 | | Book (edition) | | See Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses...Skip Shaft P.S. The history of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and tin, copper, iron, lead and...nineteenth centuries, which for a while made this far south- west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper...typical view of Cornish i mining. Marke Valley Mine. P.S. innovations in machinery, particularly the...Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in South Wales, the small schooners |  | | Book | | There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...significant minerals to come out of southwest England. The accompanying captions describe the crystallographic...t). ~ e • ~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants...Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and n1ineral...n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009 8 9- 3 |  | | Book (edition) | | iv INTRODUCTION THE HISTORY of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and copper, iron, lead, tin and...mined over the centuries. Today, only one large tin mine is at work, but the winning of tin is known from...19th centuries, which for a while made this far south-west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper mining...Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in South Wales, the small schooners...schooners returning with coal for the engines on the mines. Mineral railways to ports on the coast were part |  | | Book | | Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...Introduction 4 About this Book 9 Geology and Mine ralization 14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith:...Rivers Hayle to Cobe,·: H ayle to H elston Camborne- Redruth: Troon to Treleigh Gwennap: Carharrack to Camon...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious...physical properties of minerals (pages I I 0- 1 I). Cornwall, for its size, has one of the most diverse ranges |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK TS C 2 COVER. Emerald-green torbemite crystals to 9 mm across, from South Wheal Basset, lllogan...lllogan, Cornwall. Caerhays Miniature Collection No. 945. EDITORIAL The UK Journal of Mines a11d Minerals...advertising. FRONTISPIECE 3 Fluorite from Frazer's Hush Mine 4 THE SUSSEX MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SOCIE1Y EDITOR...RASPITE, STOLZITE AND PHILIPSBORNITE FROM CLIGGA MINE, CORNWALL David Green • Andrew Tindle 33 THE LEVERS...Dorchester, Dorset, DT11HD ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Mincr.ils No. 34 -1- EDITORIAL M any |  | | Book (volume) | | BRITAIN THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY...Description .)SG(England urv eol em M est -WSouth of Region Mining MINING . DISTRICT CAMBORNE F)PLATE I(...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South - West England Volume I Ву...Street, Edinburgh 2 109 St. Mary Street, Cardiff 39 King Street, Manchester 2 Tower Lane, Bristol 1 2 Edmund...PREFACE This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained |  | | Book (volume) | | BRITAIN The Metalliferous MiningRegion of South-West England VOLUME I Assistant Director' s copy LIBRARY...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AN D WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume I By H...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers... PREFACE This account of the mining geology of south-west England summarizes the .iological information gained...Ordnance Survey one-inch maps, his work n the south-west of England was the first to be published, and his ' |  | | Catalog/List | | BARSTOW Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ~=, TEL.NO.: St. Just 880 (STD 073 677)...Calcite. 2xl". £4.50. 4. NATIVE ARSENIC. Bidi Mine, Borneo. Choice, silvery grey, pure solid mass showing...display. 4x~x2". £28.00. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Pure, bright green, botryoidal...Specimen B - Itxlxi". £2.50. AZURITE. Henderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Bright blue, botryoidal...specimen. ~x2txli". £13.00. AZURITE. South Caradon Mine, st. Cleer, Cornwall. Rich, bright blue, lustrous mass |  | | Journal (issue) | | Dealer & Mine gent Levant Gallery Lower Boscaswel I, Pendeen, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. Telephone:...GENEROUS TRADES AND COLLECTION PURCHASES UK Journal of Mines and Minerals IssueNo3 SUMMER1987 EDITORIAL...direct to the UK in Sterling. Barite from Silverwood Colliery ARTICLES Copper Mines of Middleton Tyas...21 Park Lane, Blaxton, Nr. Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Telephone: (0302) 770248 5 21 S. Uttley...Cooper Present day collecting at Cligga Head, Cornwall 33 L. Chick BACK ISSUES For Your Bookshelf |  | | Journal (issue) | | J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...Twenty-four, Number Four Articles Cornwall's famous mines ..................................................TETRAHEDRITE, 15 cm, from the Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Collection of the Natural History...See the article in this issue on the minerals of Cornwall. Copyright 1993 © by the Mineraiogicai Record...Pendeen West Cornwall, England Forcenturies, the copper and tin mines in Cornwall County, England, have proved |  | | Report (issue) | | I◄�. FAIJMOUTI-1 J\Nl) l\1INING DISTI�ICT OF CAMBORNE ANf) REDRUTfl. l!Y ANI) 13¥ .J. H.. l?LJ��"l1T...Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey ...characteristic j ointing . . . ... ... ) lVli(ilile lode, South .PJ.JATE X.-Lode struct11res. (.. � Croft)" lVline...Pr_JATE XI.-Speci111ens of veinsto11e. ((t) ,vheal Grenville , �1 00-f'a tl10111 level. I t is a tough brecciated.... . ... l) r,,\'l'E X l I I.-Cornisl1 stam1)s. South Crofty Dressing· ... Floors ... ... ... T ., ) I |  | | Book | | Twelveheads Press PO Box 59, Chacewater Truro, Cornwall TR4 8Z}. especially true of its minerals, some...rocks lie at the bottom of a sequence, but in Cornwall this becomes far from simple where rocks have...(metamorphism) of existing rocks. The land wl ‘ch is now Cornwall has seen periods of uplift and sinking beneath...conditions changed too, for the land that is now Cornwall was once close to the Equator before the action...are older rocks on the Lizard peninsula, most of Cornwall consists of Devonian rocks, known locally as “killas’ |  | | Journal (issue) | | SUSSEX MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETY www.smls.0119.uk ....................................... ················...local press, a well-attended meeting was held in King Edward Hall, Lindfield on 7th July 1972. This turned...new members out. When combined with a week in Cornwall, a day on a Kent coal tip for carboniferous plant... but deposits from the breakdown of veins. The mines became worked out by the 16th century, but the huge...pyromorphite. The field in question, near the old mine shaft was too overgrown to allow us to find specimens |  | | Book | | At the same time, universities and schools of mines were engaged in building up vast and impressive...in spacious landscaped grounds, and was opened by King Albert I (1875-1934). After the Congo gained independence...comparative ethnology include areas of North and South America and of Polynesia for comparison. The Museum...Frederick II (1712-1786), known as "The Great" and King of Prussia from 1740, and it survived until 1916...the cabinet formed by Oberbergrat (Director of Mines) K.A. Gerhard (1723-1821 ), and acquired by the |  | | Book (volume) | | COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume I 1956 20 I 7 reprint 0 z z...GREATBRI'IAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME I H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE ·with petrographical...EH14 4AP TI1e metalliferous mining region of the south-west England.Economic Cardi.tl"University lvfemoir...PREFACE This account of the minmg geology of south-west England summarizes the geological info1mation gained...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall. Devon m1dwest Somerset. ·n1e region covered is |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK Journal of mes ·and .Minerals Issue SprJng 1989 , No ...6 Pr:f ee ~3.95 ·- • r .. Arnold... Penzance, Cornwall. TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Calcite (Cornwall) UK Journal of Mines and Minerals...Wolloxall CONTINENTAL EUROPE SOUTH AFRICA The History of Ystrad Einion Mine J & A Wolters. Leeuwendaal...issue Horst Windisch P.O. Box 17273 Groenkloof South Africa 0027 £4inS.A. Rand.inc.p&pperissue S.J.S...'Golconda' Littleworth Lane, Rossington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. DNll 0HB. Tel: (0302) 866536 Bakewell |  | | Journal (issue) | | is a local Assuming most people are travelling south from the ~~ London/Tunbridge Wells direction on...prices. Sites include ..... . Cornwall Wheal Mary Ann and neighbouring mine tips, near Liskeard (several...other tips, quarries, and holes in the ground ! South Wales Quarries at Blaeng\\iynlias, Ton Mawr, and...(Calcite, Barite & Lead secondaries). Southeast England Warden Point, Isle of Sheppey (Barite 'roses')...after whom the mineral is named. It was sent to the UK where it was found to be a new mineral. Being the |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........ ........... ...... W&W Branch and the South Wales RIGS project: An update ........ NW Branch................ Former miner honoured for building UK - Mexico links .................... Crystal Classics............................. Trial at Brandy Gill Mine ... ..............................................connellite and other minerals from Crinnis Mine, Cornwall Meeting & Field Trip Reports ................in and send it back before the AGM weekend in Cornwall in April. There are at least two good reasons |  | | Journal (volume) | | Google The Council of the Royal Institution of Cornwall desire that it should be distinctly understood...Fauna Cornish Ornithology Stray Notes on Cornwall Carclaze Mine and China Clay Pit Botanical Notes — The...Additions to the Museum and Library The Geology of Cornwall Annual Meeting, 18th November, 1880 Additions...John Lander Rural Notes, Parish of Kea Tokens of Cornwall ( Part III) The Lanhadron Inscribed Stone Ancient...River Thames at Coway Stakes Map of Carclaze Tin Mine and China Pit Celts and Bronze Articles from Kenidjack |  | | Catalog/List | | BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near ~enzance, Cornwall, England. TEL. NO.: St. Just 880 (STD ffi3 677) V...Sphalerite. 2tx2~xli". £9.00. ARSENOPYRITE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. Choice, silvery grey... 7. 8. 9. -·2- 10. AZURITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. select, bright... 3x2x1-t".· £22.00. 11. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Specimen A,- ~hoi~e, lust...50. 12. BEUDANTITE.· Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sparkling, golden, to pale brownish |  | | Book | | 1973-1979, 1997-2011 Barbara Thomas 1977-2011 Norman King 1982-1984 David Griffith s 1982 Martin Sherborne...Group field trips to collect minerals at quarries, mine spoil tips and coastal exposures became an important...important part of Society activities. Localities from Cornwall to Cumbria were visited – at a time when attitudes...china clay pits and stone quarries, and even down mines. The joy of discovering something so intriguing...Southampton University; Ross Polkington of the Camborne School of Mines; Mr Jerrard (Silver-Smithing); and Mr |  | | Report (issue) | | mining districts, mines, and mineral localities, with the minerals found at each mine or locality. Most...large enough to warrant further subdivision into mines and specific mineral localities. Minerals which...whole, along with those for which the specific area (mine, for instance) is not known. Other minerals, however...Copper, Copper Mountain Mines - azurite, malachite. Beaver-Harrison, OK mines - azurite, bornite, chalcocite...covellite, cuprite, jasper, limonite, malachite, molybdenite, powellite, pyrite. Black Rock mine - specular |  | | Book (volume) | | A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state...as the continental seas were advancing from the south, the Dakota sandstone represents topset beds, wave...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...to the fascination of these pegmatites. 437 South Dakota The commercial production of minerals, principally...and the extensive pegmatite dike exposures and mines. BON HOMME & CHARLES MIX COUNTIES SCOTLAND to WAGNER |  | | Journal (issue) | | of about $90 today (Historical Statistics of the United States, 1975). And according to the U.S. Department...godfather-uncle was a pit supervisor at the Clifton/Morenci mines in Arizona, and when Chris and his family visited...specimen mining projects at the White Phantom Crystal mine and several other quartz and wavellite localities...Munich, Germany; Salzburg, Austria; Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines, France; and Zurich, Switzerland, as well as numerous...toured European mineral localities from Spain in the south to Norway and Finland in the north. In the early |  | | Book (edition) | | Occurrences in the UK A Gold Prospector's Guide LEE GARY PALMER MSc Published in the United Kingdom by: Gold...40 Archers Ave Irvine, Ayrshire KA11 2GB Scotland UK Content copyright© Lee Gary Palmer, 2019 The right...Nuggets of the UK Preface Gold The Word The Element Origin Locations Information Maps England South West England...England - Cornwall South West England - Devon South West England - Somerset South East England - Essex...Essex South East England - Kent South East England - Bedfordshire South East England - Suffolk English Midlands |
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