 | | Journal (volume) | | 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...Trevor F. Bridges 61-65 A report on Westernhope Old Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham Trevor F. Bridges Journal...look at the work that we have been doing in the Mendip Hills (reported in this issue of the Journal) in |  | | 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...interesting localities in the area, Higher Pitts farm, near Priddy. Apart from these, the only other full...from the Mendip Hills',l in 1899, and 'New lead-copper minerals from the Mendip Hills (Somerset) ',~ in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za Hydrocerussite Tsumeb Mine, Namibia W hite minerals are generally considered...hydrocerussite become more desirable. The Tsumeb mine, in particular, is world famous for its magnificent...only 18 of hydrocerussite. This is because Tsumeb mine, Namibia, hydrocerussite occurs as an alteration...hydrocerussite chosen here (figs. 1 and 2), from the Tsumeb mine, was formed by the alteration of cerussite. However...with 3-mm azurite crystals, acicular malachite, mimetite, and calcite (the hydrocerussite occurs only on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | X . New lead-copper minerals from tl~e Mendip Hills (Somerset). By L. J. SP~C~R, M.A., Sc,D., F.G.S....at the St. Cuthbert's Lead Works (i mile ESE. of Priddy) up to the year 1908, since when all work has ceased...for iron and manganese ores at Higher Pitts farm (1 mile SSE. of Priddy); here work ceased in 1893. Several...Several references to Mendip minerals are contained in John WoodF 68 L . J . S P ~ C E a AND E. D....working. To quote a few of his entries, he says : 'Mendip Green-Ore xams with the greatest difficulty in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist...Zaragoza, Spain Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Thomas P. Moore Niantic, CT Joe Polityka Staten...mineral localities: The H igher Pitts m ine, M endip H ills, Somerset, E n g la n d ....................PYROMORPHITE crystal group, 6 cm tall, from the Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Idaho. James and Dawn Minette collection;...discovered at M erehead quarry, the H igher Pitts m ine at Priddy was the main source o f specimens o f this |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cranmore, Somerset, England R. TURNER* The Drey, Allington Track, Allington, Salisbury SP4 0DD, UK ABSTR...emplaced into Carboniferous limestones throughout the Mendip Hills during the late Permian or Triassic period...Antony Mine. The complexity of these formation processes probably explains the rarity of Mendip-type Pb-Mn...mereheadite, Mn deposits, oxychloride, Somerset, Mendip, Merehead, England. Introduction T HIS paper presents...cerussite, then by late-stage minerals such as mimetite and fornacite which scavenged the remaining heavy | | | Journal (volume) | | Melanotekite Melanterite Mendipite Mereheadite Mimetite Minium Molybdophyllite Mottramite Nasonite "Ochre"...Mn-oxide suite Mn pod contents Slag Minerals Chewton Mendip Chewton Warren “Churchill” X X X X X X X ...X X X X X X Stancombe Lane Wesley Mine Westbury-sub-Mendip Whatley Quarry Wick Quarry X X X X X...X X X T * X X X T X X X X X “Priddy” Priddy Hill Farm Rodney Pitts (Chewton) Rowberrow Sandford Hill...* X X X X X X X X X X X * X Harptree Higher Pitts Farm + Mine Holcombe Quarry Lambs Leer Caverns + Quarry |  | | Journal (issue) | | INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of |  | | Report (issue) | | Arizona, USA); luddenite, alamosite, shattuckite, mimetite, wulfenite, cerussite, wickenburgite (Artillery...Wesley mine, and at Higher Pitts Farm, Priddy, Somerset, and at Westbury-on-Trym, Avon, England. From...New Mexico; in Arizona, at the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., and from a Pb{Cu prospect near |  | | Journal (issue) | | '-�-i;\'.\ ,. lo; I ,., No 1. Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _...ticle In this Issue). Photo by Mick Cooper. The UK Journal ofM;nes a'1d Mi,,erals publishes articles...BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & '.\·lincrals No. 11 -1- EDITORIAL...such an extent that we lose touch with the local UK scene, but the variations in the mineralogical scene...indecent; just your average bunch of collectors in fact. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -2- GODDESS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | RYBACK 42 Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4EB, England AND PETER C . T A N D Y Department of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, England T n E supplementary lists of British Isles minerals...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...on minerals collected by A. de Hailer at Tynagh mine, Ireland, unpublished except in newsletters (Bulletins...Greigite. As a secondary mineral at Gravel Hill mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall (C. Sparrow, pers. comm |  | | Journal (issue) | | variety, from the Britannia Mine , North Wales, and from the Botallack Mine, Cornwall A.M. Pollard, R.G...Williams, R.E. Bevins and S. Turgoose 23 The Wesley Mine; a further occurrence of manganese oxide-hosted...Croft Mine , Cornwall- a second English occurrence 1. Betterton Native silver from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck...Fells, Cumbria M. Wirth Rosasite from West Pasture Mine, Weardale , Co. Durham B. Young and J.G. Francis...relationship to sulfide mineralization. At the Pinnacles Mine, 16 km south west of Broken Hill , the Pinnacles |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho; Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite...Fluorite from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway;...in Calcite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia; Novacekite from the Brumado mine, Brazil; Elbaite from Nuristan...from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald from the Coscuez mine, Colombia. OUTSIDE BACK COVER: Beryl crystals: heliodor...aquamarine (right), 5.1 inches, from the Pioniera mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Freilich Collection. ♦ 4 |  | | Journal (issue) | | this year we offer two concessions :1. Despite higher costs, we are holding the price exactly the same...Clare 9 12 Collecting Angles1te from the Hilton Mine by Steven A . Rust Francohte from C ornwall & Devon...Devon by Steven A . Rust ... Some Observations on Mendip Minerals by Michael F. Brooke ... Three Yorkshire...E I ( 198 1/92) No. I July/Aug 198 1 Fluorite La Mine de Lacan Bo n a ll M oor Min e ra ls 28 pp. , 3...No. 2 Sept/O ct I 9 Pha rm acoside rite Red Gill Mine ral Whea l G o rla nd Mille rite 32p p .. 25 illu |  | | Journal (volume) | | Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury, U.K. I.R Plimer... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...characteristic trigonal sym metry, from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, described by Bridges et...botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection; David Green photograph |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...at Easter to join the Northern Mine Research Society for a week of mine exploration, sight-seeing and |  | | Book | | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...publishing his first work on the minerals of the Mendip Hills (Kingsbury 1935). he aspired to become a...Fells,Cumbria (kentrolite) HigherPittsmine,nr Priddy,Somerset Meldonaplitequany.nr Okehampton, Devon (leucophanite)'...meneghinile Pengenna mine,St Kew,Cornwall; Shallowfield Bridge,SouthMolton,Devon Tynebottom mine,Alston.CUm~ria...CUm~ria mercury Chatsworth mine,Grassinglon, Yorkshire Severallocalities in theLakeDistrictandComw melacinnabar |  | | Journal (issue) | | Re-discovery of Stokesite Crystals in Cornwall, England..................................................Rare Oxychloride Minerals from the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England..................................298...Symes and P. G. Embrey Fluorite from the Font Sante Mine, Esterel, Var, France.............................d C rescen t, Don M ills, O ntario M 3 C 1 N 8 England: Dr. R .S . H ark er, 3 6 -3 8 O xfo rd St., L...more astonishing that the minerals from the Rogers mine in Madoc, Ontario show such extraordinary similarity |  | | Book | | "ferns" from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England. Specimen dimensions: 32 mm x 28 mm. From the collection...(1987). Gold from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon, England. The Mineralogical Record, 18-1, 85-88. Russell...Castle, Tickow Lane Lead Mine, Earl Ferrers' Lead Mine, Mancetter Manganese Mine, the Great North Museum...was started, the first being at Penberthy Croft Mine (2021). A real testament to the success of the Russell...the original excavation of the Tickow Lane Lead Mine was one of these projects (see the 'Society Projects |  | | Catalog/List | | (2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm) 81B06 STILPNOMELANE, Sterling Mine, Antwerp, N.Y. (a) very nice (7 x 11 cm) Botryoidal...millerite spray) ••• $20.00 81B07 CHALCOCITE, Magma Mine, Superior, Arizona. Sharp (1 mm) chalcocite crystals...MONTEBRASITE , Li Al (P0 ) (OH,F), Tourmaline Queen Mine, Pala, California (a) 4 large (9 x 6 cm) very crude...-t"'-- 81B21 GUANAJUATITE, Bi Se, La Industrial Mine, Sierra de Santa Rosa, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico;...$ 5n00 81B27 DIABCLEITE, (Collins Vein), Mammoth Mine, Tiger, Arizona. (a) very good and rich diaboleite |  | | Book (edition) | | Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1 GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright...overgrowth by its darker colour that relates to its higher Fe content and its hexagonal shape, while it is...The polishing hardness of pyrite (creme) is much higher than that of graphite (brownish grey), which shows...coated with finest silver grains and develops a much higher reflectance (right side of image). Under XPL, this...bluish grey shades fine platelets 44 Duftite Mimetite Zircon Hübnerite Graphite Anglesite Neltnerite |  | | Journal (issue) | | from many working mines and ancient but untouched mine dumps. The metalliferous mining industry is now...office at South Crofty Mine, and later on, in the same capacity at Geevor Mine. In 1978, Richard and his...died. We were far undergound in a disused Cornish mine, and although he was very weak due to this illness...illness and the exertion required getting through the mine, followed by two hours hard work with hammer and...position in the Surveyor's Department at the Geevor Tin Mine, at Pendeen, in Cornwall, and later with Consolidated |  | | Catalog/List | | .... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on limonite gossen...silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite . ...silicate CLEAVELANDITE Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine #2 Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite...Lead telluride • Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Brilliant metallic tin white cleavable mass in quartz...empressite .. ALUMINITE Hydrated basic aluminum England Sussex, Newhaven White to gray nodules ....... |  | | Book | | A. W. G. Kingsbury LONDON BUTTERWORTHS ■ ENGLAND Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd London: S8 Kingsway...Conservancy, 1970 ISBN 0 40S 70002 5 Printed in England at the Pitman Press, Bath ) I 281495 Contents... Devon 39 Dorset 89 Gloucestershire 197 Somerset 217 A Provisional Rough Guide to the British...but mankind in general. Today in south-western England the geologist can examine the strata that fired...sites in the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Gloucester. By treating each site individually |  | | Report (issue) | | (discredited, = mixture of Ambrosine wulfenite and mimetite) NMNH R6417 Guanacere, Chi¬ C. huahua, Mexico...W. T. Schaller, Afwillite NMNH 95237 Dutoitspan Mine, Kimber¬ ley, South Africa Dutoitspan Ammonioborite...(M. Vonsen, 1920) NMNH 106112 from the Hillside Mine, Yavapai County, Ari¬ L. G. Berry, 1947. Composition...Aluminocopiapite NMNH 93834 Island Mountain, Mountain, from Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona (L. J. Cabri, 1976) Island...the Jarosite American Mineralogist, 12:424-426. Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada Copiapite Tus¬ See reference |
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Higher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK