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Galena from
Masson Hill Quarry, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorite6 photos of Galena associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Cerussite1 photo of Galena associated with Cerussite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Masson Hill Quarry, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:278667
Long-form Identifier:1:3:278667:4
GUID (UUID V4):5a11264d-62ac-4939-83a9-d49aab35edef
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
0.4km (0.3 miles) Masson Hill and mines, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
0.9km (0.5 miles) Rutland Cave Mine (Rutland Mine; Nestus Mine), Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Tear Breeches Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Dimple Mine, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Ball Eye Mine, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.7km (1.1 miles) Ball Eye Quarry, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) Blakemere Pit, Bonsall Moor, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
2.7km (1.7 miles) Tearsall Farm, Winster, 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...Mines&Mineralsand vol. 12 no. 1 of the Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society. COVER:BLUE JOHN FLUORITE...FLUORITE, Blue John Mine, Castleton, Derbyshire, polished slab 7 x I 0cm. Bob King Collection (KI052),...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
Book
DER by Peter R. Rodgers Derbyshire Geology £1.50 By the same author: YORKSHIRE MINERALS Of...Of related interest: CAVES OF DERBYSHIRE DERBYSHIRE: EARLY A Visitor’s Guide SETTLEMENT GEOLOGICAL...GEOLOGICAL LAKELAND IN DERBYSHIRE EXCURSIONS GEOLOGY IN LAKELAND Derbyshire Geology by Peter R. Rodgers... Nelson, Lancs. Contents Geological Map of Derbyshire sk, este 6 ECE, 2s yh 8 Gere) Mer aise...Sedimentary Rocks in Derbyshire .... esses 26 3. Volcanic Rocksanithe Peak District... sms 42 Ao
Book
UNIVERSITY ■ / LIMESTONES AND CAVES OF THE PEAK DISTRICT *' compiled and edited by Trevor D. Ford with...Beck, Sheffield c/o Doug Nash, Don Bramwell, Derbyshire 'Fulwood', N.J.D. Butcher, University Glebe... University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, England Ford 0 86094 004 1 0 86094 005 X 1977 paper...Beck Chapter 21 The caves and mines of the Matlock 409 and Wirksworth area T.D. Ford, Roger Flindall...our main Nat¬ ional Parks, in the Peak District and Yorkshire Dales, and our main nature reserves are in
Report (chapter)
fluorite-baryte deposits at two localities in Derbyshire. R. P. Shaw SUMMARY: Various karst processes...Two surface localities, on Bonsall Moor, near Matlock, and near Castleton are filled with sediments containing...containing easily worked and dressed galena has been worked by Derbyshire lead miners who knew it as 'gravel...some mines in Derbyshire. The two localities considered are on Bonsall Moor, west of Matlock, (SK261 586)...partially dolomitized Carboniferous Limestone of the Matlock Group which are Brigantian (D2) in age. They are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGY OF THE LOVVER CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS OF DERBYSHIRE. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE LONG EXCURSION...H E district described in this sketch includes the north and T north-west portions of Derbyshire, and...Division of the county. It consists of the hill country of Derbyshire, which forms the southern spur of the...Castleton, Hope and Hathersage near the centre, Matlock, Crich, and Ambergate are on the east, and Ashbourne...lies east of the watershed of the central part of England, and is drained by the Derwent and the Dove, which
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...in sandstone; dominant minerals are sphalerite, galena, pyrite, marcasite, dolomite and calcite, whereas...commercial interest. The orefield lies mostly in Derbyshire, extending into Staffordshire. Estimates of the
Journal (issue)
Symes Russellite from Buckbarrow Beck, Cumbria, England B. Young , N. J. Fortey and P.H.A. Nancarrow 3...analogue of ktenasite from Smal1cleugh and Brownley Hill mines, Nenthead, Cumbria A. Livingstone Stannite...Alderton 17 The Mineralogy ofWapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire F. fnce 25 13 NOTES Phosgenite, the...occurrence N. Hubbard 35 Strontianite from Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria M . Wood 35 Secondary...everyone and making many friends among mine and quarry managers, miners, and quarrymen. He was, in consequence
Book
the Peak District 2 Mining and Quarrying 4 Ornamental Stone 8 Minerals of the Peak District 10 Selected...1 18 Castleton 2 21 Calton Hill 23 Ecton Hill 25 Masson Hill 27 Ashford in the Water 29 Brassington...rather, millenia. For it is difficult in the Peak District to find a viewpoint that does not include a relic...for mineral wealth; moss creeps over an ancient quarry face, sheep graze around a ruined mine head-gear...permission is rarely refused. With working quarries the quarry manager should be approached. Always remember that
Catalog/List
25 26 27 28 92/089 Analcime with calcite. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Analcime pseudomorphs after...calcite crystals. 92/088 Calcite and analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Calcite-analcime pseudomorphs...50mm lon_g. 92/095 Calcite and analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Single crystal of laumontite...by calcite and analcime. 89/039 Calcite. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Large white calcite crystal...crystals on faces. 93/142 Calcite with analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Two white calcite crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Field Meeting: The Economic Geology of the Peak District 30 June - 2 July 1978 Report by the Director:...Field Meetin g: Th e Economic Geology of the Peak District. Proc. Geol. Ass., 91 (3),229- 234. Old surface...Thornbridge Hall, Great Longstone, near Bake well, Derbyshire. This venue was particularly appro priate as...Victori an 'stately home' had been panelled with Derbyshire 'm arble' and alab aste r and the Director was...schoo ls from the Sheffield area. Much of the Peak District is a National Park (the first to be so de signated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE GEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE PEAK DISTRICT. By Prof. \Y. G. FEARNSII)ES, :\1•.-\.• F. R.S....THE DERWENT. By Professor \V. G. FEAR~SIDES, DERBYSHIRE M..'" F.R.S. I. FOREWORD. THIS account of the...the author's personal observation-although the district is one to which, because of its beauty and accessibility...INTRODUCTION. The scenery of the Valley of the Derbyshire Derwent is worldfamous, and the obvious broad...Jukes and Ramsay-had already written about the district more than seventy years ago, by which time Martin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CARBONIFEROUS OF DERBYSHIRE. ROCKS By H. H. ARNOLD BEMROSE, Sc.D., F.G.S. EXCURSIONS TO THE DISTRICT. at the...excursions which the A GLANCE Association has made in Derbyshire shows that the main object was to examine the...County. The first excursion of the Association to Derbyshire was in 1877. On July z and, and during the five...the geology of the lower Carboniferous Rocks of Derbyshire (which, as a separate publication, is now out...and the headquarters were at the Roval Hotel, Matlock, Bath. 'Thirty-eight persons went down the Mill
Report (issue)
flow diagram of the Cavendish Mill near Eyam, Derbyshire. 17 Fig 4 United Kingdom recorded production...occurring in the Pennines of northern England, particularly in Derbyshire and Durham. The deposits are associated...processed by gravity concentration or flotation. Derbyshire is the principal producing county, much of the...production coming from workings within the Peak District National Park; mining is carefully controlled...being in Derbyshire. Additional reserves are likely to be found, particularly in northern Derbyshire and west
Journal (issue)
Cover photograph: The eastern face of Bardon Hill Quarry, Charnwood Forest, exposing two Triassic palaeovalleys...Carney, with kind permission of Aggregate Industries UK]. Ian Jefferson, Mike Rosenbaum, Ian Smalley 157...Dolomitization of the Carboniferous Limestone of the Peak District: a review Jonathan D. Radley 171 The late Triassic...Southam Cement Works, Warwickshire Reports Edgehill Quarry – Jonathan Radley Haute Provence – Alan Filmer...Lavers Excursion Reports Millstone Grit of South Derbyshire The Yorkshire Coast Fountains Abbey and Brimham
Book
The Peak District LANDSCAPE AND GEOLOGY Ladybower Reservoir and the Dark Peak, seen from Bamford Edge...Edge. The Peak District L A N D S C A P E A N D G E O L O GY Tony Waltham First published in 2021... caver and photographer who lived in the Peak District and left a massive legacy of excellent photographs...late Trevor Ford, whose knowledge of the Peak District was both massive and infectious. The book is dedicated...the great white cliff of High Tor, seen from Masson Hill across the Derwent Gorge, with Riber Castle on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
paragenesis of a fluorspar flat at Masson Hill, Matlock, Derbyshire ROBERT A. IXER Department of Geological...paragenesis of the fluorspar flat at Masson Hill, Matlock, Derbyshire, shows the mineralization to be a...pyrite, marcasite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena. A wide range of secondary minerals occur in the...within the bioclastic Matlock Lower Limestones, along the summit of Masson Hill has long been known, and...and the presence of fluorite, baryte, quartz, and galena recorded (Dunham, I952; Smith et al., I967; Ford
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on clay minerals from lavas and tuffs of the Derbyshire orefield P. R. INESON & J. G. MITCHELL Summary...Igneous rocks from the southern section (the Derbyshire orefield) have yielded isotopic ages, some of...epicyclic hydrothermal events gave rise to the Derbyshire mineral deposits, samples of highly altered doleritic...geology of the Southern Pennines, in which the Derbyshire orefield is situated, is known in considerable...area—these include the Edale and Castleton and the Matlock special sheets. Of particular relevance to 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...old miners except in those·parts which contained galena in paying quantity, had been the chief source of...Durhani. Mr. Pocock describes the occurrences in Derbyshire, Mr. H. Dewey and Mr. C. E. N. Bromehead contribute
Catalog/List
£20. 12) CHLOROXYPHITE and MENDIPITE. Merehead Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset. A n approx. 50x2Omm area of...£95. 18) FERBERITE after SCHEELITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Callington, Cornwall. Two jet black tetragonal...40x20x25mm. £45. 19) FLUORITE. Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire. A nice clean intergrown group of about 30 lustrous... 120x90x30mm. £75. 20) FLUORITE and GALENA. Matlock, Derbyshire. Pale yellow cubic xls of fluorite to...by Fluorite xls are a group of dull grey cubic galena xis to 20mm. A few small barite xls here and there
Catalog/List
matrix. 50x30x25mm. £12. 3) AURICHALCITE. Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. A nice clean group of pale blue...quartz. 80x40xl5mm. £18. 15) CAVANSITE. Wagholi Quarry, Pune Dist, Maharasitra, India. A very nice rich...SCHEELITE, SCHEELITE and MPOROROITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Callington, Cornwall. A black mass of ferberite...£12. 27) GALENA. Roughtongill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland. Nice rich dump specimen of galena/quartz...galena/quartz with the galena surface etched and altered to greenish/yellowish mimetite. Barstow green stock label
Catalog/List
50x30x25mm. £ 12. 3) AURICHALCITE. Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. A nice clean group ofpale blue...quartz. 80x40xl5mm. £18. 15) CAVANSITE. Wagholi Quarry, Pune Dist, Maharasitra, India. A very nice rich...SCHEELITE, SCHEELITE and MPOROROITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Callington, Cornwall. A black mass offerberite...£12. 27) GALENA. Roughtongill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland. Nice rich dump specimen of galena/quartz...galena/quartz with the galena surface etched and altered to greenish/yellowish mimetite. Barstow green stock label
Book
EAK IC T I D Compiled by members of the Peak District Mines Historical Society and edited by TREVOR...Alport-by-Youlgreave Mining Field (A: E. MARSH) 79 The Matlock and Cromford Area (N. GREGORY and T. D. FORD) 88...of the Peak District Mines Historical Society in the hope that visitors to the Peak District National Park...formed the backbone of the wealth of the Peak District for over 1500 years. The limestone uplands and...scenery are not normally compatible, the old Derbyshire lead miners invariably used local materials for
Journal (issue)
res. J.A.J. 5 PHOSGENITE AND MATLOCKITE IN DERBYSHIRE (Part 1) T. Bridges and M.E. Smith Abstract...Bolehill on the south·west edge of the Peak District of Derbyshire. Bolehill village is north of Derby, midway...midway between Wirksworth and Matlock Bath, just east of the B5023 . The geological location is on the...Nomenclature The use of the name cromfordite in Derbyshire presents an element of confusion . This name...reference to phosgenite is in Mawe's Mineralogy of Derbyshire (1802), and notes "Muriate of lead in perfect
Journal (issue)
0 llll g History The Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd. Volume 17, No. 6...The Baryte Mines at Grin Hill, Ladmanlow and Stanley Moor near Buxton, Derbyshire: 1835-1877 Chris Heathcote...various aspects ofmining in the Yorkshire Moors and Dales, relating to both lead and coal mining. Finally...Working the Coal at Whaley Bridge in Northwest Derbyshire: 1883 to 1903. Its Impact on the Local RailwayNetwo�...Index to Volume 17 David Williams 19 -PEAK DISTRICT MINES HISTORICAL SOCIF I LTD (Registered Charity
 
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