 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | jef520@comcast.net From the North Pennines Orefield England Figure 1. The Groverake mine, located in upper...mining history of the fluorite deposits in Northern England. He was involved in a specimen recovery project...orefield are centered on the Weardale region of County Durham and extend into the Alston Moor region of Cumbria... quartz, and the iron carbonates ankerite and siderite. During the past several centuries numerous mines...primarily in the Weardale and Teesdale regions of County Durham, extending westward into the Alston Moor and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Heights mine, North vein, near Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, England. This transparent, dark green...Hilton mine, near Appleby, Scordale, Cumbria, England. This well-formed twinned yellow fluorite crystal...level, Denton mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois. The specimen is 8.5 × 7.5 × 7 cm and...the Lead Hill area, Cave-in-Rock district, Hardin County, Illinois, and is 5.5 cm. Ross Lillie specimen...a master’s degree in geology and is a partner in UK Mining Ventures, which is operating a specimen-recovery |  | | 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...would happen one day? Let’s now turn to Northern England and the North Pennine Orefield. No matter where...guaranteed to display Weardale Fluorite from County Durham. Most collectors fondly recall gazing in awe...mineral specimens and since 1999, was operated by UK Mining Ventures LLC. In 2016, after a lifetime 4 |  | | 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...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.A1 Wavellite - High Down Quarry, Haddon...Barstow. SW.B1 Apatite on orthoclase - Colcerrow Quarry, Cornwall. Barstow green stock label. SW.D10 Sphalerite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountains, centered on the Weardale area of northern England, have yielded enormous amounts of both lead and...scientist for many years. He is currently a partner in UK Mining Ventures,which is operating a specimen-recoveryproject...specimen-recoveryproject at the Rogerley mine in Weardale, England. His most recent article for Rocks & Minerals was...was titled “The Rogerley Mine, Weardale, County Durham, England” and appeared in the January/February 2000...literature on the history of mining in Northern England (see, for example, Raistrick and Roberts 1984; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Komerak. and Jonina and Bill Pogue), operating as UK Mining Ventures, began full-time operations at the...northwestern portion of County Durham, not far south of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England. The Wear Valley...west from the vicinity of Eastgate. Jesse Fisher photo. County Durham, England tunes ago, and the region...and Stanhope is the center of commercial activity for the valley. A few miles north of Stanhope is the...is considerable evidence of mining in southern England during the Roman occupation, but there is no direct |  | Bouch, Jon E., Naden, Jonathan, Shepherd, Thomas J., McKervey, John A., Young, Brian, Benham, Antony J., Sloane, Hilary J. (2006) Direct evidence of fluid mixing in the formation of stratabound Pb–Zn–Ba–F mineralisation in the Alston Block, North Pennine Orefield (England) Mineralium Deposita, 41 (8) 821-835 doi:10.1007/s00126-006-0093-3 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralisation in the Alston Block, North Pennine Orefield (England) Jon E. Bouch & Jonathan Naden & Thomas J. Shepherd...Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth, NG12 5GG Nottingham, UK e-mail: jbouch@bgs.ac.uk T. J. Shepherd School of...Leeds, UK B. Young British Geological Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, EH9 3LA Edinburgh, UK H....Nottingham, UK Present address: B. Young Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, Science Laboratories...Laboratories, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK inclusion data derived from samples of stratabound mineralisation |  | | Catalog/List | | SPECIMEN) 80x70 2 BISMUTHINITE XSTLS. PENLEE QUARRY, MOUSEHOLE, TWO XSTLS TO 3MM IN BISMUTHINITE/QUARTZMATRIX...ACC No. 826. MOLYBDENITE & NATIVE BISMUTH, PENLEE QUARRY, MOUSEHOLE. A 20 MM AREA OF MOLYBDENITE AND A 20...ACC No. 743. CYRILOVITE, LEUCOPHOSPHITE, CHALCO SIDERITE AND DUFRENITE CRYSTALS ON JOINT SURFACE OF GRANITE...TOURMALINEMATRIX. 180x 130 QUARTZ CRYSTALS. GREYSTONES QUARRY, LEZANT. WHITEfTRANSPARENT PRISMATIC XSTLS. ENCRUSTING...MATRIX. 115x105x80 HIGH GALENA-QUARTZ. GREYSTONES QUARRY, LEZANT. A 40 MM WIDE VEIN SECTION. 160x160x40 |  | | Report (edition) | | GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION GUIDES The Durham Area Compiled by G. A. L. JOHNSON Introduction page ITINERARY...Coal Measures in the Banks of the River Wear at Durham 3 II. Ordovician, Carboniferous and Intrusive Rocks...Upper Weardalc 12 IV. The Permiao in North-East Durham 15 21 V. Jurassic Rocks of the North Cleveland...of East Durham VII. Supplement to llinernrics 11, Ill and V: Igneous Rocks 26 in the Durham Arca 30 References...obtaining permission to use tracks and to examine quarry and other sections rests 011 the user of the Guide |  | Dunham, K.C., Hemingway, J.E., Francis, E.A., Hopkins, W., Johnson, G.A.L., Larwood, G.P., Phillips, R., Smith, D.B. (1967) Field meeting at Durham. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 78 (2) 325-334 doi:10.1016/s0016-7878(67)80014-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Field Meeting at Durham 2-9 July, 1965 Report by the Directors K. C. DUNHAM, J. E. HEMINGWAY, E. A. FRANCIS...evening, 2 July, at Grey College, University of Durham. The party was welcomed in the Department of Geology...Some members of the Association attended matins at Durham Cathedral and, after matins, Professor and Mrs...of the River Wear in Durham. The geology of the banks of the River Wear at Durham is described in the...below the Brass Thill seam. FIELD MEETING AT DURHAM 327 Monday, 5 July Directors: K. C. Dunham, |  | | Catalog/List | | chalcopyrite and with a dusting of micro brown siderite. The other side shows more needly bismuthinite...£20. 12) CHLOROXYPHITE and MENDIPITE. Merehead Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset. A n approx. 50x2Omm area of...£95. 18) FERBERITE after SCHEELITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Callington, Cornwall. Two jet black tetragonal...100x60x30mm. £75. 21) FLUORITE. Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, Co. Durham. Pale green cubic xls to 10mm over...90x80x45mm. £95. 22) FLUORITE, SIDERITE and ARSENOPYRITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Callington, Cornwall. Small |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SOCIETY AND MANCHESTER GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION IN WEST DURHAM, 19-23 APRIL 1962 The object of the meeting was...party which met at Grey College, University of Durham, on the Thursday evening, was given an informal...Between Wolsingham and Stanhope, along the Wear Valley, there are over 14 miles of quarry face in the Great...subspecies. It is used as an ornamental stone in Durham Cathedral and is quarried on the south side of...032364. In the large Harrow Bank Quarry, 958393 just east of Eastgate, the workable limestone which is |  | | Catalog/List | | hrdownie Quarry specimens. Also "Potato Stones" from the Hendips. 4. ANALCIME.Magheramorne Quarry,Larne...trapezohedral xtls to 3mm. t5 each. 5. ANALCIME.Croft Quarry,Croft,Leicestershire.7 specimens.Specimen A-white....tlO. 16. ARAGONITE/ROCK CRYSTAL. Greystones Quarry,Launceston,Cornwall. Large milky Quartz breccia...tl2. Attractive. 18. ARSENOPYRITE.Hingsten Down Quarry,Calstock,Cornwall. 2 specimens. Specimen A-matrix...SC,t.6. 19. ARSENOPYRITE(CHLORITOID), Penlee Quarry,Newlyn,Cornwall. Quartz fragment encrusted and |  | | Report (issue) | | ORE o, /J / \ I DEPOSITS UPPER WEARDALE, DURHAM ' I.JILES -:•••..... . ...___ •• • •:•• ...Structure of Ore-bodies lviineralo gy I. Weardale, Co. Durham 1. Carricks 11ine - 2. Rowantree A - 3. Rowantree...- 21. E. Dryburn - 22. Bollihope Teesdale, Co. Durham 1. Langdon - 2. Bands 5. Bow Lee - 6. Snaisgill...primary iron minerals are, in order of importance, siderite containing a few per cent of ferrodolomi te and...have, b.een diluted the impression that it was siderite. by mining In Vfeardale, Carricks ~.~ipe is |  | | 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...Campylite is one of the classic minerals of Northern England. This specimen from ~ry Gill Mine, once part of |  | | Catalog/List | | 70x30x50mm. £175. 10. NATIVE BISMUTH. Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, Cornwall. Greenstone matrix with quartz... £145. 19. CHALCOPYRITE on QUARTZ.* Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. A flattish quartz matrix, the...Illogan, Cornwall. Thin quartz matrix with a little siderite to the rear. The front has several slightly rubbed...50x50x15mm. £45. 22. CHALCOPYRITE and HEMATITE on SIDERITE.* (Cam Brea Mine, Redruth) Cornwall. A clean triangular...triangular mass of light brown lenticular siderite with about 15 chalcopyrite xls to 5mm together with |  | | Catalog/List | | 25 26 27 28 92/089 Analcime with calcite. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Analcime pseudomorphs after...calcite crystals. 92/088 Calcite and analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Calcite-analcime pseudomorphs...50mm lon_g. 92/095 Calcite and analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Single crystal of laumontite...by calcite and analcime. 89/039 Calcite. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Large white calcite crystal...crystals on faces. 93/142 Calcite with analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Two white calcite crystals |  | | Book | | publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages 41, 46, 54, 59(x2)...Earth Sciences,University of Durham: page_26 C H. Emeleus,University of Durham: page 26 Friends of Killhope...Valley ................... The Northumberland and Durham Coalfield ............. The Northern Pennine Orefield................... 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 |  | | 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...wide. Fisher/Kureczka collection. Rogerley Mine, UK – mining for fluorites J. Scovil photo. Tomasz...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) | | of the 1976 summer field meeting in North East England MAURICE E. TUCKER TUCKER, M. E. 1977. Report of...of 1976 summer field meeting in North East England. Proc. Geo!. Ass., 88 (4), 275-94. The 1976 summer...Geologists' Association was spent in the northeast of England. Nine day-trips from Newcastle covered most aspects...day was spent on the unique Permian rocks of County Durham and another considering the effects of the Pleistocene...Geologists' Association visited Northumberland and Durham in 1931 and, although a guide to the geology of |  | | Report (edition) | | abundance in the lead and zinc veins of Derbyshire and Durham, and in smaller quantities elsewhere. It is commonly...association is· with calc-spar and barytes, though in Durham where much of the country-rock is arenaceous, the...being had to the more costly process of mining. In Durham the veins, which were left intact by the old miners...Carruthers has had charge of the Northumberland, Durham and • Yorkshire sections; Mr. R. W. Pocock has... PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION of fluorspar in England and Wales were investigated as part of the programme |  | | Book (edition) | | Stainmore The northern one-third of the Backbone of England, that ridge of hilly country known since last century...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...FRS, FEng, FIMM Charleycroft, QuarryheadsLane) Durham DHJ 3D Y Other publications of the Survey dealing...country around Brough-under-Stainmore country between Durham and Hartlepool country around Barnard Castle, Sheet |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil...rosette, with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...C6649; Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing...15 feet to the left, parallel to the wall of the quarry. This tube varied from 6 inches to 2 feet wide |  | | Catalog/List | | Giller) 2 6 Nursery Road, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 tAL, UK. Tele/Fax: +44 (0) 1299 403916 E-Mail: saragiller@crystalvine...xtl with an undamaged tip. £3. 5. ANALCIME, Croft Quarry, Leicstershire. 3.5xl.8xl.3cm. A greeny/white matrix...under magnification. £6. 9. ANGLESITE, Coldstones Quarry, Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire. 3x l.9x2cm. A bright...£32. (am9) 2. ~ ~ I,. "POTATO STONE", Dulcote Quarry, Somerset. 4.5x4x2cm. A cut geode 4 12. ARAGONITE... £36. 13. ARTHURITE AND ARSENOPYRITE, Hingston quarry, Cornwall. 2.4x2.3x 1.5cm. A light grey crystalline |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles The Boltsbum mine, Weardale, County Duiham, England .........................................collec tion, photo by Nelly and Pierre Bariand. England: Roger S. Harker 2 Wellsic Lane, Roth ley Leicestershire...Rey, CA 90291 (213) 823-1219 821-6632 v< Bidea uk Minerals R IC H A R D A. B ID E A U X mineralogist...uary-February, 1982 mine Weardale, CpuntyJ)urham, England t h e B o l t s b u r n by Robert J....of Geology The University of Leicester LEI 7RH England eardalefluorite specimens, in large sizes and |
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Eastgate Quarry, Eastgate, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK