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| KIDDERMINSTER FORMATION MOIRA FORMATION AND HOPWAS BRECCIA FOR.<\iATION KINO!IBSCOIJTIAN MILT.STONE GRIT...Manc;etter area Mo,iKs pARK SHALE FORMATION (south..west) MOOR WOOD SANDSTON&fOR.MATION 0U1WOODS5HALE FORMATION...FORMATION EDIACARAN GROlJJ) l'IHITWICK AND 8ARDON HILL VOtCANIC CO~<".PL.llX~ CHARNWOOD LODGE VOLCANIC...Geological Survey. 1:50 000 Sheet 155 Coalville (England and Wales). © NERC 2010 All rights reserved Cop...Inforn1ation sources 34 3 Tuffs at Beacon Hill 7 4 Volcanic breccia, Bon1b Rocks 8 5 Sandstone and conglo1nerate |
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| Printed by: Q3 DigitaljLitho, Loughborough, Leicestershire LEll lLE Published by: The Russell Society...thomsonite (spiky and botryoidal varieties), from Bohill quarry, Dundrod, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, collected...Young 18-26 The mineralogy of Bardon Hill Quarry, Coalville, Leicestershire Francis Ince 27-39 Edingtonite...support from benefactors: Peter and Greg Tom at Bardon Hill Quarry (1 :4-3 : 1); Redland Aggregates (2: 1);...in the Nenthead area, Cumbria, such as Brownley Hill Mine and Carr's Level , spectacular roof to floor |
 | Ambrose, K., Carney, J. N., Lott, G. K., Wieghtman, G., McGrath, A. (2007) Exploring the landscape of Charnwood Forest and Mountsorrel. A walkers' guide to the rocks and landscape of Charnwood Forest and Mountsorrel. British Geological Survey, Keyworth. | Book |
| Great Ice Age Walk I: Buck Hill, Out Woods and Beacon Hill Walk 2: Bardon Hill Walk 3: Cademan Wood and...Ordovician granodiorite at Castle Hill and quarry, Mountsorrel Walk 7: Morley Quarry Walk 8: Blackbrook Reservoir...Reservoir Walk 9: Mount St Bernard Abbey Walk I0: Hill Hole Quarry, Markfield Walk I I: Tickow Lane Minerals...hills and craggy knolls, this scenic area of Leicestershire is not unlike the gentler parts of Wales or...TECTONICS AND THE ROCKS OF CHARNWOOD FOREST 3 _.,.,. NORTH QUATERNARY 2- NEOGENE 24· 1:UMSIAN PALAEOGENE |
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| Grits. Photo by W. J. Wiod-worn-Mouotsorrel Quarry. Terraced, Grooved, Smoothed and Polished Surfaces... GEOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT ROCKS OF CHARNWOOD FOREST LEICESTERSHIRE With which is included the area about Mountsorrel...author was Petrologist to the Geological Survey of England and Wales, and when Mr. C. Fox Strangways was engaged...engaged on the survey of the Leicestershire Coalfield and its environs. When Mr. Strangways had defined...Valleys Physical Areas The Central Area The. North-west Area The Third Area Geological Relations II. |
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| Grits. Photo by W. J. Wiod-worn-Mouotsorrel Quarry. Terraced, Grooved, Smoothed and Polished Surfaces... GEOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT ROCKS OF CHARNWOOD FOREST LEICESTERSHIRE With which is included the area about Mountsorrel...author was Petrologist to the Geological Survey of England and Wales, and when Mr. C. Fox Strangways was engaged...engaged on the survey of the Leicestershire Coalfield and its environs. When Mr. Strangways had defined...Valleys Physical Areas The Central Area The. North-west Area The Third Area Geological Relations II. |
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| Grits. Photo by W. J. Wiod-worn-Mouotsorrel Quarry. Terraced, Grooved, Smoothed and Polished Surfaces... GEOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT ROCKS OF CHARNWOOD FOREST LEICESTERSHIRE With which is included the area about Mountsorrel...author was Petrologist to the Geological Survey of England and Wales, and when Mr. C. Fox Strangways was engaged...engaged on the survey of the Leicestershire Coalfield and its environs. When Mr. Strangways had defined...Valleys Physical Areas The Central Area The. North-west Area The Third Area Geological Relations II. |
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| 230 John Carney Geological evolution of Central England, with reference to the Trent Basin and its landscapes...sandstone with occasional green veining’ on the west facade of the pulpitum was scorched in a fierce...Bishop Ridding remains unverified. High in the North Transept, the pilgrim sculpture was carved by Rory...Mining of the copper ore, chalcopyrite, from Ecton Hill goes back to Bronze Age times and there is plenty...look at recent work on the Quaternary in Eastern England. April’s lecture, given by Dr. David Shilston, |
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| ..... 5 6 7 8 10 12 12 13 16 16 17 News Items. UK Mining Snippets ................................................................................... UK and European mineral shows in2019 .................also a list of minerals shows taking place in the UK this year - along with some (but by no means all)...Society's central aims, the study and reporting of UK topographic mineralogy. The fact that reports of...individual visits are regularly fed back to mine and quarry company managers and to the various other organisations |
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| A. R. Horwood—Upper Trias of Leicestershire. 109 Ilmenite, in allotriomorphic grains and rhombohedra...p. 86.) 3. STEATIGBAPHY {continued). TI1HE Dane Hill Sandstone Group, as we propose to distinguish the...Hills at Leicester, is well exposed in a little quarry at Ashleigh House. Here the highest part of the...1017/S0016756800125853 110 A. R. Horwood—Upper Trias of Leicestershire. / I I I Estheria Marls. Acrodus Beds. \...thin out in an opposite direction to the north-west or west. A section showing this was exposed in the |
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| Frank Ince 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3SQ EDITORIAL BOARD R.E. Bevins, Cardiff...Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8QQ. Printed by: Acorn Print Media, Quorn House, North Road, Loughborough...Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1LE. Published by: The Russell Society. Registered Charity No. 803308. Copyright:...23-25 PAPERS Danburite from Meldon Quarry, Okehampton and other UK localities Michael S. Rumsey, George...the mineralogy of the area around Markfield, Leicestershire Francis Ince 32-44 A review of the mineralogy |
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| upon it, valueless. EXCURSION TO CHARNWOOD LEICESTERSHIRE. FOREST, WHIT MONDAY, MAY 17TH, 1875, AND... Th e position of Lindridge is four miles south-west of the la st continuous boss of the Charnwood ridge...stand is about 18 miles from th e river Trent, th e north boundary of 309 EX CUR SIOY TO CH AnY WOOD F...Forest, which bounds it on th e east side. On th e west flank is th e Hartshill range, a little less elevate...comprises the L eicest ershir e coalfields. To th e 'north of us th e Ooal Measures come out at the surfa ce |
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| ........... “Encouraging” initial results from North Pennine drilling project ....... Scottish Gold exhibition...and Papers A new location for vésignéite in Leicestershire....................................... . Vitamins...weekend in 2015 will be organised by the Wales and West Branch. It’s bound to be a great experience – watch...nice crystals? There will be events held around the UK and across the world, but one which caught my attention...as you will no doubt be aware, some parts of the UK are richer, mineralogically, than others and therefore |
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| Horwood—Upper Trias of Leicestershire. 21 spilites may be mentioned. About a mile north of the point where... CAMBRIDGE. V I I . — T H E UPPEK TRIAS OK LEICESTERSHIRE. By A. R. HORWOOD.2 PART I. 1. General Description...DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTRICT. rPHE Upper Trias of Leicestershire as a whole occupies the western L half of the...beds are mainly best exposed, the region to the west south of the eoal-field around which it mantles...Carboniferous and Permian rocks, with Bunter in the north-west, between Moira and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and the |
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| fault-shattered dome; the correlation of the north-west region with the rest of the Forest: the nature...re-developed '-(r) by general ablation bringing out the hill summits and ridges, (2) by reexcavation of Trias-filled...Survey on the basis of the descriptions of Bonney and Hill, is as follows :Eastern Side. 3. b. Swithland Slates...Slate-agglomerate. b. Beacon Hill Hornstones, a. Felsitic Agglomerate. I. b. Slates of Bardon Lodge Groby. a. (...(? Grits of Bardon Inn). f. e. d. c. (Rocks of Billa Barrow). (Rice Rocks). (Forest Rock, etc.). Slate-agglomerate |
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| the ·surface of the granite in many parts of the quarry. He proved his case by showing that polished surfaces...for twenty years he had brought visitors to this quarry to show them the effect of glacial action in smoothing...show a very steep dip both to the east and to the west of a line passing through the east slopes of I ves...published records of the researches of the Rev. E. Hill and Prof. T. G. Bonney [18, 22, 27, 28J were the...the various outcrops on any definite plan. The north-west district seemed to be something entirely apart |
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| On the NORTH-WEST RI~G1ON of CItAI~rWOOD FOREST, with other Notes. By the Roy. :EDwI~ HILL *, M.A.,...Introduction. IL The North-west Region and Bardon Hill. 1. General Description of the North-west Region. _. The...and Sharpley Rocks. 5. Bardon Quarry. III. Additional Notes. 6. Stable Quarry, Bradgate Park. 7. The...district in the Forest, that of Peldar Tor, * Mr. Hill desires to state that throughout this paper all...vol. viii.), and describes the.syenites of S. Leicestershire (ibid. vol. vii.), but adds not~ing material |
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| T. 0. Bomorth—Origin of Tipper Keuper, Leicestershire. 353 V . — T H E OKIGIN OF THE TTPPEB KECPEB...Mountsorrel in the section on the east side of the main quarry. Here the granite has beeu denuded of its Keuper...example may be seen at Huncote Quarry, where the South Leicestershire granite is so decomposed that the...a depth of some 200 yards, syenite of South Leicestershire type was reached. About 45 feet of this were...was intensely weathered, resembling the South Leicestershire rocks where exposed to this climate. In marked |
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| upland in the Triassic plain which borders the Leicestershire coalfield. Its hills are steep and craggy,...clear ed , but some of it remains, chiefly upon the hill s, and .some parts have been re-pl ant ed. There...There is much par klan d, especially to the north, east, and south, and it has recentl y become a favourite...worthy successors in Prof. Bonney and the Rev. E. Hill, t and then the Geological Survey revisited the...Side. THE { c. Swithland Slates. I c. Slates of Bardon Lodge. BRAND b. Conglomerate and Grit. Lb. (? Grits |
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| situated in Leicestershire, about 6 miles north-west of Leicester, and 3 miles south-west of Loughborough...hamlets: Woodhouse Eaves, Cropston, Groby, Markfield, Bardon, Whi twick, Thring- stone, Sheepshed, and Nanpantan...1 shows a hill with several crags, separated by a pastoral fiat from a second craggy hill, from which...elliptical dome the long axis of which points north-west and south-east, but only the southern half of...Keuper division of that formation. Only in the north is the Keuper Sandstone visible; if it occurs further |
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| situate on the eastern edge of the central plain of England, and the greater part of it is within from 150...these hills, and are seen in the quarries at Bardou Hill resting on the old rocks at 810 feet above O.D....buried hills; and as usually the extension of a quarry on each occasion is carried on in the direction... the outline of a quarry tends to be almost..exactly a contour of the buried hill. Consequently, but...are away from the observer at right angles to the quarry-faces. blever~heless, considerable ' humps' and |
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| Rock-surfaces in Leicestershire. 23 B. Phonolitic andesites [ = Trachyandesites ?]. 1. Phonolitoid... Triassic and Pleistocene Surfaces on some Leicestershire Igneous Rocks. By FRANK RAW, D . S C , F.G...S. (PLATES II, III.) rpHE ancient rocks of Leicestershire may be taken to comprise -*- the pre-Cambrian...intrusive into them, viz. the daciteporphyrites of Bardon Hill, Peldar, and High Sharpley, etc., the gTanophyric...porphyrites within and south-west of the Forest and in South Leicestershire, and the Mountsorrel granite |
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| A. R. Horwood—Upper Trias of Leicestershire. 73 but we are quite satisfied from our knowledge of the...part of the old ridge of rocks represented on the west by the Lizard area. Having now given our views on...district is bounded on the north by the Coalville and Ashby j . line, on the west and south by the county...Shackerstone and Market Bosworth lines. In the north are exposures of Coal-measures, Permian breccias...It. Horwood—Upper Trias of Leicestershire. forms a long tract on the west not more than two miles in |
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| Rocks and Beacon Hill. 4. Woodhouse Eaves and Broombriggs. 5. Swithland and Blore's Hill. 6. Bradgate. 7...Markfield to Chitterman Hill. 11. District up to Burden Hill. 12. Green Hill (Whitwick) to Charley Wood...Monastery, Peldar Tot, and Ratchet Hill. 15. High Sharpley and Great-Gun Hill. 16. High Cadman to Blackbrook...Blackbrook. 17. The Whitwick breccia. 18. Bardon Hill. 19. Bawdon, Moorley Hill, and Brazil Wood. Correlations...the configuration of the district) lies the Leicestershire Coal-field. A boss of hornblendic granite, |
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| UK j I o mi minerals TS C nlm~ 2 EDITORIAL COVER: Vanadinite from the LeadhillsWanlockheadminingdistrict...specimen. 5 PEGMATITE MINERALS FROM CI-IYWOON QUARRY The UK Joumal efMines a11dMinerals publishes articles...Stephen Burchmore • David Green NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY 43 The views and opinions expressed in this... ALGODONITE AND DOMEYKITE FROM NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Publication of information on a collecting site...Worbop, Nott~. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 26 -1- EDITORIAL |
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| particularly to British examples may be of service. A breccia may be defined as a rock composed of angular fragments...The term rock-glacier breccia is applied by Norton 1 to a variety of talus breccia, which is found in some...Geikie3 are grouped by Norton as rock-glacier breccia. They seem to imply much colder conditions than...Devon,1 of the Clent and Lickey Hills,2 of Leicestershire,3 of South Warwickshire,4 of the Nottingham...Brockram of the north of England is also clearly to be grouped as a subaerial torrent breccia. B. Smith 9 |
