| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Fluorite |
| Formula: | CaF2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Siderite | ⓘ51 photos of Fluorite associated with Siderite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ37 photos of Fluorite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Sphalerite | ⓘ26 photos of Fluorite associated with Sphalerite at this locality. |
| Ankerite | ⓘ16 photos of Fluorite associated with Ankerite at this locality. |
| Galena | ⓘ9 photos of Fluorite associated with Galena at this locality. |
| Calcite | ⓘ6 photos of Fluorite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Dolomite | ⓘ2 photos of Fluorite associated with Dolomite at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Allenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine), Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (49 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 5298 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:5298:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 5c2fe200-70bc-43b5-b072-186e540d32cb |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite |
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| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | ⓘDirt Pot Lead Smelt Mill slag locality, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK |
| 2.5km (1.5 miles) | ⓘGreencleugh Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK |
| 3.1km (2.0 miles) | ⓘFrazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK |
| 3.4km (2.1 miles) | ⓘSt Peter's Mine, Sparty Lea, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK |
| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | ⓘGroverake Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK |
| 4.1km (2.5 miles) | ⓘNorth Groverake Quarry, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK |
| 4.1km (2.5 miles) | ⓘBurtree Pasture Mine (Breckonsyke Mine; Broadmea Mine), Cowshill, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK |
| 4.1km (2.5 miles) | ⓘSedling Mine, Cowshill, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK |
| 4.1km (2.6 miles) | ⓘCowhorse Mine, Killhope Burn, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK |
| 4.2km (2.6 miles) | ⓘPark Level Mine, Killhope Burn, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | area of northern England, have yielded enormous amounts of both lead and, later, fluorite ores. Byproducts...activity were the many well-crystallized specimens of fluorite and other minerals that were found lining cavities...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | All photos by the author unless otherwise noted FLUORITE JESSE FISHER 380 Pennsylvania Avenue San Francisco...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...above the mine site. Figure 2 (left). A scattering of numerous penetration-twinned fluorite crystals...the Cambokeels mine in the early 1980s. Figure 3 (right). A penetration-twinned fluorite crystal, 2.5 cm |  | | 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...Pit Coal (the I~ondon Lead Company) and the W Beaumont Con1pany. The heyday of lead mining seemed to... Plate 1 Purple fluorite crystals from a cavity in the Great Limestone flats, Boltsburn Mine. Collected by...sheets 19 and 25, and parts of 13, 24, 26, 31, 32 (England and Wales) LONDON: HMSO 1990 . I\. © C,rown |  | | 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.,...MINERAL DEPOSITS :-DETAILS, AREA 3, WEST CHAPTER ALLENDALE CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER x.- WEN1' CHAP'tER |
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Allenheads Mine, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK