 | | Book (edition) | | | VOLUME V II UK MINING VENTURES T HE M INER AL HER ITAGE SPE CI ALI STS K U UK MI CONTENTS CONTENTS...CONTENTS UK MINING VENTU z FOREWOR D BY IAN & DIANA BRUCE4-5 z WEARDALE, COUNTY DURHA M 6-17 z DI A...A NA M ARI A MINE 18-29 SUTCLIFFE VEIN GR AEBER JONES POCKET 30-31 SNOWSTOR M POCKET 32-33 PAVEL’S...POCKET92-93 NORTHER N LIGHTS POCKET94-95 z ROGERLEY MINE 96-107 GREENBANK VEIN WOLFIE POCKET108-109...POCKET114-115 50 YEAR POCKET116-117 z LADY ANNABELLA MINE 118-127 THE BULL VEIN THE BULL VEIN 128-129 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...nineteenth centuries can be seen on the hills above the mine site. Figure 2 (left). A scattering of numerous...crystals, with calcite on quartz matrix, 14 × 10 × 7 cm, recovered from the Cambokeels mine in the early...× 6 × 4-cm specimen was recovered from the Rogerley mine in 2013. 306 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 4. General |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountains, centered on the Weardale area of northern England, have yielded enormous amounts of both lead and...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...commercial specimen recovery have been made at the Rogerley, Greenlaws, and St. Peter’s mines. However, given |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fisher photo. Collector interview: Jolyon Ralph (UK) This time our inteview is again with a very famous...the creator of mindat.org – Jolyon Ralph from the UK. Jolyon is well known as a webmaster but not many...6.5 cm wide. Fisher/Kureczka collection. Rogerley Mine, UK – mining for fluorites J. Scovil photo. ...quartz specimens. Unfortunately, this part of the quarry was abandoned soon after discovery of the Continiued...throughout the Weardale area along with the rest of the UK. As a result, the supply of crystallized mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | exception to this has been specimens from the Rogerley mine, which was worked by partners Lindsay Greenbank...in the early 1970s and 1996. The Rogerley is, to date, the only mine in the United Kingdom that has been...on a commercial basis, and during this time the mine produced a limited but steady stream of high-quality...offered to assist in transferring the operation of the mine to a group of interested Americans. After completing...Pogue), operating as UK Mining Ventures, began full-time operations at the Rogerley in May 1999. After |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fluorite, Heights mine, North vein, near Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, England. This transparent...Fluorite, Dow Scar level, Hilton mine, near Appleby, Scordale, Cumbria, England. This well-formed twinned yellow...Penetration-twinned fluorite with preferential druse of calcite, indicating gravitational settling under stagnant...conditions, Rosiclare level, Denton mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois. The specimen is 8...the Lead Hill area, Cave-in-Rock district, Hardin County, Illinois, and is 5.5 cm. Ross Lillie specimen |  | | Journal (volume) | | and yellow zoning from the find at Rodderup Fell Mine in the early 1930’s Photo G. Scovil WANTED! We...The Old Linhay, Halberfoh Road. Wil land, Devon, England, EX 15 2QF TEL 01884 821563 Email Ian@crystalclassics...plumbogummite from Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Photo: David Green. The UK Journal of Mines and...-------------------------- 9 -------------------------- Rogerley Mine Jesse Fisher • Lindsay Greenbank MARKETING...------------------------- Classified Advertisments UK Journal of Mines &• Minerals No. 23 - 1 - Editorial |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...................................... Florence Mine on You Tube ...................................................................................... UK Mining Snippets ...................................this issue you will find – among other things: - UK Mining Snippets – a collection of news items about...actual or proposed commercial activities across the UK. Some of these are positive and show projects proceeding...surprised at the level of interest and activity in UK mining. I should point out that these are just plums |  | | 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...minerals and ores from the mines of Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland made a huge and crucial contribution...Nowadays, surface traces of mining are mos~y LG 41 Calcite Frizington, Cumberland restricted to the barren |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tourmaline on quartz, Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen...Erica Van Pelt photo. MarcWApril: Beryl and calcite, La Pita mine, Maripi Boyacii, Columbia. Cal Graeber,... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(Herkimer “diamonds’’), Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen...photo. SepteniberlOctober: Gold, Smuggler Union mine, Telluride district, Colorado. Colorado School of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The one notable exception to this is the Boltsburn mine, which produced twinned fluorite crystals of good...from some mines. Some green fluorite from the Rogerley mine contains asymmetrical zones of pale yellow,... and one cavity found in the Blackdene mine during the 1960s yielded yellow fluorite crystals with bright... Figure I (top). Fluorite crystal from the Rogerley mine showing well-developed growth hillocks centered...cube face. Figure 2. Fluorite with calcite from the Bladrdene mine. Fluorite crystals show cloudy “white |  | | Journal (issue) | | 17. Update of the mineral occurrences at Judkins Quarry ------------------Page 19. Mineralogy in the News...--------------------------------------------------------Page 21. UK Mining Round-up --------------------------------...---------------------------Page 35. Coldstones Quarry (NB) --------------------------------------------------------Page...Sodbury Quarry (SB) ------------------------------------------------Page 38. High Longrigg Mine (NB) -...------------------------------Page 39. Whatley Quarry (SB) ----------------------------------------- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pennine Mountains near the town of Appleby, the Hilton mine is one of several mines in Scordale that were worked...much, if any, future specimen production from the mine. Location and Geologic Setting The Hilton and adjacent...area forming the topographic crest of northern England. The western margin of this region of the North...meters). Scordale is located in the traditional county of Westmorland, which was combined in the early...portion of Lancashire to the west to form the modern county of Cumbria. The region around Scordale is sparsely |  | | 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...THE SHAP GRANITE CUMBRIA DESIGN Julie Ballard QUARRY, Max Wirth • David Green 58 The views and opinions...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs January/February: Chalcopyrite on quartz, La Mine de Giraud, La Gardette, Bourg d’Oisan, Isère, France...Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo....cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen...photo. September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals,...Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo |  | | Journal (issue) | | North of England Journal 245 - Sept Oct 2013 SUSSEX MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETY www.smls.org .uk 1rlrl...pick this one up, heavy isn't it? That's from a quarry in Wales- I carried it-for miles. -Oh yes, we have........... . -Yes, you can pick these up - that Calcite comes from Plumpton on the top of the Downs. The...specimens without damaging ·the crystals. Aouli This mine, which is near the town of Midelt, was worked for...country did not have the finance to keep it going. The mine produced 500,000 tonnes of lead metal during its |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | follow. ADDITIONAL MINERALOGY OF THE KOSS QUARRY, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. I: W.Buchholz,' A. U. FalsteCz...these elements. Recent discoveries in the Koss quarry include: monazite- and rhabdophane-group species;...locality information down to the Kommun (equivalent to county) level, and map and literature references-an inspiration...FLUORESCENCE IN FLUORITE FROM THE ROGERLEY MINE, WEARDALE, COUNTY DURHAM, ENGLAND. A. U. Falster,' J. Fisher...by the second author at the Rogerley mine, Weardale, County Durham, England, has once again produced a |  | | Report (issue) | | from. Pyromorphite, 5.8 cm, from the San Andres mine, Villaviciosa de Cordoba, Espiel, Cordoba, Spain...=============================== the San Andres mine, Villaviciosa de Cordoba, Espiel, Cordoba, Spain...Shale, Extension 18, Boron open pit, Boron, Kern County, California. Lehigh Minerals specimen and photo...cabinet-size specimens of borate minerals from the great mine at Boron, California—and from the former collection...from Extension 21S, Boron open pit, Boron, Kern County, California. Collected by Jim Minette in 1980 Lehigh |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chips from the Quarry A FLUORITE FOCUS: It was a pleasure to plan and put together this issue with...someone who operated the Rogerley mine for eighteen years as a partner in UK Mining Ventures, he is eminently...Ksenia Levterova. Top: Fluorite, Wolfie Pocket, Rogerley mine, painted from a photo by Ian Bruce, Jesse Fisher...× 3.8 × 4.5 cm. Above: Fluorite with calcite, Diana Maria mine; Ian Bruce/Crystal Classics specimen;...81474 1 Fluorite Northern Pennines Orefield, England For Everyone Interested in Minerals, Rocks & Fossils |  | | 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. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then site name. To avoid the confusion...century boundary changes in the British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act |  | | Journal (issue) | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dogtooth Calcite from the Marblehead quarry in Northern Ohio (near Sandusky on...Down And In The Future, Mining Tasmania's Adelaide Mine The New Mexico Mineral Symposium provides a forum...eggletonite-rich pegmatite vein recovered at the 3M Big Rock Quarry, Arkansas last spring. This is the type locality...digital copies of his book: Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas: Collector and Professional Observations...Mundy's Landing, an old abandoned fluorite mine in Woodford County Kentucky. Collected in 2012 . Dimensions |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK C TS 2 EDITORIAL COVER.Smalt-blueplumbogummite with minor pyromorphite on vein quartzfrom RoughtonGill...Ballard 39 EPIDOTE-(SR) AND PIEMONTITE-(SR) BENALLT MINE FROM NEWS and EVENTS Peter J. Briscoe David McCallum...of the Editorial Board. GORCEIXITE FROM BENALLT MINE Tom Cotterell • Richard Tayler 61 Publication...appropriate channel. through MINERALS OF AUGHRIM QUARRY Stephen Moreton • David Green • Andrew Tindle...N0952-2409 BOOK REVIEWS 68 PRINTEDBY ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 33 -1- EDITORIAL |  | | Catalog/List | | mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...Rookhope, Co. Durham. Collected in 1897. 5 Lot No. Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest...Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS.A1 Wavellite - High Down Quarry, Haddon...green stock label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | steep calcite scalenohedra (12.2 cm wide), Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois...modified by the octahedron, with calcite on galena (12 cm high), the Gibraltar mine, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico...Yellow fluorite (10 cm high), Dow Scar Vein, Hilton mine, Appleby, Cumbria, United Kingdom. Figure 5. A...crystal (13 cm high), Denton mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois. Volume 95, July/August...overgrown by calcite scalendohedra (13 cm wide), Minerva No. 1 mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...row, from left) Mesolite, 5.1 cm, from the F-Line quarry, Washington; John Cornish collection. Elbaite,...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands |
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Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK