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Upton Pyne, East Devon, Devon, England, UKi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Upton Pyne | Civil Parish |
| East Devon | District |
| Devon | County |
| England | Constituent Country |
| UK | Country |
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French:
Upton Pyne, East Devon, Devon, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Italian:
Upton Pyne, East Devon, Devon, Inghilterra, Regno Unito
Cebuano:
Upton Pyne, East Devon District, Inglatera, Hiniusang Gingharian
Dutch:
Upton Pyne, East Devon, Devon, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Upton Pyne, Devon, Eng-tē, Liân-ha̍p Ông-kok
Polish:
Upton Pyne, East Devon, Devon, Anglia, Wielka Brytania
Swedish:
Upton Pyne, East Devon, Devon, England, Storbritannien
Welsh:
Upton Pyne, Dwyrain Dyfnaint, Dyfnaint, Lloegr, Y Deyrnas Unedig
Around 1770, rich manganese ores were discovered at Upton Payne in a lode that occupies a fault zone which trends from Huxham westwards to Newton St Cyres. A mine was started in 1770 and worked until the deposit was exhausted in 1796 (Maton, 1797). Around this time, another mine was started at Newton St Cyres. Until 1810, the mines on this lode were the chief producers of manganese in southwest England.
"Manganese has been found in great quantities in this county; and within the last fifty years, a considerable trade has been carried on in that article. It was first found about the year 1770, at Upton Pyne, about four miles north of Exeter; and this mine, together with two others of less consequence on the same lode at Newton St. Cyres, for many years supplied the whole United Kingdom with this article; and of the finest quality, as I am informed, ever raised any where." (Lysons & Lysons, 1822)
Regarding the presence of rhodonite here, Sir Arthur Russell notes that whilst "R. P. Greg and W. G. Lettsom (1858) give this mine as a locality for rhodonite, no specimens of the mineral from here are known to me, neither have I been able to find any at the old workings".
Locally known as the Black Pit, the small Upton Pyne pond is the location of the abandoned eighteenth-century workings.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Calcite var. Iron-bearing Calcite Formula: (Ca,Fe)CO3 |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Manganite Formula: Mn3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ 'Psilomelane' |
| ⓘ Pyrolusite Formula: Mn4+O2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Rhodonite ? Formula: CaMn3Mn[Si5O15] |
| ⓘ 'Wad' |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrolusite | 4.DB.05 | Mn4+O2 |
| ⓘ | Manganite | 4.FD.15 | Mn3+O(OH) |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | var. Iron-bearing Calcite | 5.AB.05 | (Ca,Fe)CO3 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Rhodonite ? | 9.DK.05 | CaMn3Mn[Si5O15] |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Psilomelane' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Wad' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Calcite var. Iron-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Fe)CO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Rhodonite | CaMn3Mn[Si5O15] |
| O | ⓘ Calcite var. Iron-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Fe)CO3 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Rhodonite | CaMn3Mn[Si5O15] |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Rhodonite | CaMn3Mn[Si5O15] |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite var. Iron-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Fe)CO3 |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
| Mn | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
| Mn | ⓘ Rhodonite | CaMn3Mn[Si5O15] |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Calcite var. Iron-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Fe)CO3 |
Fossils
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Pyne |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q2328284 |
| GeoNames ID: | 2635083 |
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Upton Pyne, East Devon, Devon, England, UK