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Fluorite from
Fall Hill Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite14 photos of Fluorite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Sphalerite10 photos of Fluorite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Galena7 photos of Fluorite associated with Galena at this locality.
Marcasite7 photos of Fluorite associated with Marcasite at this locality.
Smithsonite6 photos of Fluorite associated with Smithsonite at this locality.
Cerussite6 photos of Fluorite associated with Cerussite at this locality.
Baryte5 photos of Fluorite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Pyrite3 photos of Fluorite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Greenockite1 photo of Fluorite associated with Greenockite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Fluorite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fall Hill Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (13 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:16011
Long-form Identifier:1:3:16011:7
GUID (UUID V4):e617206d-19ea-4df7-b0a3-12c68a10156f
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK
0.4km (0.3 miles) Stars Wood, Milltown, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) New Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Gregory Mine, Overton Hall, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Butts Quarry, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK
6.0km (3.7 miles) Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
6.6km (4.1 miles) High Tor, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
6.7km (4.1 miles) Dimple Mine, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
6.8km (4.2 miles) Glory Mine, Crich, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK
6.9km (4.3 miles) Long Tor mine, 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)
Morgon • R.E. Starkey 7 DIARY OF EVENTS 8 The UK Joumol of illines mul 1J,,fi11erols publishes articles...advertising. JUDKINS QUARRY F. Ince· R.E. Starkey· J. Wooldridge ------- 14 ------MILLTOWN QUARRY S.A. Rusi -------...------- 20 ------A TRIP TO ENGLAND C. Pe1111ypocker • M.P. Cooper EDITORIAL P.J.Briscoe tv1.P.Cooper...BOC J. & P. Pearce ------- 48 ------- HENDRE QUARRY R.E. Starkey· N. Hubbard· M.P. Bayley 0952-2409...conference weekend at the Peak District Mining Museum in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. That first Symposium was
Journal (issue)
new find of Nickeloan Hydrozincite in Parc Mine, North Wales. 19 Richard E. Bevins, Paul O'Brien, Stephen...and J.N. Walsh. The mineralogy of Fall Hill Quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire. An occurrence of Nickel minerals...SHEPPEY, KENT Paul K. Monk I ntrod uction The north coast of the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, has long been...0272) is on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey, a generally low lying island off the north coast of Kent...upper beds of the London Clay, thinly capped in the north by sandy beds of the Bagshot Sands. 10""1 + Fig
Journal (issue)
MINING HISTORY The Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society Volume 13, Number I. Sununer...l{emherton baths Winster Sough Gell and tithe Ashover tithes Stone tools today Coke oven~ letter Illicit...diamonds MINING HISTORY The Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society Volume 13, No. 1. Summer...Productivity and Mineralogy of Snelston Mine, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Philip S. Jackman 19 The Lea Lead Smelter...of Lead Ore in Early 17th Century Derbyshire Ron Slack 48 An Ashover Lead Mining Tithe Dispute of the
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...of fluorspar which exist in Cornwall. Those of North Wales are described by Mr. Wray. In all regions
Report (edition)
i n abundance in the lead- and zinc-veins of Derbyshire and Durham, and in smaller qnal_lti­ ties elsewhere...home-requirements and much fl.uorspar has been export.ed. In Derbyshire the spar has been obtained at smaii cost by turning...Durham. l\,lr. Pocock describes the occurrences in Derbyshire. Mr. H. Dewey and Mr. C. E. N. Bromehead contribute...of ftuorspar which exist in ·Cornwall. Those of North Wales are descdbed by Mr. Wray. In all regions cordial...Rll'TION o:r TUE MINES (continued) :-Derbyshire, Cornwall, North Wales (Flintshire) ... · ... ...
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
55–86 Mineralization of the South Pennine Orefield, UK—A Review T.D. Ford1 & N.E. Worley2* 1 Department... Leicester LE1 7RH, UK 23, Gloucester Avenue, Nuthall, Nottingham, NG16 1AL, UK *Correspondence: noel...along the eastern margins of a large inlier, the Derbyshire High, in Carboniferous platform carbonate host...an up-dip promontory of a larger structure, the East Midlands Shelf, and is surrounded by shales and...reasoned that Variscan inversion of N–S faults to the east of the SPO resulted in erosion of Namurian and Westphalian
Report (edition)
in abundance .in the lead a.nd zinc veins of Derbyshire and Durham, and in smaller quantities elsewhere...gangue of the veins, hut it is noticeable that in Derbyshire, where the country-rock is chiefly limestone...ments and much fluorspar has been exported. In Derbyshire the spar has been obtained at small cost by turning...Durham. Mr. Pocock describes the occurrences in Derbyshire. Mr. H. Dewey and 1\fr. C. ,E. N. Bromehead contri­...of fluorspar which exist in Cornwall. Those of North Wales are described by Mr. Wray. In all regions
Report (issue)
PLATE I (.Fro11tispiece) L570 LOOKING SOUTH-EAST FROM BROC'KHURST ' Natural Environment Research...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...1866 and 1879. The first six-inch survey, by J. B. Hill, W. Gibson, C. B. Wedd, R. L. Sherlock and G. W...appeared. "The Geology of the Northern Part of the Derbyshire Coalfield and Bordering Tracts' by W. Gibson
Journal (issue)
Botallack mine (SW 363 336) in the St Just mining district, Cornwall (Fig. I), although not renowned for... .F lGURE 1. Schematic geology of the St Just district (after Jackson et 01., 1982). The origin of the...again abandoned. GEOLOGY Geologically, the St Just district can be di vided into two units (Fig. I): an eastern...resulted in the formati o n of northeast-trending, north-plunging major and minor folds . During emplacement...The supergene leaching of copper in south-west England has been recorded in numerous studies, although
Report (edition)
occurs in abundance in the lead- and zinc-veins of Derbyshire and Durham, and in smaller quanti­ ties elsewhere...and much :6.uorspar has been e:x:port.ed. In Derbyshire the spar has been obtained at small ooet by turning... l\,fr. Pocock describes the occurrences in ;Derbyshire. Mr. H. Dewey and Mr. C. E. N. Bromehead contribute...of fluorspar which exist in Cornwall. Those of North ,vales are described by l\,h•. Wray. In .all regions...-DESCRIPTION OF TUE MIN.ES (continued) :-Derbyshire, Cornwall. North Wales (Flintshire) ... ... •• •
Journal (issue)
OAKSTONE and other PSEUDOSTALACTITIC BARYTE from DERBYSHIRE WAS Sаrјеапt • TD Ford 15 EDITOR l i c k Cooper...'I'd 1(0909) 476906 5 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 12 —1 — E DITO...own collections." It is not a joke. lick Cooper UK Journal of иines & Minerals No. 12 —2— Buder. I5ß...Molybdenite occurs in a number of localities throughout the UK, but the outstanding reference is that of Heddle...Argyll, and is bounded by Beinn Sgulaird to the north and by Meall Garbh to the south (fig. 000). Exposure
Catalog/List
with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2 ins. Pieces with... 2x2 f.2.50 vughs 4.80 in mass. (Meldon B.R Quarry collected same years ago 2X4· f.5.00 small cleavages...of exposed veins on Microgranite. (Hingsten Dawn Quarry, Cornwall) f.4 2x2 f7 metallic (Pyrite like) No...x 1/2 f.3 lxl f.4.50 FEITKNECHTITE dull black (North Ore Body, Sterling lem size f.4.80 sparse, small...small near Biq Squawt lx2 f.6 masses with Hill Mine, brown cleavages Maine, uSA) more lustrous Ogdensburg
Book
Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman...PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...compile. for my per;;on:ils:itisfaction. a list fall the known mineral species from Britain and Ireland...Negligence has also led to errors, with older fluorite specimens from Weardale in County Durham being...problem Arthur W. G. Kingsbury wus born in 1906 at East Meon, Hampshire. He received a classical education
Journal (issue)
D. K. Jones and W. J. Schaub Minerals of the Derbyshire Orefield ......................................15 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...Chemical Index o f Minerals) will reveal which minerals fall into the group. Using the list of species as a guide...remarkably inexpensive for a reference book. BROKEN HILL BOOK! As you can see from the advertisement on the
Journal (issue)
a very able field leader on a Society meeting in East Cornwall in 1980. He was highly respected by both...and Susan moved to Rothley, a village five miles north of Leicester, where their children Rachel and James...res. J.A.J. 5 PHOSGENITE AND MATLOCKITE IN DERBYSHIRE (Part 1) T. Bridges and M.E. Smith Abstract...south·west edge of the Peak District of Derbyshire. Bolehill village is north of Derby, midway between Wirksworth...Wirksworth and Matlock Bath, just east of the B5023 . The geological location is on the crest of the
Journal (issue)
860 2AH Secretary Shirley Adrian An Fe6ran North Connell Argyll PA37 I RD Membership Secretary ...Green. Richard Bell and John Dickinson (on Dolyhir Quarry), and Micromounting Tcc.:hnilJUCS (hy Peter Braithwaite)...Banthorpe); various super specimens from Dolyhir Quarry - Messrs. Green, Dickinson and Bell; cotunnile...kicking. Austin Lockwood reported that the South-East Branch meetings continued to be well attended at...contributions to Mineral Kingdom/Mineral Realm, 24 to the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals and countless contributions
Journal (volume)
I. Green 5 18 Strontianite from Castleton, Derbyshire in the Joseph Dawson collection John Chapman...David I. Green 19 32 Richelsdorfite from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys: the first British occurrence...33 38 Tetrahedrite-group minerals from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys David I. Green, Neil Hubbard...Dolgellau Gold-Belt, the Snowdon Caldera and the district in between: a single late Ordovician metallogenic...Hopkirk 86 90 Linarite from Cononley Mine, Skipton, North Yorkshire John Chapman and David I. Green 91 95
Catalog/List
SPECIMEN) 80x70 2 BISMUTHINITE XSTLS. PENLEE QUARRY, MOUSEHOLE, TWO XSTLS TO 3MM IN BISMUTHINITE/QUARTZMATRIX...ACC No. 826. MOLYBDENITE & NATIVE BISMUTH, PENLEE QUARRY, MOUSEHOLE. A 20 MM AREA OF MOLYBDENITE AND A 20...A SINGLE CRYSTAL. ACC No. 744. PYRITE & QUARTZ, EAST POOL MINE, ILLOGAN. A “STOSS-SIDE” DEPOSITION OF...1039. CERUSSITE, PENTIREGLAZE MINE, PENTIREGLAZE, NORTH CORNWALL. WHITE JACKSTRAW XSTLS ON BLACK GOSS ANY...TOURMALINEMATRIX. 180x 130 QUARTZ CRYSTALS. GREYSTONES QUARRY, LEZANT. WHITEfTRANSPARENT PRISMATIC XSTLS. ENCRUSTING
Catalog/List
- 1600 hours each day at 7, Condor Way, Burgess Hill, West Sussex Tel: 01444 233958 (Pre-view on Saturday...Gold Sulphur Gold Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba...Glen Strathfarrat Scotland Zambia Austria Ecton Hill, Staffs Cloqau Wales (Barstow) Ow A1 A1 A1 A1...Realgar & Orpiment Realqar Cinnabar Stibnite Galena, Fluorite and Barvte Pyrite & Marcasite Jamesonite Chalcopyrite...Lizard, Cornwall Pacific Ocean Lizard Cornwall Ashover Derbyshire Eire Gwenap, Cornwall (Lowe) Aberfeldy, Scotland
Journal (issue)
crystals 9 mm long on calcite. Fall Hill quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire. Collected 1979. Roy Starkey specimen...Limestone at Raisby, Cox hoe, County Durham , England 75 B. YounR Wavellite and variscite on Gower...with schulenbergite from Cornwall and Cumbria, England D.J. Green. J Betterton, R. Bell and T /lieall...Millerite and associated minerals from Brixham, Devon, England R.S W Braithwaite and JI. Wilson 87 Rosiaite... Francis 88 \latrolite from Calton Hill. Derbyshire, England 89 A. Dyer, 0..\1. Wilson and B. Young
Journal (issue)
RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...Gunheath china clay pit, St Austell, Cornwall, England 3 15 N.l. Elton Sector phosphorescent gypsum...(selenite) crystals from Mepal Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England B.A. Grguric 19 The silver and cobalt mineralisation...Ingram 23 Hannotome from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England D.l. Green and l.R. Nudds 31 NOTES...from Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England c. M. Leppinf{toll and D.I. Green 36 Atacamite
Journal (issue)
THE JOURNAL Financial support from Messrs. Bardon Hill Quarries Ltd. of Coalville Leicestershire towards...the form of a healthy sponsorship by the Bardon Hill Quarries Ltd. of Coalville in Leicestershire. The...or published fllaterial on the minerals of the district, and very little on the mining. According to...House source almost certainly refers to fields just north of the farmhouse which are marked as Ore Piece and...associations. The district straddles a major northsouth fault between the Malvern Hills and May Hill. To the east
Catalog/List
Location. li ht brownplate5 in Felspar. (Burpala, North Pribayikalie,Rus ia ~ x )i i ns f4 . 50 477 VUONNF'MITE...hard white sphere shaped nodule. (Newhaven,Sussex,England) 1" 50p 2". fl.00 3" El.GO 4" E3.80 • 017 ANALCITE...group. green masses with minor Sti:htite (Stichtite Hill, DundasTasroania) lxl El lx2 f.2 030 APATITE white...mass with Muscoviteor Quartz. (Cabracao, Minho,North Portugal) lxl 60p lx2 f.1 2x2 E2.20 023 Af'HYDRITE...rich grey, faintly blue masses (Staffordshire, England) lx2 40p 2x2 80p 2x4 El.SO 80p 168 ANORTHOCLASE
 
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