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Covellite from
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chenite1 photo of Covellite associated with Chenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:13833
Long-form Identifier:1:3:13833:0
GUID (UUID V4):b39948ca-2a71-4161-836a-69fb7b0afb00
Localities for Covellite in this Region
Lady Anne Hopetoun shaft (Brow and Hopeful Veins), Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
1.3km (0.8 miles) Lady Anne Hopetoun shaft (Brow and Hopeful Veins), Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
2.7km (1.6 miles) Old Glencrieff Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
3.3km (2.0 miles) Meadowfoot Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
54.0km (33.5 miles) Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
59.1km (36.7 miles) Needle's Eye Mine, Needle's Eye, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
59.4km (36.9 miles) Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
62.8km (39.0 miles) Hartfield Moss, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
65.9km (41.0 miles) Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
82.3km (51.2 miles) Alva Silver Mine, Silver Glen, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK
89.2km (55.4 miles) Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
25. 2. A~~DINE. 3. ANGLESITE. Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Long, spear-like, creamy coloured...BREWSTERITE. Bellsgrove Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland. Superb, transparent, sharp crystals, thickly... £15. • 25. CERUSSITE. Susanna Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire. lL nass of lustrous gl~ssy intergrown...Chalcocite crystals. 4--~x2t". £10. 28. CHhLCO?YRITE. South hoskear Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Large, sha rp... Very fine shape and form. 3tx2". £8. 4-0. COVELLITE. Hen
Thesis/Dissertation
Boston Spa, Wetherby West Yorkshire, LS23 7BQ www.bl,uk ORIGINAL COpy TIGHTLY BOUND IMAGING SERVICES NORTH... ABSTRACT. The principal structural pattern of the Leadhills;1anlockhead district, imposed by the Caledonian...order of 2000 ' -4000 ' below the surface.. The Leadhills-Uanlockhead area is related to other lead-zinc.... ·.. (iv) • •• 1 I. The Geology of the Leadhills-i';anlockhead district The Stratigraphy ••• •••...• • • 0 0 • • •• II. Hineralogy of the Leadhills-1·fanlockhead district Introduction .0. • •• List
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
112 VI.--2~rotes on Vauqudinite from Scotland, and Cantonite from Gornwall. BY T~os. DAVIEs, F.G.S....polariseope, from a specimen brought from the Leadhills, Lanarkshire, which came into my possession some ~ears...distinctive reactions were obtained as in that from Leadhills. 113 VAUQUELINITE AND ~JANTONITE. Cov~.~LIT~...identification. Among them was a pseudomorph of covellite after galena (cantonite) which, at that time,
Book
MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF © 1MS PublishingLimited...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...SCOTLAND'S GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction...species 1 55 2 Minerals originally discovered in Scotland 188 3 Scottish minerals 1991-96 190 REFERENCESAND
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...divided into Dyfed, Clwyd, Powys and Gwynedd and Scotland into Highland, Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
groups. Appendix 3: Minerals discovered first in Scotland 5 5 6 7 9 10 11 11 12 13 39 44 47 SYNOPSIS...groups; and minerals which were discovered first in Scotland. Some 15 per cent of the species listed in this...knowledge as to which mineral species occur in Scotland, but that there is also a need for greater precision...to find the first recordings of minerals new to Scotland since 1901. Many authors have been unaware that...described had not been recorded previously for Scotland or the United Kingdom. The main criteria for accepting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
V.—The Leadhills-Wanlockhead Lead and Zinc Deposits. By A. K. Temple, B.Sc, Ph.D., Department of Geology...Issued separately May 24, 1956) SYNOPSIS THE Leadhills-Wanlockhead mining field is situated within a...synclinorial belt of greywackes, bounded to the north and south by anticlinoria in which lower stratigraphical elements...order of 2000-4000 feet below the surface. The Leadhills-Wanlockhead deposits are related to other lead-zinc...INTRODUCTION LEADHILLS and Wanlockhead are situated in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, on the northern
Journal (issue)
UK j I o mi minerals TS C nlm~ 2 EDITORIAL COVER: Vanadinite from the LeadhillsWanlockheadminingdistrict... 5 PEGMATITE MINERALS FROM CI-IYWOON QUARRY The UK Joumal efMines a11dMinerals publishes articles of...& FINANCE Jean C. Spence CASSEDANNEITE FROM LEADHILLS Tim Neall 31 NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe Richard...Worbop, Nott~. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 26 -1- EDITORIAL...these mark the event out as one of the best in the UK This year the society instigated a mineral competition
Book
BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geology of the Leadhills district Sheet description of tl1e British Geological...Geological Survey 1 :50 000 Series Sheet 15E :Leadhills (Scotland) Author J D Floyd TI1e National Grid and...lead m ines. TI is now in the care of H istoric Scotland [NS 8694 1315) (Z 00400; Photograph Contributors...reference l<'loyd, J D. 2003. Geology of the Leadhills district. Sheet description of!he British Geological...Geological ::,..urvey, 1:50 000 Seri es Sheet 15£ Leadhills (Scotland). 62pp. Copy11ght in materials derived from
Catalog/List
li.xlixl". £9.00. 4. ANGLESITE. Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Choice, lustrous, creamy coloured...Cuprite cutting Serpentine. 2xlfxl,!" high. 1:1.25. COVELLITE. Stewart Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana...LEADHILLITE. 8elton Grain Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfries, Scotland. Choice, pearly, creamy coloured platy crystalised...£2.50. MANGANITE. Hotazel Mine, Cape Province, South Africa. Select, bright black sharp crystals to 4...matrix. 2txl". £2.75. PVROMoRPHITE. Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Unusual light orangey pure cellular
Journal (issue)
year, and again covering the whole of England and Scotland. Chris Jewson had a number of micro jeanbandeyite...shaped brochantite crystals Isobel Geldart found at south Wheal Basset. Finally from Cornwall, Dorothy Merritt...mattheddleite and lanarkite from the Susanna mine at Leadhills and some excellent hemimorphite on quartz from...Mineralogy in the UK. With that aim in mind he felt that the Society should support the UK Journal of Mines...archives for the past 9 years. Branch Reports. South-East. Austin Lockwood reported a local membership
Journal (issue)
Ireland.Robert Lawsoncollection. EDITORIAL 9 The UK J,111mal(lf Mines and Minerals publishes articles...sop, Notts. S80 2EE 55 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 30 -1- EDITORIAL...··,1 ~'J 203 Frontispiece. The mines of the Leadhills-Wanlockhead districtwere importantspecimenproducersin...indebtedfor savingthemfromthe crusherand oblivion. UK Joun1Jl of Min,:, & M1m·r.1lsNo. JO • -:\- OBITUARY...MaxWirthat homein Bownessin 2001. PhotoRoyStarkey. UK Journal ofMim·, & M111nJI, Nu. 30 -4- Max was a
Journal (volume)
has been found in the Caldbeck Fells, in the Leadhills-Wanlockhead district, and at Whitwell quarry in...unusual assemblage of nickel minerals from the south wall of the Dow Scar level, a little below the Whin...localities. About 500 m west of Calebrack on the south side of the track to Sandbed mine, there is an inconspicuous...driven at about 1900 (NY 3411 3577) and 50 m to the south a grassed-over bellpit or shaft with a tiny dump...remains near the adit entrance which is immediately south of the track to the lead mine. The 90-fathom level
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
xls. On the back side of the specimens there is covellite, a mineral reported in the old literature but...interesting crystals (mostly calcite) at the quarry south of Monon in White County, Ind. The pockets are oil...found in 478 Big Horn County, Montana, 80 miles south of Hardin, on the west bank of Big Horn River and...Ravine Drive, Matawan, N . J. Cliffwood Beach on the south shore of Raritan Bay is in the northern part of...ISLANDS — The Fijis are a group of islands in the South Pacific belonging to Great Britain. From the Wainivesi
Catalog/List
matrix. 3x2". £3. 15. CaLEDONITE. Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Drusy, greenyblue crystals aggregated...Quartzose matrix. l"2xl"2'" £2. - 3NhTIVE co PER. South CJradon line, st. Cleer, Cornwall. Superb, rich...reudish tarnished crystaline mass. 2xlt". £3. 27. COVELLITE. But"Ce, Silver Bow Co., Hontana, U.S ..... lttractively...Quartz/Chlorite/ yrite veinstone. 2tx2". £2. 30. CUPhITE. South Caradon Hine, St. Cleer, Cornv~ll. Brilliant, sharp
Journal (issue)
Ovington, UK NJ Elton, St Austell, U.K. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, U.K. RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King...Carbonate-fluorapatite from the Westphalian coal measures of South Wales, u.K. Stephen Plant and David Evans NOTES...occurrence, from Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Tim Neall and David I. Green Epirnorphs of quartz...and coauthors describe supergene galena from six UK localities and discuss the conditions under which...carbonate-fluorapatite are documented from several coal mines in South Wales by Stephen Plant and David Evans, who suggest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hursthouse, A.a. (1) University of the West of Scotland, High Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire, U.K. PA1...Orogen, Nova Scotia; Reefton in the Buller Terrane, South Island, New Zealand; Muruntau in the southern Tien...Çöpler, Central Turkey; Sari Gunay, northwest Iran; South Tibet; Hou et al., 2017, 2015; Richards et al.,...2009; Tomkins, 2013). For example, at Tyndrum, Scotland (Hill et al., 2013); Round Hill, New Zealand (de...Uplands-Down-Longford Terrane (SUDLT) in southern Scotland and Ireland (Figure 1 and 2) is relatively poorly
Catalog/List
Scordale,Cumbria Dyfed.Wales Derbyshire Dyfed.Wales Leadhills,Scotl. Caldbeck,Cumbria Derbyshire Moorshaft Lode...KlrlScotland Scotland Beith.Scotland Leadhllls,ScoU. Beith.Scotland...Skye.Scotland Wanlockhead,Scot. Beith,ScoUand Scotland Beith.Scotland Beith.Scotland Beith,Scolland Rhlw...AZURITE 57 PHOSGENITE 56 COPPER 59 BARITE 60 COVELLITE 61 TOURMALINE 62 ALSTONITE 63 LIBETHENITE 64 MESOLITE...Errochty Ben Lawers.Scotl. Beith,Scotland Beith,Scotland Leadhllls,Scotl. Leadhills,Scotl. Leadhllls,Scotl. Shetland
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Regional geochemistry of southern Scotland and part of northern England Keyworth, Nottingham...History Museum Earth Galleries, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DE 11' 071-589 4090 11'...SURVEY. 1993. Regional geochemistry of southern Scotland and part of northern England. (Keyworth, Nottingham:...are likely to become increasingly important in the UK, and no doubt in many other parts of the world, in...volume covers the south-west Highlands, Midland Valley and Southern Uplands areas of Scotland, and the northern
Journal (issue)
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
Report (issue)
cavities in quartz veins. Association: Galena, covellite, cerussite, anglesite, hemimorphite, sussannite...and the Llechwedd Helyg mine dump, Bontgoch. In Scotland, at Horners Vein dump, the Lady Anne Hopetoun...Hopetoun Shaft dump, and the Susanna mine dump, Leadhills, Strathclyde. Name: Honors Stephen Andrew Rust (b.
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...labelled "South Tcrras mine, St Stcphen-in-Brannel, Cornwall". As a result of this work, South Terras mine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralisation in the central Ochil Hills, Perthshire, UK R. J. Chapman, M. H. Shaw, R. C. Leake and B. Jackson...gold in the 1980s, an area of 200 km2 between the south side of Glen Devon and the Bridge of Earn was chosen...LS2 9JT, UK; M. H. Shaw is at British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK; and B. Jackson...at the National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF, UK. © 2005 Institute of Materials...mineralisation in the central Ochil Hills, Perthshire, UK 1 Geology of the area showing location of sampling
Journal (volume)
Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 20, 7-37. Bevins, R...The Minerals of the Peak District of Derbyshire. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 13, 16-55 and Bulletin...Moreton, S. (2001). Twenty years in minerals: Ireland. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 21, 29-38. Green, D...minerals from Waterbank Mine, Ecton, Staffordshire. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 15, 30-35. Ryback, G...the first authentic occurrence of this mineral in south west England. LOCATION Penberthy Croft Mine [SW
Journal (volume)
non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)... 48 58 Amazonite from Ben Loyal, Sutherland, Scotland Roy E. Starkey and Chris Finch 59 76 The Smale...British occurrence. There are now two dozen in Scotland alone and probably more than a hundred in the...green amazonite from Ben Loyal in the far north of Scotland, which rivals the best collected in the nineteenth...similarities with the two other enargite localities in the South Pennine Orefield at Gregory Mine and Millclose Mine
 
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