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Chalcocite from
Engine Vein Mine, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Engine Vein Mine, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:18855
Long-form Identifier:1:3:18855:7
GUID (UUID V4):9dd5b118-1046-4d30-a35e-fe5db11203f8
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Wood mine, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UK
28.9km (18.0 miles) Wall Shaft Mine, Castleton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK
30.3km (18.8 miles) Ecton Mine (Deep Ecton Pipe), Ecton, Wetton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England, UK
30.4km (18.9 miles) Quarry Mine, Ecton, Wetton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England, UK
44.7km (27.8 miles) Golconda Mine, Hopton, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
46.4km (28.8 miles) Isolation Mine (Snelston Mine), Snelston, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
86.1km (53.5 miles) Newhurst Quarry, Shepshed, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK
87.4km (54.3 miles) Bardon Hill Quarry, Bardon, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England, UK
87.7km (54.5 miles) Huglith Vein, Pulverbatch, Shropshire, England, UK
88.6km (55.1 miles) Westcott Mine, Pulverbatch, Shropshire, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...from the Ecton, the Parys l\:{ountain and the Alderley Edge mines, the output has been unimportant, but...West l.vline, Alderley Edge ,. .. I.-Map aud plan of the l.\'lines at Alderley Edge .. 6 7 III...lvlerioneth and Carnarvonshire ,, IV.-Section of Clogau :Mine, l.vlerioneth " V. -Sketch Map of the Coniston
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...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of
Journal (issue)
logy. Contribution; co ncerning the topographical mine 7alogy of the British Isles are particularly welcome...with calcite, galena and pyrite. Glengowla East mine, Oughterard, Co . Galway, Eire. Sir Arthur Russell...Hilderston mine , West Lothian. Scotland T.K. Meikle 83 Mineralogy of the Alderley Edge - Mottram St...St Andrew area, Cheshire, England R . S. W. Braith waite 91 Fluorite at Hampstead Farm quarry, Chipping...occurrence of arsenate minerals at Gwaith-yr-Afon mine, Dyfed , Wales S.A . Rust and J.s. Mason 109 NOTES
Report (issue)
rocks I I Geochemical reconnaissance in the Cheshire Basin pp. 1-13 J. H. Bateson, BSc, M/MM I I I... 35 -1 .I Geophysical surveys around Talnotry mine. Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland 38 Mineral exploration...Area 3 : Grinshill 6 Area 4: Weston 6 Area 5: Alderley Edge 10 ,,, Conclusions I ·1 11 Acknowledgements...9 6 Area 5: Alderley Edge 12 ,, I -1 I 'I .I Geochemical reconnaissance in the Cheshire Basin J. H... J. H. 1982 Geochemical reconnaissance in the Cheshire Basin in Miscellaneous investigations on mineralisation
Book
The Cheshire Basin Basin evolution, fluid movement and mineral resources in a Permo-Triassic rift setting...setting BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The Cheshire Basin Basin evolution, fluid movement and mineral resources...reference G, and HAsLAM, HW (editors). 1999. The Cheshire Basin. Basin evolution, fluid movement and mineral...Chapter 1 Introduction Background 1 The scudy l The Cheshire Basin 1 The resources of the basin J Structure...Stratigraphy and sedimentology Tectonic seccing 10 The Cheshire Basin 12 The basin floor 13 The basin fill: overview
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Tavistock 832381 (STD 0822) V.A.T ....il" in size . 2xl". £5 . 00 AI'-'GLE'.SITE. Hilton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. Cavities in Galena matrix...lxil" . £2.50 APOPHYLLITE and Preh;,ite. Phalaborwa Mine, Transvaal, S. Africa. Very rich specimen suitable...2x3 '; . £14.00 NATIVE ARSE.'lIC + Stibnite. Kusa Mine, Nr . Bau, Sarawak, Borneo. Specimen ASilvery grey...Realgar. 2xl~ ". £5.00 ASBOLITE . Engine Vein, Alderley Edge, Cheshire. Specimen A-Blue and green masse
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
other exotic oxidized zone in an as-yet-undeveloped mine. For now, however, Tsumeb holds top honors for the...name leadhillite in 1832, establishing the Susanna mine, Leadhills, as the type locality (Dana 1896). There...Figure 1. Leadhillite, 6.7 cm high, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Formerly in the Houston Museum...pseudomorphing leadhillite crystals to 5 mm, from the Susanna mine, Leadhills, Scotland. This is the underside of the...has been found] in largest quantity in the Susanna Mine. It sometimes occurs alone; more frequently with
Journal (issue)
UK .M ----- JOURNAL I OF N E & ----- s M 1· N E R A L S n \) II I/ i] NUMBER 15 • SPRING...TISPIECE CALCITE on HEMATITE Fred Bull 4 MI The UK Jouma/ of Mines and .Minerals publishes articles...N'(Olbl L'K Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 15 -2- UK Journal of Mines & 1'.lincrals No. 15 -J- .......rescue dig on the spoil heap of the Alva silver mine near Stirling. Remarkable specimens of dendritic...currently available. ALDERLEY EDGE Leaving aside the mythological mysteries of Alderley Edge, debate has taken
Journal (issue)
................ North West Branch trip to Alderley Edge Christine Critchley 17 .......................membe'rs Out of 39,900 pages found on the search engine 'google' the page came up number , ONE! when I...I typed in 'mineral news' and checked the uk button. Gary is still searching for materia_l,,!9"pu,~q~~-~:·...bright silvery, more blocky material, possibly chalcocite. A number of these materials have blue/green...was attended by some 150 delegates from around the UK, including some from as far as Scotland. An excellent
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)
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...Tim Neall Mud-filled fluorite vugs in Greenlaws mine, Weardale, Co. Durham Stephen Moreton Gearksutite...lding and Andy G. Tindle Cotunnite from Penrhyn Du Mine, Gwynedd, Wales Neil Hubbard and David I. Green...An update of the supergene mineralogy of Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria Trevor F Bridges and David I
Journal (issue)
..................... 37 Minerals in Northern England Yorks.Geol.Soc/Northern Branch Meeting report by...morning, comparing various samples with those of a mine he knows particularly well (which produces excellent...specimens, localised to town or village, perhaps to mine level but virtually never giving any more detail...parageneses of our old specimens with that of the new. A mine or quarry name indicates the position of the locality...exhibition of mineral specimens from N orthern England to be exhibited in a gallery at the H ancock M
Book
registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries # William O’Brien...978–0–19–960565–1 Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY Links to third party websites...region is examined, as is the survival of early mine archaeology in different geological settings. Survey...application of lead isotope analysis to identify early mine sources pioneered by Noel Gale, Zofia Stos-Gale,...Fig. 1.3. The mineralization of the Great Orme mine, north Wales 9 Fig. 1.4. Base metal metallogeny
Journal (issue)
phosphate in the Mesozoic and Tertiary of Eastern England 60 Hugh S Torrens and Trevor D Ford An early-19th...reef limestones of Parkhouse Hill, formed on the edge of the Carboniferous Derbyshire Carbonate Platform...and quarries database: Don Cameron Mining at Alderley Edge: Geoff Warrington Book Review British Triassic...Mercia Mudstone at the opencast pit of Bantycock Mine, at Balderton, south of Newark. Photos by David...the Hucklow, Eyam, Stoney Middleton and Longstone Edge area, Derbyshire by Trevor D Ford Mercian Geologist
Catalog/List
refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...Name of the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein Roughtongill...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland...Waterbank mine Waterbank mine Milltownquany Waterbank mine Wh.Fortune Lyme Regis Dry GIii mine Roughtongill
Journal (issue)
by R.S.W. Braithwaite Graphite from the Lead Hill mine, Ticonderoga, New Y o r k ........................without sur­ charge, to the following people: England: Roger S. Harker 2 Wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire...assured that, with localities like the Ray mine and the Old Yuma mine still to go, we are not yet close to...olo rado 80919 303-598-1233 Tourmaline Golconda mine, Brazil Stibnite Kisbanya, Romania Hydroxylherderite... January-February, 1983 Photo: Workers at the mine in Mapimi Special for beginners: five different
Journal (issue)
ROOTH STREET HEATON NORRIS STOCKPORT, CHESHIRE SK4 l DJ, ENGLAND !:!' ._ ARE YOU QUALIFIED ? The possession...SAINT DUNSTAN'S HOUSE CAREY LANE, LONDON, EC2V 8AB ENGLAND. In this issue News Views & Regular Features.... ... 22 Subterranean experience No. 1Under the Edge by Frank Ince 26 Copiapite-A New Location by Michael...cover shows Malachite and Azurite from Copper Queen Mine , Arizona. Photo counes David Baker, 3 6 Warford...of the colour of the crystals by heating) . Isis Mine rals showed some pleasing a nd reasona bly-priced
Book
excavations. On the other hand why was there a need to mine if such excellent materials were available on the...represent the Permian beds A of the Midlands of England resting unconformably on the Carboniferous Coal...its simplest condition a metalliferous lode is a vein traversing the bedrock. Figure 7 shows a simplified...measuring or checking procedure been found in a flint mine and in the systems used would have been necessary...Idealized representation of an underground flint mine. Not to scale. 2. ELEMENTS OF EARLY MINING 15
Journal (issue)
the Ritton Castle area PLATE III. A. Wrentnall Mine. A general view across the valley towards Broom...Longmyndian grits. B. Wrentnall Mine. An open gunnis near Bennett's Shaft showing the vein, left as a pillar 7 ft...IV. A. Huglith Mine. Entrance to the Badger Level adit. B. Gatten Mine. The barite vein left as a pillar...The underground structures are conjectural, The mine workings are projected onto the line of section...and elsewhere. The workings on Roman Vein of the first mentioned mine are said to have reached a depth of
Report (volume)
the otherwise difficult task of reading the old mine plans. The memoir has been edited by l\fr. Cantrill...T,Vestern Area: Hope-Shelve District Nick Knolls Mine, 13. Batholes lVline, 13. East Roman Gravels 1,:1ine...22. Myttonsbeach Mine, 25. Perkins Beach Mine, 25. Burgam l\fine, 26. Tankerville :Mine, 26. Potter's Pit...Pennerley l\!line, 28. Bog Mine, 29. Rock House l\fine, 31. Rhadley Mine, 32. Central A·1·ea: Buxton...Rorrington or vVest Snailbeach :Mine, 34. ,¥eston or CliffdaJe l\,fine, 35. Calcot Mine, 36. Wotherton !\fine,
Report (issue)
GREAT BRITAIN: ENGLAND & WALES • • Wartime Pamphlet No. 46 • • BARIUM MINERALS IN ENGLAND & WALES .....FIG. I- DISTRIBUTION OF BARIUM DEPOSITS • 1N ENGLAND & WALES • BARYTES I o WITHERITE 0 Ntwc�: e ...the available information on the occurrences in England and �Vales; and to meet urge11.t requests for early...sinc_e 1939. ' Acknowledgeme11t �s made· to t.he mine owners and operators for providing all facilities..., 4 • 46. ... BAR.ru-i/I l.ITNSR/1.LS JN :ENGLAND J,V\ID 1?ALES by K. c. Dunham anaM H. G. Dines
Journal (volume)
Superior to Expand By Letson Safety and Economy in Mine Ventilation . The Prosperting Spirit . Editorial...Low Eagle & Blue Effects U. S Coal Company's Mine near Kemmerer, Wyoming. Votes of Chloridizing...The Ray ( ' on . Reports Annual Report of Chino Mine The Mining Situation in Utah. Editorial Lehi- Tintic...P. O'Meara in Clover Montana Production 28 Mine and Smelter Building Construction Notes The Metals...Leaching Plant for Contact Wishire Bishop Creek Mine Novel Hydro - Pneumatic Plant Litigation Settled
Journal (volume)
161 Science and industry. Allen, A. moving from mine-hoists Signaling Allen, C. A 232 cages 645 Allis-Chalmers...book review Assaying methods at the Globe & Phoenix mine 4 51 H. R. Edmands. 108 Association of Accountants.... . 166 473 Co., mill Henry Hanson .... 793 Mine and mill A. B. Parsons. . . . 619, 659 399... Bounty on gold Bourne. F. J. .Human factor in mine management. ... A new track-scale. Boyer, L. R Bradford...1913 to 1919 Production statistics Copper Canyon mine Copperopolis lire . Corless, C. Ditto . . 77
 
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