 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | decorative stones, field collecting, mines and mine plans, industrial landscapes, industrial processes...‘Minerals of Scotland’, ‘Minerals of Northern England’ and of course ‘Crystal Mountains’. So where are...Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and...Sowerby (1809) illustration of calcite from Dimple Mine. Bonsall Moor photo of former mineral exploitation...from Cromford – Bage Mine in particular. Calcite and galena from Millclose Mine, Darley Dale. Fluorite |  | | Journal (issue) | | March/April 2004 5.M.L.S. FIELD TRIP TO SHROPSHIRE Our trip to Shropshire had originally been scheduled for...landowners and Kevin Dick, Tarmac's quarry manager for Shropshire, I was able to put together a potentially interesting...Pontesbury. The first of these, the old Westcott copper mine, comprised three separate collecting sites...short adits and the mine dump. Nearby was the Badger Level section of the Huglith mine complex, which was...parties, we set off respectively for Huglith and Westcott and arranged to meet up for lunch in a layby in |  | | Report (volume) | | scattered over the Midlands, Wales and the North of England. Most of them have been visited by the author$...this information. Our thanks are due to numerous mine managers for assistance while visiting their mines...STAFFORDSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE, .. YORKSHIRE " SHROPSHIRE AND •• .. .. 25 IV.--MINES WORKED IN THE...Denbighshire, pp. pp. 54-56; Cardiganshire 56 ; Shropshire, ,, 31 V.-:rvlINES WORKED IN THE LOPES AND...lvlerioneth and Carnarvonshire ,, IV.-Section of Clogau :Mine, l.vlerioneth " V. -Sketch Map of the Coniston |  | | Catalog/List | | 50x25x35nun. i\ la,. .£95. 3) AURICHALCITE. Ochrycraig Mine, Llangynog, Powys, Wales. Cavities in ironstainccl...(less rich). £28. -1) AZURITE. Westcott M111e. 1-labberley, Shropshire. A sparkling 45,5mm ··streak"'...50x30x I 8111111. £ 15. 5) C..-\ LCITE. Carrock Mine, Mosedale, Cumbria. A group of about 15 sharp hexagon:il...50x40x30mm. £45. <> C.\ LCITE and Mr\RCASITE. Pare Mine, Llanrwst, Gwynedd, North Wales. Nice intcrgrown...8) CASSITERITE. Robinsons Section, South Crafty Mine, Pool, Cornwall. An intergrown mass or black cassitcritc |  | | Book | | iremi0000brow WEST SHROPSHIRE MINING FIELDS Some members of the Shropshire Caving and Mining Club...first national mining history conference held in Shropshire in association with the Ironbridge Gorge Museum...Parker). The Shropshire Caving and Mining Club While a group known as the Shropshire Mining Club and...does not imply any right of access. y WEST SHROPSHIRE MINING FIELDS lvorJ.Brown To Kenneth Lock and...Newton, and all members, past and present, of the Shropshire Caving and Mining Club. = First published |  | Carruthers, R. G., Eastwood, T., Wilson, G. V., Pocock, R. W., Wray, D. A. (1916) Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol. 2, Barytes and Witherite (2nd ed.) Geological Survey of Great Britain | Report (edition) | | detailed description of the mines of the North of England. The Derbyshire and South '\-Vales occurrences....a re described by Mi:. Pocock, and those of Shropshire and the Welsh border by l\fr. Eastwood and l\..." 11.-DESCRIPTION OF THE MINES. TBE NORTH OF ENGLAND : Northumberland. Durham. Cumberland. \Vestmorland...(contd.). Derbyshire Welsh Border ... 7 45 Shropshire and the 50 Wales. Mnras (contd.) : North Central...--Output of Baryt� from the leading dist,riots of England, Wales and Ireland Page 4 ,. 2.--Total Output |  | | Journal (issue) | | THEDAMS,CAVERSWALL, STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFS. LEADING 'UK' STAINLESS STEEL FITTINGS Mfg. NEWLOWER PRICESJUSTOUT...seventeen mines in South America and in Africa. These mine are incidentally usually located in out of the way...known for its occurrences on the east coast of England. Sard and bloodstone occur in Scotland, the latter... GEM CR1-\:-I • ,. tities on many beaches in England and Wales, but their presence here is due to glacial...opal. either cut and polished. or direct from the mine ... ·opal fever· starts in your veins! Only preciou~ |  | | Report (edition) | | Rocks of the Malvern Hills; Uriconian Rocks of Shropshire; The Igneous Rocks of Hanter and Stanner; The.... Distribution of Pre-Cambrian Formations in Shropshire. Distribution of Pre-Cambrian Rocks in the Malvern...Wrekin District 14. The Cambrian Area of Comley (Shropshire) 15. Generalized section across the Comley Cambrian...of Ordovician Rocks is complete, and to Central England, where these rocks are absent Ordovician Fossils...of the Stiperstones, Shelve and Chirbury Area, Shropshire . . 77 80 * The numbers in brackets refer | | | Report (edition) | | MUSEUM. LONDON. 50 SCALE NORTH WALES CENTRAL ENGLAND SOUTH WALES WELSH BORDERS)— ii 100 i MILES...F. Whittard’s article on the Geology of South Shropshire, which contains a comprehensive and up-to-date...201. 1952. Whittard, W. F. A Geology of South Shropshire, Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. Ixiii, p. 143. 1952...Uriconian and Longmyndian Rocks near Linley, Shropshire, ibid., p. 198. 1952. Shirley, J. The Ludlow...others. Report of Summer Field Meeting in South Shropshire, 1952, Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. Ixiv, p. 232 |  | | Report (issue) | | ' >.* »:,,'*V'»^'*?r»Vi '. ''" ^;'*/^*",* ' Malachite deposits > '^ *: - ' - '»^\: «^/:.*'1;..^^.i...Descriptions of selected carnotite deposits. ..... Penju mine ..................... Deposit #440 ...............deposit (in pocket). . . . 4. Hidden Treasure mine (in pocket) ........... (All plates in pocket)...April-September 1956, and JuneSeptember 1957. C. A. Westcott was geologic assistant in 1957. Geology vas...the report area (tables 14 and 15). Traces of malachite are found in the Mancos shale on Klondike Ridge |  | | Journal (issue) | | OFFICE 1958 ) CONTENTS PAGE I .-The West Shropshire :Mining Region, by H. G. Dines, A.R.S.M. . ....the Ritton Castle area PLATE III. A. Wrentnall Mine. A general view across the valley towards Broom...sky-line, centre, is in Longmyndian grits. B. Wrentnall Mine. An open gunnis near Bennett's Shaft showing the...PLATE IV. A. Huglith Mine. Entrance to the Badger Level adit. B. Gatten Mine. The barite vein left as...relative positions of the Central \¥ales and West Shropshire MiPing Regions 2 2. Diagrammatic section across |  | Carruthers, R. G., Eastwood, T., Wilson, G. V., Pocock, R. W., Wray, D. A. (1915) Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol. 2, Barytes and Witherite (1st ed.) Geological Survey of Great Britain | Report (edition) | | detailed description of the mines of the North of England. 'l'he Derbyshire and South '\Vales occurrences...occurrences .are described by :Mr. Pocock, and those of Shropshire and the ,Velsh border by l\{r. Eastwood and Mr...Effects of the War ... " " .. " " ,, THENoRm oF ENGLAND : Northumberland. Durham. Cumberland. Westmor...Ba- rytes Industry. INDEX ... 45 (rontd.). Shropshire and the (contd.) :-North Wales. Central and...-0utput of Bar� from the leading districts of England, Wales and Ireland ... . . ... . . ... .� Page |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sutcliffe put on a display of material from Rampgill Mine with two specime ns of enormous interest (to me...the 'old man' was working this part of Rampgill Mine well before I thought they had got that far! After...longer interested in their collection of a seri es of UK first day covers; 86 issues from the period July...a site. With Grah am I wa lked up t o Brae Fell Mine and showed him what we did in the summer and why...an unofficially excavated wheel pit to Hay Gill Mine, where there were signs of recent unauthorised digging |  | | Journal (issue) | | Annual subscription '(six copies) £1 post free in the UK. Overseas $3.25 (US) or '£1.25 Our front cover: Reproduced...aragonite but no malachite or azurite. There is a working iron-magnetite -barytes mine just inland of Vila...Milfontes on the sea coast of the Alentejo. This mine has been worked since Roman days. The Portuguese...you are looking fo1· gemstones, particularly in England, your best bet is a seaside holiday. If it is general...considered in advance, and such things as unguarded mine shafts, cliffs and other physical hazards should |  | | Report (volume) | | Bankovskil, V. A., Qeothermal conditions in the coal mine Shcheglovka 100. _________ 139 Barber. N. F., The...magnetic properties of the tholeiite dykes of north England.......................... .... ._____ 139 Brylinski...sounding with a single pole______________________ England, J. L. See under Tuve, M. A. Enns, T., Radiation...of rock layers in a plastic state_________ 137 Shropshire, R. F., Underwater bottom hardness tester, U...Pierre. See under Cotton, Aimfi. Taylor, D., and Westcott, C., Principles of radar.........__........_. |  | Wilson, G. V., Eastwood, T., Pocock, R. W., Wray, D. A., Robertson, T. (1922) Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol. 2, Barytes and Witherite (3rd ed.) Geological Survey of Great Britain | Report (edition) | | counties; ].\,Ir. Pocock deals with the mines of Shropshire, Wales and the \Velsh Border; Mr. Robertson supplies...Ramsden, D.S.O., and Mr. T. C. F. Hall of the Shropshire Mines, Ltd., we are specially indebted for maps...maps and reports of the mines of Shropshire and Montgomeryshire. Our thanks are also due for the great...Lancashire, p. 63. III.-THE MINES OF DERBYSHIRE, SHROPSHIRE AND THE "\VELSH BORDER I. Derbyshire, p. 64... 84. 3. Devonshire, p. 94. V.--TuE MINES 2. Shropshire and the Border, p. 69. ,velsh 5 64 - 84 2 |  | | Journal (issue) | | details of our Spring holidays. 1 The Kloof gold' mine, 6,00Q ft. below the surface Gold is dispersed throup...Merionethsh'ire. The Ogofau, Gogofau or Dolaucothi gold mine near Pumpsaint in Caemar thenshire (SN 665403)...here. In Merionethshire is the Castell Carn dochan mine (SH 846307), near Llan uwchllyn, worked in the...centred on the Mawddach valley from the Panorama mine (SH 628163) above Barmouth for about twelve miles...one of the lead mines (Cwn Eisen or Cwm He(i)sian mine, near SH 736274) in 1843, since when they have been |  | | Book | | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...meneghinile Pengenna mine,St Kew,Cornwall; Shallowfield Bridge,SouthMolton,Devon Tynebottom mine,Alston.CUm~ria...CUm~ria mercury Chatsworth mine,Grassinglon, Yorkshire Severallocalities in theLakeDistrictandComw melacinnabar...theLakeDistrictan:iCorrr::a!I natrojarosite Wanlhwaite mine,StJohn'sin theVale,Cumbria SouthTerrasmine,StStephen-in-Brannel...Cumbria pharmaco!ite Wanlhwaite mine,StJohn'sin theVale,Cumbria Chatsworth mine,Grassington, Yorkshire p:cropharmacolne |  | | Journal (issue) | | Annual subscription (six copies) £1 post free In the UK. Overseas $3.25 (US) or £1.25 Our front cover: ... Consolidated Gold Fields' recently opened Wheal Jane tin mine near Truro. Great Britain today, for the commercial...back if the prospecting resulted in a producing mine. Nor�ern Ireland has gone further than this with...reopenin'g by Consolidated Gold Fields of the Wheal Jane mine near Truro. Meanwhile Geevor and the Union Corporation...Corporation are jointly evaluat ing the Levant mine, after having successfully sealed the sea breach which |  | | Journal (issue) | | is that David, while at University, represented England in the sport of 'winks', which apparently was taken...impurities. Thus elsewhere in this Newsletter Groverake Mine is described as a commercial producer of fluorspar...au South Caradon 5551 The site of South Caradon mine at St. Cleer Cornwall, has been declared by English...moss. The accessible underground workings of the mine are leased by the Caradon Mines Research Group,...to have overlain the granites of southwestern England but which are not preserved in situ, they are not |  | | Journal (issue) | | with high temperatures, but they are unusual for the UK and are therefore worth a comment. As responsible...seen any truly serious cases of heatstroke in the UK, the potential is there and I have seen many minor...each day Possible sites include: Great Orme Copper Mine (entrance fee) Alderley Edge Mines (insurance fee)...above and below ground, including the famous Ojuela Mine where he collected excellent adamite. Some of the...rich, typical of many Triassic sandstones in the UK. It is not very compact and has just a little overgrowth |  | | Journal (issue) | | Limited •200 Bath Road, Slough SL1 4DW Berkshire, England Telephone: Slough 21292 Telex 847684 Cables: Igard...birthday is on Reg. No. 964023. Registered in England. | f/Su&itet W/ / )hr< B / B r / k ’ ' * Power...and D.I.Y. suppliers, ^^B ^^B x. Borden) Borden (UK) Limited ---------- North Baddesley, Southampton...Wholesale Supply Co. Ltd.) 46 WALMSLEY STREET HULL ENGLAND HU3 1QD Our ambition is to have happy and prosper...Please apply on letter head for free catalogue. Sole UK distributors for GEMTEK the World's finest lapidary |  | | Journal (issue) | | hematite, wolframite, native copper, cornwallite, malachite and many other species. There are likely to be...nearby. The group visited a working porphyry copper mine with finely disseminated chalcopyrite, secondary...version of the talk she did at the AGM on St. Peter's Mine, Allendale. This is a very interesting story, not...finest exposures of a porphyry-copper deposit in the UK. In 1998 the section was carefully cleared of talus...and supergene. Some sites, such as the Turf Copper mine, may be familiar to members, while others will be |  | | Journal (issue) | | ONE! when I typed in 'mineral news' and checked the uk button. Gary is still searching for materia_l,,!9"pu...one - 1mm size spiky ball, almost certainly 'malachite'. Whether any 'cuprite' is present it is not possible...was attended by some 150 delegates from around the UK, including some from as far as Scotland. An excellent...have a similar conference on the minerals of the UK and what the societies do, and the problems we are...moving. Sallie Bassham, the Librarian of the Northern Mine Research Society has kindly agreed to take over |  | | Journal (issue) | | attending, particularly those from the North of England, will be available to assist where possible. Please...went out collecting over the dumps at Hartsop Hall mine in the Lake district, looking primarily for wulfenite...the dumps or if it is an actual specimen from this mine I don't know?, I do know that I haven't found any...was discovered in 19* in the Mount Elliott Copper Mine, North Queensland. It was found at a depth of 260...enclosed in the actual copper lode worked by this mine. It is, therefore, , - - - - _ _.;;..,::.....______ |
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