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Calcite from
Golconda Mine, Hopton, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Golconda Mine, Hopton, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:629688
Long-form Identifier:1:3:629688:9
GUID (UUID V4):652e37b6-6ad2-44f5-b41f-45f10e6b9f88
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Bone Mill Quarry, Hopton, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.7km (1.1 miles) Ible Quarry, Ible, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
3.5km (2.2 miles) Ranter Mine (Rent Tor Mine), Wirksworth, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
3.9km (2.4 miles) Dene Quarry, Cromford, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
4.0km (2.5 miles) Blakemere Pit, Bonsall Moor, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
4.3km (2.7 miles) Bonsall Moor Quarry (Moor Farm Quarry; "Slayley Quarry"), Bonsall Moor, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
4.3km (2.7 miles) Ball Eye Mine, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
4.4km (2.7 miles) Ball Eye Quarry, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
4.6km (2.8 miles) Bage Mine, Wirksworth, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
4.6km (2.9 miles) Sacheveral Farm, Winster, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
References
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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...minerals of Derbyshire with the PDMHS Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published
Journal (issue)
No 3. "Henwoodite", West Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne Specimen: 118 x 85 x 65mm Watercolour commissioned...PEAK of rhe DISTRICT A joint publication of Rockbottom Publications and the Peak District Mines Historical...of the Peak District Mines Historical Society. COVER:BLUE JOHN FLUORITE, Blue John Mine, Castleton,... Derbyshire, polished slab 7 x I 0cm. Bob King Collection (KI052), National Museum of Wales, Cardiff...TRI T MI E HISTORIC L SOCIETY 3-----------BL The UK Jouma/ of 1Jfi11es a11dMinerals publishes articles
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...Carsington, Derbyshire Trevor D. Ford and John A. Jones 1 Geophysical Survey at Magpie Mine, near Sheldon...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
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)
GALENA-BARITE DEPOSITS GOLCONDA MINE, BRASSINGTON, DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND TREVOR D. FORD AND ROBERT...which were cementedby calcite. Remainingcavitieswere then lined with large calcite scalenohedra.A late...authorsare very gratefulto the ownersof the mine, the Hopton Mining Company,for their kindnessin givingpermissionand...1964. The mine has now ceasedproduction and the windinggear is aboutto be withdrawn. TIlE MINE AND ITS...eighteenthcenturies. It is known to have been a rich lead mine in the mid- nineteenthcenturybut no documents or
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the valleys. Eastwards 'and westwards where the dales give place to higher ground the metasomatism dies...allotriomorphic and of varying size, mixed with residual calcite. Generally the grain is much coarser than that...containing a moderate amount of recrystallized calcite, though the recrystallization might have occurred...I have not found alternating zonal growths of calcite and dolomite suggesting that calcification and...suggest that magnesian waters formerly occupying the dales may have reacted only with certain beds on account
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...sphalerite, galena, pyrite, marcasite, dolomite and calcite, whereas barite is minor to absent and fluorite...barite and calcite have been of greater commercial interest. The orefield lies mostly in Derbyshire, extending
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
Report (volume)
Swaledale are described togetlier with th6se of-· Derbyshire and· certain · othei· districts of minor importance...the Carboniferous Limestone,. et,9., 9£ North Derbyshire (Second Edition, 1887), is still the best and...and · ·most complete description of that district; most of t he parts of that memoii: ·relating to our...iatarice in reference to the mines of the Grassington district. · · ::/ ·. ....) ..· .:• JOHN S. FLETT, ···... p. 4. Bracken Sike Vein, p. 5. Burtree Pasture Mine, ·p. 5. Sedling Vein, p. 6. Slitt, Vein, p. 6. Greenlaws
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
Catalog/List
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 92/089 Analcime with calcite. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Analcime...with calcite crystals. 92/088 Calcite and analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Calcite-analcime...pseudomorphs after laumontite crystals 50mm lon_g. 92/095 Calcite and analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire...by calcite and analcime. 89/039 Calcite. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Large white calcite crystal...crystal with later white calcite crystals on faces. 93/142 Calcite with analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft,
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;...toAthole G Allen (Stockton) Ltd, Barium Chemicals Ltd, Hopton Mining Co Ltd and Laporte Industries Ltd. ix ...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
Journal (issue)
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...Radley Haute Provence – Alan Filmer Wieliczka Salt Mine – Tony Waltham 175 Lecture Reports 180 Gold in...Lavers Excursion Reports Millstone Grit of South Derbyshire The Yorkshire Coast Fountains Abbey and Brimham...farther north, just west of Eastwell (SK770283). The UK Seismic Monitoring and Information Service, based
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals from Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, with a note on infra-red spectra. By R. S. W...workings in the tteights of Abraham, Matloek Bath, Derbyshire. Partial analyses of two specimens each of rosasite...Rake at the Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. The mines and caves on this part of the Great...Cavern, at about 700 ft O.D. ; and the lower Nestus mine workings, at about 550 ft O.D. Masson and Rutland...connected to the north with the Black-Ox-High-Loft mine complex. Below them, Rutland Cavern (N.G.R. 1 SK/29305858)
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...(1950) describing the stratigraphy of Millclose Mine; Dunham's (19526) account of the Masson Hill area;
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...Staffordshire / 52 Into the Twentieth Century - Millclose Mine at Darley Dale / 57 Smelting the Ore / 70 Mining...of Millclose Mine, belonging to her late husband. We have to thank also the Derbyshire Pennine Club,...Sheffield City Libraries, the Derbyshire Archaeological Society, the Derbyshire Record Office, and the Royal
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...late Paul Deakin, mine surveyor, caver and photographer who lived in the Peak District and left a massive...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
Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ...mineral. ltxlt". £10. 5. aZURITE. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, tlustralia. Bright...around l"xt" in size - £3 each. 7. BbRYTES. Hilton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. 1. large wellformed group...being mainly transparent. £3.50. Golconda Mine, Brassington, Derbyshire. Light green radiated crystal tufts...3tx3x2t" • £It. -2BnRYTOChLCITE. Nentsberry Hoggs Mine, ~dmiralty Flats, hlston, Cumberland. Well formed
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...Staffordshire / 52 Into the Twentieth Century — Millclose Mine at Darley Dale / 57 Smelting the Ore / 70 Mining...of Millclose Mine, belonging to her late husband. We have to thank also the Derbyshire Pennine Club,...Sheffield City Libraries, the Derbyshire Archaeological Society, the Derbyshire Record Office, and the Royal
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...Mercian’s last issue. Cave pearls are concretions of calcite, with an internal structure of concentric bands...beneath tall dripping shafts. These in the Golconda Mine lie in a pool within a flowstone cascade in...to the floor, and this has now happened to the Golconda pearls - since their photograph was taken in the
Journal (issue)
Society members have contacted me prior to visiting Derbyshire for a collecting trip, and to discuss localities...decide to have a weekend away in the Yorkshire Dales, or even more specifically the Grassington Moor...Hill (Zambia), Arizona, etc. g. Minerals such as calcite, baryte, fluorite, quartz, British wulfenite, British...to 100+ specimens, or for larger areas such as Derbyshire or Mid-Wales, 50 to 500+ specimens. If you think...Gorland,Millclose Mine, Wheal Jane, Ladywash Mine, Carrock Mine, Geevor Mine, Snelston Mine, etc. So, let's
Journal (issue)
Peter F Jones Tufa deposits in the Via Gellia, Derbyshire 99 Correspondence Society Secretary, 100 Main...north of Eastwood, in Nottinghamshire near the Derbyshire border, Brinsley and the surrounding area had...commanded that no person should be employed in a mine unless there are at least two shafts in communication...is called ‘Beggarlee’ (there had formerly been a mine of this name located near Moorgreen Colliery), and...lithostratigraphy for the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group of England and Scotland. To mark its centenary in November
Journal (issue)
D. K. Jones and W. J. Schaub Minerals of the Derbyshire Orefield ......................................by R.S.W. Braithwaite Graphite from the Lead Hill mine, Ticonderoga, New Y o r k ........................without sur­ charge, to the following people: England: Roger S. Harker 2 Wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire...assured that, with localities like the Ray mine and the Old Yuma mine still to go, we are not yet close to... C olo rado 80919 303-598-1233 Tourmaline Golconda mine, Brazil Stibnite Kisbanya, Romania Hydroxylherderite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
decorative stones, field collecting, mines and mine plans, industrial landscapes, industrial processes...‘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... BOOK REVIEW Derbyshire (88 pages) – Sowerby (1809) illustration of calcite from Dimple Mine. Bonsall Moor...from Cromford – Bage Mine in particular. Calcite and galena from Millclose Mine, Darley Dale. Fluorite
 
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