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Ixer, R. A., Stanley, C. J. (1983) Silver mineralization at Sark's Hope mine, Sark, Channel Islands. Mineralogical Magazine, 47 (345) 539-545 doi:10.1180/minmag.1983.047.345.15

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TitleSilver mineralization at Sark's Hope mine, Sark, Channel Islands
JournalMineralogical MagazineISSN0026-461X
AuthorsIxer, R. A.Author
Stanley, C. J.Author
Year1983 (December)Volume47
Issue345
PublisherMineralogical Society
Download URLhttps://rruff.info/doclib/MinMag/Volume_47/47-345-539.pdf+
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Full ReferenceIxer, R. A., Stanley, C. J. (1983) Silver mineralization at Sark's Hope mine, Sark, Channel Islands. Mineralogical Magazine, 47 (345) 539-545 doi:10.1180/minmag.1983.047.345.15
Plain TextIxer, R. A., Stanley, C. J. (1983) Silver mineralization at Sark's Hope mine, Sark, Channel Islands. Mineralogical Magazine, 47 (345) 539-545 doi:10.1180/minmag.1983.047.345.15
In(1983, December) Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 47 (345) Mineralogical Society
Abstract/NotesAbstractSark's Hope silver-lead lode, which was mined during the 1830s and 1840s cuts a Late Precambrian granite at the southernmost point of the island of Sark. The primary ore assemblage is pyrite, galena, chalcopyrite, tennantite, tetrahedrite, sphalerite, marcasite, arsenopyrite, pyrrhotine, bravoite, enargite, and the silver minerals pyrargyrite, pearceite, polybasite, and acanthite. Gangue minerals are hematitic quartz, calcite, and illite. Alteration products include chalcosine, covelline, blaubleibender covelline, limonite, malachite, azurite, cerussite, and anglesite. The generalized paragenesis is of early Fe, Co, Ni, As, and S species and later minerals of Pb, Cu, Ag, Zn, Fe, As, Sb, and S. The earliest alteration products are copper sulphides; these are followed by lead and copper carbonates and sulphates, and hydrated iron and manganese oxides. Growth zoning is a common feature of many of the ore minerals, and electron microprobe analysis shows that this is sometimes related to compositional differences. Tetrahedrite and tennantite, particularly, exhibit a wide range of compositions.

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Sark's Hope Mine, Little Sark, Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey

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Lead-bearing Tennantite[as 'Plumbian tennantite']

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Sark's Hope Mine, Little Sark, Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey Bravoite, Chalcocite, Covellite, Epidote, Granite, Hornblende, Illite, Lead-bearing Tennantite, Muscovite, Orthoclase, Plagioclase, Polybasite, Pyrrhotite, Sericite


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