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Calcite from
St Peter's Mine, Sparty Lea, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorite2 photos of Calcite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view St Peter's Mine, Sparty Lea, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:148810
Long-form Identifier:1:3:148810:4
GUID (UUID V4):35f35024-a5e1-4dd5-b7b3-8a301d6c4da9
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
1.3km (0.8 miles) Sipton Mine, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) Dirt Pot Lead Smelt Mill slag locality, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK
3.4km (2.1 miles) Allenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine), Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK
5.7km (3.6 miles) Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
6.2km (3.9 miles) Groverake Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
6.2km (3.9 miles) Park Level Mine, Killhope Burn, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
6.5km (4.0 miles) North Groverake Quarry, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
7.1km (4.4 miles) Wellhopehead Mine, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
7.3km (4.6 miles) Wolfcleugh Mine (Thorney Slitts), Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
7.7km (4.8 miles) Stag Rake Veins, Ninebanks, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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,
Report (volume)
BRITAIN. VOL. XXV.-LEAD AND ZINC ORES OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND ALSTON MOOR. BY STANLEY SMITH, }I.A., D...eads 1\-lining Office was freely given byLord Allendale and his agents. . M:r. J. )V. Metcalfe has l>een...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
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]
Book (edition)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALF�S GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PENNINE OREFIELD...Copyright Reserved LONDON: PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S ST A TI ONE RY OFFICE To be purchased directly from...Edinburgh, 2 ; 39-41 King Street, Afanchester, 2; 1 St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff• Tower Lane, Bristol...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
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
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........................ West Allendale .................... East Allendale ..................... Weardale..... The Tyne Valley ................... The Northumberland and Durham Coalfield ............. The Northern...li Introduction to the Minerals ........ 117 Calcite .............................. 117 Barite ....
Book
C a s c M nerals of o h England 0 0 = The Greenbank Collection This Catalogue is a Limited Edition...divide us, the mineral specimens from Northern England unite almost everyone in an appreciation of their...treasured specimens remain to fire the IN NORTHERN ENGLAND has a imagination and wonder of collectors and...from the mines of Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland made a huge and crucial contribution to this...Nowadays, surface traces of mining are mos~y LG 41 Calcite Frizington, Cumberland restricted to the barren
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mr. Nigel Kennedy, Cheshire, England. This was most fortunate since England has produced the finest FLUORITE...spectacular minerals which make a truly lovely group: calcite, pearl spar-dolomite with curved forms-sparkling...coast, from Scotland in the north, to the south of England, in Devon and Cornwall, Midway, in the mines of...of Cumberland, Westmoreland, Northumberland, and Durham, and parts of Lancashire, Cheshire and Derbyshire...in the lustrous crystals of specular iron ore; calcite and aragonite . . . . cassiterite, blende, pyrite
Book (volume)
Bucks county light green crystals. No. 1 shaft, St. Peter's, Chester county radiating, columnar crystals...small amount of MnO in the green variety. P & R mine, Siesholtzville, Berks county. (W. Headden) B light...altered calcite of The St. Peter's byssolite is found in acicular crystals, penetrating calcite, and sometimes...dull brown; Rocksville, Bucks. 19: Andradite, St. Peter's; usually truncated; no striations. dark brown...Montgomery county. 410: Olive-green; Kober's copper mine, Sumneytown, Montgomery county. 418: Dark olive-green
Catalog/List
attending the following shows in the seconUK October I 2U1 / 13U1 November 23rd Dakcwell 1-laywards...CLOSED on SUNDAYS J.AEGYRINE and NATROLJTE . ML St. I-ul aire, Quebec, Canada. Small 3-climcnsional.... rhombs.£35. 2.ANAPAJTE. Kerlch Peni.r1su .lar, Uk raine. The be;;L localily m �le world for this mineral...�1aram�rcs Rorna11i<1. So1 1eUw1g a JjltJe diITerenl 7_ CALCITE witJ 1 inclusions of JAMESON for _ ( of�,eve :...� _ � �pliencal tnlcrgrO\•·ths o!_ tab1.!.lar calcite xls. lt1strous tl:-.: c?.l()it-:- :;cllectcr.
Book (volume)
sulphur were found by me, several Ueberroth zine mine, Priedensville, Lehigh Co., years ago, at the ...Phillipsburg, N. J. at Siesholtzville, at Kinzi mine, Stony creek, 1 Refers to page in Dr. Genth's...Forksvilie, Sullivan Co., in small pieces in the Doughty mine, a few At upper layer of the limestone miles south...found in considerable quantity, associated with This mine was unsuccessfully operated, a few years ago, by...by the Susquehanna Mining and Smelting Co. At a mine near Espy, Columbia Co., small quantities of galeniteand
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
uncommon or rare in pegmatite. Only fluorite, calcite and siderite are at all common while wolframite...reddish-brown hexagonal crystals as a rare mineral at St. Peter's Dome near Pike's Peak, El Paso County, Colorado...sodium and aluminum occurs in limited quantity at St. Peter's Dome, Colorado. PROSOPITE, a calcium fluoride...hydroxyl is another of the rare minerals found at St. Peter's Dome, Colorado. PACHNOLITE, a fluoride of sodium...sodium calcium, and water occurs also at St. Peter's Dome, Colorado. THOMSENOLITE with a similar composition
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...Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of
Journal (issue)
nearby. The group visited a working porphyry copper mine with finely disseminated chalcopyrite, secondary...phase rhodochrosite, showing baryte, some unusual calcite balls (half light, half dark with inclusions of...them back to the U.I<. without damage Thanks to Peter's generosity, those of us fortunate enough to attend...version of the talk she did at the AGM on St. Peter's Mine, Allendale. This is a very interesting story, not...particular the relations they developed with the Allendale Estates. Helen illustrated her talk with slides
Report (issue)
a classic british mine — from the source for you ! Introduction The Greenlaws Mine is located in Weardale...Weardale in the northern Pennines of England just south of the little village of Daddry Shield. Around are...the world. In issue No. 1 (2015) we introduced the mine, its geology and history. Now, here you will get...since then. And we will have an interview with the mine operator, Pete Ward. N ( )12 .1. I I 1' NI 1 2...2 1. A N: I) • - 13liturtl,,nti •$C St Peter's Mole Whaelleops Moe Nni3ceiwilent,frigl
Journal (issue)
CONTENTS . ZIRCONS FROM THE EUREKA TUNNEL , ST . PETER'S Dome , El Paso COUNTY , COLORADO , 163 BOLÉITE...mountainous region . It is needless to 237 N. Seventh St. , Newark , N. J. say that these minerals sell ....endeavor to fill all now . FROM E. H. HARN . St. Peter's Dome , Colo . CRYSTALS IN THE MATRIX . Specimens...ARTHUR CHAMBERLAIN , GRAHAM & Co. , 237 N. Seventh St. , Newark , N.J. - Practical + Lapidaries , et NEW...NEW MINERALS . Read on last cover 63 Nassau St. , New York . Gems Mounted in any Desired Setting . page
Report (edition)
Kingsway, LONDON, w.c.2 P.O. Box 569, LONDON, s_. E.1 1 St. Andrew's Crescent, CARDIFF 13a Castle Street, EDINBURGH...Mr. R. G. Carruthers has had charge of the Northumberland, Durham and • Yorkshire sections; Mr. R. W... PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION of fluorspar in England and Wales were investigated as part of the programme...Petrographer, and by Dr. Dunham. We are grateful to the mine-owners and operators for their willing collaboration...East Cumberland and South Northumberland p. 60. CHAPTER Ill. 65 NOR,TH-WJ;ST YORKSHIRE General Account
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
central focal point of City streets, the Bank of England. Standing at the kcrbsidc in Threadneedle Street...architecturally imposing to face up to the nearby Bank of England. The winning design came from William Tite. a pupil...whilst those of the Edwardian period (offices in St Paul's Churchyard, for example) usually are of the...approval by Pevsner in his volume of the Buildings of England dealing with the City (1973), a fountain which... GEOLOGICAL WALKS AROUND THE CITY OF LONDON 233 St Michael's Cornhill is a Wren church, rebuilt after
Book (edition)
Galleries, London ISBN O85272 313 X ClO Printed in the UK for the British Geological Survey by Saxon Graphics...sales of minerals produced in Britain, on an ex-mine or quarry basis, the total value is estimated at...and the major proportion of this output is from the UK Continental Shelf. However, there is a substantial...volume goes to press, the closure of the last tin mine in Britain was announced. In addition, through local...Directory. • Britain comprises Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland; its
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bed' (Upper Sinemurian-Lower Pliensbachian) at St Peter's Field, Radstock, Somerset Murray Edmunds', Mark...Bed' (Upper Sinemurian-Lower Pliensbachian) at St Peter's Field, Radstock, Somerset. Proceedings of the...Rivers House, Witney, Oxon OX284BH, UK Montpellier, Gloucester GLl 1L Y, UK 3 Bath Property and Legal Services...Northgate House, Upper Borough Walls, Bath BAll RG, UK I 2 Rikenel, 1. INTRODUCTION The term 'Armatum... 66 M. EDMUNDS ETAL. Table 1. Beds of the St Peter's Field section in the context of the standard
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Impilahti, sphene, striJverite, 605 British Isles ENGLAND Bosahan quarry, Carnmenellis, Cornwall, granite...gibbsite, biotite, chlorite, muscovite, 429 Groverake mine, Rookhope, Weardale, Durham, copper, copiapite,...lepidolite, 289 Derbyshire Cobbler mine, Bonsall, fluorite, 4oi Jughole mine, Masson Hill, Matlock, fluorite...fluorite, baryte, 81 I Ladywash mine, Eyam, fluorite, 4Ol Mare Tot mine, Castleton, fluorite (Blue John), 363...Masson Hill, Matlock, fluorite, baryte, 81 I Oxclose mine, Masson Hill, Matlock, fluorite, baryte, bravoite
Book
wire and leaf gold were taken from the Printer Boy mine, Lake County, in tellurium in many in 1870...a pound. The Boulder Nest mine in Clear Creek County, and the Caribou mine in Boulder County were especially...found iu the Pittsburg mine at Empire. Dendritic coatings found in the Centennial mine, Georgetown. Loose...Summit county. Occasionally found in the Las Animas mine, Boulder county, associated with bismutite and bismuthinite...adamantine. Analysis by Konig of mineral from Iron Arrow mine: sulphuric acid 28'57, sesquioxyd of iron 51'10
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Medical Center at ROCKS AND MINERALS West 166th St. and Knowlton Place in New York City. Both are a...material in the United States was at the Rutherford mine near Amelia Courthouse, Virginia, where large amounts...colored. Grossularite is found in the Ben Nevis Mine on San Augustin Peak, Organ Mountains, New Mexico;...It is but rarely observed in pegmatite as at St. Peter's Dome, Colorado; and at Rockport, Massachusetts...pegmatite but has been noted at the United Mica mine on Bucklins Mountain, Springfield, New Hampshire;
Journal (issue)
the outskirts of Denver. Victor open-cast gold mine As you might suspect the name does come from the...young, I have lived all of my life in southern England in Kent, Surrey and Hampshire. I spent my formative...orchards – once justifiably called “The garden of England”. There’s no doubt that there are some beautiful...part of England ever since and loves it. Visiting her, I realised that this was a part of England of which...holidays in the north of England in Derbyshire, Yorkshire and Northumberland to learn more - and loved
 
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