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Chalcocite from
Cannington Park Quarry, Cannington, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cannington Park Quarry, Cannington, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:18963
Long-form Identifier:1:3:18963:5
GUID (UUID V4):fc8127a5-b287-4d6c-b3b2-3ab5613eac2c
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
7.7km (4.8 miles) Buckingham Mine, Dodington, Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK
29.1km (18.1 miles) Kennisham Hill Mine, Luxborough, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
29.5km (18.4 miles) Higher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK
34.8km (21.6 miles) Minehead Bluff, Selworthy Sands, Bossington, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
38.1km (23.7 miles) Aller Park Mine, Porlock, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
46.6km (29.0 miles) Wheal Eliza (Wheal Maria), Simonsbath, Exmoor (civil parish), Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
48.0km (29.8 miles) Desolation Point, Countisbury, Lynton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK
50.0km (31.1 miles) Countisbury Beach, Countisbury, Lynton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK
50.7km (31.5 miles) Foreland Cliffs (incl. Foreland Point), Countisbury, Lynton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK
51.7km (32.2 miles) Bampfylde Mine (Prince Regent Mine; Poltimore Mine; North Molton copper mine), North Molton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Northampton line. The Avonian of Cannington Park, near Bridgwater, Somerset. By F. S. I. WALLIS, Ph.D....Bridgwater and J mile north-east of the village of Cannington. For several reasons it has attracted a large...Geological Survey and Sheets 49 N.E. and 50 N.W. (Somerset) of the 6-inch O.S. Maps. Previous research may...district of England " : Trans. Geol. Soc, Ser. n, vol. i, p. 264. The Avonian of Cannington Park. 219....that the Mountain limestone re-emerges in Cannington Park. They give no reasons for their deduction.
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Butte, Montana, USA (close to chalcocite). 1.871 (100), 2.387 (90), 1.964 (90), 1.957...20.66 Total 99.0 100.00 (1) Seathwaite Tarn, England; by electron microprobe. (2) Cu31 S16 . Occurrence:...enriched zones. Association: Digenite, bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, anilite, pyrite. Distribution:...Australia. In England, from Seathwaite Tarn, near Coniston, Cumbria; at Wheal Owles and the Dean quarry, Cornwall;...Cornwall; in the Merehead and Cannington Park quarries, Somerset; and at Gipsy Lane, Leicester. From Bandaksli
Catalog/List
.. • JANUA.RY/FEBUARY 2009 l) ANALClME. Dean Quarry, The Lizard, Cornwall. Thin piece ofmatrix showing...40x40x!Smm. £9. 7) AZURITE. Cannington Park Quarry, Bridgewater, Somerset. A few cavities to 8mm in calcitic...55mm side x 15mm. £95. 22) CUPRITE. Bardon Hill Quarry, Coalville, Leicestershire. Green copper stained...50x40x50mm. £12. 31) HYDROCERUSSITE. Merehead Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset. A cavity in black manganese matrix showing...crust on a chalcocite/quartz matrix . 60x50x25rnm. £65. 33) MALACHITE. Greystooes Quarry, Lczant, Cornwall
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
kindly allowed me to examine specimens from Cannington Park now housed in the Taunton Museum; to Mr. W...near lode bearing areas. Cassiterite, wolfram, chalcocite. Cassiterite, wolfram, mispickel. Mispickel,...quartz and pink orthoclase. PENLEE QUARRY, NEWLYN. This quarry in the greenstone, or more correctly
Catalog/List
the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National...Loanhead quarry TallskerBay Whyte'a Cleuch Loanhead quarry Port Glasgow Loanheadquarry Loanhelld quarry Loanhead...Loanhead quarry Benalltmlne BMS NATIONAL REFERENCE COUECTION Ecton.Staffs. Ecton.Staffs. Scordale,Cumbria...Trinafour.ScoU. Lochan-na-Lalrigh Loanhead quarry Loanhead quarry Hopeful vein Hopeful vein Ralk's vein Fethaland...averockBraes Meadowfootslag Hagdalequarry Hagdale quarry Ardalanlsh Bay Ecton Hill.staffs Tavistock,Devon
Catalog/List
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
Catalog/List
2x2x1 11 ,~4.75. 2. AGATEGE0DE. Mendip Hills,Somerset. Choice,colourful pair (matching halves),highly...untwinned,plnty xtls implanted on vuggy Quartz/ Chalcocite matrix.2x1-i}x1¾",.v+.OO. 29. CHALCOPYRITE/TENNANTITE...,r:.,7_50, 41, DJURLEITE. Cannington Park Quarry,Brideewater,Somerset. Silvery-grey metallic platy...Calcitic/Mangan matrix.3x2x1t",i'.2.,0Quarry,Weardale,Co.Durham. Pleasant,but internally cloudy...11 ----61. MENDIPITE. 1>1earhead Quarry ,Mcndip Hills, Somerset, 2x1 11 nrea of ~ustroue, pale-nink
Catalog/List
__1_os__2_0_0_9� Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL Phone 01932 862340 richard.tayler@minerals...squares arc new entry for this list ANALCIME Dean Quarry, Lizard ,Cornwall Achmclvich, near Lochinvcr, Scotbnd...ANATASE Lauvland, Frigstad, Evjc Norway 933 Hingston Quarry,Cornwall 16 Rich grey-white cleavages , some with...Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantilc...2x3£2 5 garnet group ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England ANDRADITE Franklin New Jersey USA SO 12 Pure hard
Catalog/List
MMALLET, A L L E T, S OMERSET CRANMORE, SHEPTON SOMERSET INTRODUCTION INTROilJCTION I t ggives i v e...o r 77/Gd.) / 6 d . ) ,, Shepton Kallet, Somerset. Somerset. W White grey-blue xxline. 9d. ((12 1x2 11/Gd...0/-. lx2 Cannington Park, l o n : I - p i n k tto o brown Cannington Park, Somerset. Somerset. S aSalmon-pink...colourless o grey l s oof f Shepton Kallet, Somerset. Somerset. S i Single colourleH tto grey terminated...Wells, Somerset. e y tto o white 1 9d. 1 2 ffor o r 77/6d. / 6 d . )) ,, --iiiiITs, Somerset. G rGrey
Catalog/List
CATALOGUE Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL . richard.tayler@minerals...River Quebec, Can 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Rich fibrous pale grey-brown mass. Pure hard white...ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantite...½" £2 lxl £4 lx2 £6 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses CaS0.'4 lx2 £1
Catalog/List
of equal display quality. 5x3x2",~36.oo. a CHALCOCITE. Grenfell Lode,Geevor Mine,Pendeen,W.Cornwall...2x1~1",~.oo. 84. DJURELITE/AZURITE. Cannington Park Quarry,Somerset. Slightly granular, silvery-grey sub-metallic...damage to the Quartz. A • GF.ODE.Dulcote Quarry,Somerset. Exceptionally attractive,high qunlity cut...richl l pl ty Brilliant,jet-bla vuggy,granular Quarry,Portland,Connecticut,U.S.A. matri . Lustrous....1930. 3x2-i-x2",i-~1o.oo. PHILLIPSITE. Corporation Quarry,Melbourne,Victoria,Australia. (Ex. Victoria National
Catalog/List
I Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL richard.tayler@minerals...£5 -------------------------933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantite..._--~(~OI_~·-·· · -·- ·· ···ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule. Ixlins80p..._ _P_b_so_,_4____ 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich while to faintly,bluemasses lx2~0p ________
Catalog/List
formed on 1111 ABHURITE 6 St Ives. Cornw all, England 85 18 in wreck on ship a gots _ in Sn_______ O...I x 1/, ALSiO Brochantite on matrix. £4 Devon .England £2.50 ALMANDINE Large brown well fom1ed dodecahedral...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhavcn Sussex, England Al S0/4 ------ -------- ----- ·--- lx2 £6 ½x½£3...-�b Ag �b� 2 3 ANHYDRITE Ix2 50p Staffordshire England 2x2£1 2x3 £ 1.50 Ri ch white 10 faintly blue masses...ANNITE Pure black mica plate new Analys is. Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Mica paper avail'!�_____ _ ___Larv
Report (issue)
the presence of 'monazite grise' is south-west England. On Exmoor moderately high levels of cerium ( <6000...anomalous cerium concentrations in south-west England and D. Bland analysed the samples collected in...Ludfordian Stage of the Ludlow Series at Sunnyhill Quarry, Mortimer Forest, near Ludlow, Shropshire, there...lithologies and that traces of native copper and chalcocite were further restricted to the garnetiferous...Intrusive pneumatolytic breccias in south-west England. By A. J . J . Goode and R . T. Taylor. £ 1 . 50
Catalog/List
mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS.A1 Wavellite - High Down Quarry, Haddon...Barstow. SW.B1 Apatite on orthoclase - Colcerrow Quarry, Cornwall. Barstow green stock label. SW.D10 Sphalerite...Bridge Quarry, Lizard, Cornwall. V.Holyer 1976. [SW 722 220]. SW.Q4 Serpentine - County Bridge Quarry, Lizard...Holyer 197-. [SW 722 22]. SW.R8 Stilbite - Dean Quarry, Lizard, Cornwall. E.Retallack 1975. [SW 804 203]
Report (edition)
British Regional Geology I * South-West England r * FOURTH EDITION e ■ - O ” ..y 1835 Geological...Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologist, South-West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con­...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carboniferous rocks...Isotopic age-determinations of rocks of south-west England ...... Facing 112 1. . . . List of Geological...Figures in Text Fig. Facing Geology of south-west England Index to one-inch and quarter-inch geological maps
Catalog/List
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
Catalog/List
oo. 1 B'. 1-tx1t-", .f.2.00. 9. ANALCL'lE.Dean Quarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. Three l&rge,Yery fine... 2tx2x1", .t7.50. 32. ARSENOPYRITE/BORNITE/CHALCOCITE. Gren!ell Lode,Geevor Kine,Trevellard, W.Cornwall...t:25.00. -656. BARYTES.Cannington Park Quarry,Bridgewater,Somerset •. Lustrous, . aalaon-pink coloured...cryatals. 4x2-3-,t1f11 , .L12.50. 83. !!ORNITE/CHALCOCITE/TENNAHTITE. 19' Level, i'lorth Pig Lode, Gc evor...brilliant,hexagonal,prismatic and platy hexagonal Chalcocite ::ctl::.. Ex. Capt.A. Brewer Collection. 3'½x2tx1¾"
oo. 1 B'. 1-tx1t-", .f.2.00. 9. ANALCL'lE.Dean Quarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. Three l&rge,Yery fine... 2tx2x1", .t7.50. 32. ARSENOPYRITE/BORNITE/CHALCOCITE. Gren!ell Lode,Geevor Kine,Trevellard, W.Cornwall...t:25.00. -656. BARYTES.Cannington Park Quarry,Bridgewater,Somerset •. Lustrous, . aalaon-pink coloured...cryatals. 4x2-3-,t1f11 , .L12.50. 83. !!ORNITE/CHALCOCITE/TENNAHTITE. 19' Level, i'lorth Pig Lode, Gc evor...brilliant,hexagonal,prismatic and platy hexagonal Chalcocite ::ctl::.. Ex. Capt.A. Brewer Collection. 3'½x2tx1¾"
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... Mike was co-author of an article about Hendre Quarry which was published in the British Micromount Society
Report (edition)
G .. Bisson (District Geologist, South--West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con­...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carbonif�rous rocks...age-determinations of rocks of south-west . . . . . . . Facing England 1 112 List of Geological Survey Maps and Memoirs...positions prior to continental drift. South-west England is shown in . . . . . black . . . . . Generalized...Generalized palaeogeograpl1y of south-west England during the Ordovician and Silurian, and early Devonian. Cross­
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...Cumbria (kentrolite) HigherPittsmine,nr Priddy,Somerset Meldonaplitequany.nr Okehampton, Devon (leucophanite)'...Meldonaplitequarry,nrOkehampton, Devon ~.~eldon ap::'te quarry,nrOkehamp:on. 0: ,0,1: roci...Cheesewring quarry, Cornwall (Foord et al. 1985); a study oflithium minerals from Meldon aplitc quarry, Devon...remaining parts of the United Kingdom, including England, Scotland and Wales, arc here referred to as Britain
Report (edition)
SCIENCES British Regional Geology South-West England (TH [RD EDITION) By E. A. Edmonds, M.Sc. M. C...world war, interest in the geology of south-west England has further inten ified. Much valuable work ha...done, and in 1962 the newly l"ormcd outh-we t England field unit of the Geological Survey began ix-inch...Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologi t. South-We t England, editor). Private workers whose publications have...countryside and natural history of south-west England. An EXHIBIT illustrating the geology and scenery
Book
permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...basic mineralogy at the University of Bristol in Park Street. The course lasted for approximately six...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later...the move to Yeovil and eventually to East Coker, Somerset. Ian and Simon Brock invited me to join their
Book (volume)
The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England 0 iz 0 1-rj VOLUME II Assistant Director's...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume II By ...published 1956 Second impression 1969 Printed in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 509 8. St. Austell district 510 Lanivet (p....754). 14. North Devon and Somerset district North Devon (p. 757); West Somerset (p. 764). INDEX iii .
 
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