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Muscovite from
Drakelands Mine, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:A major mineral in the greisen tungsten/tin deposit along with quartz and tourmaline. Cavitys are commonly lined with typical hexagonal books of muscovte crystals to 5mm across the 'C' face. The colour is mostly white-silvery to stained shades of brown by Fe oxides.
Abundance at site:Extremely common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Drakelands Mine, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:761398
Long-form Identifier:1:3:761398:2
GUID (UUID V4):285ed4ab-2825-46b3-bf51-2c119b70ec1c
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘRunnaford Combe Mine (Combe Mine), West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘMerrivale Quarry, Whitchurch, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘHingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
24.0km (14.9 miles) ⓘWheal Florence (Mary and Florence Consols; Florence and Tonkin United Mine), Callington Consols, Callington, Cornwall, England, UK
24.0km (14.9 miles) ⓘNew Consols (New Great Consols; New Wheal Martha; Great Wheal Martha; Wheal Martha), Luckett, Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘRedmoor Mine (East Cornwall United Mines), Callington United Mines (incl. Emmens United Mines), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
25.5km (15.9 miles) ⓘStoke Climsland Consols (?), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘGreystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England, UK
32.3km (20.1 miles) ⓘSouth Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
32.5km (20.2 miles) ⓘWest Rosedown Mine (The Caradon), Marke Valley Mine, Upton Cross, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Exeter, Penryn, UK; bWolf Minerals UK Limited, Drakelands Mine, Drakelands, Plymouth, UK; Formerly British...Survey, Exeter, UK The Hemerdon W–Sn deposit, being worked at Drakelands Mine near Plymouth by Wolf Minerals...unique in SW England. We have undertaken a preliminary evaluation of mine and near mine-site geology...Ivybridge sheet since the 1890s, but the adjacent Plymouth sheet has been recently mapped to modern standards...works in summer 2015 has been supplemented with near mine-site mapping in 2015–16, using Tellus South West
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and other aspects of geoscience in South-West England and geologically related areas. 2. To hold an...Conference at various places within south-West England where those engaged or interested in this research...other papers relating to geoscience in South-West England. 4. To organise field excursions. 5. To encourage...anyone with an interest in geoscience in South-West England on written application to the Secretary and payment...About the timing: bringing geoChronoLogy in sw engLAnD uP-to -DAte Simon Tapster NERC Isotope Geosciences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diffraction (XRD). The first sample is from Prabornaz Mine (locality of the original roméite), Saint Marcel...cinnabar, tripuhyite, derbylite, florencite-(Ce), muscovite,quartz quartzand and others. It occurs as yellow...yellow brown octahedra, transparent, to muscovite, others. It occurs as yellow brown octahedra, transparent...type-locality for this mineral Bucca della Venadella mine,Vena Ponte Stazzemezze, Stazzema, al. [21]. The...The type-locality for thisismineral is Bucca mine, Ponte Stazzemezze, Alpes Apuam, Tuscany, Italy. The IMA
Report (issue)
0115-936 3495 Fax 0115 936 3200 E-mail minerals@bgs.ac. uk The compilations presented in this book are copyright...Nottingham: British Geological Survey.) Cover image: Muscovite mica collected near Loch Nevis, photographer JI...increased bismuth production was primarily due to a new mine opening in Vietnam, while the other two are due...concentrates from the newly opened Drakelands Mine at the Hemerdon Project in Devon in 2015. However, over the...Australasia, including the Pacific Islands Metals Mine production of many metals is expressed in terms
 
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