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Anhydrite from
Fordon, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Anhydrite
Formula:CaSO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Anhydrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fordon, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:891454
Long-form Identifier:1:3:891454:5
GUID (UUID V4):c29f2fda-34b5-4e3f-bc59-3e2d6d46884a
Nearest other occurrences of Anhydrite
26.9km (16.7 miles) ā“˜York Potash borehole SM4, LCPs of Fylingdales and Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
31.5km (19.5 miles) ā“˜York Potash borehole SM6, Sneaton, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
32.7km (20.3 miles) ā“˜York Potash borehole SM3, Sneaton, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
33.7km (20.9 miles) ā“˜Woodsmith Mine, Sneaton, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
34.0km (21.1 miles) ā“˜York Potash borehole SM1, Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
35.4km (22.0 miles) ā“˜York Potash borehole SM2, Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
36.4km (22.6 miles) ā“˜Eskdale No. 3 borehole (Sleights), Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
38.3km (23.8 miles) ā“˜Eskdale No. 2 borehole (Aislaby), Aislaby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
51.6km (32.1 miles) ā“˜Boulby Mine, Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK
61.0km (37.9 miles) ā“˜Rough Gas Field, North Sea
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Potash-Bearing Evaporite Deposits, Evidenced in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom S. J. Kemp,1,ā€  F. W. Smith,2 D...geophysical logging in tandem with geochemical analysis of core samples to establish the critical potassium...recent exploration study of the Permian evaporite succession of North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, but the...the characterization of these complex deposits has been led by mineralogical analysis, using quantitative...on K content with the level of confidence needed for reliable reporting of resources and also identifies
Report (chapter)
role of palaeorelief in the control of Permian facies distribution over the Mid North Sea High, UK Continental...Weybridge, Surrey, UK 2 Spectrum Geo Ltd, Dukes Court, Duke Street, Woking, Surrey GU21 5BH, UK P.M., 0000-0002-6539-3306...Sea High (MNSH) consists of a ridge of Paleozoic strata located in the centre of the North Sea between 55Ā°...interest in the Permian of the MNSH was revived by the discovery in Quadrant 44 of the Cygnus gas ļ¬eld.... This study focuses on the Zechstein carbonates of the MNSH and uses play concepts that draw an analogy
Report (chapter)
org/ at University of Birmingham on May 29, 2015 Zechstein salt correlation: England-Denmark-Germany G...Richter-Bernburg S U M M A RY: A correlation of the Zechstein strata of England and Germany is presented. It is based...and lithology (including lithological succession) of the various evaporites in the two sequences and,...oxidation state of the Zechstein Sea. By these criteria, it is suggested that strata of the Don and Aislaby...Aislaby groups of England together are equivalent to the deposits of the Werra Cycle in Germany and that
Report (chapter)
lyellcollection.org/ at University of Michigan on June 13, 2015 A review of onshore UK salt deposits and their...(e-mail: dje@bgs.ac.uk) Abstract: The UK faces a major change in the nature of its gas supply as North Sea production...increasingly reliant upon gas imports. As a result the UK Government recognizes that significant investment...required to maintain security of supply and manage the gas market. Part of that infrastructure will be...nature of halite (rock salt) deposits in England and Northern Ireland, and reviews the details of existing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the British sector of the southern North Sea have been interpreted in the light of numerouscoredboreholesthrough...both cyclesare mainly of sylvinite in onshoreareas. the layered Upper Potash of the fourth cycle being...variable but generally of appreciably lower average grade than the Boulby Potash of the third cycle. Potash...where they have been grossly affected by diapirism of the thick secondcycle salts. vide Introduction and...basis of major chemicalindustriesin England, Germany,and Poland, occur at depth below much of the present
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
org/ at University of Colorado Boulder on April 2, 2017 PROCEEDINGS OF THE YORKSHIRE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...1989 The late Permian palaeogeography of north-east England D. (Presidential Addresses B . SMITH delivered...preparation of a series of palaeogeographical maps showing the evolution of north-east England at the end...end of the early Permian and at intervals throughout the late Permian. Most of the area initially lay...near the western fringe of the Southern N o r t h Sea tropical desert basin, much of which was flooded at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
significance for the evolution of potash deposits in North Yorkshire, U.K. Simon J. Kemp1,*, Jeremy C...evaporite deposits in North Yorkshire, U.K. The kalistrontite is associated with anhydrite, polyhalite, halite...traces of celestine in the Fordon (Evaporite) Formation, English Zechstein 2 cycle, at depths of ~1.5 to...here during quantitative X-ray diffraction assays of composited drill-core samples over an identified...irregularly shaped, poikilotopic millimeter-scale patches of subhedral, equant to elongate millimeter-scale crystals
Report (issue)
C Eng, FGS Mineral Resources Division Institute of Geological Sciences London Her Majesty's Stationery...No11 Ball Clay No l2 Slate No 13 Gypsum and Anhydrite No14 Gold No lS Mica No l6 Potash 11 Preface...Resources Consultative Committee consisted of representatives of interested Government Departments, and specialist...associated with the availability, exploitation and use of mineral resources, both inland and offshore, having...mineral resources of the United Kingdom led the Committee to undertake the collation of the factual information
Report (chapter)
Isles crop out mainly in northern and central England but are extensivein the subsurface both on land...base and the top of the nominally Permian rocks lie in continental strata almost devoid of stratigraphically...acceptable biostratigraphic standards. Subdivision of British Permian strata into Lower and Upper series...series is taken at the incoming of marine strata in northern England and adjoining offshore areas, and...Permian-late Permian transition adopted here and in most of northwest Europe may be mid or late Kazanian or even
Report (chapter)
College London on May 31, 2016 GEOLOGICAL RESULTS OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION IN BRITAIN 1945-1957 CONTENTS...EX~01CATION (a) Southern. England (i) Dorset and the" Hampshire basra (ii) The Isle of Wight (Arreton) (iii)...Wealden area (b) South Midlands 9 . (c) East Midlands . (i) Outline of operations (ii) Stratigraphy . (iii)...rocks in the" Upper Carboniferous (d) East Yorkshire . (i) Fordon and Lockton (ii) Eskdale, Robin Hood's...(e) West Yorkshire (f) Lancashire (i) Formby area . (ii) Upholland (g) The Midland Valley of Scotland
Book
Permian of England THE GEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION REVIEW SERIES The comparatively small land area of Great...sequence of rocks, mineral and fossil deposits, and a variety of landforms that span much of the earth's...islands an importance out of all proportion to their size. The long sequences of strata and their organic...generations of leading geologists, thus giving Britain a unique status in the development of the science...science. Many of the divisions of geological time used throughout the world are named after British sites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
focus of Dr Denys Smith's career, with publications spanning some forty years; his knowledge of the UK...northwest of England, owing to the scarcity of suitable permanent exposures. The remainder are from east of...Pennines, 10 from the Yorkshire Province, which lay close to the depositional edge of the Zechstein Sea,...the shore. Together the Durham and Yorkshire exposures display most of the rock types found in and around...vital clues to the nature of Zechstein carbonate rocks in the sub-surface, of interest to hydrologists
Report (chapter)
eastern England D.B. Smith, G.M. Harwood, J. Pattison & T.H. Pettigrew SUMMARY: Revised names of some Upper...Upper Permian strata in eastern England are proposed and defined, together with new names for some strata...names Lower and Upper Magnesian Limestone in the Yorkshire Province be replaced by the new names Cadeby (Magnesian...names Sherburn (Anhydrite) Formation, Sneaton (Halite) Formation and Littlebeck (Anhydrite) Formation are...are proposed for the Upper Anhydrite, Upper Halite and Top Anhydrite formations. The term Roxby Formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the scope and timeliness of these well-edited reviews, there is an aura of complacency. Have we really...BURSA, M. & PEC, K. 1993. Gravity Field and Dynamics of the Earth, x + 333 pp. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York...intention of avoiding duplicating textbooks on geophysics. They succeed, since the phrase 'dynamics of the...definition by use of satellites. Very little attention is given to other types of gravity data and this...this greatly reduces the interest of the book to non-specialists. Serious problems do arise in relating
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
focus of Dr Denys Smith's career, with publications spanning some forty years; his knowledge of the UK...northwest of England, owing to the scarcity of suitable permanent exposures. The remainder are from east of...Pennines, 10 from the Yorkshire Province, which lay close to the depositional edge of the Zechstein Sea,...the shore. Together the Durham and Yorkshire exposures display most of the rock types found in and around...vital clues to the nature of Zechstein carbonate rocks in the sub-surface, of interest to hydrologists
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Setting of the Kā€“Mg Salts in the Zechstein Group of Netherlandsā€”Implications for the Development of Salt...Paleogeography and Depositional Setting of the Kā€“Mg Salts in the Zechstein Group of Netherlandsā€”Implications for...Understanding the repartition of Kā€“Mg salts is especially important for the development of salt caverns which require...seismic data in the offshore and onshore domains of the Netherlands, regional cross-sections and isopach...performed in order to update the lithostratigraphy of the Zechstein group by including the Kā€“Mg salts.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposits. The origin, metamorphism and deformation of evaporites. London (D. van Nostrand Co. Ltd.), 1964...pp. Price: 80s. This is not merely a translation of Professor Borchert's 'Ozeane Salzlagerst~tten', published...by Dr. Muir, who has contributed about one-third of the book. The earlier part deals with mineralogy...followed by accounts of the crystallization of salts during isothermal evaporation of sea-water, and 'dynamo-polythermal'...postconsolidation changes involving rise of temperature and pressure and the action of migrating solutions (progressive
Book
BRITISH GEOLOGICALSURVEY ā€¢ Geology of the country around Thirsk ' ā€¢ā€¢ ā€¢ ,._. ' '.;, '"-Ā· ,;-...Yellow-grey spiculitic sandstone with beds and concretions of limestone; oolitic at base ( 0-11) 22-48 Micaceous...and dark grey, mudstone, siltstone with thin beds of sandstone and limestone in lower part 200 Lilstock...mudstone, siltstone a11d thin sandstone with beds of gypsum c.190 undivided Red-brown, micaceous sandstone...(Roxby Formation) Redā€¢brown mudstone with gypsum/ anhydrite 10-40 - Upper Magnesian Lst (Brotherton Formation)
Report (edition)
British Regional Geology Eastern England from the Tees to The Wash SECOND EDITION CALDERDALE COLLEGE...on the bookā€™s Library barcode label. INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Natural Environment Research...Research Council British Regional Geology Eastern England from the Tees to The Wash SECOND EDITION By Sir...Institute of Geological Sciences was formed by the incorporation of the Geological Survey of Great Britain...Overseas Geological Surveys and is a constituent body of the Natural Environment Research Council Ā© Crown
Book
eNVIRONHeNT R!SeARCH COUNCIL Geology of the Selby district Su.rnmary of the geological su.c cessi.on iJ1...Hemingbrough Glaciolacustrine Fm Pocklington Gravel Fm Vale of York An Glaciofluvial sand & gravel "" atd1y till...umerous formations dolostone, gypsum, mudā€¢ stone, anhydrite, & salt in 1cJic se uences 98370 m Rotliegendes...order of super p os.i ti.on Gp=group; Fm=formation 530tn BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geology of the Selby...Selby district a brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 71 Selby J R Ford, AH Cooper, S J Price
Book
BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ound Geolo of the cow1tr Gri1nsby and Patrin_ on .. GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION...in part bearing ferruginous ooliths with interbeds of flaggy quartzose limestone: locally divided into...Formation Sherburn Anhydrite Carnallitic Marl Teesside Group Boulby Halite Billintrham Anhydrite Brotherton...Brotherton Formation Aislaby Group Fordon Evaoorites Kirkham Abbev Formation dolornitic mudstone Edlington Formation...and mudstone 10to 90m 45to 70m 0to 10m Hayton Anhydrite Cadeby Formation Marl Slate Basal Permian Sands
Book
ffi BRITISH GEOLOGICALSURVEY Geology of the country around Sunderland \ GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION IN...Staintondalc: Grnup Teesside Croup Sherburn Anhydrite Formation Gt1>5um and anhydrhc Roucn :'turf...proporLions of calci le concretions: also coUap~ breccias 75m Anh Ā·drite: some dolomite 1:10 m Fordon E,-aporite...:0 Ā·~ :: .. ::E ~ Don Croup I lartlepool Anhydrite Fonnatfo11 1 Ford Fonnation C'.arhonifcrous...and coalā€¢ 135ā€¢111 500m 2'1()Ill (~chc succession of sandstone. 400m )Jhstone. mudstone. limestone and
Book
SURVEY Natural Enviromnent Research Council Geolo of the country around Goole, Doncaster and the Isle...Alluvium Peat Blown sand First terrace 25-Foot Drift of Vale of York Lacustrine sand and gravel 1 Glacial sand...sandstone, locally with a few pebbles and layers of rolled mudstone and siltstone fragments 0-400+ ...Saliferous Marl (including Sleights Siltstone) Upper Anhydrite ~ Upgang Formation ~ 1-, Camallitic Marl u Q....'Marl' Billingham Main Anhydrite 'Marl' Upper Magnesian Limestone 'Marl' ~ ?Fordon Evaporites -- -:i -
Report (volume)
A R W O O D Lecturer in Sedimentology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne AND DENYS B. S M I T H Consultant...or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by The Geological Society...Transactional Reporting Service, provided that a base fee of $02.00 per copy is paid directly to CCC, 27 Congress...n 2. Geology-England I. Harwood, Gill M. II. Smith, Denys B. III. Geological Society of London IV. Series...eastern England . . . . . . . . . . . . P. TURNER & M. MAGARITZ. Chemical and isotopic studies of a core
Report (issue)
ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES The stratigraphy of the Upper Magnesian Limestone... The Institute of Geological Sciences 1s responsible both for the geological survey of Great Britain and...and for the programmes of British Technical Aid in geology in developing countries as arranged by the...the Overseas Development Administration of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the United Nations and... INS T IT U TE OF GE O LOGICAL S C I E N C E S Report No. 71/3 The stratigraphy of the Upper Magnesian
 
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