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Calcite from
Settlingstones Mine, Newbrough, Northumberland, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Baryte1 photo of Calcite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Witherite1 photo of Calcite associated with Witherite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Settlingstones Mine, Newbrough, Northumberland, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:790790
Long-form Identifier:1:3:790790:6
GUID (UUID V4):77d6395d-af38-46ad-9b8d-938f227c1c98
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
9.5km (5.9 miles) Fallowfield Mine, Acomb, Northumberland, England, UK
13.4km (8.3 miles) Barrasford Quarry, Chollerton, Northumberland, England, UK
17.2km (10.7 miles) Stag Rake Veins, Ninebanks, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
18.5km (11.5 miles) Sipton Mine, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK
19.6km (12.2 miles) St Peter's Mine, Sparty Lea, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK
20.1km (12.5 miles) Mohopehead Mine, Carrshield, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
20.5km (12.7 miles) Heartycleugh Mine, Carrshield, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
20.5km (12.8 miles) Beldon Mine, Blanchland, Northumberland, England, UK
21.9km (13.6 miles) Dirt Pot Lead Smelt Mill slag locality, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK
22.6km (14.0 miles) Wellhopehead Mine, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
NG12 5GG No.62 Mineral reconnaissance in the Northumberland Trough INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL Natural...Reconnaissance Programme Mineral reconnaissance in the Northumberland Trough Report No. 62 1 8 Geotog y 1and geochemistry...Sill between Haltwhistle and Scats’ Gap, south Northumberland 20 Geophysical field techniques for mineral...Islands 62 Mineral reconnaissance in the Northumberland Trough 36 An appraisal of the VLF ground...others. 1983. Mineral reconnaissance in the Northumberland Trough Mineral Reconnaissance Programme Rep
Catalog/List
mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...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... SW.18 Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN England and Wales D. V. FROST and D. W. HOLLlDA Y Geology of the...112 pp. Books British Regional Geology Northern England, 4th Edition, 1971 Authors D. V. FROST, BSc, PhD...Gueinn, BSc; PhD Palaeoservices,Watford Printed in England for Her lvfajesty's Stationery Office by Staples...Britain (1: 625000), Sheet 1, Scotland and Northern England, 3rd Edition, 1979 Overprinted with sheet lines...interrelationships of Lower Carboniferous formations across Northumberland 5 Middle Border Group: section ofStonehaugh
Report (volume)
BRITAIN. VOL. XXV.-LEAD AND ZINC ORES OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND ALSTON MOOR. BY STANLEY SMITH, }I.A., D...Thornbrough Mine, p. 19. }"allowfield Mine, p. 21. Birkey Burn, p, 25. Grottington or Pont Head Mine, p. 25...Greyside Mines, p. 26. Settling.s tones Mine, p. 29. Langley Barony Mine, p. 31. Snialle1· Mines and Trials...J\line, p. 34. Whinnetlcy Mine, p. 34. '\"{a-terhouse Mine, p . . 34. Morraleo .Mine, p. 35). THE DERWENT...DERWENT V A.LL.EY. Healeyfield Mine, p. 36. ~ilvertongue Mine, p. 39. Edmondbyers Mines (Swa.ndale, Burnhope
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HARMOTOME FROM NORTHUMBERLAND by B YOUNG1 and T F BRIDGES2 INTRODUCTION The rare barium zeolite harmotome...harmotome was first found in Northumberland by Sir Arthur Russell at Settlingstoncs and Stonecroft Mines...its mode of occurrence here was published. Settlingstones Mine continued to yield specimens of harmotome...obtainable from the Settlingstones dumps as well as from those at the neighbouring Stonecroft Mine. The present...harmotome from two further Northumberland localities: Maughan’s Shaft at Greyside Mine [NY 8646 6870] and Wellhope
Report (issue)
occurrences of barium minerals in the north of England. 5 Fig 3 Production of barytes and Witherite...of considerable interest because until 1969 tJ:ie UK was for many years the principal world producer;...exclusively at only one mine in the world, Settlingstones in Northumberland. This mine closed in 1969 and...hydrothermal deposits in veins and beds associated with calcite, fluorite and quartz, and as a gangue mineral associated...also reported to occur on the sea bed. Resources England Barytes has been worked in many parts of.the United
Book
Fluorite [BM 1964, R 1524], seepage 152; (back) Calcite [BM 1926, 1252]. see page 137; both images ©NHMPL...pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages..... The Tyne Valley ................... The Northumberland and Durham Coalfield ............. The Northern...li Introduction to the Minerals ........ 117 Calcite .............................. 117 Barite ....................... 201 72 Foreword ORTHERN England, an area of great natural beauty, is additionally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
northern Pennines; Settlingstones Mine, near Hexham (Trestrail, 1931) and Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Shield,...further occurrence of the mineral, at Stonecroft Mine, near Hexham, is recorded here. Trestrail (1931...minor constituent of the witherite vein at Settlingstones Mine, near Hexham [NY 843 683]. From that date...collections. The reported occurrence at Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Shield, Weardale [NY 890 370] has proved...concretionary, and is fairly pure but contains some calcite...'. The occurrence is quoted in at least one elementary
Book (edition)
Stainmore The northern one-third of the Backbone of England, that ridge of hilly country known since last century...subject of V ()lume 2. A small part of the Northumberland Trough as far as the Roman Wall is included...a cavity in the Great Limestone flats, Boltsburn Mine. Collected by Sir Arthur Russell and now in the...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at the Settlingstones mine, Fourstones, Northumberland; and of serpierite at Ross Island mine, Killarney...RUSSELL [Read January 18, 1927.] HE old mine Settlingstones, situated three miles north of Haydon Bridge...Bridge in the county of Northumberland, was originally worked as a lead mine, but, during the htst fifty...producer ofwitherite in the British Isles. The Settlingstones main vein has a direction approximately north-east...friend the late Mr. Sydney F. Watson, manager of the mine, specimens of niecolite which had been found there
Catalog/List
growing on a mass of fluorite crystals. BLACKDENE MINE, WEARDALE, DURHAM M 4648 Tetrahedral crystals...with blue grey micro crystals of quartz. GREENSIDE MINE, PATTERDALE, CUMBRIA M 4709 Large cubes of galena...siderite with the odd cube of fluorite BLACKDENE MINE, WEARDALE, DURHAM M 4710 Beautiful association...micro-crystals of quartz. BEAUMONT MINE, ALLENHEADS, ALLENDALE, NORTHUMBERLAND M 5034 Iron stained pinkish...dolomite crystals on iron lattice-work. FLORENCE MINE, EGREMONT, CUMBRIA M 5416 Large cubes of shiny
Book
landforms and geology. There are over 4000 SSSls in England, covering around 7% ofche country's land area....dramatic scenery in the southern part of the Northumberland National Park. It explores beneath the surface...nfom'0ben ain be ob1a,oed at www.counuysjdeacuk Hadrian's Wall was an important political frontier...AONB Partnership 2 British Geological Survey 3 Northumberland National Park Authority 1 ::\'{ This book...Geological Survey (BGS) in collaboration with Northumberland National Park Authority. Nonllumberltnd Nllioi\lJ
Catalog/List
Tregeseal, st. Just, Near ~enzance, Cornwall, England. TEL. NO.: St. Just 880 (STD ffi3 677) V.A.T.No...Sphalerite. 2tx2~xli". £9.00. ARSENOPYRITE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. Choice, silvery grey... 7. 8. 9. -·2- 10. AZURITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. select, bright...3x2x1-t".· £22.00. 11. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Specimen A,- ~hoi~e, lust rous...2-tx2xl ".£2.50. 12. BEUDANTITE.· Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sparkling, golden, to pale
Book
• 7 DAY BOOK Location map for Northumberland National Park and the area described in this book D...D RWICK NTWEED Northumberland National Park Im National Park Visitor Centre m1 Information Point...AONB Partnership ' Brrtish Geological Survey ' Northumberland National Park Authority This book has been...Geological Survey (BGS) in collaborabon wrth Northumberland National Park Authority. British Geological...NATU ...... L EHVIRONHlNT HSEAACH C0UNC-. Northumberland National Park Authority •-;-y r About this
Catalog/List
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 92/089 Analcime with calcite. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Analcime...with calcite crystals. 92/088 Calcite and analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Calcite-analcime...pseudomorphs after laumontite crystals 50mm lon_g. 92/095 Calcite and analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire...by calcite and analcime. 89/039 Calcite. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Large white calcite crystal...crystal with later white calcite crystals on faces. 93/142 Calcite with analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
been found in magnetite-rich ore at Lady's Rake Mine [NY 8063 3414] in the North Pennines 5.5 km NW of...accounts of the geology and history of Lady's Rake Mine have been given by Dunham (1948) and Beadle (1977)...ullmannite,gersdorflite, Teesdale, Pennines, England ~/~ i~ NICCOLITE has only been recorded from...by ullmannite, in the witherite vein at Settlingstones Mine [NY 842 683] near Hexham: about half a ton...ton of niccolite was raised from this mine (Russell, 1927). Niccolite, accompanied by gersdorffite, millerite
Catalog/List
Al PO/4 OH this is a new discovery, rare for the UK generally ,and a first for Wales. White micro spheres...rich red mass with black Franklinite and minor calcite and willemite. the willemite will fluoresce green...grey mass with Actinolite, large 2x3 inch ..Bastnas Mine Sweden £30 12. SCAPOLITE completely clear single...small quartz crystals, possibly some with faces. lxl Mine, Washoe County Nevada USA £30 Olinghouse ......on lxl inch matrix Arizona USA £18 · Inspiration mine, Gila County, 21. HAMBERGITE chalky-white crystalline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals of later deposition are barytes, kaolinite, calcite, and occasionally hydrocarbons like hatchettine...chalcopyrite, linnaeite, whewellite, kaolinite, calcite. It is evident from these citations that (1) millerite...found. Addendum. On the occurrence of nickel in Northumberland and Durham. 1. As ullmannite in the barytes-witherite...ullmannite in the barytes-witherite vein at Settlingstones. (Russell, 1926-8.) 3. In goslarite, epsomite... and SMYTHE, J. A., 1935. Ankerites of the Northumberland Coalfield. Min. Mag., 24, 65-75. HEDDLE, M
Report (issue)
30 77.70 Total [100.41] 100.00 (1) Anglezark, England; by electron microprobe, CO2 calculated for stoichiometry;...fluorite, calcite, galena. Distribution: Only a few localities are given here; in England, from Alston...from the Settlingstones mine, near Fourstones, and at Fallowfield, near Hexham, Northumberland. From Leogang...several mines around Rosiclare, as in the Minerva #2 mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois; at Pigeon Roost...Shaanxi and Sichuan Provinces, China. At the Hasei mine, Akita Prefecture, Japan. In the Hunter Valley coal
Report (edition)
detailed description of the mines of the North of England. The Derbyshire and South '\-Vales occurrences...-DESCRIPTION OF THE MINES. TBE NORTH OF ENGLANDNorthumberland. Durham. Cumberland. \Vestmorland. La...--Output of Baryt� from the leading dist,riots of England, Wales and Ireland Page 4 ,. 2.--Total Output...3·5) is similar to, or slightly greater than, calcite; a mineral with which it is commonly associated...confused; hut barytes is nearly twice as heavy as calcite (the specific gravity being 4·5), and it does not
Report (edition)
-THE 1\IINES OF THE SIX NORTHERN COUNTIES 1. Northumberland, p. 5. 3. Cumbel'land, p. 24. 5. Yorkshire...Barium ·:Minerals from the leading districts of ng England, ,vIlles, and Ireland - faci !!.-Total Output of...of Barytes and ,¥itherite areas of the North of England facing 6 V.-Ma.p of Barytes area of DE!rbyshiro...• 5) is similar to, or slightly greater than, calcite, a mineral ,vith which it is commonly associated...confused; but barytes is nearly t,vice as heavy as calcite (the specific gravity being 4· 5), and it does
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...(Stockton) Ltd., B. Laporte & Co., the Owners of Settlingstones Mine Ltd., Holmside ·& South Moor Colliery Co...Plan of the North Central flats, Rotherhope Fell Mine 82 11. Cross-section of Burtrec Pasture Vein
Catalog/List
Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KT112NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL richard.tayler@minerals...OH Ix! £3 lx2 £6 2x2 £10 34 ■ ANDRADITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Pale beige fine grained mass with reddish...serpentine. Ix! £5 lx2 £10 38 BANALSITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Rich brown mass with approx 5 % Cymrite...BANNISTERITE Benallt Mine. Lleyn, Wales Dark brown veinlets throughtout calcite/ quartz matrix. Very...Yorkshire Rich green masses with Siderite. Unusual for England lxl£2.50 lx2£5 2x2£10 2x3£15 Chlorile - -- -•·-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluorite, Heights mine, North vein, near Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, England. This transparent...Fluorite, Dow Scar level, Hilton mine, near Appleby, Scordale, Cumbria, England. This well-formed twinned yellow...Penetration-twinned fluorite with preferential druse of calcite, indicating gravitational settling under stagnant...stagnant conditions, Rosiclare level, Denton mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois. The specimen...minerals include pyrite, marcasite, dolomite, calcite, quartz, and occasionally barite, fluorite, celestine
Report (edition)
detailed description of the mines of the North of England. 'l'he Derbyshire and South '\Vales occurrences...War ... " " .. " " ,, THENoRm oF ENGLANDNorthumberland. Durham. Cumberland. Westmor­ land. I...-0utput of Bar� from the leading districts of England, Wales and Ireland ... . . ... . . ... .� Page...3·5) is similar to, -or·slightly greater than, calcite, a mineral with which it is commonly associated...confused; but barytes is nearly twice as heavy as calcite (the specific gravity being 4·5), and it does not
 
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