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Quartz from
Park Level Mine, Killhope Burn, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK


Locality type:Level
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Park Level Mine, Killhope Burn, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:234518
Long-form Identifier:1:3:234518:5
GUID (UUID V4):d86e866a-9885-471c-88ae-6523b7f57c19
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.3km (0.8 miles) Cowhorse Mine, Killhope Burn, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
3.1km (1.9 miles) Coalcleugh Mine, Coalcleugh, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
3.7km (2.3 miles) Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
3.7km (2.3 miles) Burtree Slits, Cowshill, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
3.9km (2.4 miles) Burtree Pasture Mine (Breckonsyke Mine; Broadmea Mine), Cowshill, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
4.0km (2.5 miles) Carrs Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
4.0km (2.5 miles) Sedling Mine, Cowshill, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
4.2km (2.6 miles) Barneycraig Mine, Coalcleugh, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
4.2km (2.6 miles) Allenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine), Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK
4.3km (2.7 miles) Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
References
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Book
Outstanding Natural Beauty Authors: lan Forbes, Durham County Council. Brian Young, British Geological Survey...Northumberland County Council. Lesley Hehir, Durham County Council. Graphic design: Louise Fenwick, Durham County...Miners outside Smallcleugh Level, Nenthead, Beamish The North of England Open Air Museum. Page.12 Fossilised...Brian Young, BGS; p.13 Great Limestone west of Killhope Museum, lan Forbes; p.16 Ayle Common, Dr Stuart...Survey; p.26 Miners in Greenside Mine, Beamish The North of England Open Air Museum; p.28 Scraithole
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Outstanding Natural Beauty Authors: Ian Forbes, Durham County Council. Brian Young, British Geological Survey...Northumberland County Council. Lesley Hehir, Durham County Council. Graphic design: Louise Fenwick, Durham County...Miners outside Smallcleugh Level, Nenthead, Beamish The North of England Open Air Museum. Page.12 Fossilised...Brian Young, BGS; p. 13 Great Limestone west of Killhope Museum, Ian Forbes; p.16 Ayle Common, Dr Stuart...Survey; p.26 Miners in Greenside Mine, Beamish The North of England Open Air Museum; p.28 Scraithole
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L e a d andLifeat The Killhope Wheel Lead Mining Centre is the best-preserved lead mining sitё in Britain...Britain. In 1968 Durham County Council took a lease on the remains of the Park Level lead crushing mill...mill and mine buildings. Minor repairs were carried out to the buildings and a picnic area was created...organisations, little could have been achieved at Killhope. Financial assistance has been given to the project...Commission and English Heritage. The Friends of Killhope, a voluntary organisation, has helped with research
Report (issue)
ORE o, /J / \ I DEPOSITS UPPER WEARDALE, DURHAM ' I.JILES -:•••..... . ...___ •• • •:•• ...Structure of Ore-bodies lviineralo gy I. Weardale, Co. Durham 1. Carricks 11ine - 2. Rowantree A - 3. Rowantree...·vfearhead - 6. Queensberry - 7. Snodberry 8. Killhope - 9. Mines on Slitt Vein (Elmford, Levelgate,...- 21. E. Dryburn - 22. Bollihope Teesdale, Co. Durham 1. Langdon - 2. Bands 5. Bow Lee - 6. Snaisgill...Tynehead) - 3. Loo Gill 4. Horse Edge - Park Fell Veins (Horse Edge, Park Fell, Wooa.lands, 1/Ianor House) -
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publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages 41, 46, 54, 59(x2)...University of Durham: page_26 C H. Emeleus,University of Durham: page 26 Friends of Killhope Archive, Killhope...Valley ................... The Northumberland and Durham Coalfield ............. The Northern Pennine Orefield................... 201 72 Foreword ORTHERN England, an area of great natural beauty, is additionally...Pennines, Cumbria, various regions of north-east England, and North Yorkshire. Such a diverse expanse naturally
Book (edition)
Stainmore The northern one-third of the Backbone of England, that ridge of hilly country known since last century...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...FRS, FEng, FIMM Charleycroft, QuarryheadsLane) Durham DHJ 3D Y Other publications of the Survey dealing
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... B. Laporte & Co., the Owners of Settlingstones Mine Ltd., Holmside ·& South Moor Colliery Co. Ltd.,...Plan of the North Central flats, Rotherhope Fell Mine 82 11. Cross-section of Burtrec Pasture Vein
Journal (issue)
49 Minutes of the 24th Annual General Meeting, Durham, 30 March 1996 ................... ...... .......running the Socie ty at both branch and national level is not growing at such a fast rate (hence the reason...mineral which I had enquired about from that kindly mine of info rmation which was Peter. He was always willing...Comish minerals. Phoenix was, perhaps, his favourite mine. His collection of Cornish minerals and mining memorabilia...Sunday 11 August, and the October trip to Sedling Mine is on Sunday 6 October. In most cases a species
Report (volume)
-· WEARDALli: (Killhope lYlines, p. 4. Bracken Sike Vein, p. 5. Burtree Pasture Mine, ·p. 5. Sedling...Coldberry Vein, p. 20, 11,farlbeck Mine, p. 20. Fltushiemere Mine, p. 21. Pike Law Jvline. p. 21. D-i...Pit 11,Jine, p. 21. Langdon Beck, p. 22. Highfield Mine.9, p. 22. Ashgill and Langty J1'lines, p. 22. La...Greenhurth) Mine, p. 23. Dubbysike Mine . p. 24. Cowgreen ' lvlines, p. 24·. Isabella Mine,' p. 24. ·...2/23 ' A2 iv PAGJC Elton, p. 69. 11·fillclose Mine, p. 72. Matlock, p. 76. "\.Virksworth, p. 77. Brassington
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL MANAGER: Stand in:: Jim Robinson, 21 Woodside Park Drive, Horsforth, Leeds LS18 4TG. EDITORIAL BOARD:...Ovington, UK NJ Elton, St Austell, U.K. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, U.K. RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King...Typography and Design by: Jim Robinson, 21 Woodside Park Drive, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 4TG Printed by: St...Media, (A division of St. Ives Group), Leeds, England. Published by The Russell Society. Registered Charity...Mud-filled fluorite vugs in Greenlaws mine, Weardale, Co. Durham Stephen Moreton Gearksutite, a second
Report (issue)
0308-2199j BRITISH MINING No.5 MEMOIRS of NORTHERN MINE the RESEARCH 1977 SOCIETY NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS...exploration and geological research with reference to mine workings of the British Isles are welcome for inclusion...addressed to: R.H. Bird Esq. The Editor, Northern Mine Research Society, 41 Windsor Walk, South Anston...Guthrie Esq . Publication After Sales, Northern Mine Research Society, 186 Station Road, Billingham TS23...otherwise, without prior permission of the Northern Mine Research Society. Further, any opinions or statements
Journal (volume)
57-61 The mineralogy of a small flat deposit at Killhope, Weardale, with the first record of dundasite...Bridges 61-65 A report on Westernhope Old Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham Trevor F. Bridges Journal of the Russell...from around 40 to over 110, including the ‘first UK occurrences’ of a number of minerals, such as fornacite...Långban in Sweden, the Kombat Mine in Namibia, and the Mammoth St. Anthony Mine in Tiger, Arizona. • Production...Track, Allington, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP 4 0DD, UK Michael S. RUMSEY Mineralogy Department, Natural
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PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055................................... 428 8: babel quartz to bytownite .............................. 66...onNewMinerals,Nomenclature andClass::ication. Co. County. EMPElectronmicroprobe - an instrument usedto ...with older fluorite specimens from Weardale in County Durham being a case in point. Many of these specimens..."Cumberland", "Alston" or "Alston Moor" (Cumberland as a county no longer exists, as it was merged with Westmorland
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Production: David Brimble Printed and bound in the UK by CPI Mackays, ME5 8TD To buy books by your favourite...restored the magnificent beam engine at the Levant tin-mine in Cornwall, began to appear. When the Northern...cheap, you know, and these vertical boilers would burn any old rubbish - wet coal dust, they would fire...close look at it reveals quite a sophisticated level of technology. All the vanes in the sails could...from a very hard stone quarried from freshwater quartz from the Paris (Seine) Basin. Its common name is
Report (issue)
MAN. PREPAH,ED BY HIS MA,JESTY'S lNSPECTORS OF MINE~ By direction of the Secr etary of State for the...Scotland " J . B. Atkinson • " 3. Newcastle •• • " 4. Durham ... . .. .. . " R. Donald Bain " .5. York nnd Lincoln...principal list bri.ves tbe name and situation of each Mine, the name and address of the owner or company, the...Northumborhtn.d, Cumber• Newcastle -on-Tyne. land, Xorth Durham, the detached part of Korth Lnnc11Shire1 and the...ing flontb Durham, Westmorland, e.nd Norlh Riding of Yorkshire. R. Donald Bain, Esq , Durham. J. Plummer
Report (volume)
Scotland 3. Newcastle ••• " " " " " " " " " " " 4. Durham 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. ••• ••• •• • •••...consists of-- (1) A General Index of Mines, givmg the county, number of district, and narne of owner of each...address of the owner, the name and situation · of the mine, the names of manager and under-manager, number...Edinburgh. (.May.) John Masterton, Esq., 31, Warrender Park Terrace, Edinburgh. J.M. Ronaldso~ Esq., 4:4, Athole...Northumberland, Cumber· 2, Devonshire Terrace, land, ~forth Durham, the detached Newcastle-on-Tyne. part of North
Report (volume)
West Scotland ••• • •• " 3. Newcastle . • •• " 4. Durham " 5. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ",, 6. Manchester...principal list gives the name and situation of each Mine, the name and ad.dress of the owner or company,...Edinburgh. Rob. McLaren. Esq., l!:I, Morningside Park, Edinburgh. Robert Calder, Esq., 3, Fintry Place...omprising Durham (South), Westmorland, and ~orkshire (North Riding). R. Donald Bain, Esq., Durham. 1877...Bishop Auckland. 1885. W. Walker, Esq., 2, Pim.Hoo, Durham. G. W. Bartlett, Esq., Brentmore. Darlington.
Report (issue)
Esq., HI, MorniDgside Park, Edinburgh. E. B. Whalley, Esq., 97, Warrender Park Road1 Eclinburgll, Robert...Eaq., prising Northumberland, Cumber• land, North Durham, the detached part of North Lancashire, and the...comprising part of Lancashire (namely, so much of the County as is not incl uded in No. 3 and 7 Districts),... and Ireland. R. Donald Bain, Esq., Durham.. W. Walker, Esq., Doncaster. J. Plummer, Esq., Bishop...Darlington. H. Johnstone, Esq., 8, Church Street, Durham. (July.) Jas. Mellors, Eaq., Outwood, nea.r Wake
Report (issue)
Glasgow, C.2. Agent, G . W.Howieson. No. and Name of Mine. 1. Pict ... Saltcoats 2. Doura Montgreenan ...William Brazenall. 2. Gateside, Nos. 4 & 5. 3. Towe, Mine Sanquhar Ditto 4. Arche rbeck, No. 2. Canonbie... 219 71 460 163 9 5 130 41 30 Bra11xton Mine. William Speir (3,146 ; 1st). :Julian Pit. Robt...No. 7t, and Cowdenbeath, No. 10 (Kirkford) • This mine has a sys�em, of ventilation P,artly in common with...66 persons employed at the Power Station. t This mine has a system of ventilation partly in common with
Report (issue)
Northumberland Isle of Man No. 4 DISTRICT.-DURHAhl. Durham (southern part) Westmoreland ... Yorksllire (North...of Man) ... 120 NO. 4 DISTRICT. Salt works (Durham and Yorkshire) No. 5 DISTRICT. Gypsum and Ironstone...lni;pector. Robert McLaren. Esq.. 19, Morningside Park, Edinburgh. Hugh Johnstone, Esq., 77, Montgomerie...Glasgow. E. B. Whalley. 'F1sq .. 9'i', Warrender Park Road, Edinburgh. John M. Ronaldson, :&.sq., 44...DJSTRJOT, comprising Northumberland, Cumberland. North Durham, the detached pa.rt of North Lancashire, and the
Book
this book 8 Key map 9 INTRO D UCTION SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Key map 12 AVON 13 7 SUFFOLK 11 18 21 D EVON...LTSHJRE 67 68 22 NornNGH.AMSH IRE 33 EASTERN ENGLAND 54 WARWICKSHIRE WEST M IDLANDS 8UCKJNGHAMSH...160 BORDERS 161 CENTRAL 163 94 97 100 NORTHERN ENGLAND Key map 104 CLEVELAND 105 53 103 FIFE 167 168... CLYWD DYFED 85 85 LINCOLNSHIRE SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND Ket; map 34 HAMPSHJRE 35 ISLE OF W IGHT 37 K ENT...SUSSEX 47 W EST SUSSEX 49 Ket; map 73 MlDLAND ENGLAND Key map 74 CHESH IRE 75 DERBYSH IRE 79 SHROPSH
Report (issue)
STEELE. Owner and Postal Address. No. and Name of Mine. AYR. Adams Pict Firebrick t 1. Pict ... Co., Ltd... 6 Geo. Johnstone (4,045). • Mainly a Fireclay mine. 80 34 (E.), (C.C.). Coal, H. & S. Ayr Hard...1st). Wm. Barr (3,088 ; 1st). • Mainly a Fireclay mine. Fireclay &Coal, M. and Shale. 15 5 41 13 ...H. Nine Feet & Twenty Inch (E'f, (C.C.). Surface Mine Abandoned 1/42. John Duncan (3,218; 1st). DUMBARTON...Canonbie 1. Bankton Near Prestonpans 3. Tower Mine 2. Fleets 3. Preston Links 4. Glencaim Ditto
Report (issue)
Owner and Postal Address. ,. No. and Name of Mine. Situation. AYR ... Adams Pict Firebrick Co...Robert Rennie (5,160 ; 2nd). • Mainly a Fireclay mine. 78 so 19 124 94 3 5 32 Coal, H. & S. Major...(3,088 ; 1st). Ditto Ditto • Mainly a Fireclay mine. 319 2 7 Coal, H. & M. Major and Five Quarter...Canonbie 1. Bankton Near Prestonpans 3. Tower Mine Ditto rutto 2. Fleets Ditto ditto 3. Preston...Blairball East Grange William Speir Bra11xton Mine. (3,021). William Speir, Jr. (3,146 ; 1st). Julian
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information already received. In addition many city and county museums officers assisted in gathering information...not possible to index their collections to same level as some of the smaller and equally fascinating places...1700; Sat, 1200 to 1600 Access for disabled people: level entry, access to all public areas, toilet facilities...suitable for ages: 16+. Small historic house and park. Parent body: The National Trust (South West Region)...telephone Access for disabled people: Parking provided, level entry, toilet facilities Other restrictions: Unsuitable
Journal (issue)
number of UK bunkers during WWII. Photo Nick Catford Back page upper: Rock Cemetery Sand Mine, Nottingham:...and Subterranea Britannica. Printed by Designosaur UK Ltd., First Floor, Albany House, Elliot Road, Bournemouth...Britannica A Company limited by Guarantee Registered in England and Wales Registration No. 6447148 Registered Charity...paving has representative rock samples from across the UK and is open for public viewing from Monday to Friday...Somerset 13 - 22 September Heritage Open Days, England 21 - 22 September London Open House September (tbc)
 
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