| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | localsubsurface waters,and at 25øC for the Tynagh mine, Ireland, and the Matagentedeposit,Cerro de Pasco...AND H. L. BARNES agh,CountyGalway,Ireland, andthe Cerrode Pasco mine (Matagentedeposit),Peru.Studiesof...ground water at Burgin mine Loveringand Morris (1965) have examinedthe The Burgin Mine, East Tintic District...Consequently,in carbonateterrains,as at the Burgin mine where carbonatedissolutionis evident, the pH under...constantand the calculatedactivity of Pco•of the mine water equalto 10-a'saand 10-øJ, HzCOaat 10-]'94 | | | Journal (issue) | index. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then site name. To avoid the confusion...century boundary changes in the British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act...referred to as Glamorgan. The new counties and county boroughs brought in by the Lieutenancies Act of...Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R | | | Book | Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George SeYastopulo...& Jean-Claude Tanguy Minerals of Britain and Ireland A. G. Tindle The Open University T: 'XI 'Jo ~6...stage of MB! that focusing only on Britain and Ireland might be too restrictive, and that what was really...personally discovered new species to Britain and Ireland, and colleagues permitted me to record their unpublished...producers of b th tin and copp ·r. and. more recently. Ireland became a major player in world zinc produ.:tion | | | Journal (issue) | NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe YEARS 1N MINERALS: IRELAND David Green• Stephen Moreton 37 PYRITE FROM...societies, and topographic mineralogy in Britain and Ireland. We describe and illu trate (in four separate articles)...first two articles, "' hich describe Scotland and Ireland, appear here in issue 21, while the remainder will...aragonite is commonly found in caves and on the walls of mine levels. A considerable amount of research has been...many exciting new discoveries, particularly in Ireland and Scotland, where even now large tracts of land | | | Journal (volume) | caledonite crystals up to 4.5 mm tall from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Norman Thomson Collection...mm from the dump of Endeavour Level, Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Paul Nicholson Collection...composition of adamite and zincolivenite in Britain and Ireland Richard S.W. Braithwaite, David I. Green and Andrew...Tindle 3-9 Zincolivenite from the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall Jens C. Ø. Andersen and David Moulding...collected by Sir Kingsley Dunham from ‘Nentsbury Mine’, Nenthead, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges 61-64 NOTE | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mineralization in the SilverminesOrebodies,Republic of Ireland STEWART TAYLOR Mineral ResourcesDivision, ElectrolyticZinc...transcurrentfault zone in northernCounty Tipperary,Republicof Ireland. The depositscompriselower discordantzones--deposited...G THE lead-zincorebodiesexploitedby Mogul of Ireland Ltd. from 1968 to 1982 (Table 1) lie adjacent to...south of Nenagh in CountyTipperary,Republicof Ireland (Fig. 1). The deposits(Fig. 2), of sedimentaryexhalativetype...submerged,late TournaisianWaulsortianmudbank bar (Ireland) Ltd. barite open pit (Barrett, 1975; complexof | | | Journal (issue) | to 22nvn from 3 ---- - - ----- Cook's Kitchen mine, Cornwall. Spedmen In the collection of the Royal...SOCIETY Peter Moore • John Pearce 10 FORCE CRAG MINE Dtlf.!idGreen • DavidMcCa/lum • Mike Wood 15 MINERAL...through the appropriate channels. YSTRAD EINION MINE John Mason • Steve Rust 37 BOOK REVIEWS 45 CLASSIFIED...cm olivenite specimen, said to be from Tincroft mine, but more probably from either Wheal Gorland or...classic Cornish copper secondaries at Ting Tang mine. This includes fine specimens of that most desirable | | | 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...es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National Grid Reference...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...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 | | | Report (volume) | groundwater resource exploitation in southwest Ireland CONNOLLY, P. T. & COSGROVE, J. W. Prediction of...flow in the Lower Palaeozoic basement rocks of Ireland: implications for the genesis of Irish-type Zn-Pb...G. D. Carboniferous basin evolution of central Ireland - simulation of structural controls on mineralization... base metal deposits in the Rathdowney Trend, Ireland O'REILLY, B. M., READMAN, P. W. & MURPHY, T. Gravity...in the field at Annagh Head, Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland. He is believed to have been washed from | | | Journal (issue) | from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon 66 Growth of acanthite on native silver...sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed to be...assemblages observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral...hypogene copper lodes. INTRODL'CTION Botallack mine (SW 363 336) in the St Just mining district, Cornwall....;:;0;:;..,.... :.WST'JUST )~~~ BALLESWIDDEN MINE '\:;;:~. .F lGURE 1. Schematic geology of the | | | Catalog/List | new or rt•ccnt minera ls ABHURITE Sn O O1-l Cl ACANTHITE AgS ACTINOLITE Amphibole ADAMITE Zn AsO/4 AEGIRINE... Rich wh ite crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Moh ave County, ½ x ½ Arizona, U.S.A £3 Kragero Norway...Bastnas Mine Sweden Jx2 £6 2 x2 £1.20 2x2 £1 2 Ix ! £4 l x2 £8 New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon...masses in qu artz, under Flux Canyon.Santa Cruz County, ½ x ½ magn ificati on there are small crystals...£ 16 2x3 £25 l x l £3 San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales l x2 £1.5 0 6x6mm £3 | | | Catalog/List | ----- Give me a ring ! New Minerals in this list Acanthite, Axinite from Devon,Celsian from Wales,Clinozoisite... NAME =fcrcncc ==::::,de -o 2 LOCATION Cl ACANTHITE AgS AEGIRINE Pure black massive with a cut surface...black-brown cleavage Yakutia. Russin 5mm£2 Rawhide Mine, MohavcCounty, ½xY,£3 Arizona , US.A . l.x2 50p...group AlS0/4 Al S0/4 ✓ New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon .England Madagascar Railway cutting nearCreston...in Porphyl)·. Pure grey metallic mass San Jose Mine. Oruro, Bolivia 6x6mm £3 23 ANHYDRITE Rich white | | | Catalog/List | fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10...masses in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE...MINERAL !I dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 up to 1.5cm £7 | | | Book | associated with the Carboniferous Pb-Zn deposit at Tynagh, Ireland (see Chapter 7). Lake Superiortype ores, by...Pyrite Marcasite Native copper Native silver Acanthite Chemical compositions are from Potter (1977);...---~--~ .8 .4 ~ .2 Native Sliver Ag o Acanthite -.2 A92 S 2 4 8 pH 8 10 Fig. 3-2. Eh-pH...J:! W o~-----------------------------~ Ag 2S Acanthite '.2 '5 '4 '3 Log a cl ' '2 " 68 Chapter...(Martinsson 1974, p. 254-258). Plans had been made to mine a million tons per year as of 1979 (Frietsch and | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | This form of pollution may arise from mine wastes (acid mine drainage) Sulfides such as covellite (CuS)...argentite Chalcocite structure Cu2S chalcocite Ag2S acanthite Ring or chain structure group Stibnite structure...leaching of arsenopyrite in the presence of common acid mine drainage bacteria (e.g. Leptospirillum ferrooxidans)...arsenopyrite (FeAsS) reacted in the presence of the acid mine drainage bacterium Leptospirillum ferrooxidans,... Cu, Pb, Zn, Au, Ag Sullivan, BC, Canada Tynagh, Ireland py, gn, sph Zn, Pb, Cd, Ga, Ge Missouri | | | Journal (issue) | Pentireglaze mine, St. Minver, Cornwall with crystals to 32mm. Specimen from the collection of the County Museum...single crystal I 0 mm in length from Force Crag mine, Braithwaite, Cumbria (See Mineral News). Figure...Quartz crystal 40 mm"in length from South Crafty mine, Cornwall. Manchester Museum specimen purchased...crystals to 5 mm on pyromorphite. from Force Crag mine, Braithwaite, Cumbria. Figure 4. Synchysite rosettes...recently from St. Peters Mine near Allenheads, orchumberland. In the 1930's this mine produced some of the | | | Journal (issue) | logy. Contribution; co ncerning the topographical mine 7alogy of the British Isles are particularly welcome... galena and pyrite. Glengowla East mine, Oughterard, Co . Galway, Eire. Sir Arthur Russell specimen (BM...vivianite PG. Embrey 77 Native silver from Hilderston mine , West Lothian. Scotland T.K. Meikle 83 Mineralogy...occurrence of arsenate minerals at Gwaith-yr-Afon mine, Dyfed , Wales S.A . Rust and J.s. Mason 109 NOTES...114 Barytocalcite and witherite from Rorrington mine, Chirbury, Salop, England R.E. Starkey, N. Hubbard | | Rivai, Tomy Alvin, Syafrizal, , Yonezu, Kotaro, Tindell, Thomas, Boyce, Adrian J., Sanematsu, Kenzo, Satori, Shota, Watanabe, Koichiro (2020) The Dairi SEDEX Zn + Pb + Ag deposit (North Sumatra, Indonesia): Insights from mineralogy and sulfur isotope systematics. Ore Geology Reviews, 122. 103510pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103510 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, acanthite, tetrahedrite, tennantite, pyrargyrite, boulangerite...unit with tennantite, arsenopyrite, pyrargyrite, acanthite, freieslebenite, boulangerite, and diaphorite...as well as minor pyrargyrite (Fig. 8c), trace acanthite (Fig. 8d), boulangerite (Fig. 8e), freieslebenite...and pyrite in vein ore. (c) Pyrargyrite, (d) acanthite, (e) boulangerite, (f) freieslebenite, and diaphorite...were selected from Basecamp. Abbreviations: aca (acanthite), apy (arsenopyrite), bl (boulangerite), cp (chalcopyrite) | | | Book | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...over its beer: to go underground in a non-working mine is sheer folly unless you are accompanied by someone...(preferably several people) who really knows the mine. Before venturing into the field serious collectors...really is a matter of life or death when you are in a mine - only a plan will show where water on the floor...even on you. If you are recovering specimens from a mine (few collectors can or should do this) watch the | | | Book (volume) | explain the ideas of those who have worked on it (and mine, where they differ from those readily available...organization differs from one to the next. In Ireland, the geology of the ore-bearing part of that island...excludes for the purposes of this Volume) Northern Ireland) is discussed briefly and short descriptions of...doing. For Great Britain (again excluding Northern Ireland), the tin-tungstencopper deposits of Cornwall are...detail here are located in the following countries: Ireland England Scotland 3 7 1 Wales Norway Sweden 1 | | | Report (issue) | Central and Northern England Scotland Northern Ireland Channel Islands Secondary Sources Scrap Demonetized...Fig 8 United Kingdom production of silver, by county: 1861-1870 85 Table l World primary silver resources...silver-containing batteries 80 Table 10 United Kingdom mine production of silver: 1851-1982 83 Table 11 United...86 Table 13 World mine production of silver: 1821-1981 87 Table 14 World mine production of silver...of world silver mine production: 18661870 and 1980 89 Table 16 World and UK mine production of silver | | | Book | downstream from the present Ergani Maden copper mine on the Tigris. Native copper was first treated...with the domestic ores from Devon, Cornwall and Ireland, but smelters were soon built close to the mines...the 1930s routine geological work was left to the mine surveyor. Since then, geologists have shown they...Reserves reflect the amount of ore present in a mine and are classified as proved, probable, and possible...deposits which are too low grade, or too difficult, to mine under present conditions. Rise in metal prices or | | | Book | Its Relationship to Mineralization in Central Ireland D.G. Jones, J.A. Plant, and T.B. Colman . . . ...assumption, which in the case of the ore deposits in Ireland is mainly based on the need of temperatures higher...the earbonate-hosted Lisheen Zn-Pb-Ag deposit in Ireland (Hitzman 1992) illustrates the essential role played...mineralization in the Silvermines area, County Tipperary, Ireland. In: Andrew CJ, Crowe RWA, Finlay S, PenneIl...(eds) Geology and genesis of mineral deposits in Ireland. Irish Assoc Econ Geol, Dublin, pp 377-417 Ashton | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | was recognized for the first time in the Uberroth Mine, near Friendensville, in the Saucon Valley of Pennsylvania...in the supergene weathering zones of the Irish Tynagh and Silvermines deposits (Balassone et al. 2008)...zinc et d’aluminum hydrate” in the Vieille-Montagne Mine (Belgium). The mineral was definitely validated...low-temperature hydrothermal fluids, as in Preguiça mine, Southern Portugal (Will et al. 2014). Baileychlore...recognized in association with willemite in the Franklin mine, New Jersey (U.S.A.). Up to date, in clearly hy | | | Journal (issue) | Grice Famous mineral localities: the Mashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire .................................... J. Gauthier & V. T. King The Fat Jack mine, Yavapai County, Arizona .................................Jr. The Monitor-Mogul mining district, Alpine County, California .....................................malachite on chrysocolla, from the M ashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire. Sorbonne collection, Paris: photo...fo r Historic Preservation o f the Sterling Hill Mine, provides the following news on the ongoing efforts |
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