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Ankerite from
Slitt Mine, Westgate, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Ankerite
Formula:Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ankerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slitt Mine, Westgate, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:362093
Long-form Identifier:1:3:362093:9
GUID (UUID V4):85d230dd-5497-4d2f-b3b5-c9e431bbac9c
Nearest other occurrences of Ankerite
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘHeights Quarry, Westgate, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘOld Fall Level (Snail Beds Level), Ireshopeburn, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘBlackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘCarricks Mine, Ireshopeburn, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘBoltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
4.9km (3.0 miles) ⓘWesternhope Old Mine, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘAllenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine), Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK
7.8km (4.9 miles) ⓘPike Law Mines, Newbiggin, County Durham, England, UK
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘPark Level Mine, Killhope Burn, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘRamshaw and Jeffreys Mines, Derwent Mines, Hunstanworth, County Durham, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountains, centered on the Weardale area of northern England, have yielded enormous amounts of both lead and...partner in UK Mining Ventures,which is operating a specimen-recoveryproject at the Rogerley mine in Weardale...Weardale, England. His most recent article for Rocks & Minerals was titled “The Rogerley Mine, Weardale,... County Durham, England” and appeared in the January/February 2000 issue. 378 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded...cost of rehabilitating and running an underground mine, coupled with everincreasing environmental concerns
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
From the North Pennines Orefield England Figure 1. The Groverake mine, located in upper Rookhopeburn,...operating commercial fluorspar mine in the North Pennines, closing in 1999. Mine waste heaps (known locally...nineteenth centuries can be seen on the hills above the mine site. Figure 2 (left). A scattering of numerous...matrix, 14 × 10 × 7 cm, recovered from the Cambokeels mine in the early 1980s. Figure 3 (right). A penetration-twinned...× 4-cm specimen was recovered from the Rogerley mine in 2013. 306 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 4. General
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...Killhope - 9. Mines on Slitt Vein (Elmford, Levelgate, West Slitt, Slitt, Slitt Pasture, Y.Test Rigg,...- 21. E. Dryburn - 22. Bollihope Teesdale, Co. Durham 1. Langdon - 2. Bands 5. Bow Lee - 6. Snaisgill...the 'non-phosphoric' type • • It is suggested ankerite under 5. that in the past the carbonate ores
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\. Š 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
Report (edition)
abundance in the lead and zinc veins of Derbyshire and Durham, and in smaller quantities elsewhere. It is commonly...association is· with calc-spar and barytes, though in Durham where much of the country-rock is arenaceous, the...being had to the more costly process of mining. In Durham the veins, which were left intact by the old miners...Carruthers has had charge of the Northumberland, Durham and • Yorkshire sections; Mr. R. W. Pocock has... PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION of fluorspar in England and Wales were investigated as part of the programme
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
Book
publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages 41, 46, 54, 59(x2)...Earth Sciences,University of Durham: page_26 C H. Emeleus,University of Durham: page 26 Friends of 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
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...conditions, Rosiclare level, Denton mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois. The specimen is 8...the Lead Hill area, Cave-in-Rock district, Hardin County, Illinois, and is 5.5 cm. Ross Lillie specimen...partner in UK Mining Ventures, which is operating a specimen-recovery project at the Rogerley mine in Weardale
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SOCIETY AND MANCHESTER GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION IN WEST DURHAM, 19-23 APRIL 1962 The object of the meeting was...party which met at Grey College, University of Durham, on the Thursday evening, was given an informal...Cravenoceras leion Bisat. Between Wolsingham and Stanhope, along the Wear Valley, there are over 14 miles...subspecies. It is used as an ornamental stone in Durham Cathedral and is quarried on the south side of...fault behind the working face contains quartz, ankerite, limonite and goethite. The limestone is chiefly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Field Meeting at Durham 2-9 July, 1965 Report by the Directors K. C. DUNHAM, J. E. HEMINGWAY, E. A. FRANCIS...evening, 2 July, at Grey College, University of Durham. The party was welcomed in the Department of Geology...Fell. Cow Green Mine, now abandoned, worked strong veins of barytes with coarse ankerite and traces of...minerals were obtained by the party from the old mine dumps, and from this vantage point the general topography...Some members of the Association attended matins at Durham Cathedral and, after matins, Professor and Mrs
Journal (volume)
non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...proudly displaying a copy of Minerals of Northern England. Roy Starkey photograph. Journal of the Russell...of euhedral schulenbergite at the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall John Betterton and Ian E. Grey 34–35...S. Rumsey 35–38 Segnitite from Weardale, County Durham Brian Young and Adam Pacey 39–42 Exhalative...south-west of the Emerald Isle, to Ballybunnion, in County Kerry, from where Mike Rumsey describes the first
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cormate waterssimilarto thoseat presentfoundin the Durham coalfield. A comparison of the fluidinclusion...ClosehouseMine, 8. Blackdene Mine, 9. Slitt, 10. Allenheads,11. WhiteheapsMine, 12. Groverake Mine, 13. Rookhope Borehole...galenasand the age of the I-Iercyniangranitesof S.W. England (27). Mineralo#y.--The sulfide minerals present...andniccolitehavebeenreportedfrom Settlingstones Mine. The threemajor matrix mineralsare fluorite, barite...althoughconsiderablequantities of calcite,dolomite,ankerite, siderite and witherite occur locally. Fluorite
Book (edition)
| VOLUME V II UK MINING VENTURES T HE M INER AL HER ITAGE SPE CI ALI STS K U UK MI CONTENTS CONTENTS...CONTENTS UK MINING VENTU z FOREWOR D BY IAN & DIANA BRUCE4-5 z WEARDALE, COUNTY DURHA M 6-17 z DI A...A NA M ARI A MINE 18-29 SUTCLIFFE VEIN GR AEBER JONES POCKET 30-31 SNOWSTOR M POCKET 32-33 PAVEL’S...POCKET92-93 NORTHER N LIGHTS POCKET94-95 z ROGERLEY MINE 96-107 GREENBANK VEIN WOLFIE POCKET108-109 BEADLE...POCKET114-115 50 YEAR POCKET116-117 z LADY ANNABELLA MINE  118-127 THE BULL VEIN THE BULL VEIN 128-129
Journal (volume)
non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...included by an unknown black sulphide, from Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire. Don Edwards specimen and painting...2019 EDITORIAL 2 5 PAPERS Enargite from Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire Steve A. Rust 6 10 Manganite...Barium-rich muscovite and hyalophane from Benallt Mine, Rhiw, Pen Llŷn, Gwynedd Tom F. Cotterell, David...John Jones from the Hucklow Edge Vein at Ladywash Mine in Derbyshire. His sharp eyes spotted the rare copper
Report (issue)
Greenlaws Mine NEWS Fluorite xx, 22 cm wide. J. Scovil photo Fluorites from a classic British mine — from...„Greenlaws Mine" ? The Greenlaws Mine is located in Weardale in the northern Pennines of England just south...collections around the world. The Greenlaws Mine was run as a lead mine from ca. 1840 t o 1900 and w a s o n...important lead mines in Weardale. Since then, the mine has been abandoned when in 2009, when a group of...under the leadership of mine specialist Pete Ward started the "Greenlaws Mine Project". The very beginning
Journal (volume)
and yellow zoning from the find at Rodderup Fell Mine in the early 1930’s Photo G. Scovil WANTED! We...The Old Linhay, Halberfoh Road. Wil land, Devon, England, EX 15 2QF TEL 01884 821563 Email Ian@crystalclassics...plumbogummite from Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Photo: David Green. The UK Journal of Mines and...------ 9 -------------------------- Rogerley Mine Jesse Fisher • Lindsay Greenbank MARKETING Peter...------------------------- Classified Advertisments UK Journal of Mines &• Minerals No. 23 - 1 - Editorial
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Examination of several collections of north of England minerals has revealed examples of well-crystallised...workings of Cambokeels fluorspar mine (otherwise known as Cammock Eals Mine), Eastgate, Weardale [NY 935...hosts important vein oreshoots of fluorspar in the Slitt Vein. The entire thickness of the sill is penetrated...apophyllite-bearing dolerite have been observed in the mine. Thin sections of the dolerite immediately adjacent...British Museum (Natural History). At Cambokeels Mine [NY 935 383] analcite, commonly accompanied by apophyllite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral som er dannet etter atjeg harplukket medmeg mine prover fra Skjerpemy,r, og lagret dem i kjelleren...har har heller ikke unngitt denne. i tidens lop slitt ned bergartene over Skjerpemyr, og bloulagt hele...MALACHITT CaCO. RHODOCHROSITE ROSASITE SMITHSONITE ANKERITE Mn2*CO, (Cu'?t,Zn) r(CO.)(OH), Fe2.CO. Cur'
Journal (volume)
and Andy Hopkirk 86 90 Linarite from Cononley Mine, Skipton, North Yorkshire John Chapman and David... 112 120 BOOK REVIEW ‘‘Gold Occurrences in the UK’’ Norman Moles Journal of the Russell Society, volume...The current ‘History of Mineral Collections’ in the UK is not even a ‘History of Kings and Queens’. A small...from localities such as Tynagh Mine in Co. Galway and Pendarves Mine in Cornwall (Figs 1 and 2) serves...largest remaining mineral galleries in northern England. Strontianite was discovered by chance while volunteers
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...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...Westmorland in the mid- I 970s to form the new county of Cumbria). The confusion appears to have occurred during
Journal (issue)
mineral som er dannet etter atjeg harplukket medmeg mine prover fra Skjerpemy,r, og lagret dem i kjelleren...har har heller ikke unngitt denne. i tidens lop slitt ned bergartene over Skjerpemyr, og bloulagt hele...MALACHITT CaCO. RHODOCHROSITE ROSASITE SMITHSONITE ANKERITE Mn2*CO, (Cu'?t,Zn) r(CO.)(OH), Fe2.CO. Cur'...samling til ridighet. Til dags dato har forskere fra England, Tyskland, Sverige og Japan nydt godt av dette...Muskovit eller chokoladebrun Manganotantalit fra Ip6 Mine (Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brasilien)
Book (volume)
Press pic, Headington Hill Hall, Oxford O X 3 OBW, England Pergamon Press Inc., 395 Saw Mill River Road, ...explain the ideas of those who have worked on it (and mine, where they differ from those readily available...discussions about six of the major lead-zinc deposits of England with the four Mississippi-Valley type deposits...are located in the following countries: Ireland England Scotland 3 7 1 Wales Norway Sweden 1 7 17 Finland...country, so he swore allegience to King Henry II of England who had landed with an army at Waterford in October
Book
long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite
Book
deposits-a m'llltldtseiplinary study in eastem England ,.. ¡-- " , 1 Report of a BOS-Open University...the Commission of the European Communities and the UK Department of Trade and Industry This page is blank...ore deposits-a multidisciplinary study in eastem England ContJ"ibutors T. B. Colman, J. D. Cornwell...ore deposits-a multidisciplinary study in eastem England D. G. Jones, N. d'A. LaffoleY"', A. S. D. Walker...University, Walton Hall, Milto;~ Keynes MK7 6AA, UK T. D. Ford Department of Geology, UnivE¡rsity of
Book (edition)
progress of Mineralogy in this country, and in England, pre sents a striking contrast with its rapid advancement...of ROBERT ALLAN . The recent copious “ System of Mine. ralogy and Geology ,” by Thomas Thomson, has also...describe the individual qualities of the several mine ral species, while Geology treats of them only as...angle edges rens above , t1 parts oi The law's , mine uni ex ! 1 il 11 ! O AIT T DODE CATTEDRANS...re es ; the lat the object of d variou Le several mine adividu associated in the reats of w pied only
 
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