gold; also at other gold mines. Pyrolusite
Journal (issue)
BELT Whitehall mine.-Gold in place was first discovered in 1806 a t the Whitehall mine, 1.5 miles northwest...Grove Church in western Spotsylvania County. The mine was worked between the years 1848 and 1884; records...was found within an area of 20 square feet a t the mine in just a few days. Another report states that a...showing areas of gold mines and prospects. Collins mine.-The first gold discovered in the James River district...the gold-pyrite belt was probably a t the Collins mine in Goochland County in 1829 (Brown, 1937, p. 33)
 
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