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Derbyshire, England, UK

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Production of fluorspar (250,000 tonnes), barite, lead and zinc with ~2000 named veins.



References:
Braithwaite, R. S.W. (1983): Minerals of the Derbyshire Orefield. Mineralogical Record 14 (1), 15-24.

Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Actinolite
Albite
var: Oligoclase
Allophane
Alstonite
Alum-(K)
Analcime
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
'Apatite'
'var: Collophane'
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Ashoverite (TL)
Augite
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Baryte
var: Oakstone
'Baryto-Fluate of Lime'
Beidellite
Biotite
'Bitumen
var: Elaterite'
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
var: Ferroan Calcite
var: Iceland Spar
Caledonite
Celadonite
Celestine
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
'var: Agate'
'var: Beekite'
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Clinochlore
var: Corundophilite
var: Delessite
var: Diabantite
var: Pennine
Copper
Covellite
Cuprite
Descloizite
Digenite
Dolomite
 Dundasite
Enargite
Enstatite
Ettringite
Fluorite
var: Blue John
Galena
'Garnet Group'
Gibbsite
Glauconite
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Greenockite
Gypsum
var: Alabaster
var: Selenite
Halloysite
Hawleyite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
var: Picotite
Hydrocerussite
Hydrozincite
Illite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
Lanarkite
Langite
Leadhillite
Lepidocrocite
Limonite
Linarite
Litharge
Maghemite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Massicot
Matlockite (TL)
Mattheddleite
Melanterite
Microcline
Millerite
Mimetite
Minium ?
Mogánite
Montmorillonite
Morenosite
Muscovite
Natrolite
'Ochre'
'Olivine'
 Opal ?
Orthoclase
Palygorskite
Paragonite
Phosgenite
Phosphohedyphane
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Chert
var: Jasper
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Rosasite
Rutile
Saponite
'Serpentine Group'
Serpierite
Siderite
Silver
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Stibnite ?
Strontianite ?
Sulphur
Susannite ?
Sweetite (TL)
Talc
var: Steatite ?
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
Torbernite
Tyrolite
'Unnamed (alpha-Zn(OH)2)'
Unnamed (Ba-Al Trisulphide Hydroxide Hydrate)
Unnamed (Ba Thiosulphate Fluoride)
Unnamed (Ba Thiosulphate Monohydrate)
'Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate)'
Uraninite
Vanadinite
Vivianite
'Wad'
Weddellite
Wulfenite
Wülfingite
Wurtzite
Zaratite
Zircon


908 entries listed. 116 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals). 2 erroneous literature entries.

Localities in this Region:
UK
 
  • England
    • Derbyshire
      • Alport
      • Ashford-in-the-Water
      • Boulton
      • Cressbrook Dale
      • Derby
      • Earl Sterndale
      • Flagg
      • Great Longstone
      • Manifold Valley
      • Pike Hall
      • Ringinglow
      • Sheffield
      • Snitterton
      • Taddington
      • Via Gellia
      • Wardlow
      • Whitwell

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