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Pyrite from
Wirksworth, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK


Locality type:Civil Parish
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wirksworth, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:628610
Long-form Identifier:1:3:628610:1
GUID (UUID V4):425ae3fd-07c5-43b7-9576-552dcd6a7e35
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Ranter Mine (Rent Tor Mine), Wirksworth, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
limestone and dolomite resources of the Peak District of Derbyshire and Staffordshire Description of parts... This is the major producing unit in the Peak District and works very high purity Bee Low and Woo Dale...resources of some 540 km in the Peak District in the centre of England, shown on the accompanying 1:50 000...representatives of the Peak Park Joint Planning Board, Derbyshire County Council, Staffordshire County Council...Stratigraphical nomenclature Formations of the Derbyshire shelf Dolerite sills Formations of the Staffordshire
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
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...21 The caves and mines of the Matlock 409 and Wirksworth area T.D. Ford, Roger Flindall and Noel Worley...our main Nat¬ ional Parks, in the Peak District and Yorkshire Dales, and our main nature reserves are in
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
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...sandstone; dominant minerals are sphalerite, galena, pyrite, marcasite, dolomite and calcite, whereas barite...commercial interest. The orefield lies mostly in Derbyshire, extending into Staffordshire. Estimates of the
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
Journal (issue)
News The Record From the Archives Gerard Slavin Derbyshire neck and iodine deficiency Jonathan D. Radley...Nottingham Trevor D. Ford Gang Vein and Gulf Fault, Wirksworth 74 76 77 78 79 89 99 107 115 127 Reports Big...Castleton reef: Gerard & Brenda Slavin Yorkshire Dales: Tony Waltham 138 142 144 Lecture Reports Northants...Supergroup) of Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, England. Mercian Geologist, 13, 165-183. Boynton, H E and...a day trip in July. A weekend in the Yorkshire Dales with Tony Waltham was enjoyed in August, and the
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 (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; and Shirley's (1959) paper on the Monyash-Wirksworth area. The massive limestones are divisible not
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
clay wayboards in the Lower Carboniferous of the Derbyshire Dome G. M. Walkden Interbedded clays, or clay...wayboards. from the Lower Carboniferous Limestones of Derbyshire and Staffordshire, are discussed in terms of...Introduction The Carboniferous Limestone of the Derbyshire Dome consists largely of massivebedded marine...wayboard localiti in the Lower Carboniferous of the Derbyshire Dome. For locality details see Table 1 . Map...found in most regions of Avonian deposition in Derbyshire and Staffordshire, but they are best developed
Catalog/List
Collected 1980. 90/141 Pyrite with calcite. Warden Point, Isle of Sheppy, Kent. Bright pyrite crystals to 3mm...51 52 53 54 55 Descriotion 86/111 Calcite and pyrite. ARC Quarry, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire...25mm with a stoss-side coating of greenish brassy pyrite covering a calcite matrix. Hetaerolite and calcite...matrix with minor cassiterite and pyrite on the underside. Quartz with pyrite. Wheal Jane Mine, Baldhu, Cornwall...crystals scattered over the faces. 86/305 Quartz with pyrite. Wheal Jane Mine, Baldhu, Cornwall. Prismatic quartz
Journal (issue)
Mining History The Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd. Volume 16, No. 5, Summer...Willies. Hilderston, 174 Dale Road, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. DE4 3PS. Contents Associate Editors: Evelyn...Mineral Deposits at Brassington and Carsington, Derbyshire Trevor D. Ford and John A. Jones 1 Geophysical...24 Early Exploration of Mines at Perryfoot, Derbyshire Bernard Chandler 32 The History of Coalpithole...Peak Forest and Chapel-en-le-Frith Liberties, Derbyshire. 1705-1880 Chris Heathcote 36 Addendum - Plans
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
studies on soils from the fluorine province of Derbyshire, England. Some partial extraction and total fluoride...suitable regional sampling medium, as in Derbyshire, England, soil geochemistry is shown to be a reliable...t i o n o f the D e r b y shire " d o m e " , England, w h i c h is p a r t o f a w e l l - k n o w n...residual soil developed on limestone -- Long Rake, Derbyshire Soil origin Horizon Thickness (cm) Description...developed on glacial overburden -- Long Rake, Derbyshire Soil origin Horizon Thickness (cm) Description
Report (issue)
SK36 Clay Cross SK15 e Parwich SK25 • SK35 WIRKSWORTH Ripley Ashbourne SK14 The limestone and dolomite...dolomite resources of the country around Wirksworth, Derbyshire Description of parts of 1:25 000 sheets...resources of some 67 km2 of country around Wirksworth, Derbyshire, shown on the accompanying I : 25 000 resource...chert: Monsal Dale Limestones, Middlepeak Quarry, .Wirksworth 12 Escarpment of the Monsal Dale Limestones above...Longedge, Aldwark 12 £yam Limestones at Shaw Quarry, Wirksworth: Thinly bedded, dark grey, crinoidal Eyam Limestones
Report (issue)
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...appeared. "The Geology of the Northern Part of the Derbyshire Coalfield and Bordering Tracts' by W. Gibson...under the supervision of Mr. W. N. Edwards as District Geologist. The revised six-inch maps, published...some of the Carboniferous rocks. The Chesterfield district has a long mining history based on exploitation
Journal (issue)
res. J.A.J. 5 PHOSGENITE AND MATLOCKITE IN DERBYSHIRE (Part 1) T. Bridges and M.E. Smith Abstract...the Peak District of Derbyshire. Bolehill village is north of Derby, midway between Wirksworth and Matlock...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...reference to phosgenite, in Mawe's Mineralogy of Derbyshire (1802), is a mention of a mineral which he refers
Journal (issue)
D. K. Jones and W. J. Schaub Minerals of the Derbyshire Orefield ......................................without sur­ charge, to the following people: England: Roger S. Harker 2 Wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire...sphalerite, gypsum, quartz, barite, marcasite and pyrite. T HISTORY Quarrying of limestone has gone on...filiform crystals, is included within the celestite. Pyrite, in tiny cubic crystals, is found as a dusting...Group 1 are quartz, calcite, dolomite, barite, pyrite and sphalerite. Group 2 is the celestite-bearing
Journal (issue)
MINING HISTORY The Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society Volume 13, Number I. Sununer...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...over Tithes of Lead Ore in Early 17th Century Derbyshire Ron Slack 48 An Ashover Lead Mining Tithe Dispute...published by the Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd c/o Peak District Mining Museum, Matlock
Report (issue)
dolomite resources of the country around Bakewell, Derbyshire Description of 1:25000 sheet SK 26 and part of...Clay Cross Matlock Alstonfield •sK15 SK25 • Wirksworth SK35 Crich • D. McC. Bridge and J. R. Gozzard...resources of some 27 km2 of country around Bakewell, Derbyshire, shown on the accompanying I:25 000 resource...contributed the account of the geology of the district. Chemical analyses were determined by Mr A. E... CONTENTS Summary I .Introduction Description of the district 3 Topography 3 Geology 5 Dinantian rocks 5 Dolomitisation
Journal (volume)
non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...mineralisation associated with the Whin Sill of northern England is described in a geological context in an account...Mineralogy Publications, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England. Tindle, A.G. (2008). Minerals of Britain and Ireland...Ireland. Terra Publishing, Harpenden, England. David Green and Malcolm Southwood, Journal Editors Erratum...acid); Hollandtwine Mine, Dirtlow Rake, Castleton Derbyshire; 90×50×40 mm; Frank Ince Collection (FI-1644)
Book
palaeontology of Charnwood Forest . .12 C. The Nuneaton District . . . . . . .15 2 THE CAMBRIAN AND ORDOVICIAN...Sills of Warwickshire . . . . .47 The Mountsorrel District ....... 47 General Conclusions ........ 54 THE... .97 Details of the Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfields . 98 Possible Concealed Coalfields...117 .123 .132 8 THE BURIED FLOOR OF EASTERN ENGLAND by P. E. Kent.138 9 PERMIAN AND TRIASSIC FORMATIONS...and R. J. King.324 A. The Pocket Deposits of Derbyshire ..... 324 B. Tertiary (?) Deep Weathering in
Journal (issue)
No. 503617 Front cover: Chatsworth House, in Derbyshire, seen beyond its bridge across the River Derwent...Mick Cooper The geology of Chatsworth House, Derbyshire 27 Michael J.Czajkowski Formation of St. John's...much fanfare it was revealed in April this year that UK Coal is considering re-opening Haworth colliery,...already being closed down (Merciant, 1998) by the time UK Coal bought the English coalfields in the 1994 privatisation...reported that record coal prices have already encouraged UK Coal to invest £55m at Thoresby in Nottinghamshire
Report (issue)
occurrences of barium minerals in the north of England. 5 Fig 3 Production of barytes and Witherite...of considerable interest because until 1969 tJ:ie UK was for many years the principal world producer;...quantity of barytes is becoming available in Derbyshire as a flotation by-product of fluorspar production...satisfied by increased flotation production in Derbyshire. The United Kingdom is dependent on imports for...the USA, 'barite' is used in both senses. In Derbyshire and Somerset a fibrous variety of baryte, occurring
Report (issue)
dolomite resources of the country around Buxton, Derbyshire Description of 1:25000 sheet SK 07 and parts...resources of some 50 kmi of country around Buxton, Derbyshire, shown on the accompanying 1 :25 000 resource... CONTENTS Summary I Introduction I Description of the district 3 Topography 3 Geology 3 Dinantian rocks 3 Structure...dolomite resources of the country around Buxton, Derbyshire In pocket TABLES 1 Classification of limestones...Quarry 7 FIGURES I Map showing the location of the district 2 2 Distribution of the major quarries at the
Journal (issue)
Long Rake Mine, near Youlgreave, in the Derbyshire Peak District, has left this large open stope with ore-passes...Book Reviews 222 Supplement The Geology of the Wirksworth Mines by Trevor Ford PROFILE John Travis I...developed when an aunt took me walking in the Peak District, and I was intrigued by the minerals and crystals...was furthered on two school camps in the Peak District helped by the geography teacher Ron Disney, who...(Caving, Climbing, Hiking and Camping). When the Derbyshire Caving Association was formed in 1960, I was
 
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