| | Report (issue) | SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 9 LEAD, ZINC AND SILVER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUST by...available for this important work. Although Western Australia has never been a major producer of lead, zinc... . . . . Lead. zinc and silver mining in Western Australia .... History and production . . . . . . ....Origin of the lead ores . . . . . . . . .... Northampton District . . . . . . . . .... Baddera group ...reserves . . . . . . . . .... .... Gallagher’s pyromorphite lode .... .... Chequers lead mine . . . . . | | | Journal (volume) | Braithwaite, Manchester, U.K. I.R. Plimer, Parkville, Australia T.E. Bridges, Ovington, U.K. M.T. Price, OUMNH...Hart NHM, London, U.K. P.A. Williams, Kingswood, Australia R.A. Howie, Matlock, U.K. Aims and Scope: The...from a blast pile on Bench G of Merehead Quarry, Mendip Hills. Width of view approx. 20 mm. Photograph...trigonal plates. From Bench F of Merehead Quarry, Mendip Hills. Rick Turner photograph. Journal of the...CONTENTS Volume 13, 2010 PAPERS The minerals of the Mendip Hills and their relationships Rick Turner and Michael | | | Journal (issue) | (Telephone and Fax: 89574433). July 19th: South Western Mineral and Fossil Show, St George's Hall, Market...Quarry. The Goat Quarry area forms part of the western limb of the Burntisland anticline, effectively...AUSROX 42 Hex St., Tottenham, Victoria, 3012, AUSTRALIA. Robert Sielecki G 'DAY Mates! The end of 1991...was relatively quiet on the mineral front in Australia. Mines continue to close down, collectors continue...locality for the recent finds of erythrite from Australia. Many dealers still insist on attributing them | | | Catalog/List | NoVEl-18ER 1978 1. ACTINOLITE. Kyle of Lochalsh, Ross-shire, Scotland. Fine lustrous olive-green broad elongated...1:9.00 10. AZURITE. 8roken Hill, N.S. Wales, Australia. Fine bright blue sharp elongated terminated crystals...00 18. CASSITERITE. storey's Creek, Tasmania, Australia. Choice bright black sharp twinned crystal showing...00 19. CERARGYRDTE. Broken Hill, N.S. wales, Australia. Dull brownish pure cellular crystalline mass...CoBALTITE. Mt. Cobalt, Selwyn Ranges, Queensland, Australia. Bright silvery metallic cubic crystals and crystal | | | Journal (issue) | Livingstone, Edinburgh , U. K. I.R. Plimer, Parkvill.:. Australia R .E. Starkey, Brom,grove, U.K R.F. Symes. London...London , U.K . P.A . Williams. Kingswood . Australia B. Young. Newcastle, U .K . Aims and Scope: The lournal...formed by the Land 's End granite pluton , and a western unit of basalts and sedimentary rocks in the contact...weathering profiles: some observations from Western Australia. Ecunomic Geulogy , 79, 38--49. McHugh, J...added a second occurrence at Struy mines, Inverness-shire. Green (1986) noted that wulfenite may be found | | | Report (issue) | 4.42 9.79 Total 99.75 [100.00] 100.00 (1) Mendip Hills, England; corresponds to Pb3.14 Cl2 O2.15...Association: Hydrocerussite, cerussite, malachite, pyromorphite, calcite, chloroxiphite, diaboleite, parkinsonite...Hill Farm, the Wesley mine, and near Churchill, Mendip Hills, and in the Merehead quarry, near Shepton...of Cobar, New South Wales, Australia. Name: For the occurrence in the Mendip [Myne-deepes, Old English]...Mendipite and other rare oxychloride minerals from the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. Mineral. Record, 8, 298–303 | | | Catalog/List | l/6d., l½ 11 2/6d., AMBLYGONITE Coolgardie, Western Australia. Massive white cleavable. lxl 1/-, lx2 2/6d...15/-. Variety: CHIASTOLITE Mount Howden, South Australia. Lar�e rough xls exhibiting cross or pattern growth..., 4 11 6/-. ANGLESITE Broken Hill, N.S.W., Australia. Glassy white to grey xline to xled. lxl 2/6d...15/-, 2x3 25/-. ATACAMITE Ravensthorpe, Western Australia. Green, nodular, radiating xline. lxl 3/-...sections. ½" to 111 2/- each. Londonderry, Western Australia. Pale green glassy xline. Pure. Fine specimens | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | on the Mendip Hills, Somerset. By ARTHUR W. G. KINGSBURY. [Read March 7, 1940.] the Mendip Hills,...together by J. W. Gough in his book 'The mines of Mendip', 1 but apart from a few general remarks on the...LM.A.4-309.] F 68 ARTHUR W. G. KINGSBURY ON Mendip. These specimens have fortunately been preserved...slags from the Mendip Hills',l in 1899, and 'New lead-copper minerals from the Mendip Hills (Somerset)...Kingsbury, Notes on some feint finds of minerals on the Mendip ~iH,. Proc. Somerset~hire Archaeol. Nat. Hist. | | | Journal (issue) | you will receive as part of your collection. AUSTRALIA Subscriptions Telephone 103) 9805 1605, or write...asa distinct mineral in 1839 and named after the Mendip Hills in which it was first identified. Mendipite...mineral with which it is associated here is pyromorphite, a chlorophosphate of lead with the chemical...carbonate); malachite (hydrous copper carbonate); and pyromorphite (a chlorophosphate of lead). It may also be...(type locality) of mendipite is at Churchill in the Mendip Hills, Somerset (England). This is where it was | | | Book | - - -- - f - .” -- - , BRITISH OREs, Western side. . t Wall-cases 1 to 14. - CoPPER - -... 36 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pyromorphite, &c. - - - - - - - - re - - - 36... - - - - - - • - - 127 127 to 129 Australia, continued (Pedestal Case, No. 11, West Side:...the depth of about 300 fathoms, or 1,800 feet. WESTERN SIDE. Wall Cases 1 to 14. 3a. NATIVE COPPER,2...arranged topogra phically in the following order:-" Western mines of Cornwall. Eastern district of Cornwall | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Vol. X X . New lead-copper minerals from tl~e Mendip Hills (Somerset). By L. J. SP~C~R, M.A., Sc,D....here work ceased in 1893. Several references to Mendip minerals are contained in John WoodF 68 L ....working. To quote a few of his entries, he says : 'Mendip Green-Ore xams with the greatest difficulty in...in a Vein in Greenhill, n e a r Charter-house, Mendip, Somersetshire. There was a considerable Vein of...deserted.' (Vol. 2 [part 1], p. 27.) EThis is pyromorphite.] ' A Mass, white, semidiaphanous, glossy, and | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | implications with respect to the chlorapatite-pyromorphite solid solution series. An analysis of compositions...compositions of natural members of the pyromorphite-mimetite-turneaureite-chlorapatite system suggests the...the existence of complete solid solution among pyromorphite, mimetite, hedyphane, and phosphohedyphane....structure, chemical analysis, solid solution, pyromorphite, apatite group INTRODUCTION Dating back to...Similarly, samples previously identified as pyromorphite from numerous localities around the world, were | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | importance of minerals from the Mendip Hills, UK Mike S. Rumsey The Mendip Hills is a relatively small area...the only collections in the UK that covers the Mendip Hills when it was actively being mined is the collection...ml kms _ Fig. 1. Local geological Map of the Mendip Hills area, indicating the regions geographical...chemical and physical information. For example, pyromorphite which was one of the main ores of the region...description is certainly the first reference to pyromorphite within the British Isles and is the starting | | | Book | Leadhills. in Lanarkshire, and at Strontian in Argyll shire. Across the Irish Sea in Co. Wicklow the lead-zinc...of Man). Copper mines predominate in the south western tip of Ireland, while some iron occurs to the north...gemstone beaches along a large part of the south-western coastline. THE 1 SOUTH WEST The south-west of...mined and the dump minerals in clude galena, pyromorphite and sider ite. The many mines between Mounts...collector. There are several 4 mines in the western corner, a continuation of those in North Devon | | | Journal (volume) | King, Tewkesbury, U.K. I.R Plimer, Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove...Symes, Sidmouth, u.K. FA. Williams, Kingswood, Australia Aims and Scope: The Journal publishes refereed...About fifty supergene minerals are described. Pyromorphite, mimetite, cerussite, hydrocerussite, malachite...with the remarkable specimens of hemimorphite, pyromorphite and plumbogummite that were collected during...Fell and the headwaters of Roughton Gill. At its western edge at the head of the Dale Beck valley, the complex | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | structural variations among Pb5(BO4)3Cl with B = P (pyromorphite), As (mimetite) and V (vanadinite) Sytle M....São Paulo, Brazil Keywords: lead apatites; pyromorphite; mimetite; vanadinite; structure; chemistry;...Z = 2. For this isotypic series, B = P5+ is pyromorphite, B = As5+ is mimetite and B = V5+ is vanadinite...Lead apatites, Pb5(BO4)3(Cl), where B = P5+ is pyromorphite, B = As5+ is mimetite and B = V5+ is vanadinite...pipes were shown to be solid solutions between pyromorphite and chlorapatite, (Ca5–xPbx)(PO4)3[(OH)yCl1–y] | | | Journal (issue) | Livingstone, Edinburgh, UK. l.R Plimer, Parkville, Australia RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, UK. R.F. Symes, London...London, U.K. P.A. Williams, Kingswood, Australia B. Young, Newcastle, UK. Aims and Scope: The Journal publishes...Jones 27 31 Stalactitic galena from Lamb Bottom, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England S. Cowdry 37 Sulphide...of a gold-bearing sample from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, are shown in Fig. 8. There are several differences...ection of an ore sample from Kalgooriie, Western Australia (M! 1985.14674). Bl ack represents low concentrations | | | Journal (issue) | Maurice Grigg. Cerussite crystals to 5 mm on pyromorphite. from Force Crag mine, Braithwaite, Cumbria...by rew Coledale Mining. A small find of brown pyromorphite which has appeared on the specimen market recently... F The best specimens show lustrous brown pyromorphite crystals co about 1 cm on brecciated siliceous...project which identified potential gold deposits in western Europe. It was indicated that an edited version...Northeast Wales orefield and is a continuation of the western limb of that orefield (Figure 1) (Warren et al | | | Catalog/List | £4.5Op 5. ANGLESITE. Broken Hill, N.S. Wales, Australia. Small sharp clear sparkling crystals co,eIl a...the copper. 4ix 3xi " , £13.00 . 35. CREDNERITE. Mendip Hills, Somerset. Bright black platy crystal masses...approx 1~·;}xt", £4. 50p each. 49. HYDROCERUSSITE. Mendip Hills, Somerset. Ric~ creamy-white platy crystalline...pymmidal qllartz crystals. 2x11x1t", £3.25p 71. PYROMORPHITE. Braubach, E.T,s-Nassau, Gemany. Very choice...SCHOLZITE. Reaphook Hill, Flinders Range, S. Australia. Creamy-white sharp needly crystals to t" in length | | | Catalog/List | CALAVERITE. Great Boulder Mine, Kalgoorlie, W. Australia. Specimen A: Very rich bronzey metallic mass 1tx1"...little calcite. 2~-x2x1<1-", £11.00 C'-IUJ10XIPHITE. Mendip flills, 2c.mel'set. Specimen A: Olive green bladed...£6.50p C'-IROHE CERUSSITE. Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Lustrous pale yellowish crystals to 5 mm in size...38. CROCOITE. Rec Leqd Mine, C~ndas, Tasmania, Australia. Specimen A: Bright ora gey elongated rod-like...mUSelClJl display. 6x5xs-t", £33.00 69. PAR~LAURIONITE. Mendip Hills, Somerset. Specimen A: Light yellowish masses | | | Catalog/List | £2.25. 21. CASSITERITE. Elsmore, N.S. Wales, Australia. Specimen A - A very choice, lustrous, deep brownish...2fxl-txlt". 1:3.25. CHRVSOTILE. Dundns, Tasmania; Australia. select, silky, fibrous veinlets running in parallel...CB.OO; DUNDASITE. Kapi Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Pale creamy micro crystalised crusts richly encrusting...£4.50. HEULANDITE. Coonabarabran, N.S. Wales, Australia. Lustrous, reddish brown, sharp crystals to 1;-"...white vein Quart z. 2x2xl". £2.50. 66. MENDIPITE. Mendip Hills, Somerset. Specimen A - Choice, light creamy | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | easier,with Cornwall and Devon much closerand the Mendip Hills almoston the doorstep.Work on the Mendipsled...his meetingDr. L. J. Spencer,who had publishedon Mendip mineralsin 1899 and 1923, and later Mr. Arthur...interestingpart of this work was the rediscoveryof pyromorphite in 1936, at a locality lost since its mention...(1935) Notes on some recent finds of minerals on the Mendip Hills. Proc. Somersetshire Archaeol. and Nat' Ilist...Nature, 145, 351. (1941) Mineral localities on the Mendip Hills, Somerset. Mineral. Ma7.26,67. (1954) New | | | Journal (issue) | fluorescent minerals. One of the problems for western visitors is that a knowledge of the cyrillic alphabet...located outside Moscow and is owned by an anti-western old time communist. He apparently has ambitions...Motril, Granada, Andalusia, Spain. Also all the pyromorphite at the December was from the Bwlch Glas mine...fluorapatite, erythrite, olivinite, urophane, pyromorphite, vanadinite, mullite, garnet and scorodite....and baryte from Taffs Well and a very large pyromorphite from Bwlch glas which totally filled a dome | | | Journal (issue) | Livingstone, Edinburgh, U.K. I.R. Plimer, Parkville, Australia R. E. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U.K. R.F. Symes, London...London, U.K. P.A. Williams, Kingswood, Australia B. Young, Newcastle, U .K. Aims and Scope: The Journal...size, on chalky white plumboan apatite coating pyromorphite. 50 x 27 mm. Specimen in the Sutcliffe-Greenbank...clusters of pale 6 green barrel-shaped crystals of pyromorphite. The furthest point which I reached by bicycle... At the offices of the Agent-General for Western Australia in the Strand, specimens of the minerals found | | | Book | HADDINGTONSHIRE INVERNESS - SHIRE ISLANDS. OF . 90 . 90 . KINCARDINESHIRE KINROSS -SHIRE KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE...LINLITHGOWSHIRE PEEBLESHIRE PERTHSHIRE RENFREWSHIRE Ross -SHIRE ROXBURGHSHIRE STIRLINGSHIRE SUTHERLANDSHIRE WIGTONSHIRE...77 : : : : : : { Lead : Oxide of Lead PYROMORPHITE = : Phosphoric acid . .. Chlorine 73.99...( Huel Bell.) Granite. COPPER and Tin. Angle Pyromorphite. site. ( Huel Elizabeth .) Slate. Chlorite...Chalcotrichite. Copper. Cuprite. ( Penburthy Croft mine.) Pyromorphite. ( Retallack mine.) Slate. Limnite. Melaconite |
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