 | | Report (edition) | | of the South Wates Coalfield, P-artV, around Merthyr Tydfil Geol() ............ · :.- , . , .... .... .:. \, _:: .I - I / I - I ,?.; .. MERTHYR TYDFIL Sisters i \ .- Glyn-- Neath . . --r ✓...:,._:. . ... GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION IN THE MERTHYR TYDFIL DISTRICT Qt1aternary l'leistocene r'landrian... Geology of the South Wales Coalfield, Part V, the country around Merthyr Tydfil This memoir gives a summary...summary of the geology of the district between Merthyr Tydfil in the east and the upper reaches of the Neath |  | | Report (edition) | | MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL ' • SURVEY OF ENGLAND & WALES EXPLANATION OF SHEET 231 The Geology • of the...ales Coalfield PARl' V THE COUNTRY AROUND MERTHYR TYDFIL By Aubrey Strahan, M.A., F .. R.S., F.G.S...TO THE FIRST EDITION J. The country around Merthyr Tydfil, which is described in this, the fifth part...part of the Memoir on the Geology of the South Wales Coal Field, is illustrated in Sheet 231 of the_ New...cost price. A Geological Bibliography of South ,,Wales and Monmouthshire will be found in '' The Country |  | | Catalog/List | | the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National...MALACHITE 16 CUNOCLASE 17 ANGLESITE 18 PYROMORPHITE 19 CALCITE 20 SERPIERITE 21 ETTRINGITE 22 BROCHANTITE 23 CASSITERITE...CALEOONITE 40 PREHNITE 41 STILBITE 42 THOMSONITE 43 CALCITE 4-4 THOMSONITE 45 CELSIAN Waterba.nk mine Waterbank...Loanhead quarry TallskerBay Whyte'a Cleuch Loanhead quarry Port Glasgow Loanheadquarry Loanhelld quarry Loanhead...Loanhead quarry Benalltmlne BMS NATIONAL REFERENCE COUECTION Ecton.Staffs. Ecton.Staffs. Scordale,Cumbria |  | | Journal (issue) | | Richard Bevins' s modem classic, "A Mineralogy of Wales" . (see Journal 131 p. 12). Until recently the mining...goethite. By the very early 1800's Merthyr was the largest town in Wales and its ironworks were the most...fine. The carboniferous limestone in Vaynor Quarry near Merthyr produces unusual forms of pyrite on dolomite...general, from the collectors point of view, Machen Quarry situated between Newport and Caerphilly only produced...anglesite of exceptional size and quality for the UK. More recently the rare lead sulphite scotlandite |  | | Report (issue) | | ENGLAND AND WALES. THE GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTH WALES COAL-FIELD. PAI{T V. THE COUNTRY AROUND MERTHYR TYDFIL...111 PREFACE. 'L'11E cot111L1,y n,1·011nd Merthyr Tydfil, which i8 desc1�ibetl i11 this, the fifth part...cost p1·ice. A Geological Bibliog1·aphy of Sot1th Wales and Monmouthsl1ire will be fot111d in "The Country...of the l\Ie1noi1· 011 tl1e Geology of the 8011th Wales Coal Field, 1902.) Geological S,u,rvey Office,... -. GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUN D l\lERTHYR TYDFIL. - CHAPTER I. INTR O DUCT IO N . By A. STRAHAN |  | | Report (edition) | | ENGLAND AND WALES. THE GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTH WALES COAL-FIELD. PAI{T V. THE COUNTRY AROUND MERTHYR TYDFIL...111 PREFACE. 'L'11E cot111L1,y n,1·011nd Merthyr Tydfil, which i8 desc1�ibetl i11 this, the fifth part...cost p1·ice. A Geological Bibliog1·aphy of Sot1th Wales and Monmouthsl1ire will be fot111d in "The Country...of the l\Ie1noi1· 011 tl1e Geology of the 8011th Wales Coal Field, 1902.) Geological S,u,rvey Office,... -. GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUN D l\lERTHYR TYDFIL. - CHAPTER I. INTR O DUCT IO N . By A. STRAHAN |  | | Journal (issue) | | minerals to our determined party. These included calcite, yellow dolomite, greenish white talc, greenish...unstable with high overhanging debris above on the quarry face. After some careful digging green and purple...subsequently microscope. Colin Brough Greystones Quarry - Wed 21 st April and the largest specimen required...with superb 20mm rosettes of dolomite and minor calcite worthy of a museum. Those who know Greystones will...trimming off a worthwhile specimen. As usual in this quarry, worthwhile specimens to the party left at 3 pm |  | | Book (edition) | | Galleries, London ISBN O85272 313 X ClO Printed in the UK for the British Geological Survey by Saxon Graphics...Graphics Ltd, Derby Cover illustration Cloud Hill Quarry, Leicestershire, excavated in steeply dipping Carboniferous...minerals produced in Britain, on an ex-mine or quarry basis, the total value is estimated at £21 796...and the major proportion of this output is from the UK Continental Shelf. However, there is a substantial...minerals. The value of minerals production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect their ultimate value |  | | Book (edition) | | OF ROADSTONBS IN GREAT BRITAIN 5 England and Wales 5 Scotland 8 Channel Islands LIST OF 11 SOURCES...county headings, with all the counties of England, Wales and Scotland in one alphabetical list. Within each...address of owner or occupier Name and situation of quarry, pit or works Type or types of rock, gravel or...K. C. DUNHAM, D.Sc., S.D., F.R.S. (England and Wales) and A. G. MACGREGOR, M.C., D.Sc. (Scotland) revised...Islands) ENGLAND AND WALES Roadstones quarried from the solid rock in England and Wales are obtained almost |  | | Book (edition) | | OF ROADSTONES IN GREAT BRITArN 4 England and Wales 4 Scotland 6 Channel Islands 9 LIST OF SOURCES...county headings, with all the counties of England, Wales and Scotland in one alphabetical list. Within each...address of owner or occupier Name and situation of quarry, pit or works Type or types of rock, gravel or...c. by DUNHAM, D.Sc., S.D., F.R.S. (England and Wales) and A. G. MACGREGOR , M.C., D.Sc. (Scotland) revised...ENGLAND AND WALES (Fig. 1) Roadstones quarried from the solid rock in England and Wales are obtained |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............................................ 7 Wales and West Branch ....................................... 20 Cave mineralisation at Hampstead Farm Quarry, a lecture by Pro£ Rankin; report by Frank Sharp...be: a. The larger mining fields such as Mid-Wales North Wales, West Cumberland, Leadhills, St'. Austell...Hill (Zambia), Arizona, etc. g. Minerals such as calcite, baryte, fluorite, quartz, British wulfenite, British... or for larger areas such as Derbyshire or Mid-Wales, 50 to 500+ specimens. If you think this idea is |  | | Book | | A Mineralogy of Wales RfCHARD E. BEYfNS Ocpartmellf o[Geolngy, Nmin11a/Museum of\Valcs, Cardiff AMGUEDDFA...Colliery, Ponh, Mid Glamorgan. National Museum of Wales specimen 48.264.GR 175. ex Cymmer Welfare Library...CE 6 I CES IN WALES 9 30 127 138 6 INTRODUCTION The mineralogy of Wales is diverse. with over...reveal the presence of additional species new to Wales. and perhaps new to the British Isles. It is also...completely new to cience will be discovered in Wales. as techniques for analysing specimens become ever |  | | Book | | Geology in Wales: it EDITED BY MICHAEL G. BASSETT Department of Geology, National Museum of Wales VALERIE...DEISLER Department of Geology, National Museum of Wales AND DOUGLAS NICHOL NEWTRA Geotechnical Group, Wrexham...Wrexham County Borough Council NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES GEOLOGICAL SERIES No.24 Cardiff, November 2005 ...Sponsored by Welsh Assembly © National Museum of Wales 2005 ISBN 0 7200 0563 9 REFERENCES TO THIS VOLUME...D. (eds). 2005. Urban geology in Wales: 2. National Museum of Wales Geological Series No.24, Cardiff |  | | Book (edition) | | roadstones by K. C. DUNHAM, D.Sc., S.D. (England and Wales) and A. G. MacGREGOR, M.C., D.Sc. (Scotland) LONDON:...GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF R OADSTONES England and Wales (Fig. 1) 2 Scotland (Fig. 2) .. 4 PART I....ENGLAND AND WALES (Fig. 1) Roadstones quarried from the solid rock in England and Wales are obtained...Birmingham and Dudley and also in Shropshire. In Wales and the Welsh bo;der counties albite-diabases and...be of late Silurian to early Devonian age. One quarry each in Cornwall and Devon work the Hercynian granite |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK j I o mi minerals TS C nlm~ 2 EDITORIAL COVER: Vanadinite from the LeadhillsWanlockheadminingdistrict...specimen. 5 PEGMATITE MINERALS FROM CI-IYWOON QUARRY The UK Joumal efMines a11dMinerals publishes articles...Stephen Burchmore • David Green NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY 43 The views and opinions expressed in this Journal...ALGODONITE AND DOMEYKITE FROM NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Publication of information on a collecting site...Worbop, Nott~. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 26 -1- EDITORIAL |  | | Book (edition) | | 0115-936 3200 e-mail : sales@bgs.ac.uk www.bgs.ac. uk Shop online at.: www.thebgs.co.u.k !Vlurchison House...resources and workings in the UK, 2005 4 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK, 2005 5 Lin1estone resources...and workings in the UK, 2005 6 Sand and gravel resources and workings in the UK, 2005 Tables l Production...tonnes) 4 Actjve Mineral Workings by com,nodity in the UK, including Northern Ireland, Channe l Islands and...l\.1etl1ane AuhydJite Ball Clay Barytes Bauxite Calcite Chalk China Clay China Clay Aggregate China Stone |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Ordovician and Silurian Complex of Central Wales. (2) The l~hayadcr District. (Topographical Map...Portions of the District. (i) Castle Hill. (2) Vaynor. (c) Exposures in the Western Areas. (i) Allt-y-bont...C e n t r a l Wales. IF an examination be made of any general geological map of Wales, in which the outcrops...late Walter Keeping, ' Central and West Central Wales is made up almost entirely of a great series of...of Scotland. Not onlv do these strata of Central Wales resemble those of Southern Scotland in their monotony |  | | Book (edition) | | resources and workings in tJ1e UK, 2008 3 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK, 2008 4 Limestone resotu-ces...tonnes) 4 Active Mineral Workings by co.mmodity in the UK, including Noriliem Ireland, Channel Islands and...Abandoned Mine Methane Anhydrite Bal.I Clay Bai-ytes Calcite Chalk Chert China Clay China Clay Waste Clay &...industries, which represents their contribution to the UK econo1ny. The GVA of the nunerals extractive industries...1ninerals produced in 2005 in the UK, expressed as sales on an ex-works (quarry) basis as opposed to gross valued |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | stratigraphy of the Sholeshook Limestone of Southwest Wales D. Price Local developments of the Upper Ordovician...between Carmarthen and Haverfordwest in Southwest Wales. Many of the limestones developed within the Upper...present author. Marr’s classification of the South Wales succession was further elaborated when, in a paper...from this paper that his earlier work in South Wales had much influence on Marr when he conceived the...of the sequence at Robeston Wathen. Here, in the quarry in which Marr and Roberts originally described |  | | Journal (issue) | | guides and organises field excursions both in the UK and abroad. Subscriptions are renewed annually on...aplite from the Dartmoor Granite in Meldon Aplite Quarry - see article on page 9. (photo Isobel Geddes)...disappear from document is welcomed as a Totternhoe Quarry my memory banks like a useful overview of Society...few pages, for example, the ‘Two Ronnies’, Merthyr Tydfil (‘once iron-making capital of the world’),...282 Ma. An alkali basalt sill at Posbury Clump Quarry manganese oxides interbedded with the cherts in |  | | Book | | permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later... I helped out at all of the mineral shows in the UK and on the continent, and later with the Bruce &...During this period, I was going back and forth to the UK and worldwide shows and projects, as well as keeping |  | | Book | | Association 41 Broad Street, Welshpool, SY2 l 7RR, UK (Phone: 01938 553670) ISBN 978-0-94 7846-08-4 Front........ vii Fran<;es Lynch and the prehistory of Wales and the West .... ......... ..... ... ............stone-monument' and its place in the later prehistory of Wales .................................................. 237 Colin Burgess Burnt mounds in north-west Wales: are these ubiquitous features really so dull? ...reinvention: the early medieval inscribed stones of north Wales ............ 390 Nancy Edwards The Afon A law, |  | Davies, J. R., Fletcher, C. J. N., Waters, R. A., Wilson, D., Woodhall, D. G., Zalasiewicz, J. A. (1997) Geology of the country around Llanilar and Rhayader - Memoir for 1:50 000 Geological Sheets 178 and 179 (England and Wales) British Geological Survey. | Book | | Cwm Barn Formation roteus S hnsonae UBZONE Trefechan Formation -t--..J...: Py�gotwr <{ Adail Mudstones...describes the geology of a corridor across central Wales extending from Cardigan Bay i11 the ,vest, across...disLtsed 111i11es fo1·111 par·t of the Cer1tral Wales !vli11ing Field. The geological setting, mineralogy...cal Sitn,ey, Sheets 178 a11d I 79 (England and Wales). Authors LJ R Davies B'ritish Geological Survey...Geosciences Laboratory, Key 1,vorth Printed in the UK for the Statio11ery Office Dd 296603 C6 03/97 Other |  | | Report (issue) | | address of thA owner, the na1ne and situation of the quarry, the name of agent or manager , date of signature...305 309 312 313 315 371 No. 5 D rvrsroN.-SouTH WALES. Breconshire Cardiganshire Carmarthenshire ... Glamorganshire...Areas of Divisious. :Z-~ A LANCASlllllE, .NORTH WALES, AND !RRI.AND DIVISION, compr1smg part of Lancashire...Coed Mena i, Ilangor. [ Athe1ton 7G.J 5 Sourn WALES D1v1s10N, cornprisiug B1·ccon, Cardigan, Curmnrt...LANCASH l,E,.NO RTH WAL ES & SOUTH RE LA N O WALES M IDLAND AND SO UTH E RN C, NORTH SEA 0 l JJR/S1'0L |  | | Report (issue) | | address of thR owner, the narne and situation of the quarry, the name of agent or manager, date of signature...l:tj l fl) 6 INDEX OF QUAliRIES. Nlllue of Quarry. Abbey .... Abbey Grange Abbots Leigh Do. County...Abdou Clee .... Shropllhirc.... 6 .Abdon Cleo Stone Quarry Oo., Ltd. Abell's .... .... ,varwick .... 6 Charles...Above Coombe & Dorset .... 6 United Stone Firms, Quarry Tip. Ltd. .A.lJoyne .... .... .Aberdeen .... 1... . (j .... 6 .... 6 Allington (No. 2) Kent (Quarry and lVhar!) 2 Allithwaite .... Lanes. .... Allotments |
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Vaynor Quarry, Trefechan, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK