 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Field Meeting in North-West Dartmoor 1-3 October 1965 Report by the Director: W. R. DEARMAN Received...A party of twenty-seven members assembled in Okehampton on the evening of 1 October, when the Director...days. THE OBJECT Saturday, 2 October Okehampton and Meldon. The day was devoted to the study of the...north of Okeharnpton and the Lower Culm inlier at Meldon. The party drove first to Knowle Quarry (594962);1...R . DEARMAN The party then returned through Okehampton to the Bude road (A30 on to B3218), turning off |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SKARNS FROM THE NORTH-WEST BORDER OF THE DARTMOORGRANITE,DEVONSHIRE,ENGLAND M. A. H. EL SHARKAWl...within the contact metamorphicaureole on the north-west margin of the Dartmoor granite. Tin is concentratedin...cherts, in the andradite of the skarns, and as malayaite in wollastonite hornfelses. Tin mineralizationwith...82% SnO2, centeredon the Red-a-yen Mine at Meldon near Okehampton,lies within a much wider zone of iron-metasomatism...samehorizonwas intermittentlymineralizedfrom Fanny Mine, near Bridestowe,to RamsleyMine at Sticklepathin |  | | Report (issue) | | mineralisation in the vicinity of Belstone Consols Mine, Okehampton, Devon K E Beer, G S Kimbell and M J Bennett ...mineralisation in the vicinity of Belstone Consols Mine, Okehampton, Devon KE Beer, BSc, FIMM G S Kimbell, BSc, and...alisation in the vicinity of Belstone Consols Mine, Okehampton, Devon. Mineral Reconnaissance Programme Report...378173 BGSKEY G Fax T 060 77-6602 Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA T 031-667 1000 Telex...Manager British Geological Survey Murchison House West Mains Road Edinburgh EH9 3LA • Contents: SUMMARY |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and arsenides near the south shaft at South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, Cornwall. R. J. Davis...baryte, with tennantite in limestone, at Gortdrum mine, Oola, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. BM(NH) specimens...of some aspects of the geology of Cornwall and Devon' (Roy. geol. Soe. Cornwall), pp. I44-5, Anglesite...and ochreous, at West Turf Pits mine, Grassington Moor, Yorkshire. Also, at Treore mine, St. Teath, Cornwall...of some aspects of the geology of Cornwall and Devon' (Roy. geol. Soc. Cornwall), p. 249. Arthurite |  | | Journal (issue) | | SUSSEX MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETY www.smls.org .uk ***tt1<**1rlrlt-***_*_irlrlf'lrlr1rlt'frlrlt***-...Secretary: Colin Brough 1 William Allen Lane LINDFIELD West Sussex RH16 2SA Peter Moore Royal Russell School...15, photo 2 was intended to be a photo of Trevor Devon posing by the road sign of Treves (see photo by...France pictorially. Millau is situated 100 km north west of the Mediterranean coast and is consequently guaranteed...'tourist' photo of Trevor Devon standing in front of the 'Treves' (a zince mine tip) village sign - see |  | | Catalog/List | | Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872 262 232...(International +44 1872 262 232) OCX)2 CALCITE.Hilton Mine,Scordale,Westmorland Terminated off while calcite...limonilic flat matrix. RF. C.£12 0Cl03 CALCITE.Hilton Mine,Scordale,Westmorland Single translucent honey coloured...Polished seciion.RF SPC. C.£8 0023 DUFTITE.Brandy Gill Mine,Caldbeck Fells,Cumberland.V1v1d green druse of duflile...matrix.G RF SPC. C £4 0025 CHLORlTE afler AXINITE,Meldon Aplile Quarry.Meldon,Devon.Dark chocolatey brown |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations Jens... Shail, Robin K., Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations,...Ore Geology Reviews Indium mineralisation in SW England: host parageneses AC CE P TE D and mineralogical...Cornubian batholith, SW England 1 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT The SW England ore region contains significant...Interestingly, we have no reason to believe that SW England is different to other regions with granite-related |  | | Catalog/List | | beforehand. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1995 1. ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. V-shaped cavity in limonitic...5. APATITE (VAR FRANCOLITE). Simms Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall. Cellular matrix lined with lustrous...60x50x45mm. £22. 7. AURICHALCITE AND HEMIMORPHITE. 79 Mine, Hayden, Arizona, USA. A 50x20nan cavity in veinstone...£20. 8. AUTUNITE. Marivale Quarry, Dartmoor, Devon, A joint plane on granite about half covered with...and LW U.V. 70x60x25mm. £12. 9. AZURITE. West Caradon Mine, St Clear, Cornwall, in veinstone matrix. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | RYBACK 42 Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4EB, England AND PETER C . T A N D Y Department of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, England T n E supplementary lists of British Isles minerals...recently. The classic minerals of Cornwall and Devon are splendidly described by Embrey and Symes (1987)...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...on minerals collected by A. de Hailer at Tynagh mine, Ireland, unpublished except in newsletters (Bulletins |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | aerugite, xanthiosite, 72. B r i t i s h Isles ENGLAND Derbyshire: native silver, lxxvii. Durlston Head...wo]framite, 995. Pengenna mine, St. Kew: meneghinite, 424. South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in Brannel:...Brannel: aerugite, xanthiosite, 72. Devon Meldon, Okehampton: datolitc, 1017; rhodonite, 991; beryllonite, chrysoberyl...plumbojarosite, li. West Turf Pits, Grassington: argentojarosite, li. WALES Benallt mine, Rhiw, Caernarvonshire:...celsian, 508. Clogau mine, Dolgelly, ~ier.ionethshire: tellurbismuth, 424. Vigra mine, Dolgelly, Merionethshire: |  | | Catalog/List | | pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4...guite rich black masses in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...CO/3 0 Quite rich yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins...MINERAL !I dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 up to 1.5cm £7 |  | Edmons, E. A., Wright, J. E., Beer, K. E., Hawkes, J. R., Williams, M., Freshney, E. C., Fenning, P. J. (1968) Geology of the Country around Okehampton (Explanation of One-inch Geological Sheet 324, New Series) Memoirs of the Geological Survey. Institute of Geological Sciences | Report (issue) | | SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Country around OKEHAMPTON ( Explanation of One-inch...Beche. His 'Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset' (1839) was the first memoir of the...other early Geological Survey maps of south-west England, are undated, but it is believed that they were...(1956), 'The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England'. The district formed part of the area in which...geophysical methods. In 1962 the newly formed South-West England field unit, successively under Dr. F. B. A. |  | | Journal (volume) | | plumbogummite with yellow pyromorphite. Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. R.J. King Collection (ex...cavity lined with green malachite. Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Norman Thomson Collection...mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: Part 3 Roughton Gill Mine Trevor F. Bridges, David Green, Michael S. Rumsey...Tindle 23-25 PAPERS Danburite from Meldon Quarry, Okehampton and other UK localities Michael S. Rumsey, George...Leicestershire Francis Ince 44-62 A report on Hay Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, Michael |  | | Catalog/List | | Greenish, sparse, acicular micros in Penberthy Croft Mine, St 1cm £4 s AGARDITE Y Ca Cu As_O_O_H_____c_a_v_iti_e'-s-'in'-'-...215 69 3 11 Rich white crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Mohave ½x½£3 _P_b_S_iO_13 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Hornblende ALLANITE Black areas in actinolite Bastnas Mine Sweden lxl £1.20 CeYFeSiO Quite attractive blue-grey...FLUORESCENT ½ x ½ ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England Large brown well formed dodecahedral Madagascar...Grey veins in and on matrix, some with Fallowfield mine, Ix½ ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 Alstonite micros. Hexharn |  | | Report (issue) | | Malayaite CaSnSiO5 ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point...Prefecture; the Sampo mine, Okayama Prefecture; the Hoei mine, Oita Prefecture; and the Kuga mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture...Piedmont, Italy. At the Red-a-Ven Brook mine, Meldon, Devon, England. From near Gumble and Bourke, New South...synthesis and consideration of the genesis of malayaite. Mineralium Deposita, 6, 335{347. (4) Higgins... J.B. and P.H. Ribbe (1977) The structure of malayaite, CaSnOSiO4 ; a tin analog of titanite. Amer. Mineral |  | | Catalog/List | | Spinel crystals from madgascar.Mottramite from England .Cut and polished Labradorite.Tacharanite and Tobermorite...ingots on a ship wreck in 1885 St Ives. Cornwall. England Rich fine grained black crystalline mass Mount...Greenish , sparse, acicular micros in Penbenhy Croft Mine, St cavities in quartz_________________ Hilary Cornwall... Rich white crusts on matrix. ALAMOSITE Rawhide Mine, Mohave Ixl £9 'A x A £3 1 xA Pb SiO/3_____________...Feldspar_____________ Black areas in actinolite Basinas Mine Sweden 1x1 £1.20 ALLANITE 9 Ce Y Fe SiO__________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Datolite from Meldon, Okehampton, Devonshire DATOLITE Occurs in abundance at Meldon within the contact...contact metamorphic aureole on the north-west margin of the Dartmoor granite. The geological setting has...replaces woilastonite in malayaite wollastonite hornfels from the dumps of Red-a-yen mine (Sharkawi and Dearman...associated with axinite as, for example, in the Meldon aplite quarry where reaction along joints cutting...axinite-datolite fluorite rock. In the north bay of Meldon railway quarry the calcareous horizon is faulted |  | | Catalog/List | | x i £5 Rich wh ite crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Moh ave County, ½ x ½ Arizona, U.S.A £3 Kragero...rful , 18 miles NNW of St I cm £6 Ives. Cornwall. England No location details !cm £4 Colo urless to yellow...Bastnas Mine Sweden Jx2 £6 2 x2 £1.20 2x2 £1 2 Ix ! £4 l x2 £8 New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,Eng...near Creston . Wyoming ,U.S. A Newhaven Sussex, England l x l £3 l x2 £5 While crystals well covering...£ 16 2x3 £25 l x l £3 San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales l x2 £1.5 0 6x6mm £3 |  | | Report (issue) | | anomalies and mi nera I isation at Sou rton Tors, Okehampton, Devon REPORT No. 76/1 HMSO The Institute of...anomalies and mineralisation at Sourton Tars, Okehampton, Devon K. E. Beer and P. J. Fenning London: Her...anomalies and mineralisation at Sourton Tors, Okehampton, Devon. Rep. Inst. C;eol. Sci., No. 76/1, 38 pp....and ST-Sb Stratigraphic and Structural Details Meldon Chert Formation Crackington Formation Sedimentary...fluorescence analysis of pyrrhotite and pyrite from north-west Dartmoor • • • 111 36 Summary A spectacular |  | | Catalog/List | | EOCKS AHD MINERALS Ho U available. NEW STOCK Devon and Cornwall pages 8 S 3 : ALLOPHANE, ARTHURITE...pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4...and Be Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...MINERAL !! dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH U |  | | Report (edition) | | British Regional Geology I * South-West England r * FOURTH EDITION e ■ - O ” ..y 1835 Geological...British Geological Survey Front cover: Bull Point, Devon (For full explanation see p. ix) NATURAL ENVIRONMENT...and Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologist, South-West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the...advances in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carboniferous...as oil companies turn their attention to the seas west of Britain, so attention is increasingly focused |  | | Journal (issue) | | Transgression of the Cretaceous sea in South-West England. By J. M. Hancock. … 61 The Cretaceous structure...W. England (Abstract). By D. J. C. Laming. … … 111 Tergiversate folds from South-West England. By...CHAIRMAN'S REPORT Geological Research in South-West England, 1969 The eighth Conference of the Society was...Transgression of the Cretaceous sea in South-West England. On Tuesday, 7th January Professor M. R. House...geological and geomorphological problems in the South-West; 64% were from University staff and associated research |  | | Catalog/List | | 5 AGARDITE (Ce) r ...fe green micro's Mine, Wolf;_n, West Germany) 'h ins f.3. 60 6 ALBITE rich orange...in green Omphacite. An attractive Eclogite rock.(West Coast of Norway) lx2 90p 2x2 ll,80 2x4 t3.70 218...sphere shaped botryoidal nodule,(Newhaven Sussex. England) 1" -10p 2"90p 3" !1.40 4" !3,30 13 ALUNITE pure... /' pale blue-gny ~;ssi\·c. (Staffordshire England) :::-::1 !:;1 2x4 tt.20 2;-;2 60µ e2S ANTARCTICITE...Grey-white crystals with terminations.(Sheppey Kent,England) lxl cm !1.80 43 BARYTES orange brownto fawn attractively |  | | Catalog/List | | No. Byways, 20 Burstcad Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL 2007 104 Phone 01932 862340 ...----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban |  | | Journal (issue) | | into the geology and geomorphology of south-west England Volume 6 Part 2 1985 Edited by G.M Power ...into the geology and geomorphology of southwest England and the surrounding marine areas; to hold Annual...Annual Conferences at various places in South West England where those engaged in this research can meet...University of Exeter, North Park Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 4QE Proceedings of the Ussher Society Volume...The Kyrtonia Press, 115 High Street, Crediton, Devon EXl73LG Set in Baskerville and Printed by Photolithography |
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Meldon Mine, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK