 | | Report (issue) | | mineralisation in Lower Devonian volcanics near Alva, central Scotland I I I I INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES...mineralisation in Lower Devonian volcanics near Alva, central Scotland Geology I. H. S. Hall, BSc Drilling...Geophysical surveys around Talnotry mine, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland A study of the space form of the...south Scotland A mineral reconnaissance survey of the Doon-Glenkens area, south-west Scotland A reconnaissance...south-west Scotland Stratabound barium-zinc mineralisation in Dalradian schist near Aberfeldy, Scotland: Final |  | | 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...Grguric 19 The silver and cobalt mineralisation near Alva, Central Region, Scotland S Moreton, P Aspen...and S.M. Ingram 23 Hannotome from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England D.l. Green and l.R....and clinoatacamite, from Castletown mine, Lochgilphead, Scotland R.E. Starkey and .v Huhbm-d 3R Thaumasite |  | | Journal (issue) | | IN THE SUPPLY OF QUALITY MINERAL SPECIMENS IN THE UK. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO BUY INDIVIDUAL MINERAL...01884 821724 e-mail: ian@crystalciassics.co.uk UK TS C 2 COVERPrismatichexagonalberyl to 14 mm w...Moretoncollection. TwENTY YEARS IN MINERALS David Green 9 The UK ]011rnalof Mines and Minerals publishes articles...subscriptions and advertising. TWENTY YEARS IN MINERAL SCOTLAND David Green • Gordon Todd 28 EDITOR David I...SPECIAL ISSUE The first of t\vo special editions of the UK ]oumal of 1\lli11es [.,,.Minerals celebrating t\venty |  | | Report (issue) | | Resources Consultative Committee Mineral Dossier No 25 Silver Compiled by J. M. Ridgway, BSc, PhD, CEng, MIMM... Limestone and Dolomite No24 Fireclay No25 Silver Sand and Gravel Celestite PREFACE The Mineral...Mh1eralogy Natural abundance of silver Silver minerals 3 3 5 Silver Ore Deposits and their Associations... w� Isle of Man Central and Northern England Scotland Northern Ireland Channel Islands Secondary Sources...stockpiles and commodity exchange stocks Hoarded silver Technology �� Mineral processing Primary smelting |  | | Journal (issue) | | INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...divided into Dyfed, Clwyd, Powys and Gwynedd and Scotland into Highland, Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue |  | | Book | | MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF © 1MS PublishingLimited...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...SCOTLAND'S GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction...species 1 55 2 Minerals originally discovered in Scotland 188 3 Scottish minerals 1991-96 190 REFERENCESAND |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho; Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite...Fluorite from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway;...in Calcite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia; Novacekite from the Brumado mine, Brazil; Elbaite from Nuristan...from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald from the Coscuez mine, Colombia. OUTSIDE BACK COVER: Beryl crystals: heliodor...aquamarine (right), 5.1 inches, from the Pioniera mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Freilich Collection. ♦ 4 |  | | Catalog/List | | Giller) 2 6 Nursery Road, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 tAL, UK. Tele/Fax: +44 (0) 1299 403916 E-Mail: saragiller@crystalvine...cavity. Great example. £4. AGATE, oChil Hills, Scotland. A). 3.8x3x0.5cm. A lovely slice showing a filled...colours than A. £5. 3. ALSTONITE, Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. 4x3.5x3.2cm. Ex D. Hoyle coll...xtls. A fine example. £6. 7. ANATASE, Virtuos Lady mine, Devon. l.4xl.5xlcm. A MM with a micro xtl of sparkly...top. £4. IO. APATITE, llarding's Vein. · Carrock mine, Caldbeck fells, Cumbria. 5x4x2.5cm . One fairly |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK .M ----- JOURNAL I OF N E & ----- s M 1· N E R A L S n \) II I/ i] NUMBER 15 • SPRING...TISPIECE CALCITE on HEMATITE Fred Bull 4 MI The UK Jouma/ of Mines and .Minerals publishes articles... 15 -2- UK Journal of Mines & 1'.lincrals No. 15 -J- ..... MINERAL NEWS ALVA SILVER BMSHONOURS...Museum of Scotland carried out a four day rescue dig on the spoil heap of the Alva silver mine near Stirling...Stirling. Remarkable specimens of dendritic silver were found here in the 1980's together with rare cobalt |  | | Report (issue) | | \ MEJ\IOIRS OF THE GEOI,OGICAL SURVEY, SCOTLAND. SPECIAL REPORTS ON THE ~iINER.AL RESOURCES OF GREAT...XVII. THE LEAD, ZINC, COPPER AND NICKEL ORES OE, SCOTLAND. BY G. ·v. WILSON, B.Sc. W('l'H CONTRTRUTIO~S...:...., ;:. i...t.1 .._. ·- ·;, ... . _ IN Scotland the ores of lead and zinc have a wide distribution...general account of the kno,vn mineral resources of Scotland in respect of lead, zinc, copper and nickel ores...Argyllshire Perthshire . . . . . Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire . 133 133 140 140 Area III. Ross-shire |  | | Book | | Nortlrn·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf...sters Da,·id Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the...London; National Museums of Scotland (Royal Museum and Museum of Scotland), Edinburgh; Oxford University...t.1useum (NaturalHistory). NMSNati:malMuseumof Scotland(RoyalMuseuma:idt.~JSe:.rm of Scot'a:1d). Edinb...Element Atomicno. Symbol Element Atomicno. Ag Silver 47 Na Sodium 11 Al Aluminium 13 Nb Niobium |  | | Book | | approximately 5 cm taii and is from the Eagle's Nest mine, Piacer County, California. Ross Beaty Collection.... . . • .... . .64 . .66 . ...68 Malachite. Marcasite . . Millerite .. . . . Molybdenite . .. . .....Scheelite . ................ ., . . . .. . . . . Silver . iiJ i~ I I! ;3 lliii i!!J .80 • • . • . ..... .... 46 Galena ... . . .48 Gersdorffite Marcasite . .. .. .. . . .. ... .. .. ..... ... . . ...... . . . .. ......... 52 Graphite . . ....54 Silver . . . . . .. •.• ..... . ......... ..•• ..... |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK j min~/1minerals C I 11 lNTS 200~ I 2 EDITORlAL: SPEClALISATION COVER:A fluoritecube 15...Nick Carruth • Ron Cleevcly • David Green 7 The UK ]011mal of Mines and Minerals publishes articles...DESIGN Julie Ballard 47 PETITJEANITE FROM CAR.ROCK MINE Mike Rumsey • Trevor Bridges • John Spratt The... 50 PREISINGERITE & ROOSEVELTITE FROM CARROCK MINE Mike Rumsey 53 NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Trevor Bridges...information and a full review in the next UKJMM. UK Journal vf Mines & Minerals No. 28 -2- Frontispiece |  | | Journal (issue) | | North of England and at the age of sixteen left the UK to live and study in Canada for seven years. Colin...interests Colin had a considerable knowledge of old mine buildings and was always keen to share his enthusiasm...For one of the leading mineralogical society in the UK to be at odds with the government department responsible...Lapidary Society He collects globally both in the UK and overseas. He has a special interest in UV fluorescent...marketing manager of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals. Jesse Fisher A partner in the UK Mining Ventures |  | | Report (volume) | | oil i11 Derb�ys11ire and St�tff,>rSCOTLAND: l. 2. 3. 4. 5. ,ves t Higl1land District •...PE1,ROGRAPHICAL \VORK I. E11.glan{l and Wales 2. Scotland IV. CHT�MICAI_.j \VORK - - V. P�i\Lll�ONTOLOGICAL...P�i\Lll�ONTOLOGICAL W()Rl{ · I ..Englantl a11d "\Vale� 2. Scotland • 48 48 - 57 - 5S - (i2 62 • - 31 44...service ; Dr. Flett (.l\ssistant Director for Scotland) ,vas appointed Di1·ector, and l\ilr. J. Alle11...Gibson was p1�on1oted Assista11t Director for Scotland in succession to Dr. Flett, and proceeded to Edinburgh |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ireland.Robert Lawsoncollection. EDITORIAL 9 The UK J,111mal(lf Mines and Minerals publishes articles...MINES Stephen Moreton • David Green 34 ABBEYTOWN MINE AND QUARRY Stephen Moreton • John Lawson • Robert...sop, Notts. S80 2EE 55 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 30 -1- EDITORIAL...Fieldwork was unable to provide corroboration as the mine levels are now inaccessible and little of note remains...indebtedfor savingthemfromthe crusherand oblivion. UK Joun1Jl of Min,:, & M1m·r.1lsNo. JO • -:\- OBITUARY |  | | Journal (issue) | | Strontianite, Strontian mines, Highland Region, Scotland. 100 mm x 55 mm. From an old collection. Specimen...Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon 66 Growth of acanthite on native silver from...from the Clyde Plateau Lavas, Scotland T.K. Meikle 67 Conference Reports 71 Book Reviews 77 Index...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Thirty-four, Number Four Articles The El Desierto sulfur mine, Potosí, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Famous mineral localities: The Pacajake selenium mine, Potosí, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...1980 when he paid me a visit at the Jacupiranga mine; somehow he had learned of my mineralogical researches...studies of the mineralogy of the now-famous Brumado mine in Bahia, recovering countless superb crystal specimens...near Linópolis and Galiléia, and also the Golconda mine (from which he recovered the world’s finest bertrandite |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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,...Lepidocrocite from Louchentyre Copper Mine, Dumfreisshire, Scotland. Oh, don't you just love those erratic...including Portland. 4. The Lizard and Geevor nn Mine. Er, that says it all. Coming in autumn 2000 2000 |  | | Journal (issue) | | on p. 79 Articles Native gold from the Jamestown mine, Tuolumne County, California......................15th annual FM-TGMS-MSA Mineralogical Symposium: Silver .................................................collectors interested in visiting the Blanchard mine or other mines in the Hansonburg mining district...signed in at Bingham for entry to the Blanchard mine area for surface collecting. Underground collecting...strictly prohibited due to the hazardous nature of the mine workings, and visitors are required to acknowledge |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bou-Azzer, 9:69-73 Toussit mine, 11:59-61, 15:347-350 NAMIBIA Kombat mine, 22:421-425 Tsumeb (special...Messina mining district, 22:187-199 The Palabora mine, 22:255-262 The Kalahari Manganese Field, an update...The Jan Coetzee mine, 24:39-40 The Wessels mine, 24:365-368 The Kruisrivier cobalt mine, 27:417-428 The...region, 20:265-288 The Mashamba West mine, 22:13-20, 28 The Kipushi mine, 26:163-192 Cobalt minerals of the...Katanga, 30:269-273 ZAMBIA The Rokana mine, 9:341-346 The Broken Hill mine, 11:339-3486 A Special Thanks from |  | | Journal (issue) | | Los Angles Mexico Special Issue II The Ojuela Mine Preface to Mexico-II1.............................in the San Judas chimney, Level 6, of the Ojuela mine. Houston Museum of Natural Science collection; Wendell...headframes and processing facilities of the Ojuela mine ca. 1900. The famous suspension bridge designed...Mexican localities that came to mind was the Ojuela mine, source of countless thousands of wonderful mineral...interviews, that could be gathered on the Ojuela mine and adjacent Mapimí deposits; and he spent several |  | | Book | | Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous...ilmenite crystals as described here for the Dodo mine. In general, ilmenite crystals from the Subpolar |  | | Journal (issue) | | Northern Italy. 1— Cassagna mine 2—Gambatesa mine 3— Molana quarry 4— Molinello mine 5— Monte Bardeneto prospect...Bianco copper mine 7— Monte Bossea mine 8— Monte Coppello-Reppia prospect 9— Monte Porcile mine 10— Nascio...Nascio 11—Scrava mine 12— Pontori Prospect h CD ^ .L IG iU R IA f \ ( I A X , X. LA SPE^IA [ / ,...Spain). Prospecting for copper, iron, lead, gold and silver resumed on a small scale during the Middle Ages...manganese quotations induced some mine employ ees, including the former mine manager, to establish a new company |  | | Journal (issue) | | by U. Burchard Recent discoveries at the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec . .. ................. . . .....needles made not only of tin, zinc, lead, gold, silver, copper, and iron, but also of topaz and corundum...Rhodochrosite, 3 inches wide, from the N'Chwaning mine, Cape Province, South Africa. Jeff Scovil photo...photo. RECENT DISCOVERIES aLtM JEFFREY MINE ASBESTOS, QUEBEC Marco Amabili Dipartimento di Ingegneria...Hutcheson, Asbestos, Quebec Canada J1 T 4J8 The Jeffrey mine in Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, is world1amous for |
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