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| I.—JANUARY, 1934. ORIGINAL ARTICLES. The Mountsorrel Granodiorite and Associated Igneous Rocks. By...I.) INTRODUCTION. rpHE igneous rocks of the Mountsorrel area, by reason of their -*- accessibility and...Association to Charnwood Forest in 1928, including a structural study of the Mountsorrel " granite " by...map of the complex in Fig. 1. FIG. 1.—Map of Mountsorrel district (with index figures) Scale about 2 in...(close to the Waterworks Dam and in the grounds of Quorn House) the granodiorite is clearly richer in coloured |
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| T. 0. Bomorth—Origin of Tipper Keuper, Leicestershire. 353 V . — T H E OKIGIN OF THE TTPPEB KECPEB...observations on the Upper Keuper are mainly from J_ the Charnwood district, wherein the relations of the Keuper...This is well seen at Mountsorrel in the section on the east side of the main quarry. Here the granite has...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 |
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| Frank Ince 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3SQ EDITORIAL BOARD R.E. Bevins, Cardiff...Hubbard, 30 Thirlmere Road, Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8QQ. Printed by: Flexpress Ltd, 8 Coal...Bridges 6-12 Unusual fluorite from Old Towns Quarry, Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham Trevor F. Bridges...occurrences of hydrocarbon-containing materials in Leicestershire Francis Ince 25-38 A new assemblage of manganese...appropriate that this volume includes a paper on Leicestershire mineralogy: in this case, occurrences of h |
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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...Rising sharply in this plMn are the hills of Charnwood, formed of pre-Cambrian rocks, peeping up through...~eot above O.D.), which is the highest point in Charnwood. As has been shown by Prof. W . W . W a t t s...buried hills; and as usually the extension of a quarry on each occasion is carried on in the direction...overburden is at the time least, the outline of a quarry tends to be almost..exactly a contour of the buried |
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| L. Allen.1 A. Charnwood Forest ........ 1 B. The Precambrian palaeontology of Charnwood Forest . .12 C...of South Leicestershire . . . .41 Camptonite Sills of Warwickshire . . . . .47 The Mountsorrel District...in the Oilfields . . . . .97 Details of the Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfields . 98 Possible...with a contribution from T. D. Ford . .'.112 A. Charnwood Forest . . . . . . .112 B. Cambrian Mineralization...of Southwest Leicestershire 114 V 149252 CONTENTS vi D. E. F. G. The Mountsorrel Area . Epigenetic |
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| after a short illness at his home in Rothley, Leicestershire. Roger's untimely death at forty years of age...Phillips, W., 1822 Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales, London 1822. Embrey, P.G., 1977 Fourth...District millerite has been recorded from Fall Hill Quarry, Ashover (Ixer 1978 and Smith 1982). At Ashover...Smith, M.E., 1982 The Mineralogy of Fall Hill Quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire, J. Russell Soc., 1, 1, 26-32..., 1975 British Regional Geology. South West England, 4th Edn., H.M.S.D. 136 pp. Greg, R.P. and Lettsom |
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| South Leicestershire the heavy minerals often consist chiefly of garnet, but approaching Charnwood the...north-east borders of Charnwood the proportion of garnet is very small. Tourmaline and rutile occur in smaller...of zircon ; for powdered South Leicestershire syenite yielded rutile and zircon, and abundant perfect...perfect zircons were obtained from decomposed Mountsorrel granite ; also the Millstone Grit contains tourmaline |
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| Ovington, UK NJ Elton, St Austell, U.K. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, U.K. RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King...Media, (A division of St. Ives Group), Leeds, England. Published by The Russell Society. Registered Charity...Proustite (1.0mm) with barite and tennantite. Dolyhir quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, October 2004. Collection:...PAPERS The mineralogy of Newhurst quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire Frank Ince The occurrence and formation...including koninckite and planerite from Grouse Lodge quarry, Shanagolden, Co. Limerick Stephen Moreton and |
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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...18-26 The mineralogy of Bardon Hill Quarry, Coalville, Leicestershire Francis Ince 27-39 Edingtonite,...benefactors: Peter and Greg Tom at Bardon Hill Quarry (1 :4-3 : 1); Redland Aggregates (2: 1); Ralph...and parasymplesite from Cumbria and Cornwall, England. lournal of the Russell Society, 8( 1), 16-17. |
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| unusual occurrence of mottramite from Peldar Tor, Leicestershire John W. Faithful! and Francis [nce 59 NOTES...The supergene leaching of copper in south-west England has been recorded in numerous studies, although...post-Armorican early Mesozoic period when south-west England was approximately 200300 miles from the equator...Re-discovery of stokesite crystals in Cornwall, England. Mineralogical Record, 8, 294-297. Couper, A.G...The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-west England. 2 vols. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great |
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| Changes 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 News Items Update on UK Mining Projects ...................................a loss; especially to members in the north of England. On a more up-beat theme, there is positive news...to several of the potential mining ventures in the UK both in terms of increased estimates of available...in the future. It seems entirely possible that the UK may once again have a metalliferous mining industry... Mike was co-author of an article about Hendre Quarry which was published in the British Micromount Society |
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| B S T R A C T The surface geology of central England and Belgium obscures a large ‘basement’ massif...a long-lived component of the crust of central England and Belgium (Fig. 1). This paper reviews the evolution...south-central Midland and East Anglian regions of England, extending eastward beneath the southern North...as the middle of the 19th C (Dumont, 1847). In the UK, the palaeogeographical maps of Leonard Wills (1948...concealed Caledonides of northern and eastern England. In Plate IV (Caledonides), Wills (1951) recognised |
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| IntrusiveSuite) Ordovician quartz diorite stocks (South Leicestershire Diorites) Precambrian basaltic-a.ndesite and...which include parts of north WaIWickshire, Leicestershire and the West Midlands. In terms of geological...photograph Panoramic view looking east across Judkins' Quarry, Nuneaton, to"Wards Hinckley. The face to the...uneaton Memoir for 1 :50 000 Geological Sheet 169 (England and Wales) London: The Stationery Office 1998...of the British Geologi,cal Survey, Sheet 169 (England and Wales). Authors D McC Bridge, BSc J N Carney |
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| Messrs. Bardon Hill Quarries Ltd. of Coalville Leicestershire towards the publication of the Journal is gratefully...the Bardon Hill Quarries Ltd. of Coalville in Leicestershire. The company has generously played host to...surface and the are was obtained by open work, quarry fashion, here and at Black House. Also saw Crokes...suppose this abandoned spot, with its overgrown quarry and trial shaft, is a memorial to these endeavours...quarries at Gorsley: Greens Quarry (SO 677259) and Linton Parish Quarry (SO 677255), are still accessible |
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| ................................ 14 Greystones Quarry, Lawhitton, Cornwall by Nick Elton ................................... 23 Malachite fromDyserth Quarry, .Clwyd, North Wales by W.A. Bolton .............organised by any geological or mineralogical group in the UK. If only I could get to even a fraction of these...1973. He was a native of Norwich and came to Leicestershire after seeing service with the RAF in North...manner: a field trip . A visit to H ingston Down Quarry had seemed a good idea w hen it was suggested over |
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| phosphate in the Mesozoic and Tertiary of Eastern England 60 Hugh S Torrens and Trevor D Ford An early-19th...‘Rich Shale Gas Deposits found in Leicestershire’ (http://thegwpf.org/uk-news/5321, from Leicester Mercury...sources of energy. Precambrian bioturbation at Charnwood? Method used for extracting gas from shale. ... as with all new power generation schemes in the UK, the final decision will most probably involve 4 ...profits from the mine to live a life of luxury in England with Figure 6. With its happy finders at Ballarat |
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| Sandford and W. J. Arkell. THE IGXEOUS ROCKS OF THE MOUNTSORREL DISTRICT. By E. E. LOWE. pp. 49, map, and...cultural rather than for technical training ". In England somewhat similar practical courses have been developed...minerals such as purple zircon, chiastolite, deep-red rutile, pseudo-uniaxial mica, and others were illustrated |
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| hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England 12 ALUJ\JINITE lxlins50p lx2£I 2x2£2.S0 Al SO/4...--- · - · · ··· _ 2x3 £I .SO 2x2£1 Staffordshire England lx2 S0p Rich white to faintly blue masses 23 Al'\HYDRITE... _ . Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry. Tvedalcn near Ix I £3 I x2 £6 2x2 £ 12 7 AN!lilTE...rich white masses intergrown with Weymouth,Dorset,England JxJ 60p lx2 2x2 2x3 £4 46 BASALUMINITE AISO/4 OH...- Creamy white micro crystals in cavirties Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Ix½ £3 59 BOEHl\lITE AIO OH inNatrolite |
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| David I. Green 19 32 Richelsdorfite from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys: the first British occurrence...33 38 Tetrahedrite-group minerals from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys David I. Green, Neil Hubbard... 112 120 BOOK REVIEW ‘‘Gold Occurrences in the UK’’ Norman Moles Journal of the Russell Society, volume...The current ‘History of Mineral Collections’ in the UK is not even a ‘History of Kings and Queens’. A small...largest remaining mineral galleries in northern England. Strontianite was discovered by chance while volunteers |
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| ½ x ½ ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England Large brown well formed dodecahedral Madagascar...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins S0p ALUMINITE Al SO/4 ALUMINOTSCHERMAKITE...- - - AMAZONITE Pure green cleavage Landsverlc quarry, Evje, Norway lxl S0p ALAMOSITE fcLp 10 g:...PbAgSbS lx2 S0p 2x2 £1 2x3 £I .SO Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses ANHYDRITE CaSO...with Chrysotile, pale grey-green County Bridge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall MgFeSiO massive. Minas Gerias |
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| rful , 18 miles NNW of St I cm £6 Ives. Cornwall. England No location details !cm £4 Colo urless to yellow...near Creston . Wyoming ,U.S. A Newhaven Sussex, England l x l £3 l x2 £5 While crystals well covering...paper available. Rich grey crystalline mass. Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larv ik, Norway Ix I £1.50 Ix I...Chrysotile. pale grey-green mass ive. County Bri dge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall Jx I £ I I x2 £2 Loch Scridain...Rich silvery masses with Chalcopyrite Quarry,Cornwall ,England Apple green coatings on granite.Quite |
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| 1cm £6 ✓ on a ship wreck in 1885 Ives, Comwall, England ABHURITE SnO OH DESCRIPTON Pyroxene Na Fe...Devon .England Madagascar Railway cutting nearCreston . Wyoming ,U S. A Newhavcn Sussex. England I x2...Rich white to faintly blue masses Staffordshire England 25 ANKERITE-KlJTNAHORITE Rich fawn massive. xrayed...APATITE Ca P0/4 F n rnm nirt Ca P0/4/ F F Saga Quarry, Tvedalcn near Larvik. Norway Loch Scridain Mull...masses with Chalcopyrite ✓ Hingston Down Quarry,Cornwall,England Ashanti Mine, level 8, Obuasi, silvery |
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| below ground. The granite is worked in a large quarry which is situated on the crest of the hill. As...gabbro is not so well exposed as formerly: the quarry to the north of the granite is now filled in, but...varieties present. Near the western margin, where the quarry approaches nearest to the gabbro, the granite is...a belt of shattered rock which crosses the main quarry in an E.-W. direction, and which corresponds in...of secondary magnetite and of small needles of rutile, the latter orientated in three directions to form |
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| calls primary stable minerals—zircon, apatite, rutile, sphene, muscovite, biotite, hornblende, iron ores...the opaque material may be magnetite, hematite, rutile, or ilmenite, since it must be some substance that...was recognized in any of the crystals examined. Rutile is abundant in some of the granites. Many of the...Intrusives. 199 zircon, apatite, titanite, epidote, rutile, and titaniferous magnetite as heavy accessories...L. Bruce and Walter Jewitt— Only one grain of rutile was found. It is reddish in colour, untwinned, |
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| along some excellent photos of minerals from Machen Quarry, unfortunately just too late to go in the branch...branch had got up to this year. Minerals of Dolyhir Quarry On Sunday morning, November 16th 2003 in the Glanely...handout on all the minerals to be found in the quarry was provided. Quite a few of these minerals from...finest exposures of a porphyry-copper deposit in the UK. In 1998 the section was carefully cleared of talus...4th April - Llynclys quarry, near Oswestry [SJ 265 244] Meet at 09.30 at quarry entrance. Leader: Roy |
