 | | Journal (issue) | | RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...Cuprite, variety chalcutrichite, from Fowey Consols mine (Lanescot section). Tywardreath. Cornwall. Field...Gunheath china clay pit, St Austell, Cornwall, England 3 15 N.l. Elton Sector phosphorescent gypsum...(selenite) crystals from Mepal Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England B.A. Grguric 19 The silver and cobalt mineralisation... 23 Hannotome from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England D.l. Green and l.R. Nudds 31 NOTES |  | | Journal (issue) | | chose Eclusham Mountain Wedding Cave Mine at Bwlchgwyng, Bryngwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain, and Great Orme...Llangollen (OS GR SJ 255.503). At nearby Wedding Cave Mine (OS GR SJ 265.541) there is galena mineralisation...(Wedding Cave) Carbonate-cyanotrichite, anglesite, azurite, linarite Brochantite, sulphur, susannite, caledonite...of the Geological Survey. HMSO 1921 Bryn Gwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain (OS GR SJ 194.697) was one of...Unfortunately the mine shaft has been capped and the site levelled by the old Clwyd County Council and the |  | | Journal (issue) | | AGARDITE(Y) Collected in 1987 from Marke Valley mine, Cornwall. Identified by David Green and photographed...FLUORITE Collected about 15 years ago from Yew Tree mine in Weardale. A beautiful combination of the...2000 AZURITE Collected on a SMLS trip to the north of England in 1998 from Eagle Crag mine. A site...for a 3 mile walk across the hills, entry into the mine through an oil drum through a cascading stream,...blue habit). ANATASE Swap from the Virtuous Lady mine, Coppicetown, Devon (brown bipyramidal habit}, |  | | Book (edition) | | Stainmore The northern one-third of the Backbone of England, that ridge of hilly country known since last century...a cavity in the Great Limestone flats, Boltsburn Mine. Collected by Sir Arthur Russell and now in the...sheets 19 and 25, and parts of 13, 24, 26, 31, 32 (England and Wales) LONDON: HMSO 1990 . I\. © C,rown...sheets 19 and 25 and parts of 13, 24, 26, 31, 32 (England and Wales). Author Sir Kingsle_y Dunham, DSc, SD...FRS, FEng, FIMM Charleycroft, QuarryheadsLane) Durham DHJ 3D Y Other publications of the Survey dealing |  | | Journal (issue) | | access it gave me to real mineralogists who were a mine of useful information and expertise. The culmination...the Central Branch (1988-95). My main interests are UK mineralogy (in particular the mineralogy of Leicestershire...organisation that will continue to play a major role in UK mineralogy. Frank Ince 2 Russell Society Newsletter...The impact of resource extraction of Northern England and offshore. • The Mineralogical Society is hosting...supporters. Although he will always be associated with Durham, Kingsley Charles Dunham was born on 2nd January |  | | Book | | publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages 41, 46, 54, 59(x2)...Earth Sciences,University of Durham: page_26 C H. Emeleus,University of Durham: page 26 Friends of Killhope...Valley ................... The Northumberland and Durham Coalfield ............. The Northern Pennine Orefield................... 201 72 Foreword ORTHERN England, an area of great natural beauty, is additionally...Pennines, Cumbria, various regions of north-east England, and North Yorkshire. Such a diverse expanse naturally |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cu, cuprite, Cu20, chalcanthite, CuS04.5H20, azurite, Cu3(C03}2(QH)2 and malachite are · all examples...Dumps from old mines, for example in south west England, are often rusty brown with iron oxides, and where...of the mine workings still contained much pyrite which decomposed to give strongly acidic mine water as...a tray of mineral specimens) were subdivide into UK only and worldwide, while a new photographic class...SINGLE MINERAL OR ROCK SPECIMEN COLLECTED IN THE UK. There were 7 entries in this class. First place |  | | Journal (issue) | | attending, particularly those from the North of England, will be available to assist where possible. Please...went out collecting over the dumps at Hartsop Hall mine in the Lake district, looking primarily for wulfenite...the dumps or if it is an actual specimen from this mine I don't know?, I do know that I haven't found any...was discovered in 19* in the Mount Elliott Copper Mine, North Queensland. It was found at a depth of 260...enclosed in the actual copper lode worked by this mine. It is, therefore, , - - - - _ _.;;..,::.....______ |  | | Journal (issue) | | except the Dale Beck Valley, Dry Gill and Carrock End Mine. Grahamis hoping to get the permit system properly...has donated a wide range of items, covering both UK and world mineralogical topics, to the Society Library;...of a number of publications (Mineralogical Record, UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, Lapis) and a variety...still very much a 'frontier place'. One supposed mine was started by a character called Otto van Stryk...Stryk who thought he had found a huge iron mine. Alas, he never got any useable ore out of it. Rick went |  | | Book (edition) | | MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALF�S GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PENNINE OREFIELD...inserted on the six-inch maps, and all available mine-sections were reduced to the common scale of 200...made by him. The willing co-operation of all the mine-owners and operators and their staffs made possible... B. Laporte & Co., the Owners of Settlingstones Mine Ltd., Holmside ·& South Moor Colliery Co. Ltd.,...Plan of the North Central flats, Rotherhope Fell Mine 82 11. Cross-section of Burtrec Pasture Vein |  | | Journal (issue) | | is that David, while at University, represented England in the sport of 'winks', which apparently was taken...impurities. Thus elsewhere in this Newsletter Groverake Mine is described as a commercial producer of fluorspar...au South Caradon 5551 The site of South Caradon mine at St. Cleer Cornwall, has been declared by English...moss. The accessible underground workings of the mine are leased by the Caradon Mines Research Group,...to have overlain the granites of southwestern England but which are not preserved in situ, they are not |  | | Journal (issue) | | ....................................... Copper County Mineral Retreat Christine Chritchley 41 .........with high temperatures, but they are unusual for the UK and are therefore worth a comment. As responsible...seen any truly serious cases of heatstroke in the UK, the potential is there and I have seen many minor...each day Possible sites include: Great Orme Copper Mine (entrance fee) Alderley Edge Mines (insurance fee)...above and below ground, including the famous Ojuela Mine where he collected excellent adamite. Some of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | informed that the arrangements for next year at Durham are progressing well (April 11/13th). The Mineral...ONE! when I typed in 'mineral news' and checked the uk button. Gary is still searching for materia_l,,!9"pu...NorthernBranchAGM Next year's AGM weekend will be based at Durham University from 11th to 13th April, with the AGM...was attended by some 150 delegates from around the UK, including some from as far as Scotland. An excellent...have a similar conference on the minerals of the UK and what the societies do, and the problems we are |  | | Book | | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055............................ 421 A: abhurite to azurite ......................................... 18 R:...onNewMinerals,Nomenclature andClass::ication. Co. County. EMPElectronmicroprobe - an instrument usedto ...with older fluorite specimens from Weardale in County Durham being a case in point. Many of these specimens..."Cumberland", "Alston" or "Alston Moor" (Cumberland as a county no longer exists, as it was merged with Westmorland |  | | Book | | Humphries. 2. NATIVE COPPER. From Penibrol,e Mine, St. A.1.istell, Cornwall. Presented by R. Taylor...at Mu'llion, Liza,rd District, Corn- St. George Mine, Perran Porth, Cornwall. Presented by H. IIumphries...Cornwall. NATIVE COPPER, dendritic. Pe'IJibroke Mine, ,_~t. Austell, Cornwall. 19. NATIVE COPPER, cr3rsta...22. thi11 sheets. NATIVE CorPER, in Pembroke Mine, near St. Austell, Cornwall. Presented by Captains...NATIVE COPPER, crystallized on qua1--tz. Treskerby Mine, Cornwall. Presented by G. Croker Fox. 31. NATIVE |  | | Journal (issue) | | nearby. The group visited a working porphyry copper mine with finely disseminated chalcopyrite, secondary...version of the talk she did at the AGM on St. Peter's Mine, Allendale. This is a very interesting story, not...that the only minerals likely to be found in that county are iron pyrites and gypsum. At least I can report...new by-pass for Semington, near Trowbridge, the County Town. The roadwork involved diverting a stream...finest exposures of a porphyry-copper deposit in the UK. In 1998 the section was carefully cleared of talus |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sutcliffe put on a display of material from Rampgill Mine with two specime ns of enormous interest (to me...the 'old man' was working this part of Rampgill Mine well before I thought they had got that far! After...longer interested in their collection of a seri es of UK first day covers; 86 issues from the period July...a site. With Grah am I wa lked up t o Brae Fell Mine and showed him what we did in the summer and why...round the top of Iron Crag and had a look at the Durham University site up there. Someone has told me that |  | | Book | | society interested in all aspects of geology in the County of Cumbria and surrounding areas. Members receive...of Man and east under Weardale and much of County Durham). The exposed granites are parts of the roof...best-known and most distinctive rock types in Northern England, with its coarse texture and large pink crystals...the west end of a huge slab directly under an oak tree are prod marks, caused by the impact of objects...Coniston Grits) in a field by the road under a holly tree 70m southwest of the entry to Thompson Ground Farm |  | | Journal (issue) | | 6447148 Subterranea Britannica Limited Registered in England Registered Office: 5 Railway Cottages, Old Station...Copy deadline 01 July ** 4 - 6 September Sub Brit UK Study Weekend Kent and around 10 October 2009 SB...Derbyshire 10 —13 September 2009 Heritage Open Days across UK 19 — 20 September 2009 London Open House 3-4 October...FOR THE UK? A Government consultation proposes a moratorium on new World Heritage Sites for the UK on the...March 2007, 10 — 11 (including photograph.) MAGPIE MINE, DERBYSHIRE The Peak District Mines Historical Society |  | | Journal (issue) | | stop was at the Yuma Mine near Tucson. This mine opened originally as a gold mine, was mined in World...adventurers packed back about five miles to an old mine which had recent ly been worked for scheelite....Naco back into the States. The Old Bridal Chamber Mine at Lake Valley, New Mexico produced some splendid...limestone. At Mapimi, Durango, Mexico in t11e Ojuela Mine some wonderful collecting was done. Hemin1orphite...Burnham exclaims in his diary of the trip-"What a mine! One can't imagine without seeing it, how large | | | Book | | the floor of the principal room is devoted to the mine rals, and to their application in the arts. In...associated with quartz. From the Great St. George Mine, Perran Perth, Cornwall. Presented by H. Humphries...Prseniºriy Mr. Graham. 2. NATIVE COPPER. From Pembroke Mine, St. Austell, Presented by R. Taylor, F.G.S. Presented...Copper, mingled with quartz. inter St. George Mine, Perran Porth, 12. NATIVE Copper, crystal lized...NATIVE CoppER, crystal lized on quartz. Treskerby Mine, Cornwall. Presented by G. Croker Fox. CoPPER, |  | | Report (issue) | | 1 MEMOlltS 0� THE GEOLOGIC.AL SURVEY. , i ENGLAND AND \VALES. GEOLOGY Ol T IIE NEIGHBOURHOOJ) OF...over the whole of tl1e Triassic areas of central England,* it l1as lleen ttsst1n1ecl l>y l1in1 tl1at tl1c...cxp()sed in the Holbitcl1 Slack, and near tl1e Ye,v Tree Hot1sc, b11t south of tl1is point a1·e cut out l>y...Permian Rocl{s of the 1\-l idland Co11nties of England. By Prqf·. E. Hull, 1 869. Price 5s. 'l1he Superficial...tl1e Discovery of a Rock of Natural Salt in that County. Phil. Trans., vol. v., :N"o. 66, p. 2015. 1 684 |  | Aitkenhead, N., Barclay, W. J., Brandon, A., Chadwick, R. A., Chisholm, J. I., Cooper, A. H., Johnson, E. W. (2002) British Regional Geology (8), The Pennines and Adjacent Areas (4th ed.) British Geological Survey | Report (edition) | | written. The Pennines. the so-called backbone of England. constitute an upland area of natural beauty much...and limestone are also major contributors to the UK economy. This book gives a comprehensive account...Geology of the region (see also map in pocket). the UK resu lted in structural inversion of the Carboniferous...tonnes of limestone annually, about 35 per cent of the UK output. It is also the country's major producer of...District cu rrently supplies over 80 per cent of UK requi rements for fluorspar, and is the second largest |  | | Journal (volume) | | the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle ; of the Imperial Pharmaceutical...GEOLOGY. 6. Gas Springs in the River Wear, county of Durham. 7. Kenawha Gas. 8. Geological Survey of Canada...and trees, especially the dark Scotch fir and yew tree, with their thick umbrageous mass of foliage,...under a yew tree, at 35°; in the air, under it, at the same; and in a cavity of the trunk of the tree, about...terraces; the trimly cut hedge, the formally cut yew tree, the intersecting alleys, all conduced not only |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (W . S.). Psendomorphs of Native Copper after Azurite SANDB E R G E R (F. r.). Arhenical Pyrites . ....CLOWES(If.). Dellosits of Barium Sulpliate from Mine Water . HILLEBRAND (W. F.) and E. S. DANA.Tyrolite...a-Naphthol-edisulplionic Acid SCHULTZ ((3.). a-Naphthyl~mine-€-sulphonic acid . . . . . %HAL (A.). and V. AUGER...diphyllum . . HILGER (A.). Taxine, the Alkalo%l of the Yew Tree . . . . . LINTNER(C. J.). Diastatic Ferment of |
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Yew Tree Mine, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK