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Actinolite from
Haytor Mine, Ilsington, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Magnetite3 photos of Actinolite associated with Magnetite at this locality.
Hastingsite2 photos of Actinolite associated with Hastingsite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Haytor Mine, Ilsington, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:13758
Long-form Identifier:1:3:13758:0
GUID (UUID V4):d3d4e218-d986-4586-99e0-2ea5330a8489
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
21.8km (13.5 miles) Ivy Tor Mine, Belstone, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
22.3km (13.8 miles) Belstone Consols (Mid-Devon Copper Mine), Belstone, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
25.1km (15.6 miles) North Mine (East Wheal Friendship), Devon United Mines, Peter Tavy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
25.2km (15.7 miles) Meldon Aplite Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
25.5km (15.9 miles) Meldon Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
26.7km (16.6 miles) Littleham Bay, Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Devon, England, UK
51.2km (31.8 miles) Clicker Tor Quarry, Lower Clicker, Menheniot, Cornwall, England, UK
51.6km (32.1 miles) Cheesewring Quarry, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
69.9km (43.4 miles) Delabole Slate Quarry, St Teath, Cornwall, England, UK
70.3km (43.7 miles) Wheal Maudlin (Wheal Mawdlin; Wheal Magdalen), Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NORTH-WEST BORDER OF THE DARTMOORGRANITE,DEVONSHIRE,ENGLAND M. A. H. EL SHARKAWl AND W. R. DEARMAN ABSTRACT...mineralizationwith up to 6.82% SnO2, centeredon the Red-a-yen Mine at Meldon near Okehampton,lies within a much wider...Impregnationsof sulfidesoccurin massesof greengarnet-actinolite-axinite rock interbeddedwith highly siliceousshalesand...samehorizonwas intermittentlymineralizedfrom Fanny Mine, near Bridestowe,to RamsleyMine at Sticklepathin...Forest Mine, situatedat the confluence of the Flushcombe Brook with the West Okement River. The mine "In
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
peculiarities of the moorland districts of the west of England. The area over which mining has been carried on...important lodes; while the heaps of veinstone debris and mine refuse in the valleys combine to make it a picture...FIG. 1. Key-Map showing position .of Birch Tor, Haytor, and other places mentioned in the text. The ordinary...working in a small way. Wheal Catherine, Bushdown Tin-mine, and numerous other small mines have long since...MacAlister—Cassiterite and Specular Iron DRESSED BLACK-TIN'. MINE. Birch Tor and j Yitifer. Tons. 670 PERIOD OF
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ENGLAND AND WALES. EXPLANATION OF SHEET 338. TH.E GEOLOGY OF DARTMOOR...responsible for the area a1·ou11d "\,Videcombe and Haytor, and Mr .. Bromehead for that nea1-- Manaton and...but some were added by Mr.· MacAlii-;te1· from old mine-plans. 1 '1 he petrological work connected with...s11p­ plied at the cost of drawing and colot1ring: DEVON. 87. SE., by R. L. Sherlock. 88. SW., by R-. J.... .. . Holne District .. .. . .. . .. .. . ... Haytor District ... CHAPTER VII.-TERTIARY AND DRIFT
Report (volume)
THE ISLE OF MAN, BRISTOL DIS'fRICl' AND S0MERSET, DEVON AND CORNWALL. J3y 'l', C. CANTRILL, B.Sc., R. L...that in which the hrematites of the North-West of England are dealt with (Special Reports on the Mineral... (.,'.antrill and Dr. Sherlock, those of South Devon and Cornwall by Mr. H. Dewey. Eaoh officer supplies...lV.-BRISTOLDISTRICT, '''EST SOMERSET AND NoRTff DEVON.- . BRISTOL DISTRICT: General Account. Det.ails...ails of the Mines. WEST so~tERSET AND NORTH DEVON: Mine- head Di.strict, Brendon Hill,
Book
Igneous Rocks of South-West England THE GEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION REVIEW SERIES The comparatively small...M. C. Gyopari S. Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd, C. S. Exley and M. T. Styles 6. ...D. R. Bridgland Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd Department of Geology, University of...study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication...licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK, or in accordance with the terms of licences issued
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Brittany are unknown, except as detrital species , in Devon and Cornwall; others (e.g.• zircon, monazite, and...tourmaline) are native to both Brittany and the West of England, and for some of these (e.g., monazite. and peculiar...though the same species occur also in other West of England granites. As a clue to provenance the varietal...of work nowin progress on the various West of England granites. A. BRAMMALL, Meanwhile the present...post-Carboniferous sediments in the south and south-west of England. The data presented must not be regarded as prejudging
Catalog/List
Drakewalls HoUse , D akawalls , Gunnislake , Cornwall , England. TEL . ND . : ORDEALi'll Tavistock 832301 (STD...crystals. 3x1fx1~" , £6.00 ' 17. CALCITe Leva nt Mine , Pendeen , Cth'nwall."Plat y Hexagonal pale" creamy-...CHALCOPYRITE va r iety Glister- Copper . East Pool Mine , Ill oga n, Cornwall. Slightly t arnished golden...W . OO 31. NATIVE COPPER. ' 40 bocks ', Lev ant Mine , Pendeen , Cornwall. A number of fl at hackly sheets...mat rix . ~x2 ", . £10.00 35. CUPRlTE . Ting Tang Mine , Gwenna p , Cor nwall . Deep re'd dish lustrous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
wollastonite hornfels from the dumps of Red-a-yen mine (Sharkawi and Dearman, 1966). From the same locality...tufts and shales are apparent in datolite-axinite-actinolite-quartz and datolite-axinitediopside-grossular-calcite...veins, whilst in the tufts and shales quartz-actinolite veins are common and joint surfaces are plated...datolite in the calcsilicate assemblage at Haytor iron mine on the east side of Dartmoor (Reid et al.
Book
A HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY CORNWALL AND DEVON TRUR : PRINTED BY HEARD AND SONS, BOSCAWEN STREET...STREET. HANDBOOK MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOE THEIR DISCRIMINATION, AND...SECRETARY TO THE MINERS' ASSOCIATION OF CORNWALL AND DEVON; SECRETARY TO THE KOYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY;...THIS HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON IS DEDICATED, BY HIS SINCERE ADMIRER AND MOST...omissions and The Work as a of Reference for the Mine Agent, and the Working Miner faults are his excellencies
Book
Post-free for Seven Stamps. THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH DEVON ; being the substance of a Lecture delivered before...also contains notices of other portions of North Devon , which are less known to the majority of tourists...COMPOSITION 29 31 31 31 31 MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE... 64 65 CONTENTS. X MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE...Report on the mineral deposits of Cornwall and Devon, published by the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall
Catalog/List
CA4osuECAwcå.s i • Hå ~~ ,. ·" / 1 1 ACTINOLITE grPen crystal sections in yellow green Tale....matrix hl !3 5 AGARDITE (Ce) r ...fe green micro's Mine, Wolf;_n, West Germany) 'h ins f.3. 60 6 ALBITE...'i X 'i f.2 1:.-:1 fA 1x2" t7 Bl~ck masses in Actinolite. CBastnasMine, Riddarhyttan,Sweden) 10 ALMANDINE...sphere shaped botryoidal nodule,(Newhaven Sussex. England) 1" -10p 2"90p 3" !1.40 4" !3,30 13 ALUNITE pure... /' pale blue-gny ~;ssi\·c. (Staffordshire England) :::-::1 !:;1 2x4 tt.20 2;-;2 60µ e2S ANTARCTICITE
Book (volume)
IE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF UTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume II LONDON HER MAJESTY ' S STATIONERY OFFICE...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South -West England Volume II By H...CHAPTER V . — Details OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 8. St. Austell district in ...) ; Calstock (p . 644 ); Luckett, Latchley and Devon Great Consols (p . 649) ; Sydenham Damerel (p. 661);...Dartmoor (p. 725); Southern Dartmoor (p . 727); Ilsington and Ashburton (p. 731); Teign Valley (p . 741)
Catalog/List
2x3 6/-, 3x4 10/-. Pure. AMPHIBOLE Variety: ACTINOLITE Meldon, Devonshire. Grey-green xline. lxl 1/-...pieces. ½"to¾" 1/- each. Variety: HASTINGSITE Haytor, Devonshire. Dark green fibrous to radiating with...of amethystine quartz containing inclusions of actinolite. lxl 2/6d., lxl½ 4/6d., lx2 7/6d. Variety: AGATE...structure on cleavage surfaces. Minor amounts of actinolite and apatite. lxl l/6d., lx2 3/-, 2x2 6/-, 2x3...lxl 2/-, lx2 4/-, 2x2 7/6d., 2x3 10/-. Tavistock, Devon. Dark brown platy hexagonal xls on quartz. Some
Book
^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; '’i '■-■ ,, t Cedric Rogers A Collector’s...MINERALS, ROCKS AND GEMSTONES in Cornwall and Devon Cedric Rogers i D. BRADFORD BARTON Truro LTD... MINERALISED ILPMACOMar AREAS of CORNWALL & DEVON Main. Concentrations of mints. (has Hine. fnaxt*...WHERE. Beaches Cliffs and Caves. River Beds etc. Mine Dumps Quarries St. Just - Botallack - Pendeen Camborne...Lizard .. North and Central Cornwall East Cornwall Devon 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 MAPS 36 39 APPENDIX
Book (volume)
COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING GION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume II 1956 2017 reprint BRITISH GEOLOGICALSURVEY...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME II H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical...metalliferous mining region of the south-west England. Economic Environmental Science Centre Keyworth...London SW7 5BD Tel: +44 (0)20 7589 4090 www.bgs.ac. uk www. geologyshop. corn ... 111 CONTENTS PAGE...V-DETAILS iv V OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET ............................
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Country around OKEHAMPTON...Beche. His 'Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset' (1839) was the first memoir...other early Geological Survey maps of south-west England, are undated, but it is believed that they were...'The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England'. The district formed part of the area in which...geophysical methods. In 1962 the newly formed South-West England field unit, successively under Dr. F. B. A. Welch
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. .. ENGLAND AND WALES• EXPLANATION OF SHEET 339. THE GEOLOGY OF THE...8.-South Rxmouth Mine ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 180 ,, 9.-Fra11k,,,ills Mine ••• ••• ••• •••... ••• ••• • •• ••• 131 ''" 13.-Silver Brook Mine ... •• • • •• • •• • •• ••• ... 131 ,,.... on the north...west, .the - Bovey Valley with Haytor and the neighbouring Dartmoor granite s11mmits...g�neral succession which would apply throughout Devon and Cornwall. It is as follows in descending order
Catalog/List
Gold Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...The Knipe, S.Scotland Ow A2 Price £1 Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The...Rocks Cornwall Hinqston Down, Cornwall Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 £1...(Cook) Herodsfoot Cornwall Bournonite Bedford Mine Devon Arsenoovrite Colorado USA Enaraite Minas Gerais...Cornwall Tennantite Parvs Copper Mine, Anqlesey Sphalerite Louisa Mine, Glendinninq, Dumfrieshire Stibnite
Book (volume)
The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England 0 iz 0 1-rj VOLUME II Assistant Director's...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume II By ...published 1956 Second impression 1969 Printed in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...CHAPTER V.-DETAILS OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 509 8. St. Austell district...636.); Calstock (p. 644); Luckett, Latchley and Devon Great Consols· (p. 649); Sydenham Damerel (p. 661);
Journal (volume)
. . . . . . . . . . Devonian Rocks of North Devon · · · · · · · · · · Eozoon Canadense . The Geology...Carburetted Hydrogen , or “ Fire Damp," in the Ding Dong Mine, situated in the parish of Madron , near Penzance...a series of Copper Ores from Belstone Consols, Devon. By Warington W . Smith, M.A., F.R.s., F.G.S. ....Agnes (Pl. V.) . Sections of the Lode at Penhalls Mine (Pl. VI.) . Sections of the Lode at Wheal Kitty...a series of Copper Ores from Belstone Consols, Devon. By Warington W . Smyth , M .A ., F.R .S., F .G
Book
Haldon Hills - reminiscent more cJf east than south Devon. The Permian rocks form mainly lowlands with warm...(A 11540) Plate I BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SUR VEY England and Wales E. B. SELWOOD R. A. EDWARDS S. SIMPSON...also available through booksellers Printed in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office Dd 736172...districts. B o oKs British Regional Geology South-West England, 4th Edition, 197 5 Memoirs Geology of the country...correlatio n s with the U pper Greensand o f the east Devon coast 1 09 22 The Upper Greensand (Haldon Sands)
Catalog/List
EOCKS AHD MINERALS Ho U available. NEW STOCK Devon and Cornwall pages 8 S 3 : ALLOPHANE, ARTHURITE...pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4...and Be Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...MINERAL !! dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH U
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the two early ' s u r v e y s ' of the county of Devon b y Risdon (1610) and Westcote (1630) respectively;...to the Brent lodestones. An account of a large Devon magnet, probably from Brent, is given in volume...Givetian fossils have been found in this part of Devon. Included in the spilitic complex are two types...Devonian rocks exposed in the southernmost parts of Devon, and strikes :N. 70 ~ E. The structure is broadly...remark of Collins (1912, p. 25) on the H a y t o r Mine should be noted: ' T h e actual " junction " here
Journal (issue)
UK Journal of mes ·and .Minerals Issue SprJng 1989 , No ...6 Pr:f ee ~3.95 ·- • r .. Arnold...TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Calcite (Cornwall) UK Journal of Mines and Minerals Issue t, No 6 SPRING1989...EUROPE SOUTH AFRICA The History of Ystrad Einion Mine J & A Wolters. Leeuwendaal 2, 3273 XD Westmaas...Showing the Boscawcn Diagonal Shaft at Botallack Mine. St. Just. Cornwall. Reproduced hy permission of... Editorial Our objective to publish three issues of the UK Jourrral of Mines and Minerals annually has yet to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Europe is in accordance with this hypothesis. In England they attain a thickness of 25,000— 30,000 feet;...Notes on Haytor Iron Mine." By Clement Le Neve Foster, Esq., B.A., D.Sc, F.G.S. The Haytor mine is situated...and is sometimes apparently entirely made up of actinolite. Garnets occur in great abundance. The following...—Third Eeport on Committee on Erratic Blocks in England and Wales. E. B. Tawney, F.G.S.—On the age of the...Alps, compared with former Ice-action in N.W. of England and Wales. Rev. J. Gunn, F.G.S.—On the Influx and
 
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