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Calcite from
Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:774058
Long-form Identifier:1:3:774058:9
GUID (UUID V4):b5ad0d27-d924-4db9-bad4-7f547c28be64
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
8.8km (5.5 miles) Silverbrook Mine, Ilsington, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
13.4km (8.3 miles) Linhay Hill Quarry, Ashburton, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
13.6km (8.5 miles) Whiddon Mine (Whiddon and Brownshill Mine), Ashburton, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
18.8km (11.7 miles) Petit Tor Point (Babbacombe), Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK
19.1km (11.9 miles) Bakers Pit Cave System, Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
20.1km (12.5 miles) Littleham Bay, Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Devon, England, UK
20.2km (12.6 miles) Black Rock Quarry, Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
20.3km (12.6 miles) Park Valley Mine (Park Mine; Wheal Maria), Spreyton, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
21.2km (13.2 miles) Ramsley Mine (Fursdon Mine), South Tawton, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
23.6km (14.7 miles) Belstone Consols (Mid-Devon Copper Mine), Belstone, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
The Northern Mine Research Society, Sheffield, England. ISSN ISBN O 0308-2199 901450 18 9 BRITISH...Adams and Exmouth, 1845-1874 2 . Lead and silver production, Frank Mills and South Exmouth, 1857-1880...1857-1880 3. Zinc ore production, Wheat Exmouth and North Exmouth, 1857-1873 4. Iron ore production, Frank Mills...Valley mines, 1855-81 1 O. Population change in Christow and Hennock parishes, 1 801-1891 103 109 110...Cross-section of Wheal Exmouth c1860 Surface layout at Porter's Shaft, Wheal Exmouth c1855 South Exmouth, diagram
Report (issue)
12 Mineral investigations in the Teign Valley, Devon Part 1 - Barytes K.E. Beer, BSc, CEng, FIMM and...1977. Mineral investigations in the Teign Valley, Devon. Part 1 - Barytes. Miner. Reconnaissance Programme...Sci., No. 12, Z6 pp. (Unpubl.) Photocopied in England by the Institute of Geological Sciences il CONTE... Miroell'al investigations on the Tengni VaUey, Devon Part 1 - �arytes K.E. Beer and T.K. Ball Summary...Carboniferous (Crackington Formation) of the Central Devon Synclinorium (Selwood and lvkCourt, 1973). Normal
Report (issue)
Pr(1gramme Mineral investigations in the Teign Valley, Devon. Part 2: base metals. Departme11t of Trade and...WF/92/6 Mineralinvestigationsinthe Teign Valley, Devon. Part 2: base metals KE Beer, T K Ball, DC CcxJper...123 Mineral Investigations in the Teign Valley, Devon. Part 2: base metals. K E Beer, T K Ball, D C Cooper...1992. Mineral invtstigations in the Teign Valley, Devon. Part 2: base metals. British Geological Survey...by anomalies to the cast of the main vein at Wheal Exmouth. Sixteen interlinked traverses north-east of
Journal (issue)
BBQ 2013 Jamie Nelson is 100 SMLS Field Trip To Devon Anthropology of Mineral Collecting Herodsfoot Mine...and treasurer: Vice-chairman Secretary Trevor Devon Nick Hawes Colin Brough OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS...Master John Burgess John Pearce Mark Oddy, Trevor Devon and Colin Brough Terry Denney John Hall Derek Underdown...treasurer: F/Trip Coordinator: Secretary: Trevor Devon Battle Barn Farm Sedlescombe Battle EAST SUSSEX...clamour for a repeat performance next year! Trevor Devon Photo credits: Helena Carter: 3,6,12; Paul Plows:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the same age from the Teign Valley of south Devon to east Cornwall. After departure from the conference...east of the village of Ilsington, Bovey Tracey, Devon. Both opencast and drift mining for magnetite and...(andradite) crystals occur. Minor axinite, siderite, calcite and apatite are present, and pseudomorphs of chalcedony...paid a brief visit to the site of the former Wheal Exmouth [SX 8376 8302], at Ashton, where lead, silver...lavas and basic tuffs. The ores were worked in the Christow, Ashton and Doddiscombsleigh areas mainly between
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...Sandstone-and-Mu dstone succession between The Maer, Exmouth, and Straight Point 95 1 8 Diagrammatic representation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
    Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations Jens... Shail, Robin K., Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations,...Ore Geology Reviews Indium mineralisation in SW England: host parageneses AC CE P TE D and mineralogical...Cornubian batholith, SW England 1 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT The SW England ore region contains significant...Interestingly, we have no reason to believe that SW England is different to other regions with granite-related
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. .. ENGLAND AND WALES• EXPLANATION OF SHEET 339. THE GEOLOGY OF THE...••• ••• ••• •••• ••• 131 ''.. 11.-WheaJ Exmouth ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• • •• ••• 131 ''" 13...town. The watering places Teign-1 mouth, Dawlish, Exmouth, and Budleigh Salterton are ·situated on the coast...g�neral succession which would apply throughout Devon and Cornwall. It is as follows in descending order...at. Mining Engineers, vol. xx, 1901. ,ij ·xr�•: Devon• .As,oc., vol. xtix, 1897, p. · fil.8. . . . . -
Report (volume)
-LEAD, SILVER-LEAD AND ZINC O1-tES OF CORNWALL, DEVON AND 8O1\fERSET. BY HENRY DEWEY. PUBLISHED _BY...of lead, zinc and silver in the south-west of England. The early history of the industry is obscure and...number of mines widely scattered through Comwall, Devon, and Somerset. As a whole the output has declined...at our disposal 1nany records of mines in North Devon and our thanks are due to him and to Prof. S. H...-EASr Co&N,vALL AND DEVON. V.-TAVISTOCK DISTRICT. VI.-CHRISTOW DISTRIOT. VII.NoRTR DEvoN DrsTRICT - 44
Journal (issue)
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...Micromount Society 101h anniversary edition of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals in 1991 , and was a
Catalog/List
yellow bindheimite. l 80x11 0x35mm max. £65. 9) CALCITE with MARCASITE INCLUSIONS. North Vernon, Indiana...with several semi-transparent blocky nail head calcite xls to 25mm. These have internal inclusions of...matrix. 70x50x20mm. £10. 13)CERUSSITE. Wheal Exmouth, Teign Valley, Devon. An intergrown mass of off white...stock label. 60x30x30mm. £375. 15) NATIVE COPPER Wheal Unity, Gwennap, Cornwall. A nice intergrown almost...showmg deep ep1morphous cast after scalanohedral calcite xls to 45mm. In these and scattered about are hundreds
Journal (issue)
SUSSEX MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETY www.smls.org .uk ***tt1<**1rlrlt-***_*_irlrlf'lrlr1rlt'frlrlt***-...15, photo 2 was intended to be a photo of Trevor Devon posing by the road sign of Treves (see photo by...Blue John; Barite; Mica; Twinned Quartz; Plumpton Calcite; Rose Quartz; Granite; Molybdenite ... • a potato...unable to resist the 'tourist' photo of Trevor Devon standing in front of the 'Treves' (a zince mine...Journal 194 March/April 2005 year. Fortunately the UK is very quiet with the last eruption occurring more
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE IMPACT OF MINING ON THE TEIGN ESTUARY, DEVON, UK B. SIMONS 1, D. PIRRIE 2, G.K. ROLLINSON 1 AND...mining on the Teign Estuary, Devon, UK. Geoscience in South-West England, 12, 339-350. Previous mineralogical...studies on the sediments in the Teign Estuary, Devon, UK, have shown that there are elevated levels of...mining, estuaries, SW England. INTRODUCTION The Cornubian Orefield in SW England contains metalliferous...estuarine sediments throughout the southwest of England with mine waste being released into the environment
Journal (issue)
world-class tungsten mine being developed atHemerdon in Devon, a full-scale gold operation atTyndrum , and confused...Stillanhay, Churchgate, Knowle Lane, Drewsteignton, Devon. EX6 6QX. Tel07531912834 Broom Cottage, New Street...6UN SW Mr John Vaughan 9 George Street, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 1LP Tel 01395 269882 SW Mr Adam White...collection contains numerous excellent pieces from the UK and abroad. On one occasion he was invited to exhibit...Museum will give a talk on new mineral finds in the UK as well as, hopefully, setting up a display related
Book
of Collecting Minerals Gold from Hope's Nose, Devon. 23 x 15 mm. Image© Jeff Scovil. David Lloyd First...permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction I was born in Bristol on the 24...Construction Ltd in Paignton, Devon, had a heart attack. I was asked to go to Devon and help run the small works...uncle was one of the main building contractors in Devon for S. N. W. Homes, a division of the English China
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 ............................
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);...Upton Pyne (p. 754). 14. North Devon and Somerset district North Devon (p . 757) ; West Somerset (p .
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);
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on his caving experiences in various parts of England and illustrated it with a splendid set of colour...clusters of almost clear, perfect rhombohedral calcite crystals, orange dripstone, fossil wood, ammonites...fluorite, quartz, hematite, malachite, sphalerite, calcite and also using a UV lamp to demonstrate fluorescence...with a visit to see Douglas’ collection in the Wheal Martyn museum. Sunday’s excursions took the party...quarry near Shepton Mallett for classic dogtooth calcite crystals combined with a visit to Mrs Fisher’s
Book
significant minerals to come out of southwest England. The accompanying captions describe the crystallographic...~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants Pass, OreQon...Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and n1ineral resources...resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009 8 9- 3 paperback...ISBN 0-565 01046 8 hardback Printed in England by Balding+ Mansell UK Litnited CONTENTS • Acknowledgements
Journal (issue)
Science, Plymouth Polytechnic, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, Devon. PROCEEDINGS OF THE USSHER SOCIETY VOLUME FOUR...Co., Kyrtonia Press, 115 High Street, Crediton, Devon CONTENTS CHAIRMAN'S REPORT 3 Mineralogy and...Argon isotopic age determinations from some North Devon mineral deposits. By P.R. Ineson, J.G. Mitchell...technique to selected mineralised areas in S.W. England (Abstract). By K. Atkinson and M.J. McCullough...Carboniferous successions in Germany and in South West England. By S.C. Matthews.............................
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PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin and copp...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned for his...Meldonaplitequany.nr Okehampton, Devon (leucophanite)' Meldonaplitequarry,nrOkehampton, Devon PottsGillmine,Caldbeck...St Kew,Cornwall; Shallowfield Bridge,SouthMolton,Devon Tynebottom mine,Alston.CUm~ria mercury Chatsworth
Book (volume)
The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical notes...The metal/iferous mining region of south-west England, H G Dines (1956). Economi,· Memoir of the Geological...staffs of Geevor Mine, South Crofty Mine, Wheal Pendarves, Wheal Jane and Mount Wellington Mine. The generous...miners of Cornwall, and two volumes on the mines of Devon, one of which was issued. posthumously. Where quoted...Economic History Department, Exeter Univer­ sity. The Devon and Somerset figures were published in 1984 and
Journal (issue)
into the geology and geomorphology of south-west England Volume 6 Part 4 1987 Edited by G.M Power The...into the geology and geomorphology of southwest England and the surrounding marine areas; to hold Annual...Annual Conferences at various places in South West England where those engaged in this research can meet formally...University of Exeter, North Park Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 4QE Proceedings of the Ussher Society Volume...The Kyrtonia Press, 115 High Street, Crediton, Devon EXl73LG Set in Baskerville and Printed by Photolithography
Journal (volume)
cost, of the rich oxidised ores of the north of England, and of readily exporting the products obtained...iron works were situated morein the south-east of England-in the counties of Kert, Sussex, and Surrey - and...the Millstone Grit of the centre and north of England. Only, in the district we are speaking of, this...quantity exported from South Wales to other parts of England amounted to : By sea, 1,907,643 tons of coal and...Welsh mines — and the red ores of the north of England. Besides these, certain works obtain a little rich
 
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