 | | Journal (issue) | | from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral assemblage exa mined...Crowns rocks between 1795 and 180 I (Noall, 1972). Wheal Cock and other nearby mines were later incorporated...bundance. chalcocite. arsenopyrite, bornite, chalcopyrite, cassiterite, hematite, scheelite, and bismuthinite...in situ in 19R9 from the 100fathom level in the Wheal Hazard section of the Crowns lode. At this locality...and the Skip shaft dumps at Wheal Cock (Fig. 2). CQOi~\tt ~i\Shaft Wheal Whe~ ~Button ~ ........ |  | | Journal (issue) | | mmtall fromFrizington, Cumbria,England. Stereomicroscopes The UK ]011malof Mines and Minerals publishes...PUBLICATIONS LTD ISSN 0952-2409 Tom Cotterell 49 NORTH DEVON UNITED MINE Mike Rumsey • Mike Savage 53 PIUNTING...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...century there were no working metal mines left in the UK and there seemed little prospect of any being de |  | | Journal (issue) | | study but galena, blende, pyrite and probable chalcopyrite have been found in limestones of Wenlock age...Glasshouse (Fig. 1). In the same geological formation west of Newent millerite is reported, although no specimens...except for micaceous sandstone exposed near the south-west corner, the ground is heavy marl and seemingly very...Sandstone (Permo-Triassic) age crop out, and to the west are marls and sandstones of the Old Red Sandstone...was apparently at Gorsley (Fig. 1) to the north-west, where a lease of the 1780s refers to rights to |  | | Book (volume) | | COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING GION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume II 1956 2017 reprint BRITISH GEOLOGICALSURVEY...BRITAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME II H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical...The 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...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South -West England Volume II By H.... — Details OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 8. St. Austell district in .. ...Wadebridge district .. .. . . 571 .. .. ' .. ' West of Wadebridge (p . 572); East of Wadebridge (p ...) ; Calstock (p . 644 ); Luckett, Latchley and Devon Great Consols (p . 649) ; Sydenham Damerel (p. 661); |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Buckland Monachorum on the right bank of the river Tavy close to its junction with the river Walkham, at...chlorite, sphene, scorodite. CHALCOPYR.ITE. Chalcopyrite was the principal ore in this mine, the vuggy...Henwood, 'The Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon,' Trans. Roy. Geol. Soc. Cornwall, 1848, vol. v...snow-white quartz crystals, with balls of chalybite. Chalcopyrite was also found here occasionally in a blister-like...and s {321}, with cha]ybite and crystals of chalcopyrite on transparent slender prisms of quartz. Brilliant |  | | Book (volume) | | BRITAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical notes...NG12 5GG Plumtree (060 77) 6111 Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA (031) 667 1000 BGS...to 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | found in notable quantity in Britain outside · Devon and Cornwall, and there they are produced chiefly...paid by 1\-Ir. Dewey .to every active mine in England ond Wa.les from which · arsenic or antimony ha...'The :\'fotalliforous Deposits of Cornwall ancl Devon,' which was published in 1843 as vol. V of the Transactions...J. H. Collins in 'Observations on the \Vest of England Mining ltegion ' forming vol. XIV (1912) of tho...(continued)-DETAILS 01' TBJil Mnnc.s : (1) West Cornwall District. (2) East Cornwall and Devon D~tricts. (3) Carnarvonshire |  | | Report (volume) | | BRITAIN. VOL. XXVII.-COPPER ORES OF OORNWALI, AND DEVON BY HENRY DE"\VEY. Ft)BLJSBEI) DY ORDBR OF TILE...mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring the information up to date Mr...the published accounts of mining in Cornwall and Devon, and reference to the principal sources of information...District, pp. 46-54. V. The East Cornwall a.nd Devon District, pp. 54---61. VI. The South Molton District...Lode 20 3.-Dolcoath Mine. Transverse section 22 4.-Wheal Seton. Section at Tilly's Shaft 22 5.- Viheal Seton |  | | Book (volume) | | BRITAIN 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 ...WCI 13a Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2 JAR 109 St Mary Street, Cardiff CFl IJW Brazennose Street, Manchester...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 510 |  | | Book | | Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Bucks HPI7 9AJ, UK. Set in 9 point Times roman and printed in Great...are exploited. The most important mineral is chalcopyrite (copper iron sulphide), scattered through immense...associated with ee Dendritic native copper, Wheal Unity, Cornwall, 120 mm (45/4 inches) long, in Camborne...Cornwall, grey, 80 by 60 mm (31 by 21/4 inches); chalcopyrite, Cornwall, golden, 110 by 70 mm (4/4 by 23/4...Siberia, 70 by 70 mm (2/4 by 23/4 inches). BELOW: Chalcopyrite, copper iron sulphide, showing various habits: |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | established within the country rocks bordering the north-west corner of the Dartmoor granite mass. Upper Devonian...two to three miles wide, which borders the north-west comer of the Dartmoor granite mass in Devonshire...from South Tawton on the north to Tavistock on the west of the granite (Fig. 1). Sedgwick & Murchison (1840)...the inversion and repetition of the strata to the west of Dartmoor. Hinde & Fox (1895, 1896) made an important...Petertavy district (Reid & THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH-WEST DARTMOOR 53 others, 1912,in explanation of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vice-chairman and treasurer Secretary MarkOddy Trevor Devon Colin Brough OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS John Burgess...Master John Burgess John Pearce Mark Oddy, Trevor Devon and Colin Brough Kathleen Hassan John Hall Derek...168 North Cray Road Sidcup KENT DA14 5EL Trevor Devon Battle Barn Farm Sedlescombe Battle EAST SUSSEX...devilline pseudomorphs after calcite at Wheal Friendship, Mary Tavy, Devon and the first recorded occurrence...occurrence of copiapite from the South West. When I reached 40 I didn't really have that expected mid-life crisis |  | | Journal (issue) | | RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...Gunheath china clay pit, St Austell, Cornwall, England 3 15 N.l. Elton Sector phosphorescent gypsum...(selenite) crystals from Mepal Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England B.A. Grguric 19 The silver and cobalt mineralisation...Hannotome from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England D.l. Green and l.R. Nudds 31 NOTES Valentinite...from Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England c. M. Leppinf{toll and D.I. Green 36 Atacamite |  | | Book | | Mitchell of Truro, to Mr. Lavin of Pen zance , for West Cornish localities ; and to Dr. Forster Heddle ...IN COMBI NATION. Tennantite. Tetrahedrite. Chalcopyrite. Erubescite. Bournonite. Genus 7. CHLORIDE...Wigan in Lancashire, Lesmahagow in Lanark shire, and West Wemyss in Fife. 5 COAL . Analyses of Cannel...Genus 2. ARSENIDE. Tennantite. Tetrahedrite. Chalcopyrite. Erubescite . Bournonite. Genus 7. CHLORIDE...and protect iron from oxidation. LOCALITIES. — England. Cornwall; near Tuckingmill, Cam borne, and in |  | | Report (issue) | | s11rrou11di11g aureole; Dr. Sl1erlock surveyecl most of the Devon area; Mr. 1fac�Alister is responsible £or the n1ining...two ages, intrusive cliabase and periclotite. The Devon°' Ca1·boniferc>us b()undary l1as been g·reatly modified....... • •• ••• ••• .•• , , 9.-Brent Tor from the west . . . • • • 64 ... .• . ..• ..• ,, 10.-Weatbered...no·rth-east .•• . .. ... 92 ..• ... ,, 13, 14.-Wheal .Arthur. Sections ..• 93 ••• , , 15.-Cornwall Great...30 ..-New Wheal Martha. Longitudinal Section • . • 102 • •• ... •• • •.• ,, 31, 32.-Wheal Newton. Sections |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | -LEAD, SILVER-LEAD AND ZINC O1-tES OF CORNWALL, DEVON AND 8O1\fERSET. BY HENRY DEWEY. PUBLISHED _BY...ores . of lead, zinc and silver in the south-west of England. The early history of the industry is obscure...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...l\'lENDIP MlNERIES. HISTORY. STATISTICS l !!.-WEST, CENTRAL AND NORXH CoRNWALL. J.HELSTON DISTRICT |  | | Report (issue) | | The Northern Mine Research Society, Sheffield, England. ISSN ISBN O 0308-2199 901450 18 9 BRITISH...c1855 Cross-section of Wheal Exmouth c1860 Surface layout at Porter's Shaft, Wheal Exmouth c1855 South Exmouth...mine count house and site, of dressing floors. Wheal Exmouth, 70 inch engine house at Porter's Shaft...engine house. Wheal Exmouth, waste tips below site of dressing floors o Canonteign House. Wheal Adams, site...site of New Engine Shaft. Wheal Adams, whim engine house. Wheal Adams; view north along strike of the lodes |  | | Book (edition) | | indebted to Grenville H. Francis, Esq. and also to Mrs. Mary Tucker, who has aided my excursions into the voluminous...JONES- The Mining District of North Cardiganshire & West Montgomeryshire 1922 W. J. LEWIS-Lead Mining in...certainly true of Cardiganshire where galena and chalcopyrite (lead and copper ore) growing as it were out...however important differences. These areas, comprising West Montgomeryshire and the scattered districts of Aberdovey...only exception. The abundant lead/zinc deposits of West Montgomeryshire did not achieve prominence until |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK JOURNAL M I N OF E S -----&----- M ·1 N E R A L S ISSUE N0.9 • SPRING - SUMMER 1991...collection. Photo: Mick Cooper. 3 CALCITE 4 The UK Joumol of Mi11es011dMinerals publishes articles of-interest... EDITORIAL LOOKING BACK In the course of its evolution the UK Joumol of Mints and Minerals has seen many small...from a number of British localities. At East and West Blackcr.1ig r-.,[ine, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland...occurs as microscopic intergrowths with galena. chalcopyrite. millerite, marcasite and sphalerite (Livingstone |  | | Book (volume) | | THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .,pvii Description .)SG(England urv eol em M est -WSouth of Region Mining MINING...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South - West England Volume I Ву...London s.E.1 13a Castle Street, Edinburgh 2 109 St. Mary Street, Cardiff 39 King Street, Manchester 2 Tower...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained |  | | Book | | ºx Foº: PREFACE. During my present visit to England, my father, Mr. Robert Symons of Truro, pressed...ticable because of the departure of the author from England. In the method of treating so extensive a subject...like a sea boot. It extends from the county of Devon, 80 miles in a south-westerly direction, to the...miles A. 2 Geology of Cornwall. to the south-west of which are the Scilly Isles; the width varies...suffers the frequent gales which blow from the north-west, to 4. Geology of Cornwall. carry the sand up |
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