 | | Book | | Catalogue of the several localities in Ireland where Mines or metalliferous indications have hitherto been...COMPOSITION 29 31 31 31 31 MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE...LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE SHROPSHIRE SOMERSETSHIRE...round a few post -towns. The exact position of mines which are now working, has been taken from the Official...in our museums have, however, been obtained from mines that are at present abandoned ; but the refuse heaps |  | | Journal (issue) | | OFFICE 1958 ) CONTENTS PAGE I .-The West Shropshire :Mining Region, by H. G. Dines, A.R.S.M. . .... 1 II.-Mineral Veins of the Minera-Maeshafn District of North Wales, by J. R. Earp, Ph.D., l\LSc. III...I 4 PLATE I. Sketch-map of the Shelve-Habberley Mining District PLATE II. Sketch-map of the Ritton...quarry near the sky-line, centre, is in Longmyndian grits. B. Wrentnall Mine. An open gunnis near Bennett's...veins 61 PLATE VII. Sketch-map showing veins and mines in the Minera area 64 III PLATE VIII. Aerial |  | Carruthers, R. G., Eastwood, T., Wilson, G. V., Pocock, R. W., Wray, D. A. (1916) Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol. 2, Barytes and Witherite (2nd ed.) Geological Survey of Great Britain | Report (edition) | | part in which is given a detailed account of the Mines. It appears that, apart from the very highest qualities...of the rese1·ves o'f barytes 1n many of the lead-mines is due to the fa.et that it did not pa. y the old...'\Vray, the detailed description of the mines of the North of England. The Derbyshire and South '\-Vales occurrences....a re described by Mi:. Pocock, and those of Shropshire and the Welsh border by l\fr. Eastwood and l\...necessitated the examination of a large number of mines, active and inactive, and in all cases we have to |  | Wilson, G. V., Eastwood, T., Pocock, R. W., Wray, D. A., Robertson, T. (1922) Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol. 2, Barytes and Witherite (3rd ed.) Geological Survey of Great Britain | Report (edition) | | omitted from the title page. All the principal mines have been revisited, and the accounts of output...counties; ].\,Ir. Pocock deals with the mines of Shropshire, Wales and the \Velsh Border; Mr. Robertson...Thiiessrs. \Vray and Dines also describe some of the mines of North Wales. \Ve have in all cases to acknowledge...to their mines. To Col. J. V. Ramsden, D.S.O., and Mr. T. C. F. Hall of the Shropshire Mines, Ltd., we...specially indebted for maps and reports of the mines of Shropshire and Montgomeryshire. Our thanks are also |  | Carruthers, R. G., Eastwood, T., Wilson, G. V., Pocock, R. W., Wray, D. A. (1915) Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol. 2, Barytes and Witherite (1st ed.) Geological Survey of Great Britain | Report (edition) | | i n which is give11 .a detailed account o f the Mines. It appears that, apart from the very highest qualities...of the reserves of barytes 111 many of the lead-mines is- due to the fact that it did not p.ay the old...'\Vray, the detailed description of the mines of the North of England. 'l'he Derbyshire and South '\Vales...occurrences .are described by :Mr. Pocock, and those of Shropshire and the ,Velsh border by l\{r. Eastwood and Mr...neoessitated the examination of a large number of mines, active and inactive, and in all cases we hav-e |  | | Book (volume) | | Piccadilly. Atcherley, Mr. Sergeant, Marton, Shropshire. Bonnor, John, Esq., Bryn-y-Gwallia, Oswestry...Lady &c, Palace, Hereford ; Heywood, Thomas, Hope End, near Ledbury. Manor Place, Edinburgh. Esq...Perceval, Esq., Dowlais, Glamorganshire. Esq., Hope, the Rev. thenshire. william Place, Dublin. J...Shrewsbury Subscription Library, Shrewsbury. Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and Antiquarian...—Upper Coal Measures and Freshwater Limestone in Shropshire. (PI. 29. figs. 5 — 9.) 79 xiv CONTENTS |  | | Book | | language of geology to the general reader, in the hope that, with its aid, he may be able to ascertain...or grit, formed by the rapid disintegration of granite or gneiss. It differs from felspathic grit and...serpentine groups. asbolane, orASBOLiTE.A variety of Wad> or hydrated manganese dioxide, containing a variable...the neigh- bourhood of Ludlow and Wenlock in Shropshire. A deep azure-blue hydrated carbonate of copper...Dogger, the Lower Estuarine Sands and Millepore Grits of Yorkshire. bala series. The uppermost division |  | | Report (issue) | | geochemistry of Wales and part of west-central England: stream water Geocemeg rhanbarthol Cymru a rhan...database. Southern Scotland -\_,\ � No� east England Enquiries about G-BASE data or other aspects of...geochemistry of Wales and part of west-central England: stream water. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological...Geological Survey.) Printed and bound in England for the British Geological Survey by Hawthornes, Palm...6) Lake District 1992 (0 85272 225 7) Southern Scotland 1993 (0 85272 229 X) North-east England 1996 (0 |  | | Journal (issue) | | (CONTINUED) No . 5 Mar/Apr 1983 Camborne School of Mines Micromo unting Part 5. Titanium Minerals Spectroscopic...America Vol. 1. The stones come from the Rutherford mines which lie about l \/2 miles no rth Amelia , Ame...very dark . The same mines produced some of the finest amazonite ever seen . The mines are two distinct and...notable in material from Amelia. The Rutherford mines were worked from 1873 up to 1943, probably with...intractable materials. It accomplishes this by having 100 grit diamond heat treated into the knurls and wrapped |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ammonites, Albian of Dorset, 56, 19 Analyses, Iron Grit, Gault, Storrington, Sussex, 51, 74 - - - - , Wealden...Brickearth, 60, 288 Anhydrite-Gypsum Deposits, N. England, 53, 141 Ankerite in Coal Seams, 52, 190 Annual...Axmouth, S.E. Devon, Landslips, 51, 259 Aylesbury District, Bucks (10 April 1948), 60,219 Backlund, Helge...Claydon, Suffolk, 59, 33 Bala Beds, Dolgelley District, Merioneth, 56, 70 BALCHIN, W. G. V., Remarks..., Churt, Surrey, 58, 161 - - - - , Goldalming district, Surrey, 59,87 Bargate Beds, Hindhead, Surrey |  | | Journal (issue) | | ticle In this Issue). Photo by Mick Cooper. The UK Journal ofM;nes a'1d Mi,,erals publishes articles...REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & '.\·lincrals No. 11 -1- EDITORIAL T...such an extent that we lose touch with the local UK scene, but the variations in the mineralogical scene...your average bunch of collectors in fact. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -2- GODDESS OF MINERALOGY...to what class of minerals they belong. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -3- Encyclopaedia londinensis |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 418 422 442 444 446 449 ~. INTRODUCTION. Ta~ district investigated is one which was well loved by Murchison...L~A~DOV~R~ A~D [Aug. I91 I, Of the particular district w i t h which I now propose to deal he has much...limestones in the upper beds, with conglomerates, hard grits, and mottled red-and-grey shales beneath, tie describes...group in the area. In 1850 a geological map of the district, executed by W. T. Aveline & It. W. Bristow, with...Shales in this area, and notes the absence of the grit-beds at the base. With regard to the apparent conformity |  | | Report (issue) | | to uting it up to date by an examination of the mines, quarries, etc., from which economic miner.a.ls...will be followed by an account of ea.eh of the mines 01· qua, nies from which the minerals are or have...priircipal ·points dealt with in the description of the mines are the situation, history and extent ()f the workings...rega_rds demand. Tin-mines closed on account of the prevalence of wolfram, ,and lead-mines closed through the...iiganese--workings in North Wales, the chief wolfram•mines i n Illogan· .and the genera.I introductory matter |  | | Journal (issue) | | Peterborough exhibition — A. Dawn and A. Filmer Peak District Mining Museum — L. Willies T. D. Ford 161 The...The Growth of Geological Knowledge in the Peak District M. Evans 191 A new reconstruction of the skull of...Precambrian of Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, England The Mercian Geologist is published by the East...test the method in the generally less favourable UK environment. In addition to EM, gamma spectrometer...Whitaker from Shropshire, with an illustrated account of a trip to Clee Hill with the Shropshire Geological |  | | Report (volume) | | COPPER ORES OF TlIE MIDLANDS, WALES, THE LAKE DISTRICT AND THE ISLE OF M~i\N. BY HENRr· DEWEY AND T...OFFICE 1925 Price 2s. Net iii PREFACE The mines described in this volume of the Special Reports...and Devon. Hitherto no general account of these mines has been published. Many of them are small and they...exploitation. The mines are scattered over the Midlands, Wales and the North of England. Most of them have...the Ecton and Mixon mines from Sir A. Strahan's memoir on North Derbyshire : the mines of the Isle of Man |  | | Book | | MINERALOGY AND MINING IN THE | ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES, TRENHAM REEKS, F. W. RUDLER, AND CURATOR. ...September. - The Session of the Roy AL SCHOOL of MINEs and of SCIENCE applied to the ARTs commences early...ON MINERALOGY AND MINING IN THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES, TRENHAM REEKS, AND F. W. RUDLER, ASSISTANT CURATOR...- • . • - * * , - North Wales -- - Shropshire . - * South Staffordshire. Warwickshire North...commercially useful ores in particular districts or mines, and those which exhibit in a remarkable degree |  | | Journal (issue) | | of rhe DISTRICT A joint publication of Rockbottom Publications and the Peak District Mines Historical...the UKJournalof Mines&Mineralsand vol. 12 no. 1 of the Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society...TRI T MI E HISTORIC L SOCIETY 3-----------BL The UK Jouma/ of 1Jfi11es a11dMinerals publishes articles...advertising. EJOHN 4-----------ORIGI of the PEAK DISTRICT DC Quirk ORE FIELD EDITOR Mick Cooper EDITORIAL...------------ 16 ------------ /[INER LS of the PEAK DISTRICT of DERBYSHIRE TD Ford· WAS Smjer1111 • 1/E Smith |  | | Book | | language. There are still in use today, in the mines and quarries, terms which go back into the dim past...sand, &c. INTRODUCTION xiii instance, earth, grit, firestone, whetstone. The history of these words...originally rock terms. Seams of coal are still called mines in Yorkshire and Lancashire, and, from at least...240. INTRODUCTION xv The vocabulary of the mines and quarries is thus an epitome of the English language...them down in their descriptions of quarries and mines, occasionally guessing their derivations. In this |  | | Book | | language. There are still in use today, in the mines and quarries, terms which go back into the dim past...sand, &c. INTRODUCTION xiii instance, earth, grit, firestone, whetstone. The history of these words...originally rock terms. Seams of coal are still called mines in Yorkshire and Lancashire, and, from at least...240. INTRODUCTION xv The vocabulary of the mines and quarries is thus an epitome of the English language...them down in their descriptions of quarries and mines, occasionally guessing their derivations. In this |  | | Report (issue) | | will he followed .by an account of each of the mines or qu,arries froI}l which the minerals are or have...been commercially exploited. description of the mines are the situa.tion, history .and extent of the workings...regards de,mand. Tin-mines closed. on account of the prevalence of wolfram, and lead-mines closed through the...manganese-workings in North ,vales, the chief wolfram-mines in Illog.an ....a large number of propriet.oi:s and managers of mines, who have in every <:>ase cordiall_y given fa<:iliti� |  | | Report (edition) | | "'ar, has considerably diminished, and many of the mines which were active a few years ago a.re no,v closed...principal sources of tungsten in the \Vest of England to collect new information. J\'Iessrs. Eastwood...have revised and supplemented the accounts of the mines in Cumberland and Scotland. During the war M.r....has made a personal examination of the mines of that district and has contributed the account of them...re-written the chapters on tungsten ores of the West of England, a subject of ,vhich he has special kno,vledge |  | | Journal (issue) | | Annual subscription '(six copies) £1 post free in the UK. Overseas $3.25 (US) or '£1.25 Our front cover: Reproduced...interested only in underground mines, not in open cast working. Un derground mines were easier to control,...000 and 4,000 feet, again bespattered with small mines, and a larger one at Boa Vista halfway to Vila Real...rates. TRADE ENQUIRIES WELCOME WE ALSO SUPPLY: Grits (from 15plb.), Tumbling and cutting rough (Tumble...TUMBLED STONES, BOOKS, LAPIDARY MACHINES, SPECIMENS, GRITS, FINDINGS, ETC. Please send a large s.a.e. for a |  | | Report (edition) | | tors of the cross-bedded fluviatile Lower Brimham Grits, of Namurian R, age, at Brimham Rocks, North Yorkshire...Rocks, Mineral veins UPPER CARBONIFEROUS: MILLSTONE GRIT SERIES Classification, Stratigraphy, Associated...Howgill Fells Section across the Ingleborough district . Some characteristic Ordovician and Silurian...showing the succession and Carboniferous and Millstone Grit rocks in Yorkshire sain of hie ve Carboniferous...saci mode of eas ofeit knots |intie Glitheroe district .. . Section across the eastern pant ofthe Derbyshire |  | | Journal (issue) | | Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent ME3 8AT, UK. EDITORIAL BOARD: F.B. Atkins, Oxford, UK. RE. Bevins, Cardiff, U.K. RS...Braithwaite, Manchester, UK. T.F. Bridges, Ovington, UK. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, UK. RA. Howie, Matlock, U...U.K. R.J. King, Tewkesbury, UK. A. Livingstone, Edinburgh, UK. l.R Plimer, Parkville, Australia RE....Bromsgrove, UK. R.F. Symes, London, U.K. P.A. Williams, Kingswood, Australia B. Young, Newcastle, UK. Aims...baryte. Nether Row Brow, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. M. Rothwell collection. Photograph by Mick Cooper | | | Report (edition) | | veins . . .. 22 V. UPPER CARBONIFEROUS: MILLSTONE GRIT SERIES Classification, Stratigraphy, Associated...of Lower Palaeozoic rocks in the Ingleborough district 12 5. Section showing the geological structure...Howgill Fells 13 6. Section across the Ingleborough district .. 13 7. Some characteristic Ordovician and Silurian...relations of the Lower Carboniferous and Millstone Grit rocks in Yorkshire 19 9. Carboniferous Limestone.... .. .... 23 10. Geological map of the Craven district . . .. 26 11. Diagrammatic section illustrating |
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