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Cobaltite from
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Cobaltite
Formula:CoAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cobaltite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:13838
Long-form Identifier:1:3:13838:5
GUID (UUID V4):7d927492-e52a-46e3-b000-2acd5a1857e7
Nearest other occurrences of Cobaltite
58.2km (36.1 miles) Talnotry Mine, Talnotry, Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
99.7km (61.9 miles) Scar Crags, Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
99.7km (62.0 miles) Cobalt Mine, Scar Crag, Causey Pike, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
O N E Department of Geology, Royal Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF Synopsis A...reveals that about 132 mineral species new to Scotland have been discovered. This is a 3 2 % increase...information about species not previously listed for Scotland. It therefore seems appropriate to take stock...e r the last decade m a n y minerals n e w to Scotland have been discovered by the electronprobemicroanalyser...acanthite, see Fleischer and Mandarino 1991) cobaltite, coffinite, glaucophane, grunerite, kahlerite
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 (article/letter/editorial)
vein mineralization in the Southern Uplands of Scotland: Nature and origin of the fluids I. M . S a m...Research and Reactor Centre, East Kilbride, Scotland, UK, G75 OQU 2 Department of Applied Geology, University...Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G 1 1XJ Abstract. The sedimentary sequences of the Southern Uplands of Scotland host...exception of those in the Leadhills-Wanlockhead district (hereafter referred to as Leadhills), most of the PbZn-Cu-Ag...the Southern Uplands are relatively small. At Leadhills, productivity from the 70 or so veins, which outcrop
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
Catalog/List
li.xlixl". £9.00. 4. ANGLESITE. Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Choice, lustrous, creamy coloured...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...Native Silver intergrown with much light grey Cobaltite and a little Quartz. The two side walls of the
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Services, Hartburn, Kirkcudbright DG6 4XS, Scotland, United Kingdom K. HARRINGTON, Glencar Mining...suture host gold mineralization in North America, Scotland, and Ireland. To date, commercial exploitation...confined to the Appalachian terrane of Canada. In Scotland and Ireland, regional analysis of the types of...grains collected from 44 sites in Ireland and Scotland have been studied. The microchemical signatures...suture and adjacent terranes can be traced through Scotland, northwestern Ireland, and to the northeastern
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
Journal (issue)
Minerals from. t� Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia. Beyer, B. and Elliott, P. 2(2):57-70...Worner, H.K. 2(1):28 LOCALITIES: Australia: New South Wales: 18 Level, Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill...Mine, Chillagoe 2(1):40-41W Scarborough 2(2):76W South Australia: Iron Monarch 1(2):29W; 2(1):21-24 Mt...2(1):41W Spargoville 2(1):2 Teutonic Bore 2(1):25-27 Scotland: Alva, Stirling 1(1):31W Moonen Bay, Skye 1(1):31W...Skye 1(1):31W Staitstep Vein, Leadhills-Wanlockhead area 1(1):31W South Africa: Gamsberg region 2(1):32W
Journal (issue)
Strontianite, Strontian mines, Highland Region, Scotland. 100 mm x 55 mm. From an old collection. Specimen...on native silver from the Clyde Plateau Lavas, Scotland T.K. Meikle 67 Conference Reports 71 Book...divisions I mm. The supergene leaching of copper in south-west England has been recorded in numerous studies...in the post-Armorican early Mesozoic period when south-west England was approximately 200300 miles from...H.G., 1956. The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-west England. 2 vols. Memoirs of the Geological
Book (volume)
"TOlVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND VOL. II. Printed by Neill and Company, Limited...Pyrites. DRAWN! eV DR HCDDLE THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND BY THE LATE M. FORSTER HEDDLE, M.D., F.R.S...Stereograms of Gypsum, & and c Projections, Map of Scotland, Index to the one- inch Ordnance Survey . . ... Orthoclase. J . G. GOODCHILD. THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND, VOL. II. OXYGEN II. SILICATES. ANHYDKOUS...porphyry dyke Anal. 6. HEBRIDES. Harris, on the south shore of West Loch Tarbert, of a deep red, in hornblendic
Journal (issue)
ticle In this Issue). Photo by Mick Cooper. The UK Journal ofM;nes a'1d Mi,,erals publishes articles...BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & '.\·lincrals No. 11 -1- EDITORIAL...such an extent that we lose touch with the local UK scene, but the variations in the mineralogical scene...indecent; just your average bunch of collectors in fact. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -2- GODDESS...determines to what class of minerals they belong. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -3- Encyclopaedia
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
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
Catalog/List
1923 1. 2. 3. 4. Mootna Mine, Yorke Pe~insular, South australia. DarJt greEn crysta11sed mass uith crystals...wass; good display speci~en. 5x4x3". £15. GOlli. South Galena Nine, Utah, U .S.i\.. Small dendritic \~iI'Y...2xlt". 75p. LANARKITE. SUsan."" HL"le, Leadhills lanarkshire. Bladea cryS:ills with Leadhillite :mc.... 21fxltxl". £1. ST1ill1TE. Garral'Jilli, Nel'/ South v,ales, !LUstrelia. ';011 formec li;;ht OrQ.1~"y...matrix. 3x2". £1.50. CERU~SiTB. Broken Hill, New South ~81cs, australla. Mnssive, \-/i til numerous snall
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Caledonian mafic–ultramafic intrusions of northeast Scotland have been a major target of investigations by...igneous centres on Rum, Mull and Skye in northwest Scotland. In each case abundant and diverse PGM assemblages...Lower Devonian and Permo-Triassic rocks in the South Hams area and the Crediton Trough in Devon, and...the Mauchline and Thornhill basins in southern Scotland. The genesis of the precious-metal grains is attributed...associated with Caledonian intrusions Northeast Scotland One of the principal targets for PGE exploration
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
Book (edition)
Gold Occurrences in the UK A Gold Prospector's Guide LEE GARY PALMER MSc Published in the United...Productions 40 Archers Ave Irvine, Ayrshire KA11 2GB Scotland UK Content copyright© Lee Gary Palmer, 2019 The...First printed November 2019 Printed and bound in Scotland by Brown Brothers, Irvine, Ayrshire First Edition...Nuggets of the UK Preface Gold The Word The Element Origin Locations Information Maps England South West England...Cornwall South West England - Devon South West England - Somerset South East England - Essex South East England
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 (issue)
fromFrizington, Cumbria,England. Stereomicroscopes The UK ]011malof Mines and Minerals publishes articles of...Worksop, Notts. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Minos & Minerals No. 29 -1- EDITORIAL...immeasurably to your enjoyment of mineralogy. David Green UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 29 -2- Frontispiece... B60 2AH In omwall, the mothballed , rkings of South Crofty Mine have prung to life and a new decline...century there were no working metal mines left in the UK and there seemed little prospect of any being de
Catalog/List
£40 28. ATACAMITE 5cm x 4cm x 3cm Mount Gunson, South Australia. Botyroidal form covered on the surface...specimen. £85 35. MARCASITE & PYRITE (7cm x 5cm x 3cm) South Crofty Mine, Pool, Cornwall. Solid piece of brassy...RHODOCROSITE (6cm x 4cm x 5cm) N'Chwanning Mine, Kalahari, South Africa. Beautiful rose-pink transparent crystalline...MALACHITE GOSSAN (5cm x 5cm x 3cm) Bamfylde Mine, Nr. South Molton, Devon Green malachite gossan matrix with...x 1.5cm box) Kester Brook, Gale Nr. Bickington, South Devon. Alluvial cassiterite 'pebbles' up to 10mm
Catalog/List
massive in altered Limestone (Kilchoan Ardnamurchan Scotland) lxl f2.20 lx2 E4.60 2x2 E8.70 (Xrayedmaterial)... 2 to 3 mmsize crystals, good coverage. (Skye Scotland) lem for rnicros E3.60 lxl ins E5.60 188 HUMITE...brownmasses. possible minor !lagnet·te (Kilbr ide Skye, Scotland) lxl E2.50 lx2 E4 2x2 E8 2x4 f15 457 SAPONITE...pure waxyyellow-grey mass. (Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland) large l! x lS E4 426 VISHNEVITE. Cancrinite group...group blue grey masses in MICROCLINE (LochBorrolan,Scotland) lxl 90p lx2 E2 single golden aicro crystal
Book
the Black Cat imprint Little, Brown and Company (UK) Limited Brettenham House Lancaster Place London...Germany; Pribram, Czechoslovakia; Broken Hill, New South Wales; Chanarcillo, Atacama, Chile; and in the states...crystals in Cornwall; at Wallaroo, South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales. Found in sandstone at...Witwatersrand, South Africa, are the major economic gold producers. The Republic of South Africa is in...total annual production. Localities. Apart from South Africa, Above: Gold on quartz from California. Such
 
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