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Fluorite from
Dene Quarry, Cromford, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dene Quarry, Cromford, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:847622
Long-form Identifier:1:3:847622:7
GUID (UUID V4):75d2177d-3c45-4817-8072-2378d7929755
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
1.1km (0.7 miles) Ball Eye Quarry, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Ball Eye Mine, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) Royal mine, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) Tear Breeches Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles) Masson Cave, Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles) Rutland Cave Mine (Rutland Mine; Nestus Mine), Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
2.5km (1.5 miles) Masson Hill and mines, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
2.6km (1.6 miles) Long Tor mine, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
2.9km (1.8 miles) Masson Hill Quarry, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...2000 Special issue devoted to the minerals of Derbyshire with the PDMHS Special issue on the minerals
Journal (issue)
PEAK of rhe DISTRICT A joint publication of Rockbottom Publications and the Peak District Mines Historical...Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society. COVER:BLUE JOHN FLUORITE, Blue John Mine, Castleton...Castleton, Derbyshire, polished slab 7 x I 0cm. Bob King Collection (KI052), National Museum of Wales,...TRI T MI E HISTORIC L SOCIETY 3-----------BL The UK Jouma/ of 1Jfi11es a11dMinerals publishes articles...advertising. EJOHN 4-----------ORIGI of the PEAK DISTRICT DC Quirk ORE FIELD EDITOR Mick Cooper EDITORIAL
Journal (issue)
D. K. Jones and W. J. Schaub Minerals of the Derbyshire Orefield ......................................without sur­ charge, to the following people: England: Roger S. Harker 2 Wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire...40502 he Hoosier Stone and Concrete Corporation quarry near Salem, Indiana, has yielded extremely well-formed...Hoosier Stone and Concrete Corporation, ran the quarry opera­ tion. Though minor production in the area...done in the Hoosier Stone and Concrete Corporation quarry, located 1 km west of Salem, in the northeast corner
Book
The Peak District LANDSCAPE AND GEOLOGY Ladybower Reservoir and the Dark Peak, seen from Bamford Edge...Edge. The Peak District L A N D S C A P E A N D G E O L O GY Tony Waltham First published in 2021... caver and photographer who lived in the Peak District and left a massive legacy of excellent photographs...late Trevor Ford, whose knowledge of the Peak District was both massive and infectious. The book is dedicated...Dark Peak Grit 4 Derbyshire Dome Creating the Landscape 5 Shaping the Peak District 6 Through the Ice
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals in the Permian and Trias of North-East England' by A. FOWLER Received 1 June 1954 CONTENTS page...Sides Bore Hesleden Dene Bores Middleton Road Bore (West Hartlepool) Chilton Quarry AREA SOUTH OF THE...of barite, fluorite, galena and other minerals in the Permian and Trias of North-East England. The relationship...account was published of the occurrence of barite, fluorite and other minerals in the lowest beds of the Permian...Durham 2 ! MINERALS IN PERMIAN AND TRIAS, N.E. ENGLAND 253 Those bores and quarries with which this paper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
interest, namely those in the north of England and in Derbyshire. Barium minerals have been known in these...considered merely as waste products as was also the fluorite from neighbouring localities. I t has been thought...basic igneous rocks. The rocks of the north of England belong to the Carboniferous System, and into these...following the outcrop of the Whin Sill, while the fluorite localities are concentrated in the centre of the...accompanying map (fig. 1). Specimens showing both fluorite and barytcs in close association are exceptional
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
Report (issue)
dolomite resources of the country around Wirksworth, Derbyshire Description of parts of 1:25 000 sheets SK 25...of some 67 km2 of country around Wirksworth, Derbyshire, shown on the accompanying I : 25 000 resource...5 6 7 8 9 Quarry in Eyam Limestones and Monsal Dale Limestones: Dene Quarry, Cromford facing I Tors...Hopedale Limestones, Haven Hill and Havenhill Dale 11 Quarry in 1nassive grey and dark grey limestones with...bands of chert: Monsal Dale Limestones, Middlepeak Quarry, .Wirksworth 12 Escarpment of the Monsal Dale Limestones
Journal (issue)
ROCKBOTTOM UK JOURNAL OF MINES & MINERALS ISSUE No. 1 ROCKBOTTOM A U.K. JOURNAL FOR MINING AND MINERAL...te IT RAINS TURQUOISE _______ E.Ot~y 19 DEAN QUARRY' J&A.Wo!.ters 20 U.K. D. Gre-an 2S HOOVER...CHIRURGICAL SOO I ETY OF LONDON. (1857) The Derbyshire miner is Indeed subjected to many hardships and...Not withstanding these advantages ,which the Derbyshire miner undoubtedly possesses ,over.:il I o~l1...this, I may mention that the Registrar of this district(who has held his office since the Registration
Journal (volume)
of northeast England 2 6 ARTICLES Minerals of the Permian rocks of northeast England: A Review Brian...mineralisation at the ‘Sunnyside Deposit’, Whitwell, Derbyshire Richard Bateman, Peter J. Briscoe, John Chapman...Green 37 59 The mineralogy of Whitwell Quarry, Derbyshire Peter J. Briscoe, John Chapman, David I....120 Mineralisation at the Steetley Quarry complex on the Derbyshire-Nottinghamshire border near Whitwell...the Frongoch Mine’’ David I. Green ‘‘The Peak District: Landscape and Geology’’ Richard Bateman Journal
Journal (issue)
No. 503617 Front cover: Chatsworth House, in Derbyshire, seen beyond its bridge across the River Derwent...Mick Cooper The geology of Chatsworth House, Derbyshire 27 Michael J.Czajkowski Formation of St. John's...much fanfare it was revealed in April this year that UK Coal is considering re-opening Haworth colliery,...already being closed down (Merciant, 1998) by the time UK Coal bought the English coalfields in the 1994 privatisation...reported that record coal prices have already encouraged UK Coal to invest £55m at Thoresby in Nottinghamshire
Journal (issue)
J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...history of phosgenite and matlockite from Matlock, England .................................................“evenhandedness,” but it doesn’t work that way: when a land district has only six snowmobiles in the whole area, the...found by your club president asking the local district ranger for a “ policy statem ent” on mineral collecting...proactive in the regulatory process. Why should the district ranger (or anyone else) pay any attention to our
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Country around Chesterfield...(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)
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...commercial producer of fluorspar from veins in which fluorite is a major constituent. The terms baryte and barytes
Journal (issue)
..... 20 Cave mineralisation at Hampstead Farm Quarry, a lecture by Pro£ Rankin; report by Frank Sharp...Society members have contacted me prior to visiting Derbyshire for a collecting trip, and to discuss localities...decide to have a weekend away in the Yorkshire Dales, or even more specifically the Grassington Moor...Arizona, etc. g. Minerals such as calcite, baryte, fluorite, quartz, British wulfenite, British antimony minerals...to 100+ specimens, or for larger areas such as Derbyshire or Mid-Wales, 50 to 500+ specimens. If you think
Journal (issue)
Inverurie. Aberdeen AB5I OUD 01424 752752 3 The Dene. Hastings. East Sussex TN35 4PD NEWSLETTER EDITOR...£10 (single) or £12 (family) to David Binns (3 The Dene, Hastings TN35 4PD). If you have not paid by the...was born on 4th August 1942 in Middlesbrough, England, the day on which Middlesbrough Railway Station...then interested in, minerals. He joined Bury and District Mineral and Lapidary Society where he met Wally...collecting partners, making frequent trips into Derbyshire and the Northern Pennine Orefield and it was
Report (volume)
extensively u1ineraliRed in Derbyshire, and again in a group of i1orthern dales (Allendale, Alston 1Ioor...arenaceous deposits covers irnruense areas in northern Derbyshire, in Yorkshire and Lancashire, but rapidly dwindles...be main ore-bearing horizous change also. In Derbyshire the Limestone massif alone carries ore, and the...of Ingleborough and Melmerby, remnants of the Derbyshire massif, are almost entirely barren. A 3 2 ...fields, and -at a single min.€l, 11:iUclose, in Derbyshire-; copper ores are comparatively rare,--and the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
into a very interesting discussion of the mineral FLUORITE. Those properties of particular interest to the...proceed into some discussion of the localities where FLUORITE is commonly found, are of particular interest...Trentino. In France and the Low Countries fl. fluorite has been reported. Of the numerous European localities...a fragment of the mines known to have produced FLUORITE will give you an idea of the wealth of material...Such mines as: Slitt Vein, Stotfield Burn, Black Dene, Boltsburn East, Sedling, Rotherhope Fell, Brandlehow
Journal (issue)
ever-welcome boost of a Landrover ride into or out of a quarry. We really appreciate all their help and co-operation...speakers was giving a talk on the Golconda Mine in Derbyshire, and I'd like to know what I missed. Will it...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
Journal (issue)
Mining History The Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd. Volume 16, No. 5, Summer...Willies. Hilderston, 174 Dale Road, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. DE4 3PS. Contents Associate Editors: Evelyn...Mineral Deposits at Brassington and Carsington, Derbyshire Trevor D. Ford and John A. Jones 1 Geophysical...24 Early Exploration of Mines at Perryfoot, Derbyshire Bernard Chandler 32 The History of Coalpithole...Peak Forest and Chapel-en-le-Frith Liberties, Derbyshire. 1705-1880 Chris Heathcote 36 Addendum - Plans
Journal (issue)
North of England. As a 16yr old left to live in Canada from 1956-63 then moved to S.E. England until moving...invalid he now had time to do this, in the North of England and Cornwall. Although having deep involvement...mineral collecting and resource conservation in the UK. If we are to find a mutually acceptable way forward...mineral collecting and resource conservation in the UK. ,. ' / 1 1 J ( · Don't delay, register today...because they demonstrate a close association of fluorite with barium minerals, which, for this area, is
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...Negligence has also led to errors, with older fluorite specimens from Weardale in County Durham being...Meldonaplitequarry,nrOkehampton, Devon ~.~eldon ap::'te quarry,nrOkehamp:on. 0: ,0,1: roci...work (as chief collaborator on Kingsbury's Lake District "discoveries") is most affected by the problem...Cumbria (Ixer & Stanley 1987); a glossary of Lake District minerals (Young 1987a), which referenced many
Journal (issue)
Roy Starkey th George was born on 7 May 1944in Derbyshire and grew up in the Calver area, later movingto...network of contacts in the mineral w,orld, both in the UK and around the world. George travelled extensivelyin...gavehim regularundergroundaccessto the then working fluorite minessuchas the BeaumontMine,Blackdene,Cambokeels...considerableamount of advisoryand technicalwork in Derbyshire 4 for the Bleaklow Mining Company and became...redesigned geology gallery and needed a selection of Derbyshire minerals to refresh the displays.The meeting
Journal (issue)
Changes 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 News Items Update on UK Mining Projects ...................................a loss; especially to members in the north of England. On a more up-beat theme, there is positive news...to several of the potential mining ventures in the UK both in terms of increased estimates of available...in the future. It seems entirely possible that the UK may once again have a metalliferous mining industry... Mike was co-author of an article about Hendre Quarry which was published in the British Micromount Society
Catalog/List
of silverY.,safflorite. 3tx2t". £8. 2. ANALcIME. Dene Qua~ry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. A well formed...places, Itxlxl". £11.' 4-. APATITE, Colcerrovl Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. A sharp, well. formed, doubly...cavity in Quartz matrix with minor Apatite and Fluorite in association. The crystal shows minor contact...crystals richly encrusting matrix. ]x2t". £6.50. FLUORITE. West Pastures Mine, Stanhope, Co. Durham. Bright...Specimen A - 4tx3". £13; Specimen B - 2b;2". £4.50. FLUORITE. Mine le Bex, Puy de Dome, France. Select, light
 
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