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Fluorite from
Bonsall Moor, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK


Locality type:Moor
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cerussite13 photos of Fluorite associated with Cerussite at this locality.
Galena12 photos of Fluorite associated with Galena at this locality.
Baryte5 photos of Fluorite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Fluorite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Hemimorphite1 photo of Fluorite associated with Hemimorphite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bonsall Moor, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:629666
Long-form Identifier:1:3:629666:7
GUID (UUID V4):737f2096-61ff-422c-bff9-39ba5042ed99
Localities for Fluorite in this Region
Blakemere Pit, Bonsall Moor, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
Bonsall Moor Quarry (Moor Farm Quarry; "Slayley Quarry"), Bonsall Moor, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (chapter)
2015 Karstic residual fluorite-baryte deposits at two localities in Derbyshire. R. P. Shaw SUMMARY: Various...and underground. Two surface localities, on Bonsall Moor, near Matlock, and near Castleton are filled...filled with sediments containing locally derived fluorite and baryte clasts, in sufficient quantity to be...Pleistocene fluvioglacial origin. The lead-zinc-fluorite-baryte mineralization of the area has been described...worked and dressed galena has been worked by Derbyshire lead miners who knew it as 'gravel ore', and
Journal (issue)
PEAK of rhe DISTRICT A joint publication of Rockbottom Publications and the Peak District Mines Historical...Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society. COVER:BLUE JOHN FLUORITE, Blue John Mine, Castleton...Castleton, Derbyshire, polished slab 7 x I 0cm. Bob King Collection (KI052), National Museum of Wales,...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 (article/letter/editorial)
interest, namely those in the north of England and in Derbyshire. Barium minerals have been known in these...considered merely as waste products as was also the fluorite from neighbouring localities. I t has been thought...basic igneous rocks. The rocks of the north of England belong to the Carboniferous System, and into these...following the outcrop of the Whin Sill, while the fluorite localities are concentrated in the centre of the...accompanying map (fig. 1). Specimens showing both fluorite and barytcs in close association are exceptional
Catalog/List
AUCTIONEER: MR. J.A.JONES 31 BRIDGEFIELDS, KEGWORTH, DERBYSHIRE, DE74 2FW Tel: 01509 672125 EMAIL OR POSTAL BIDS...mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself... Lot 324 – Fluorite on quartz – Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS...Quartz after fluorite(?) - Marke Valley Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. [SX 288 638]. SX.P5 Fluorite in quartz
Catalog/List
ACC No. 1056. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN), GOSS MOOR ALLUVIAL, ROCHE. EX SIR WILLIAM SARGEANT COLL No...COLLCI920’S. 25x20 ACC No. 1037. CASSITERITE, GOSS MOOR ALLUVIAL, ROCHE. A20MM DIAMETER PEBBLE. COLL 1920... ACC No. 1025. CASSITERITE (VAR WHITE TIN) GOSS MOOR ALLU VIALS, ROCHE. EX SIR W.SARGEANT COLL LABEL...PENDEEN. “A NICE DISPLAY SPECIMEN” 180x 150 FLUORITE, WHEAL MARY ANN, MENHENIOT, LISKEARD. A LARGE...ACC No. 1050. (3 PIECES) NATIVE COPPER, CRADDOCK MOOR, CARADON. BRIGHT METALLIC COPPER IN QUARTZ MATRIX
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...our main Nat¬ ional Parks, in the Peak District and Yorkshire Dales, and our main nature reserves are in...of our different areas, of the Yorkshire Dales, Peak District, Mendip Hills and South Wales, each have
lead mines and miners. 1. Lead mines and mining - England - History - Pictorial works I. Title II. Willies...Ltd, PO Box 2, 9-11 Station Street, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 1DZ. S413 i Contents Acknowledgements...to thank also the Derbyshire Pennine Club, Sheffield City Libraries, the Derbyshire Archaeological Society...Society, the Derbyshire Record Office, and the Royal Society, for permission to use material in their archives...and assistance, especially from members of Peak District Mines Historical Society. We are duly thankful
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
‘Minerals of Scotland’, ‘Minerals of Northern England’ and of course ‘Crystal Mountains’. So where are...Birmingham and to include the ‘counties’ of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire...REVIEW Derbyshire (88 pages) – Sowerby (1809) illustration of calcite from Dimple Mine. Bonsall Moor photo...photo of former mineral exploitation on the Moor. Matlockite and phosgenite (with labels) from Cromford...Calcite and galena from Millclose Mine, Darley Dale. Fluorite from Crich Quarry photographed in daylight and
Book
mines and miners. l . Lead mines and mining - England - Peak, The - History - Pictorial works I. Title...Ltd, PO Box 2, 9- L1 Station Street, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE61DZ. Contents Acknowledgements Introduction...to thank also the Derbyshire Pennine Club, Sheffield City Libraries, the Derbyshire Archaeological Society...Society, the Derbyshire Record Office, and the Royal Society, for permission to use material in their archives...and assistance, especially from members of Peak District Mines Historical Society. We are duly thankful
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
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...Dark Peak Grit 4 Derbyshire Dome Creating the Landscape 5 Shaping the Peak District 6 Through the Ice
Catalog/List
Cumbria Dyfed.Wales Derbyshire Dyfed.Wales Leadhills,Scotl. Caldbeck,Cumbria Derbyshire Moorshaft Lode Scordale...Cumbria Ecton.Staffs. Derbyshire Dyfed.Wales Trefelrig,Wales SlOay,Comwall Derbyshire Leadhllls,Scotl. Ecton...Ecton.Staffs. Ecton.Staffs. Derbyshire Ecton.Staffs. Breage,Comwall Dorset Caldbeck,Cumbria Caldbeck,Cumbria...QUARTZ 149 QUARTZ 150 QUARTZ 151 FLUORITE 152 FLUORITE 153 FLUORITE 154 LINARITE 155 LI NARITE 156 PYRITE...Derbysh . Wales Wales Cornwall Hexhem Cornwall Derbyshire Cumbria Ben Lewers,Perth . Torquay.Devon N.Yorkshire
Report (issue)
dolomite resources of the country around Wirksworth, Derbyshire Description of parts of 1:25 000 sheets SK 25...of some 67 km2 of country around Wirksworth, Derbyshire, shown on the accompanying I : 25 000 resource...and geology of the country around Wirksworth, Derbyshire in pocket TABLES I Dinantian classification...dolomite resources of the country around Wirksworth, Derbyshire Description of parts of 1 :25 000 sheets SK 25...and dolomite resources in the Wirksworth area, Derbyshire. Fourteen boreholes were drilled under contract
Catalog/List
light brown dolomite matrix. Fluorite. Old Tor Mine, Castleton, Derbyshire. A colourful lump of light and...and dark purple fluorite (Blue John). Collected 1980. Fluorite with chalcopyrite. Engine Chamber, Clayton...Clayton Adit, Ecton, Staffordshire. Cubic fluorite crystals to 8mm with inclusions and a coating ofbrassy-yellow...crystals. An excellent specimen; collected 1982. Fluorite, chalcopyrite, selenite, baryte and calcite. Clayton...Clayton Adit, Ecton, Staffordshire. Fluorite crystals to 8mm with inclusions ofchalcopyrite with se lenite
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
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...Durhani. Mr. Pocock describes the occurrences in Derbyshire, Mr. H. Dewey and Mr. C. E. N. Bromehead contribute...R. W. Pocock has revised the account of Derbyshire :fluorite deposits, and Mr. Henry Dewey has furnished
Journal (issue)
also produced by the US, India and Pakistan. In the UK it is mined at Aberfeldy (Perthshire) and as a biproduct...biproduct at the Glebe fluorspar mine (Derbyshire). It’s main use is as a heavy drilling medium for the...class 10. Classes 10 and 11 can include minerals from UK or overseas. 2. Specimens in classes 2, 2A, 3,...the British Isles, defined for these purposes as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the Channel...13-15), John Pearce with minerals from the South of England, Nick Hawes with a selection of his British minerals
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
Journal (issue)
. Central Branch Mini-Symposium: Minerals of Derbyshire ............................... Membership changes........ 5 6 7 8 10 12 12 13 16 16 17 News Items. UK Mining Snippets ................................................................................... UK and European mineral shows in2019 .................also a list of minerals shows taking place in the UK this year - along with some (but by no means all)...Society's central aims, the study and reporting of UK topographic mineralogy. The fact that reports of
Catalog/List
Realgar & Orpiment Realqar Cinnabar Stibnite Galena, Fluorite and Barvte Pyrite & Marcasite Jamesonite Chalcopyrite...Cornwall Pacific Ocean Lizard Cornwall Ashover Derbyshire Eire Gwenap, Cornwall (Lowe) Aberfeldy, Scotland...USA Unknown The Knipe, S. Scotland Masson Hill, Derbyshire A2 A2 A2 75p 50p £1 £1 Abbots Cliff, Folkestone...Jane, Cornwall Greystones Qy. Cornwall Ladywash, Derbyshire Wheal Prosper, Cornwall Coldstones, Pately Bridge...Ladywash, Derbyshire Covelline Arsenopyrite Tremearne Cliff, Cornwall Marcasite Ladywash, Derbyshire Sphalerite
Book
NORTHERN ENGLAND NORTHUMBRIA 1-Ron Brown NORTHUMBRIA 2-Ron Brown 6. MIDLANDS NEW SITES IN DERBYSHIRE—John...DERBYSHIRE—John and Joan Lawson PEAK DISTRICT—John Lawson THE CURSE ON THE MAGPIE-Peter Rodgers 7. WEST COUNTRY ...Newquay Derbyshire, of course, is famous for its fluorite minerals. Good specimens of massive fluorite are...this country’s mineral wealth. Tin from Cornwall, fluorite from the Midlands and the North, are booming as...happen in Weardale, where there is a brisk trade in fluorite minerals. Last October at the Becermet Mine in
Book
EAK IC T I D Compiled by members of the Peak District Mines Historical Society and edited by TREVOR...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...are, however, rapidly disappearing, and the Peak District Mines Historical Society is making efforts in
Catalog/List
CL OS E COBHAM S URRE Y P h o n e Co b h a m •ENGLAND KT 1 1 2 NL 0 19 3 2 8 62 3 40 C a t a 1 o g u...white masses intergrown with Selenite. (Dorset, England) lxl 60p lx2 fl.20 2x2 f2.40 2x4 E3.SO 4x4ins E7...Group. Rich green masses with Siderite.Unusual for England. (ScarboroughYorkshire) lxl E2 lx2 E4.50 2x2 E9...coverage of glassy micros on m3trix.(RamsleyMine,Deon England) ~ x ~ El lxl fl.8O 169 GONl!ARDITg slightly chalky...hard white sphere shaped nodule. (Ne~haven,Sussex,England) 1 50p 2n El.00 3" fl.60 4" El.BO 018 ANDALUSITE
Journal (volume)
I. Green 5 18 Strontianite from Castleton, Derbyshire in the Joseph Dawson collection John Chapman...Dolgellau Gold-Belt, the Snowdon Caldera and the district in between: a single late Ordovician metallogenic... 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...important role in topographic mineralogy. The first Derbyshire strontianite is noted on specimens from the
 
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