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Fluorite from
Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hemimorphite3 photos of Fluorite associated with Hemimorphite at this locality.
Galena2 photos of Fluorite associated with Galena at this locality.
Cerussite2 photos of Fluorite associated with Cerussite at this locality.
Calcite2 photos of Fluorite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Baryte1 photo of Fluorite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5326
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5326:6
GUID (UUID V4):8083d6b3-ffed-4f48-b2f1-7e9dbeb88e87
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.4km (0.3 miles) Royal mine, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) Tear Breeches Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) Ball Eye Quarry, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) Ball Eye Mine, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Rutland Cave Mine (Rutland Mine; Nestus Mine), Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Long Tor mine, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Masson Cave, Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) Masson Hill and mines, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) Dene Quarry, Cromford, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) High Tor, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
crystals to 2mm. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Black goethite... Collected 1980. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Stalactitic brown...Quartz. 50' above bottom of Boundary Shaft, Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. A group of colourless pyramidal...pyramidal quartz crystals. 90/091 Baryte. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Pale blue baryte crystals...minor matrix. 901006A Baryte with sphalerite. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Clear transparent baryte
Journal (issue)
Symes Russellite from Buckbarrow Beck, Cumbria, England B. Young , N. J. Fortey and P.H.A. Nancarrow 3...Alderton 17 The Mineralogy ofWapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire F. fnce 25 13 NOTES Phosgenite,...N. Hubbard 35 Strontianite from Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria M . Wood 35 Secondary copper...Arthur made his first visit underground in a working mine, at Wheal Providence, St. Ives, Cornwall, being...to visit every mine in Great Britain and Ireland, and to go into every metalliferous mine in the British
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...minerals of Derbyshire with the PDMHS Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published
Journal (issue)
No 3. "Henwoodite", West Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne Specimen: 118 x 85 x 65mm Watercolour commissioned...PEAK of rhe DISTRICT A joint publication of Rockbottom Publications and the Peak District Mines Historical...of the Peak District Mines Historical Society. COVER:BLUE JOHN FLUORITE, Blue John Mine, Castleton,... Derbyshire, polished slab 7 x I 0cm. Bob King Collection (KI052), National Museum of Wales, Cardiff...TRI T MI E HISTORIC L SOCIETY 3-----------BL The UK Jouma/ of 1Jfi11es a11dMinerals publishes articles
Journal (issue)
. N.J . Forley. Keyworth . U .K. R.A . Howie. Matlock . U.K . R.J. King, Tewkesbury. U.K. A . Livingstone...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... INTRODL'CTION Botallack mine (SW 363 336) in the St Just mining district, Cornwall (Fig. I), although
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on clay minerals from lavas and tuffs of the Derbyshire orefield P. R. INESON & J. G. MITCHELL Summary...Igneous rocks from the southern section (the Derbyshire orefield) have yielded isotopic ages, some of...epicyclic hydrothermal events gave rise to the Derbyshire mineral deposits, samples of highly altered doleritic...geology of the Southern Pennines, in which the Derbyshire orefield is situated, is known in considerable...area—these include the Edale and Castleton and the Matlock special sheets. Of particular relevance to the
Catalog/List
AUCTIONEER: MR. J.A.JONES 31 BRIDGEFIELDS, KEGWORTH, DERBYSHIRE, DE74 2FW Tel: 01509 672125 EMAIL OR POSTAL BIDS...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
Book
UNIVERSITY ■ / LIMESTONES AND CAVES OF THE PEAK DISTRICT *' compiled and edited by Trevor D. Ford with...Beck, Sheffield c/o Doug Nash, Don Bramwell, Derbyshire 'Fulwood', N.J.D. Butcher, University Glebe... University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, England Ford 0 86094 004 1 0 86094 005 X 1977 paper...Beck Chapter 21 The caves and mines of the Matlock 409 and Wirksworth area T.D. Ford, Roger Flindall...our main Nat¬ ional Parks, in the Peak District and Yorkshire Dales, and our main nature reserves are in
Book
the Peak District 2 Mining and Quarrying 4 Ornamental Stone 8 Minerals of the Peak District 10 Selected...rather, millenia. For it is difficult in the Peak District to find a viewpoint that does not include a relic...ancient quarry face, sheep graze around a ruined mine head-gear and the rabbits scurry over a grasscovered...unless you are experienced, do not venture into old mine workings. That inviting adit may lead the unwary...produced the structural feature now known as the Derbyshire dome, and erosion has removed the overlying rocks
Journal (issue)
edition of the newsletter is not a favourite of mine, nor does it bode well in family circles. Spending...1966 and held several senior posts in Europe and the UK before retiring in November 1998. In 1981 he was...in almost waist-deep ice-cold water in Lune Head mine in the middle of winter, eager to explore and find...'Wheat Sheafs' An interesting find from the Susanna Mine, Leadhills, were a number of wheat-sheaf bundles...more field meetings than any other society in the UK, has no formal written Fieldwork Code covering visits
Report (edition)
occurs in abundance in the lead and zinc veins of Derbyshire and Durham, and in smaller quantities elsewhere...gangue of the veins, but it is noticeable that in Derbyshire, where the country-rock is chiefly limestone...requirements and much fluorspar has been exported. In Derbyshire the spar has been obtained at small cost by turning...Durhani. Mr. Pocock describes the occurrences in Derbyshire, Mr. H. Dewey and Mr. C. E. N. Bromehead contribute...R. W. Pocock has revised the account of Derbyshire :fluorite deposits, and Mr. Henry Dewey has furnished
Book
DER by Peter R. Rodgers Derbyshire Geology £1.50 By the same author: YORKSHIRE MINERALS Of...Of related interest: CAVES OF DERBYSHIRE DERBYSHIRE: EARLY A Visitor’s Guide SETTLEMENT GEOLOGICAL...GEOLOGICAL LAKELAND IN DERBYSHIRE EXCURSIONS GEOLOGY IN LAKELAND Derbyshire Geology by Peter R. Rodgers... Nelson, Lancs. Contents Geological Map of Derbyshire sk, este 6 ECE, 2s yh 8 Gere) Mer aise...Sedimentary Rocks in Derbyshire .... esses 26 3. Volcanic Rocksanithe Peak District... sms 42 Ao
Journal (issue)
SMLS Journal 165 May/June 2000 FIELD TRIP TO DERBYSHIRE th th 9 - 12 October 1999 The collecting part...collecting. It is a long time since SMLS collected in Derbyshire and it is clear that most of the key sites have...the UK Journal of Mines & Minerals (UKJMM), which is devoted to the minerals of the Peak District. The...The Derbyshire ore field has many similarities with the North Pennine ore field, which SMLS is more familiar...Southern Europe pushed north caused uplift in Northern UK and East/West faulting in the limestone. The limestone
Book
EAK IC T I D Compiled by members of the Peak District Mines Historical Society and edited by TREVOR...Alport-by-Youlgreave Mining Field (A: E. MARSH) 79 The Matlock and Cromford Area (N. GREGORY and T. D. FORD) 88...of the Peak District Mines Historical Society in the hope that visitors to the Peak District National Park...formed the backbone of the wealth of the Peak District for over 1500 years. The limestone uplands and...scenery are not normally compatible, the old Derbyshire lead miners invariably used local materials for
Journal (issue)
D. K. Jones and W. J. Schaub Minerals of the Derbyshire Orefield ......................................by R.S.W. Braithwaite Graphite from the Lead Hill mine, Ticonderoga, New Y o r k ........................without sur­ charge, to the following people: England: Roger S. Harker 2 Wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire...assured that, with localities like the Ray mine and the Old Yuma mine still to go, we are not yet close to...olo rado 80919 303-598-1233 Tourmaline Golconda mine, Brazil Stibnite Kisbanya, Romania Hydroxylherderite
Catalog/List
refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...Name of the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland...Waterbank mine Waterbank mine Milltownquany Waterbank mine Wh.Fortune Lyme Regis Dry GIii mine Roughtongill
Journal (issue)
Britannica A Company limited by Guarantee Registered in England and Wales Registration No. 6447148 Registered Charity...(and their national equivalents elsewhere in the UK) to recognise and protect this most recent chapter...underground connection. Sites supported include a mine, a grotto and both WWII and Cold War shelters. Not...Birkenhead High School (leaflets), Blackmoor Mendip Lead Mine (gate & entrance repairs); Margate's Shell Grotto...hidden-earth.org.uk 18 - 27 October Wealden Cave and Mine Society Nenthead Mines week, Cumbria www.wcms.org
Journal (issue)
access it gave me to real mineralogists who were a mine of useful information and expertise. The culmination...interests are UK mineralogy (in particular the mineralogy of Leicestershire and Derbyshire), tourmaline...organisation that will continue to play a major role in UK mineralogy. Frank Ince 2 Russell Society Newsletter...The impact of resource extraction of Northern England and offshore. • The Mineralogical Society is hosting...professor to Boltsburn Mine in its latter years as a producer of spectacular fluorite crystals: it seems
Journal (issue)
16 ................ the mineral collection of the bath royal literary and scientific institution sue cowdry......................................... the first uk rigs conference a ustin lockwood 3 5 ..............Dunlap's talk on the 'Minerals of the North of England', held on Sunday, 6 December 1998 showed a marked...pyrite but in addition minor quantities of purple fluorite were unearthed. The most impressive specimens...the South west, and mineral deposits of the Lake District all provided insights into mineral origins and
Catalog/List
Giller) 2 6 Nursery Road, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 tAL, UK. Tele/Fax: +44 (0) 1299 403916 E-Mail: saragiller@crystalvine...colours than A. £5. 3. ALSTONITE, Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. 4x3.5x3.2cm. Ex D. Hoyle coll...xtls. A fine example. £6. 7. ANATASE, Virtuos Lady mine, Devon. l.4xl.5xlcm. A MM with a micro xtl of sparkly...top. £4. IO. APATITE, llarding's Vein. · Carrock mine, Caldbeck fells, Cumbria. 5x4x2.5cm . One fairly...clear xtls. Very pretty. £4. 16. AZURITE, Tynagh mine, Co. Galway, Ireland. Ex S.J.A.C. Brown coll. Old
Journal (issue)
speakers was giving a talk on the Golconda Mine in Derbyshire, and I'd like to know what I missed. Will...collection ofShropshire minerals was exchanged fora Derbyshire collection, and a Mexico Collection was exchanged...particularly in the archives at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. In recent years Connie had taken up translation...earth science related clubs and societies in the UK, was last updated in 1993 with the aid of a grant...By far the greatest number come from southern England and is hoped that these will form the core ofa
Report (issue)
OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Country around Chesterfield, Matlock and Mansfield (EXPLANATION...(112) Sheet of the One-Inch Geological Map of England and Wales was originally surveyed on the one inch...appeared. "The Geology of the Northern Part of the Derbyshire Coalfield and Bordering Tracts' by W. Gibson...under the supervision of Mr. W. N. Edwards as District Geologist. The revised six-inch maps, published...some of the Carboniferous rocks. The Chesterfield district has a long mining history based on exploitation
Journal (issue)
the author. -3- SMLS Journal 162 Nov/Dec 1999 UK VISIT OF THE MILLAU GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 16th-23rd...know the UK. However, the rest of the group knew little English and many had never been to England before...of the visit was twofold. Firstly, to visit some UK collecting sites, and obtain some specimens of British...X-ray machine just like at an airport. I passed mine through, and they removed my Swiss Army knife, tagging...tour of Bath on the way back to Croydon. Peter Hay gave an impromptu commentary on Roman Bath and its
Journal (issue)
i O 0 ·story •, �e BuHeti � nf the Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd. Vvlume 17, No. 3...Archaeological Evidence at Long-Worked Mines in the Peak District Associate Editors: John Barnatt and Terry Worthington...always so well documented lead mines in the Peak District. All six mines were working before the introduction...Druids Altar Scene, Grand Devonshire Cavern, Matlock Bath. As exhibited for the last 20 years by the well...Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd. Peak District Mining Museum, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. DE4
Journal (issue)
Carney, with kind permission of Aggregate Industries UK]. Ian Jefferson, Mike Rosenbaum, Ian Smalley 157...Dolomitization of the Carboniferous Limestone of the Peak District: a review Jonathan D. Radley 171 The late Triassic...Radley Haute Provence – Alan Filmer Wieliczka Salt Mine – Tony Waltham 175 Lecture Reports 180 Gold in...Lavers Excursion Reports Millstone Grit of South Derbyshire The Yorkshire Coast Fountains Abbey and Brimham...Corrigenda 191 Supplement The Geology of the Matlock Mines by Trevor D. Ford MERCIAN NEWS MERCIAN
 
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