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Quartz from
St Peter's Mine, Sparty Lea, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorite45 photos of Quartz associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Siderite26 photos of Quartz associated with Siderite at this locality.
Sphalerite5 photos of Quartz associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view St Peter's Mine, Sparty Lea, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:70906
Long-form Identifier:1:3:70906:8
GUID (UUID V4):17f3846f-c236-439a-9283-d8dbbed0cc10
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
3.4km (2.1 miles) Allenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine), Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK
5.2km (3.2 miles) Barneycraig Mine, Coalcleugh, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
5.2km (3.2 miles) Greencleugh Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
5.2km (3.2 miles) Scraithole Mine, Carrshield, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
5.7km (3.6 miles) Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
6.2km (3.9 miles) Groverake Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
6.2km (3.9 miles) Coalcleugh Mine, Coalcleugh, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
6.2km (3.9 miles) Park Level Mine, Killhope Burn, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
6.5km (4.0 miles) North Groverake Quarry, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
6.7km (4.2 miles) Cowhorse Mine, Killhope Burn, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
crystals to 2mm. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Black goethite... Collected 1980. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Stalactitic brown...calcite-lined worm holes. 90/072 Quartz. 50' above bottom of Boundary Shaft, Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales...group of colourless pyramidal quartz crystals. 90/091 Baryte. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Pale...minor matrix. 901006A Baryte with sphalerite. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Clear transparent baryte
Report (volume)
BRITAIN. VOL. XXV.-LEAD AND ZINC ORES OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND ALSTON MOOR. BY STANLEY SMITH, }I.A., D...eads 1\-lining Office was freely given byLord Allendale and his agents. . M:r. J. )V. Metcalfe has l>een...Thornbrough Mine, p. 19. }"allowfield Mine, p. 21. Birkey Burn, p, 25. Grottington or Pont Head Mine, p. 25...Greyside Mines, p. 26. Settling.s tones Mine, p. 29. Langley Barony Mine, p. 31. Snialle1· Mines and Trials...J\line, p. 34. Whinnetlcy Mine, p. 34. '\"{a-terhouse Mine, p . . 34. Morraleo .Mine, p. 35). THE DERWENT
Catalog/List
him immense personal satisfaction. A crystal of quartz collected by Trevor in 1959, in the Austrian Alps...mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Roy Starkey 4 Lot 324 – Fluorite on quartz – Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite...Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Co. Durham. Collected in 1897. 5 Lot No...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and H. F. Harwood (1928), for the trend of the quartz-dolerite 246 K. C. Dunham— dykes associated...of the folds ; it is mapped from a point near Allendale Town in the north, to Structural Features of...the beds at the western ends of Allenheads, St. Peter's, and Esp's mines suggest that the monocline continues...foot of Smithy cleugh ; and near Silvertongue old mine, Muggleswick, crossing the Derwent. Some attention...Allen, Devil's Water, and Derwent drainages. St. Peter's mine affords an excellent series of underground
Book (edition)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALF�S GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PENNINE OREFIELD...Copyright Reserved LONDON: PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S ST A TI ONE RY OFFICE To be purchased directly from...Edinburgh, 2 ; 39-41 King Street, Afanchester, 2; 1 St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff• Tower Lane, Bristol...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
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...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\. © C,rown...sheets 19 and 25 and parts of 13, 24, 26, 31, 32 (England and Wales). Author Sir Kingsle_y Dunham, DSc, SD
Book
pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages........................ West Allendale .................... East Allendale ..................... Weardale..... The Tyne Valley ................... The Northumberland and Durham Coalfield ............. The Northern................... 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
Book
C a s c M nerals of o h England 0 0 = The Greenbank Collection This Catalogue is a Limited Edition...divide us, the mineral specimens from Northern England unite almost everyone in an appreciation of their...treasured specimens remain to fire the IN NORTHERN ENGLAND has a imagination and wonder of collectors and...from the mines of Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland made a huge and crucial contribution to this...waste rock and gangue discarded during mining - the mine pagel The Lindsay Gree11ba11k Collection curators
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mr. Nigel Kennedy, Cheshire, England. This was most fortunate since England has produced the finest FLUORITE...accretionary haematite, and glistening rock crystal (quartz), and other minerals, such as galena, and sphalerite...coast, from Scotland in the north, to the south of England, in Devon and Cornwall, Midway, in the mines of...of Cumberland, Westmoreland, Northumberland, and Durham, and parts of Lancashire, Cheshire and Derbyshire...cassiterite, blende, pyrite, rock crystal, and milky quartz; sometimes tourmaline and topaz; sometimes as many
Catalog/List
attending the following shows in the seconUK October I 2U1 / 13U1 November 23rd Dakcwell 1-laywards...CLOSED on SUNDAYS J.AEGYRINE and NATROLJTE . ML St. I-ul aire, Quebec, Canada. Small 3-climcnsional.... rhombs.£35. 2.ANAPAJTE. Kerlch Peni.r1su .lar, Uk raine. The be;;L localily m �le world for this mineral...pyrite. £20. 13.CINNABAR on STIBNITE. Nikitovka Mine, Ukraine. Single blade of stibnite 4.5cm long wiU1...lwi1med cinnabar xls. £25 14. CINN ABAR. Tongren Mine, Guizhou, China. Nice miniature. Two main elongated
Book (volume)
Bucks county light green crystals. No. 1 shaft, St. Peter's, Chester county radiating, columnar crystals...small amount of MnO in the green variety. P & R mine, Siesholtzville, Berks county. (W. Headden) B light...a silicate, but an altered calcite of The St. Peter's byssolite is found in acicular crystals, penetrating...dull brown; Rocksville, Bucks. 19: Andradite, St. Peter's; usually truncated; no striations. dark brown...Montgomery county. 410: Olive-green; Kober's copper mine, Sumneytown, Montgomery county. 418: Dark olive-green
Book (volume)
sulphur were found by me, several Ueberroth zine mine, Priedensville, Lehigh Co., years ago, at the ...GRAPHITE. (8) Graphite occurs, with gneiss and quartz on A.Johnson's farm E. from Feastcrvillc, Bucks...Phillipsburg, N. J. at Siesholtzville, at Kinzi mine, Stony creek, 1 Refers to page in Dr. Genth's...Forksvilie, Sullivan Co., in small pieces in the Doughty mine, a few At upper layer of the limestone miles south...found in considerable quantity, associated with This mine was unsuccessfully operated, a few years ago, by
Journal (issue)
UK TS C 2 COVER:Superbtwinnedyellowfluoritecrystal 15 mm on edge from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria...T'wENTY YEARS IN MINERALS NORTHERN ENGLAND David Green • Peter Briscoe The UK ]011rnalof Mines at1d Minerals...Ratcliff & Roper (Print ) Ltd Worksop, Nous. S80 2EE UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 22 -t- Campylite...classic minerals of Northern England. This specimen from ~ry Gill Mine, once part of the Fred Bull collection...collection, is°'currently owned by David McCallmn. UK Journal of Mines & Mfo~r:il, No. 22 -2- T·w·E.NTY
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Silica and Silicates ( 107 ) from the pegmatites at QUARTZ, silica, Si02, is an essential mineral in the granite...pegmatites. Massive, white, or smoky colored crystalline quartz often makes up the greater bulk of the mass of...are of pink or the rose quartz variety. Rock crystals, or the colorless quartz crystals, are often found...found as well as are smoky quartz crystals in the cavities of druses which occur in many pegmatites. Amethyst...Amethyst, the purple colored variety of crystalline quartz, usually is found in crystals in cavities or pockets
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reddish-brown hexagonal crystals as a rare mineral at St. Peter's Dome near Pike's Peak, El Paso County, Colorado...sodium and aluminum occurs in limited quantity at St. Peter's Dome, Colorado. PROSOPITE, a calcium fluoride...hydroxyl is another of the rare minerals found at St. Peter's Dome, Colorado. PACHNOLITE, a fluoride of sodium...sodium calcium, and water occurs also at St. Peter's Dome, Colorado. THOMSENOLITE with a similar composition...cubes occurs with the other rare fluorides at St. Peter's Dome, Colorado. GEARKSUTITE, a hydrous calcium
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...entries. It includes valid mineral species (eg. quartz), series names (eg stilbite) and group names (eg...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue
Journal (issue)
locations. Principally there are quantities of quartz, smoky quartz, cassiterite, amethyst, fluorite, autunite...Emmanuel showed off his lovely specimen of smoky quartz, obtained when he was in France. Lynda took along...encrustations be greenockite (cadmium bearing)? Quartz, up to 2" long crystals, can contain liquid inclusions...reports. During his photography sessions, one of the quartz crystals exploded under the heat of the flood lights...nearby. The group visited a working porphyry copper mine with finely disseminated chalcopyrite, secondary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Aquamarine Bertrandite Fluorite Mica Phenakite Quartz My camp was at a prospector's cabin, at an elevation...phenakite crystals were implanted on aqua­ marine or quartz crystals. Here there is an 18-inch vein of disintegrated...veins of milky-white quartz. These contain open seams lined with brilliant clear quartz crystals up to 3...terminated by only the basal pinacoid. Groups of smoky quartz crystals on a feldspar base and having the bases...phenakite crystals were found implanted on the smoky quartz. Anyone making a trip to this locality is almost
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1933; Granites oi the Front Range; the Long's Peak-St. Vrain batholith: Bu.ll Geol. Soc Am., vol. 45, pp...eastern Park County. Principal localitiesare St. Peter's Dome, Crystal Park, Cameron Cone, Pike's Peak...associated fluorides occur on the north flank of St. Peter'sDome. This is one of the very few cryolite...described in this paper. Key to numbers: (1) St. Peter's Dome (El Paso County), (2) Florissant (Teller...which cuts through a northward-trending spur of St. Peter's Dome, is shown on the Manitou topographic sheet
Journal (issue)
CONTENTS . ZIRCONS FROM THE EUREKA TUNNEL , ST . PETER'S Dome , El Paso COUNTY , COLORADO , 163 BOLÉITE...Interests of the Collector , especially to the whole quartz group . the Student , the Dealer and the Miner...mountainous region . It is needless to 237 N. Seventh St. , Newark , N. J. say that these minerals sell ....endeavor to fill all now . FROM E. H. HARN . St. Peter's Dome , Colo . CRYSTALS IN THE MATRIX . Specimens...ARTHUR CHAMBERLAIN , GRAHAM & Co. , 237 N. Seventh St. , Newark , N.J. - Practical + Lapidaries , et NEW
Book (edition)
Edition . . . ,. l _, • '. LONDON HER MAJESTY 'S ST ATI ONERY OFFICE 1968 J • • ) (Il C I FOREWORD...DISTRIBUTION OF ROADSTONBS IN GREAT BRITAIN 5 England and Wales 5 Scotland 8 Channel Islands LIST...under county headings, with all the counties of England, Wales and Scotland in one alphabetical list. Within...group Epidiorite Hornblende-schist Lamprophyre Quartz-dolerite Spilite Flint group Gabbro group Basic...Gneiss Granite Granodiorite Granulite Pegmatite Quartz-diorite Syenite Gritstone group Agglomerate Arkose
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
described in more than 40 articles since 1876, are St. Peter's Dome, Cookstove Mountain, and Crystal Park. several...gently to the east. l\{ost of the dikes near St. Peter's Dome contain subhedralcrystals that are tightly...containing bastnaesite, siderite altered to hematite , quartz, microcline-perthite, zrrcon,huttonite(?), and...containing bastnaesite, siderite altered to limonite, quartz, microcline-perthite, fluorite, topaz, phenakite...filled with limonite. Well-formed crystals of smoky quartz and microcline-perthite project from the walls
Book (edition)
Galleries, London ISBN O85272 313 X ClO Printed in the UK for the British Geological Survey by Saxon Graphics...sales of minerals produced in Britain, on an ex-mine or quarry basis, the total value is estimated at...and the major proportion of this output is from the UK Continental Shelf. However, there is a substantial...volume goes to press, the closure of the last tin mine in Britain was announced. In addition, through local...Directory. • Britain comprises Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland; its
Report (edition)
Kingsway, LONDON, w.c.2 P.O. Box 569, LONDON, s_. E.1 1 St. Andrew's Crescent, CARDIFF 13a Castle Street, EDINBURGH...elsewhere. It is commonly associated with calc-spar, quartz, and barytes in the gangue of the veins, but it...arenaceous, the association is with calc-spar and quartz. The output has been for many years in excess of...Mr. R. G. Carruthers has had charge of the Northumberland, Durham and • Yorkshire sections; Mr. R. W... PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION of fluorspar in England and Wales were investigated as part of the programme
Book
wire and leaf gold were taken from the Printer Boy mine, Lake County, in tellurium in many in 1870...a pound. The Boulder Nest mine in Clear Creek County, and the Caribou mine in Boulder County were especially...found iu the Pittsburg mine at Empire. Dendritic coatings found in the Centennial mine, Georgetown. Loose...Summit county. Occasionally found in the Las Animas mine, Boulder county, associated with bismutite and bismuthinite...adamantine. Analysis by Konig of mineral from Iron Arrow mine: sulphuric acid 28'57, sesquioxyd of iron 51'10
 
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