 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | I.—JANUARY, 1934. ORIGINAL ARTICLES. The Mountsorrel Granodiorite and Associated Igneous Rocks. By...I.) INTRODUCTION. rpHE igneous rocks of the Mountsorrel area, by reason of their -*- accessibility and...Association to Charnwood Forest in 1928, including a structural study of the Mountsorrel " granite " by...map of the complex in Fig. 1. FIG. 1.—Map of Mountsorrel district (with index figures) Scale about 2 in...(close to the Waterworks Dam and in the grounds of Quorn House) the granodiorite is clearly richer in coloured |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | T. 0. Bomorth—Origin of Tipper Keuper, Leicestershire. 353 V . — T H E OKIGIN OF THE TTPPEB KECPEB...observations on the Upper Keuper are mainly from J_ the Charnwood district, wherein the relations of the Keuper...This is well seen at Mountsorrel in the section on the east side of the main quarry. Here the granite has...example may be seen at Huncote Quarry, where the South Leicestershire granite is so decomposed that the...a depth of some 200 yards, syenite of South Leicestershire type was reached. About 45 feet of this were |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | situate on the eastern edge of the central plain of England, and the greater part of it is within from 150...Rising sharply in this plMn are the hills of Charnwood, formed of pre-Cambrian rocks, peeping up through...~eot above O.D.), which is the highest point in Charnwood. As has been shown by Prof. W . W . W a t t s...buried hills; and as usually the extension of a quarry on each occasion is carried on in the direction...overburden is at the time least, the outline of a quarry tends to be almost..exactly a contour of the buried |  | | Journal (volume) | | Frank Ince 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3SQ EDITORIAL BOARD R.E. Bevins, Cardiff...Hubbard, 30 Thirlmere Road, Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8QQ. Printed by: Flexpress Ltd, 8 Coal...Bridges 6-12 Unusual fluorite from Old Towns Quarry, Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham Trevor F. Bridges...occurrences of hydrocarbon-containing materials in Leicestershire Francis Ince 25-38 A new assemblage of manganese...appropriate that this volume includes a paper on Leicestershire mineralogy: in this case, occurrences of h |  | | Journal (volume) | | Frank Ince 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3SQ. EDITORIAL BOARD R.E. Bevins, Cardiff...non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...Hubbard, 30 Thirlmere Road, Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8QQ. Printed by: Flexpress Ltd, 8 Coal...12, p. 43 for details). Penryn Granite Company’s quarry at Halvosso, Longdowns, Cornwall. Jim Knight Collection;...LUV (middle) and SUV (bottom). East Face, Croft Quarry, Croft, Leics. Frank Ince specimen and photo (FI-1485; |  | | Journal (volume) | | Frank Ince 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3SQ EDITORIAL BOARD R.E. Bevins, Cardiff... Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8QQ. Printed by: Acorn Print Media, Quorn House, North Road,... Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1LE. Published by: The Russell Society. Registered Charity No. 803308...23-25 PAPERS Danburite from Meldon Quarry, Okehampton and other UK localities Michael S. Rumsey, George...the mineralogy of the area around Markfield, Leicestershire Francis Ince 32-44 A review of the mineralogy |  | | Book | | L. Allen.1 A. Charnwood Forest ........ 1 B. The Precambrian palaeontology of Charnwood Forest . .12 C...of South Leicestershire . . . .41 Camptonite Sills of Warwickshire . . . . .47 The Mountsorrel District...in the Oilfields . . . . .97 Details of the Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfields . 98 Possible...with a contribution from T. D. Ford . .'.112 A. Charnwood Forest . . . . . . .112 B. Cambrian Mineralization...of Southwest Leicestershire 114 V 149252 CONTENTS vi D. E. F. G. The Mountsorrel Area . Epigenetic |  | | Journal (issue) | | after a short illness at his home in Rothley, Leicestershire. Roger's untimely death at forty years of age...Phillips, W., 1822 Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales, London 1822. Embrey, P.G., 1977 Fourth...District millerite has been recorded from Fall Hill Quarry, Ashover (Ixer 1978 and Smith 1982). At Ashover...Smith, M.E., 1982 The Mineralogy of Fall Hill Quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire, J. Russell Soc., 1, 1, 26-32..., 1975 British Regional Geology. South West England, 4th Edn., H.M.S.D. 136 pp. Greg, R.P. and Lettsom |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ovington, UK NJ Elton, St Austell, U.K. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, U.K. RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King...Media, (A division of St. Ives Group), Leeds, England. Published by The Russell Society. Registered Charity...Proustite (1.0mm) with barite and tennantite. Dolyhir quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, October 2004. Collection:...PAPERS The mineralogy of Newhurst quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire Frank Ince The occurrence and formation...including koninckite and planerite from Grouse Lodge quarry, Shanagolden, Co. Limerick Stephen Moreton and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | South Leicestershire the heavy minerals often consist chiefly of garnet, but approaching Charnwood the...north-east borders of Charnwood the proportion of garnet is very small. Tourmaline and rutile occur in...in the case of zircon ; for powdered South Leicestershire syenite yielded rutile and zircon, and abundant...obtained from decomposed Mountsorrel granite ; also the Millstone Grit contains tourmaline. But in the main the |  | | Book | | deposits-a m'llltldtseiplinary study in eastem England ,.. ·-- " , 1 Report of a BOS-Open University...the Commission of the European Communities and the UK Department of Trade and Industry This page is blank...ore deposits-a multidisciplinary study in eastem England ContJ"ibutors T. B. Colman, J. D. Cornwell...ore deposits-a multidisciplinary study in eastem England D. G. Jones, N. d'A. LaffoleY"', A. S. D. Walker...University, Walton Hall, Milto;~ Keynes MK7 6AA, UK T. D. Ford Department of Geology, UnivE·rsity of |  | | Journal (issue) | | discoveries and new fossil localities in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire Andrea Columbu, Vanessa J Banks, Jo...503617 Front cover: The Breedon Hill limestone quarry seen from the north (see page 139). Photo P542174...Filmer 145 Early Charnwood map: Dennis Gamble, Trevor Ford 146 Ediacaran fossil from Charnwood: Andrew Johnson...Precambrian fossils Charnia and Charniodiscus in Charnwood Forest (see Mercian, 2011, p226) bears out a somewhat...lithostratigraphy for the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group of England and Scotland. To mark its centenary in November |  | | Journal (issue) | | much fanfare it was revealed in April this year that UK Coal is considering re-opening Haworth colliery,...The last new mine to open was at Asfordby in Leicestershire 20 years ago, when the coal industry was still...already being closed down (Merciant, 1998) by the time UK Coal bought the English coalfields in the 1994 privatisation...reported that record coal prices have already encouraged UK Coal to invest £55m at Thoresby in Nottinghamshire...Colombia and Indonesia account for most of the rest (UK Government: figures for steam coal imports in 2006) |  | Stephenson, D., Bevins, R. E., Millward, D., Highton, A. J., Parsons, I., Stone, P., Wadsworth, W. J. (1999) References, Glossary & Index. In Caledonian Igneous Rocks of Great Britain (Geological Conservation Review Series - Geological Conservation Review No. 17. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. p.575-648. | Book (chapter) | | Caledonian intrusive activity in eastern and northern England from geophysics, radiometric dating and basement...J. (1983) A possible extension of the South Leicestershire Diorite complex. Report of the Institute of...Bosworth, T. O. (1912) The Keuper Marls Around Charnwood Forest. 'l'hornley and Son for Leicester Literary...Nottingham, UK. No. 2. ignimbrite emplacements in Snowdonia (Wales), the Lake District (England) and Glencoe...emplacements in Snowdonia (Wales), the Lake District (England) and Glencoe (Scotland), United Kingdom (eds B |  | | Journal (issue) | | America open access publications ................ UK Mining News. ......................................updates (still lots of activity in various parts of the UK) and an addition to the list of “creative things...minerals I found/acquired”? “New activity at the mine/quarry down the road”? “Developments in my local museum...countless field trips to sites of interest around England and Wales and although membership numbers have...Anatase from Cligga Head, Perrazabuloe, Cornwall, England. David Green photo. Reproduced with permission |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | B S T R A C T The surface geology of central England and Belgium obscures a large ‘basement’ massif...a long-lived component of the crust of central England and Belgium (Fig. 1). This paper reviews the evolution...south-central Midland and East Anglian regions of England, extending eastward beneath the southern North...as the middle of the 19th C (Dumont, 1847). In the UK, the palaeogeographical maps of Leonard Wills (1948...concealed Caledonides of northern and eastern England. In Plate IV (Caledonides), Wills (1951) recognised |  | | Journal (issue) | | unusual occurrence of mottramite from Peldar Tor, Leicestershire John W. Faithful! and Francis [nce 59 NOTES...with boron in these fluids producing axinite and tourmaline (J ack son el 01. , 1982) . Extensive fracturing...The supergene leaching of copper in south-west England has been recorded in numerous studies, although...post-Armorican early Mesozoic period when south-west England was approximately 200300 miles from the equator...Re-discovery of stokesite crystals in Cornwall, England. Mineralogical Record, 8, 294-297. Couper, A.G |  | | Journal (issue) | | and one member suggested that this could be in the UK or EU. COST A location with on-site accommodation...were identified: geological/mining walks, museums (UK or EU) and member's collections. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS...chlorite, feldspar, garnet, mica, olivine, pyroxene, tourmaline, wolframite and zeolite and, as noted above,...familiar Mineral Group to me, as was the tourmaline group. TOURMALINE GROUP Trigonal boro-silicates, including:...Earl Ferrers' mine in Dimminsdale in North Leicestershire. I was disappointed and surprised . A further |  | | Journal (issue) | | Messrs. Bardon Hill Quarries Ltd. of Coalville Leicestershire towards the publication of the Journal is gratefully...the Bardon Hill Quarries Ltd. of Coalville in Leicestershire. The company has generously played host to...surface and the are was obtained by open work, quarry fashion, here and at Black House. Also saw Crokes...suppose this abandoned spot, with its overgrown quarry and trial shaft, is a memorial to these endeavours...quarries at Gorsley: Greens Quarry (SO 677259) and Linton Parish Quarry (SO 677255), are still accessible |  | | Catalog/List | | hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England 12 ALUJ\JINITE lxlins50p lx2£I 2x2£2.S0 Al SO/4...--- · - · · ··· _ 2x3 £I .SO 2x2£1 Staffordshire England lx2 S0p Rich white to faintly blue masses 23 Al'\HYDRITE... _ . Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry. Tvedalcn near Ix I £3 I x2 £6 2x2 £ 12 7 AN!lilTE...rich white masses intergrown with Weymouth,Dorset,England JxJ 60p lx2 2x2 2x3 £4 46 BASALUMINITE AISO/4 OH...- Creamy white micro crystals in cavirties Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Ix½ £3 59 BOEHl\lITE AIO OH inNatrolite |  | | Book | | IntrusiveSuite) Ordovician quartz diorite stocks (South Leicestershire Diorites) Precambrian basaltic-a.ndesite and...which include parts of north WaIWickshire, Leicestershire and the West Midlands. In terms of geological...photograph Panoramic view looking east across Judkins' Quarry, Nuneaton, to"Wards Hinckley. The face to the...uneaton Memoir for 1 :50 000 Geological Sheet 169 (England and Wales) London: The Stationery Office 1998...of the British Geologi,cal Survey, Sheet 169 (England and Wales). Authors D McC Bridge, BSc J N Carney |  | | Journal (issue) | | has donated a wide range of items, covering both UK and world mineralogical topics, to the Society Library;...of a number of publications (Mineralogical Record, UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, Lapis) and a variety...an unknown lump of mineral found in a limestone quarry on the Mendips in Somerset a few years ago. It...was found by way, that this mineral stopped the quarry stone crusher. It activated a safety mechanism...working at the quarry this has never happened before. Further to this I spoke to the quarry foreman who |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | below ground. The granite is worked in a large quarry which is situated on the crest of the hill. As...gabbro is not so well exposed as formerly: the quarry to the north of the granite is now filled in, but...varieties present. Near the western margin, where the quarry approaches nearest to the gabbro, the granite is...a belt of shattered rock which crosses the main quarry in an E.-W. direction, and which corresponds in...case is described by E. E. Lowe [3] from the Mountsorrel granite near to its contact with the quartz-mica |  | | Catalog/List | | ½ x ½ ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England Large brown well formed dodecahedral Madagascar...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins S0p ALUMINITE Al SO/4 ALUMINOTSCHERMAKITE...- - - AMAZONITE Pure green cleavage Landsverlc quarry, Evje, Norway lxl S0p ALAMOSITE fcLp 10 g:...PbAgSbS lx2 S0p 2x2 £1 2x3 £I .SO Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses ANHYDRITE CaSO...with Chrysotile, pale grey-green County Bridge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall MgFeSiO massive. Minas Gerias |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..... 20 Cave mineralisation at Hampstead Farm Quarry, a lecture by Pro£ Rankin; report by Frank Sharp...were notable. Some excellent material from Manod Quarry was on view, notably a fine synchesite-Ce and some...From Cornwall there was apatite from Meldon CAMASS Quarry, copper and cuprite from Prince ofWales Mine, prehnite...terminated natrolite and possible mesolite from Dean Quarry, hetaerolite crystals from Kennack Sands, mixite...of copiapite in the UK as his subject. Only a few recorded specimens from the UK are known in theOA- |
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