 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | area of northern England, have yielded enormous amounts of both lead and, later, fluorite ores. Byproducts...activity were the many well-crystallized specimens of fluorite and other minerals that were found lining cavities...partner in UK Mining Ventures,which is operating a specimen-recoveryproject at the Rogerley mine in Weardale...Weardale, England. His most recent article for Rocks & Minerals was titled “The Rogerley Mine, Weardale,... County Durham, England” and appeared in the January/February 2000 issue. 378 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | All photos by the author unless otherwise noted FLUORITE JESSE FISHER 380 Pennsylvania Avenue San Francisco...From the North Pennines Orefield England Figure 1. The Groverake mine, located in upper Rookhopeburn,...operating commercial fluorspar mine in the North Pennines, closing in 1999. Mine waste heaps (known locally...above the mine site. Figure 2 (left). A scattering of numerous penetration-twinned fluorite crystals...the Cambokeels mine in the early 1980s. Figure 3 (right). A penetration-twinned fluorite crystal, 2.5 cm |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK B.YOUNG British Geological Survey, Windsor Court...Court, Windsor Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HB, UK AND C. J. STANLEY Department of Mineralogy, The...Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 3BD, UK Abstract Bismuthinite-bearing quartz veins from the...Pennine Orefield are all close to, or above, the Rookhope and Tynehead cupolas of the buried Weardale Granite...and paragenesis and are earlier than the main fluorite-baryte-galena-sphalerite mineralization of the |  | | Catalog/List | | mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself... Lot 324 – Fluorite on quartz – Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite...chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Co. Durham. Collected in 1897. 5 Lot No. Approximate...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS...green stock label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section |  | | Report (issue) | | in the Pennines of northern England, particularly in Derbyshire and Durham. The deposits are associated...flotation. Derbyshire is the principal producing county, much of the present production coming from workings...found, particularly in northern Derbyshire and west Durham, beneath geologically younger formations and also...Steel Corporation, both of which have mines in Durham. Laporte Industries is the largest producer and...occurring mineral substance consisting essentially of fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF2) together with variable |  | | Book (edition) | | Stainmore The northern one-third of the Backbone of England, that ridge of hilly country known since last century... Plate 1 Purple fluorite crystals from a cavity in the Great Limestone flats, Boltsburn Mine. Collected by...sheets 19 and 25, and parts of 13, 24, 26, 31, 32 (England and Wales) LONDON: HMSO 1990 . I\. © C,rown...sheets 19 and 25 and parts of 13, 24, 26, 31, 32 (England and Wales). Author Sir Kingsle_y Dunham, DSc, SD...FRS, FEng, FIMM Charleycroft, QuarryheadsLane) Durham DHJ 3D Y Other publications of the Survey dealing |  | | Report (edition) | | GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION GUIDES The Durham Area Compiled by G. A. L. JOHNSON Introduction page ITINERARY...Coal Measures in the Banks of the River Wear at Durham 3 II. Ordovician, Carboniferous and Intrusive Rocks...Upper Weardalc 12 IV. The Permiao in North-East Durham 15 21 V. Jurassic Rocks of the North Cleveland...of East Durham VII. Supplement to llinernrics 11, Ill and V: Igneous Rocks 26 in the Durham Arca 30 References...for incorporation in any further edition. The Durham Area Compiled by G. A. L. JOHNSON Contributors: |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK TS C 2 COVER:Superbtwinnedyellowfluoritecrystal 15 mm on edge from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria...T'wENTY YEARS IN MINERALS NORTHERN ENGLAND David Green • Peter Briscoe The UK ]011rnalof Mines at1d Minerals...Ratcliff & Roper (Print ) Ltd Worksop, Nous. S80 2EE UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 22 -t- Campylite...classic minerals of Northern England. This specimen from ~ry Gill Mine, once part of the Fred Bull collection...collection, is°'currently owned by David McCallmn. UK Journal of Mines & Mfo~r:il, No. 22 -2- T·w·E.NTY |  | | Book | | Coverdesign by Mark Blackadder. Coverimages: (front) Fluorite [BM 1964, R 1524], seepage 152; (back) Calcite...publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages 41, 46, 54, 59(x2)...Earth Sciences,University of Durham: page_26 C H. Emeleus,University of Durham: page 26 Friends of Killhope...Valley ................... The Northumberland and Durham Coalfield ............. The Northern Pennine Orefield...117 Barite .............................. 119 Fluorite ............................. 120 Hematite .. |  | Dunham, K.C., Hemingway, J.E., Francis, E.A., Hopkins, W., Johnson, G.A.L., Larwood, G.P., Phillips, R., Smith, D.B. (1967) Field meeting at Durham. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 78 (2) 325-334 doi:10.1016/s0016-7878(67)80014-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Field Meeting at Durham 2-9 July, 1965 Report by the Directors K. C. DUNHAM, J. E. HEMINGWAY, E. A. FRANCIS...evening, 2 July, at Grey College, University of Durham. The party was welcomed in the Department of Geology...Green via Langdon Beck and Widdybank Fell. Cow Green Mine, now abandoned, worked strong veins of barytes with...minerals were obtained by the party from the old mine dumps, and from this vantage point the general topography...Some members of the Association attended matins at Durham Cathedral and, after matins, Professor and Mrs |  | | Book (edition) | | | VOLUME V II UK MINING VENTURES T HE M INER AL HER ITAGE SPE CI ALI STS K U UK MI CONTENTS CONTENTS...CONTENTS UK MINING VENTU z FOREWOR D BY IAN & DIANA BRUCE4-5 z WEARDALE, COUNTY DURHA M 6-17 z DI A...A NA M ARI A MINE 18-29 SUTCLIFFE VEIN GR AEBER JONES POCKET 30-31 SNOWSTOR M POCKET 32-33 PAVEL’S...POCKET92-93 NORTHER N LIGHTS POCKET94-95 z ROGERLEY MINE 96-107 GREENBANK VEIN WOLFIE POCKET108-109 BEADLE...POCKET114-115 50 YEAR POCKET116-117 z LADY ANNABELLA MINE 118-127 THE BULL VEIN THE BULL VEIN 128-129 |  | | Journal (volume) | | fabulous group of highly lustrous getniny bicoloured fluorite crystals to 5cm in length showing the characteristic...and yellow zoning from the find at Rodderup Fell Mine in the early 1930’s Photo G. Scovil WANTED! We...The Old Linhay, Halberfoh Road. Wil land, Devon, England, EX 15 2QF TEL 01884 821563 Email Ian@crystalclassics...plumbogummite from Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Photo: David Green. The UK Journal of Mines and...------ 9 -------------------------- Rogerley Mine Jesse Fisher • Lindsay Greenbank MARKETING Peter |  | | Catalog/List | | Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnisloke, Cornwall, England. Tel.Nb. Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V.A.T. ...specimen •. 2x2xl". £6.00. 10. BARYTES. wetgrove Mine,Aysgarth, Yorkshire.Specimen A:Select lustrous creamy-white...2i;xHxl". £13.00. 2 12. BoTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Specimen A: Light green lustrous...4x1ix1t", £7.00 14. CALCITE. Black~ene Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham. Select creamy translucent sharp I nail-head'...specimen. 32-x2 x1f..", £7.00 15. CARNOTITE. Gould Mine, Fall River Co., S. Dakota, U.S.A. Bright yellow |  | | Journal (issue) | | RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...Cuprite, variety chalcutrichite, from Fowey Consols mine (Lanescot section). Tywardreath. Cornwall. Field...Gunheath china clay pit, St Austell, Cornwall, England 3 15 N.l. Elton Sector phosphorescent gypsum...(selenite) crystals from Mepal Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England B.A. Grguric 19 The silver and cobalt mineralisation... 23 Hannotome from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England D.l. Green and l.R. Nudds 31 NOTES |  | | Book (edition) | | MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALF�S GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PENNINE OREFIELD...inserted on the six-inch maps, and all available mine-sections were reduced to the common scale of 200...made by him. The willing co-operation of all the mine-owners and operators and their staffs made possible... B. Laporte & Co., the Owners of Settlingstones Mine Ltd., Holmside ·& South Moor Colliery Co. Ltd.,...Plan of the North Central flats, Rotherhope Fell Mine 82 11. Cross-section of Burtrec Pasture Vein |  | | Catalog/List | | Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, G~nnislake, Cornwall, England. Tal.No.: Gunnislake 032381 (STD 0022) LR9ERING...7x~x2~", £16.50p ~~:-face B. NATiVE ARSENI-. Kusa Mine, near 8au, Sarawak, 80rneo. Specimen A: Choice greyish... ~x2~-x1-t", £8.00 15. BARYTES. New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfrip.s, Scotland. Lustrous creamy-white...association. 2}x2x1-t", £4.50p 20. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Small sharp tarnished crystals...veinstuff. 1~1tx1t", £4. 50p 21. BOURNoNITE. Julcan~ Mine, Junin Prov., Peru. Specimen A: Well formed dark |  | | Journal (issue) | | and D. Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon...sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed to be...assemblages observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral...hypogene copper lodes. INTRODL'CTION Botallack mine (SW 363 336) in the St Just mining district, Cornwall....;:;0;:;..,.... :.WST'JUST )~~~ BALLESWIDDEN MINE '\:;;:~. .F lGURE 1. Schematic geology of the |  | | Catalog/List | | House, Drakewa ll s , Gunnisl ake , COTIDwall , England. TEL . No. : Tav i st ock 8 32301 (STD (022 ) ORDERI...hematite . 3x2x1i-" , £12.00 1 O. AZURITE . Tynagh Mine , Co. Ga lway , " Irel a nd. Specimen A: "Bright.... 2t x2t " , £9.00 14. BI NDHEI MITE. Pe ngenna Mine , s t. Kew, Cornwall . Ri ch waxey- yeilow masses...B: 2tx'1-f.x 1t ", £4 . 7Sp 15. BORNI TE. LeVa nt Mine , Pe ndeen , Cornwa l l. Purplish t a r ni she d...CALCITE. Ca mmock Ea ls ~un e , Weardale, Co . DurHam . Speci men A: SHa rP , lUstrOUs c rea my nail |  | | Catalog/List | | ls House , Drakewalls , Gunnislake , Cornwall , England. Tel. No.: Tavi s tock 832381 (STD 0822) V.A ...8 . APATITE variety FRANCOLITE . Russell United Mine , near Tavistock , Devon . Small clear hexagonal...2x1-tX1-t" , £10 . 00 16 . BI SMUTHHJITE . Sout Crofty Mine , Illogan , Cornwall. Speci en A: 9right Silvery-...n on quartz/hematitE? matrix' with a littl E? fluorite. z-tX1-1:-X1t" , £15 . 00 . Speci Ten Brig· t...3ix2-tx2i" , £l; .75p . 20 . BOURNONITE . J ul c ani MinE? , Junin Prov.-, Peru . Sj3BCimen A: Brig t silvery- |  | | Catalog/List | | .regeseal, t. Jus , ear enza ce, corr.llall, England. TEL. 0.: st. ust 880 V.A.T. 0.132-7852-67 (STD...50. BOhNITE Pseudomorph after Enal'gite. Stewart Mine, Butte, Silver BOvl Co., Montana, U.S •.l. An interesting...Quartz/Pyrite matrix. lixl". £30 BR EWSTll,ITE. Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, .rgyll. Specimen A Fine, sharp, lustrous...B::nytes/calcite matrix. 2xLt". £3.25. CALCITE. Botallack Mine, st. Just, Cornwall. Choice, whitish, platy hexagonal...pyramidal Quartz crystals. 3x2". £10. CALCITE. Stank Mine, Ulverstol1e, N .v~. Lan~s. A fine group of numerous |  | | Book | | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...onNewMinerals,Nomenclature andClass::ication. Co. County. EMPElectronmicroprobe - an instrument usedto ...led to errors, with older fluorite specimens from Weardale in County Durham being a case in point. Many..."Cumberland", "Alston" or "Alston Moor" (Cumberland as a county no longer exists, as it was merged with Westmorland...Westmorland in the mid- I 970s to form the new county of Cumbria). The confusion appears to have occurred during |  | | Catalog/List | | Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. V.A.T.No.132-78)2-67 ORDER ING INFOftMATION Mail...- 2txltxl". £3. )0. 4. AF,SENOPYhITE. Kassandra Mine, Stradouiki, Greece. Bright, metallic, silvery twinned...Limonite. 2x2". £).)0. 8. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Brigh e , deep green, botryoidal...BARYTO~LCITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Hag6s Mine, Nr.Alston, Cumberland. Unusual, whitish, intergrown...Jasper. 2tx2". £5.50. N.TIVE BISMUTH. Bow Creek Mine, Deepwater, N.S. Wales, .u~tralia. Superb, ~oarsely |  | | Journal (issue) | | NJ Elton, St Austell, u.K. NJ Fortey, Keyworth, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, U.K. RJ. King, Tewkesbury, u...4TG Printed by Northern Litho Services, Leeds, England. Published by The Russell Society. Registered Charity...stream sediment survey of the area around Carrock Mine (Appleton and Wadge, 1976) shows three, roughly...resembles the quartz in the tungsten veins at Carrock mine, being very coarse and greasy with few cavities...associated with the Skiddaw Granite near Carrock Mine, Cumbria. Mineral Reconnaissance Programme. Report |  | | Journal (issue) | | is that David, while at University, represented England in the sport of 'winks', which apparently was taken...the replacement of such names as fluorspar by fluorite, barytes by baryte etc. is not in any sense '...practice, in Britain and elsewhere, to apply the name fluorite to the mineral consisting of calcium fluoride...commercial products consisting mainly of the mineral fluorite but with variable amounts of impurities. Thus...Groverake Mine is described as a commercial producer of fluorspar from veins in which fluorite is a major |  | | Journal (issue) | | our club members signed up for the Montgomery County Club field trip on May 18th, please be considerate...members and first time field trippers Doug and Sue Redburn, Tim and Mike Harazin, Hank Brooks, Paul and Alec...on the limestone pocket. Left: Some very purple fluorite found next to calcite. Bottom: A nice sunny morning...perfect for prospecting! All photos courtesy Doug Redburn THE MINERAL NEWSLETTER Page 4 April Meeting...member of WBO (Women Business Owners of Montgomery County), ISA (International Society of Appraisers), the |
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