 | | Journal (issue) | | JO· AUTUMN'" WINTER 1991 u K journal of mines & minerals CONTENTS issue no. I O·autumn-winter...D. Freier ------22 ------MICRO MINERALS FROM IRELAND BOARD 0.1. Green G. Ryback • S. JJ/oreto11 S...S.K. Howell ------28 ------STE-MARIE-AUX-MINES 1991 D.M. Schofield EDITORIAL M.P. Cooper· D.!. Grem...CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS (0909) 476906 l'KJournal of Mines & 1\lincr~lsNo. 10 -\- 1991 GUEST EDITORIAL The...C'i.rcnJ rhc1r \\Jffll ~rtidc\. I· K Journal of Mines & Mineral, No. 10 -2- rhJnk, UJ all the mcmhc" |  | | Book | | valleys and the Old Red Sandstone highlands of Munster. Even the featureless stretches of the central...photograph by Alan Spain, showing the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare Pelican Books Pelican Geography and Environmental...Studies Editor: Peter Hall Geology and Scenery in Ireland After graduating in Geography at Reading University...1957. He has held university teaching posts in Ireland, East Africa and Australia and has also been a...__..... Waterford ATE FORD CORK T Carnsore Po·mt ,<... E • C:, Cork c. 0 Miles 25 50 • GEOLOGY |  | | Book | | Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George SeYastopulo...& Jean-Claude Tanguy Minerals of Britain and Ireland A. G. Tindle The Open University T: 'XI 'Jo ~6...stage of MB! that focusing only on Britain and Ireland might be too restrictive, and that what was really...personally discovered new species to Britain and Ireland, and colleagues permitted me to record their unpublished...producers of b th tin and copp ·r. and. more recently. Ireland became a major player in world zinc produ.:tion |  | | Book | | LIBRARY j s i~sc_::. HISTORICAL GEOLOGY OF' IRELAND Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2023 with...org/details/historicalgeolog0000jkch HISTORICAL GEOLOGY OF IRELAND BY J. K. CHARLESWORTH C. B.E., D .Sc., PH.D....been attempted for Ireland since Cole and Hallissy's Handbook of the Geology of Ireland of 1924: the author's...author's Geology of Ireland: An Introduction ( r 953) had in mind the elementary student or the general...improve our knowledge of the various systems in Ireland. Many problems, however, await their final solution |  | | Journal (issue) | | to 22nvn from 3 ---- - - ----- Cook's Kitchen mine, Cornwall. Spedmen In the collection of the Royal...SOCIETY Peter Moore • John Pearce 10 FORCE CRAG MINE Dtlf.!idGreen • DavidMcCa/lum • Mike Wood 15 MINERAL...through the appropriate channels. YSTRAD EINION MINE John Mason • Steve Rust 37 BOOK REVIEWS 45 CLASSIFIED...Notes. S80 ZAY Tel (01909) 476906 UK journal of mines & minerals No. 18 Sponsors: SUSSEX MINERAL AND LAPIDARY...DISTRICT MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SO�IETY UK Journal of Mines & �linerals No. 18 -1- EDITORIAL BRITISH MINERAL |  | | Journal (issue) | | imaees in the article on fluorite from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, in the last edition of this journal....problematic, the famous blue fluorite from Florence Mine in west Cumbria commonly register a dirty pink on...linearmagnification is 40x. BernieDaycollection. UKJourn:il of Mines & Mincnls No. 24 -3- MINERAL NEWS Compiled by...found with corroded pale blue beryl. The Strontian Mines on Loch Sunart arc well known for the zeolites harrnotome...the clement strontium. Quartz i uncommon at the mines and well-crystallised specimens are virtually unknown |  | | Catalog/List | | lx2 £2 lxl£3 2x2£12 lx2£5 lxl £1 ----· Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minl10, Portugal...Andalucia Spain. Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal..._lx2_ _80 _ _____ _,o 1129 ALMANDINE Braslad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Unknown location I 1 63 □a...lxl£2 2x3£6 3x4£8 feldspar ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland ANDRADITE Grua. Oppland Norway 5...2x3£15 Gamet ½" £3 ALTHAUSITE ANDRADITE Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales Modum, Buskerud,Norway 975 44 Brown-purple |  | | Journal (volume) | | and Andy Hopkirk 86 90 Linarite from Cononley Mine, Skipton, North Yorkshire John Chapman and David...from localities such as Tynagh Mine in Co. Galway and Pendarves Mine in Cornwall (Figs 1 and 2) serves...between 4 and 5 levels on Tryphena Lode, Pendarves Mine, Cornwall. The field of view is 2.7 mm across. Jean...2.2 mm across, on deep blue azurite from Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway. Jean Spence collection. Photo John...specimen from Cononley Mine near Skipton in North Yorkshire. Cononley, the largest lead mine in the Craven Basin |  | | Book | | Quarry. 45 Spoil heaps associated with the old tin mines of Cornwall, 52 A crinoidal limestone from the Peak...(Liassic) shaks. 6S 22. The renuins of the Glencricff Mine at Wanlockhc:id. 77 23. A galena specimen. 79 24...:achesof England. 116 .io. A beach on the Lleyn Peninsula, North Wales, 119 .JI. A gravel pit near Wormit...reference to Wales and Ireland. The former is, of course, renow11ed for its gold mines and, like Scotland...geological formations in Brit:1i11; while Northern Ireland ha the great tourist attraction of the Giant's |  | | Journal (volume) | | Nickeliferous Magnetic Pyrites at Tiernakill,near Maum, county of Galway. By the Rev. Samuel Haughton, F. R. S...associated Minerals from Ross Hill, near Maum , county of Galway. By James Apjohn, M. D., Professor of...the Drift Gravel of Ireland, On the Wolfhill and Modubeagh Coal-fields, Queen's County. By George M'Dowell...District extending from Dungarvan to Annestown, county of Waterford. By W. B. Brownrigg, S.T. C.D., and...Arrangement of the simple Minerals hitherto found in Ireland. By Aquilla Smith, M. D., M. R. I. A., The Localities |  | | Report (issue) | | .. -. • • • • • • • • MINES AND MINERALS. MINING AND MINERAL STATISTICS OF TIIE UNITED...BltITA.IN AND IRELAND, For the Year 1887. PREP.A.RED BY HER MAJESTY'S INSPECTORS OF MINES By direction...Details of the :Mineral Produce of Great Britain and Ireland alphabetically arranged according to the mineral...distribution 7 Details of the Mineral Produce of Ireland shown separately • 100 Diagram showing the fluctuations...SuArnARIES OF P ERSONS EMPLOYED, AND ACCIDENTS AT MINES. M.u~ERAL WROUGHT, T able of Districts with List |  | | Book | | A. Hatch, Mineralogist, United States Bureau of Mines, Norris Tennessee, and W. D. George, Chief, High...materials for homes and other buildings include gypsum for plaster, limestone for cement, and asphalt...largescaleoperation was at the turquoise deposits on the Sinai Peninsula, at least as early as 3400 B.C. Flint, a kind...many men and using expensive equipment. The gold mines in the Johannesburg area have 350,000 workers in...sent organized parties into the Sudan, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Arabian Desert to find and recover turquoise |  | | Report (volume) | | .;:: MINES. Year 1900. LIST OF MINES IN THE ' UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, AND THE...I PREPARED BY HIS MAJESTY'S lNSPECTORS OF MINES B y direction of the Secretary of State for the... , .. 3 Lists of Mines in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Isle of Man,...inspection under the AcTs OF p ARLIAMENT relating to Mines and Quarries. The Districts are numbered from NORTH...Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ",, 6. Manchester and Ireland . . ,, 7. Liverpool 8. Midland ... • •• " 9. North |  | | Report (issue) | | OFFICE. MINES. Year 1904. I~IST OF MINES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BH,ITAIN ANI> IRELAND, AND THE...MAN. PREPARED BY HIS MAJESTY'S l NSPECTORS OF MINES By direction of the Secretary of State for the...MANCHESTER A.ND IRELAND D ISTRIOT,t comprising part of Lancashire (namely, so much of the County as is not...not incl uded in No. 3 and 7 Districts), and Ireland. R. Donald Bain, Esq., Durham.. W. Walker, Esq.,...OF MINES EAST SCOTL.AND @ WEST SCOTLAND ® © ® ® ® ® ® UNDElt THB OOAL & METALLIFEROUS MINES REGULATION |  | | Book | | being discovered at a far greater rate than are mines, new information is forthcoming and new theories...his Roman Mines in Europe (1935), refers to the problem of poor evidence for ancient mines and suggests...disciplines. If this is true for ancient Greek and Roman mines it is still more valid for prehistoric workings...the work is to describe and discuss prehistoric mines and to consider the areas from which early man obtained...Tyler also helped me with his views on the copper mines of Gt Ormes Head in North Wales. I would also like |  | | Report (volume) | | II I 7802794093 Ill 111 \ HOME OFFICE. MINES. /..,~ ~ i- ... , n1 THc L ,.; ssr Year 1906...BRITAIN AND IRELAND, .A.ND THE ISLE OF MAN. • PREPARED BY HIS MAJESTY'S INSPECTORS OF MINES By direction...• • "\ 111 List of Mines in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Isle of Man,...inspection under the ACTS OF PARLIAMENT relating to Mines and Quarries. The Districts are numbered from NORTH...• • •• ••• • •• ... .. . Manchester and Ireland ••• Liverpool and North Wales • •• .. . ... |  | | Report (issue) | | ' • . NOTICE. . . • the RoYAL_ SCHOOL OF MINES and of The SEss10N . of . . ScmNOE applied to the...STATISTICS OF TJIE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, FOR ·rHE 'YEAR 1878. WITH AN APPENDIX.. BY ROBERT...statistical details, showing the real value of all our mines for a long period of time, are also kept. These...plans, or sections of either abandoned or active mines will be valued. Another, and perhaps the most practically...Inspector of 1 Mines, and to the Duchy of Cornwall . - 2 Summary of Production of Mines of Cornwall and |  | | Report (issue) | | ' • . NOTICE. . . • the RoYAL_ SCHOOL OF MINES and of The SEss10N . of . . ScmNOE applied to the...STATISTICS OF TJIE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, FOR ·rHE 'YEAR 1878. WITH AN APPENDIX.. BY ROBERT...statistical details, showing the real value of all our mines for a long period of time, are also kept. These...plans, or sections of either abandoned or active mines will be valued. Another, and perhaps the most practically...Inspector of 1 Mines, and to the Duchy of Cornwall . - 2 Summary of Production of Mines of Cornwall and |  | | Report (issue) | | • • • • 4. Work for the Government of Northern Ireland • • • • • 5. Overseas and Mineral Surveys • • •...and Islands • D. Geological Survey of Northern Ireland • ♦ II. Sectional Reports A. B. c. Palaeontological...one-inch geological maps of Norther11 . . . . Ireland . .. . . Fig. 3 Key to letters used on National...Geological Survey in founding the Royal School of Mines is well kno,,vn and close relations l1ave al,vays...and Islands Unit - Geological Survey of Northern Ireland - Edinburgh Drawing Office - Special Services |  | | Journal (volume) | | year : The mineral fuel at present obtained from mines in Hungary is partly brown coal and partly stone...manner of the French and Belgian mines than of ordinary English coal mines. There are many shafts, and wherever...also the railway from the mines to river. The coal is brought out of the mines at the lowest adit, being...doubt as soon as the railway is completed to the mines and to Reschitza , this quantity will be very largely...much gas that explosions sometimes occur in the mines ; the main, or thick seam , is less gassy, and gives |  | | Journal (volume) | | Agents and others. BY W. FAIRLEY , Surveyor of Mines, Member of the South Wales Institute of Engineers...Work, XI. - Probabilities of Accidents in & c. Mines. VI. - Specific Gravity, Weight, and XII .- Sundries...every kind of business in the Stocks and Shares of Mines, Ironworks and other Industrial Com panies, are...particular undertaking. With respect to Stock in Mines and Ironworks, Harris and Co. have made arrangements...of Yorkshire and the Northern Counties, and of Ireland, they have agents and corres pondents among the |  | | Report (issue) | | TIIE . �- UNITED KINGDOM. OF G·REAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, • • FOR rrHE fiY-EAR 1876� WITH AN .APPENDIX...capital has frequently resulted f1�0111 attempts to mine in localities, where a little knowledge of wl1at...existence ancl exact extent of old and abandoned mine-wt1rkings, great danger to the miner is f1"'equently...the 1>reserTvation of the J)lans and sections of mines and collieries is the pI·even tion of such loss...d�ta-ils sho\tving the real valt1e of �all our mines a1..e kept, in this Office, under the supe1'intendence |  | | Journal (volume) | | Bavaria, Statistics relating to the produce of the Mines of, 363. Belgium, Imports and Exports of Steel and...President's Ad dress, 205; The Sections, 212. Burba Burba Mine, Annual Report of, 47. Bussius' Thermometer for...by Mr. de Tiegomain, 223. Clifford Amalgamated Mines, An alysis of a Hot Spring in, by Prof. W. A. Miller...Coal-Markets, 48, 108, 172, 239, 303, 365. Coal-Mines, Reports of the Govern ment Inspectors of, 153....Blast-Furnaces, and collecting Fur nace Gases, 10. Condurrow Mine, Application to the Stannaries Court to inspect |  | | Journal (volume) | | smelters a patronage in the hands of the pursers of mines---was “wholly indefensible, and must sooner or later...is notorious that at times the black-tin from one mine has fetched considerably more at one house than...tin smelters are among the leading people in the county in position and honour, and it is a THE SYSTEM...shy of bidding on samples supplied them from the mines without seeing the parcel in bulk . The best answer...do buy parcels of tin by sample from the Eastern mines, who usually sell their tin in this manner ,-- and |  | | Journal (volume) | | 6. Ground Plan showing the Heave of aa Lode at a Mine near Freiberg .. 7. Transverse Section showing rise...MINING COMPANY, Con version of, into the York Peninsula rand, 281 . A New, proposed by Mr. Disney, 340... UNITED SILVER-LEAD MINES COMPANY, 234. 176, 238, 300, 360. CHIVERTON MINES, The, 269. CLARKE, Mr... 236. Progress of Iron Trade in , 353 . COAL MINES, The Rating of, by Mr. Hedley, 15. COAL, Drying...ORES, Treatment of, in Car COM EAST WHEAL VOR MINE, 287. ELECTRICITY, Blasting by, 224. niola , 214 |
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