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Southern Pennines Fluorspar Ore Field

Producer in Derby, United Kingdom with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Calcium, Copper, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069449
MRDS ID W006984
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Pennines Fluorspar Ore Field

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -1.53094, 53.13231 (WGS84)
Elevation 240
Relative position MINES ARE NEAR MATLOCK AND EYAM, DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Derby(province)

United Kingdom(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
United Kingdom Derby

Comments on the location information

  • LAT., LONG. AND ALT. ARE FOR TOOTNAU

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Calcium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HEMATITE AND WAD ALSO OCCUR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization, Silicification Of Host Rock

Analytical data

Result CAF2 - 35%, BASO4 - 12 TO 15%, PBS 1 - 2% (BLUNDEN, '75). "FLUORITIC ZONE:" CAF2 - 10 TO 50%, BASO4 2 TO 10%, CACO3 - 40 TO 85%, PBS - 1 TO 5%, ZNS - 0.5 TO 3%, CUFES - 0 TO 10%, FES2 - 0 TO 5% (MASON, 1974)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Olivine Dolerite Sills (Intrusive)
    Rock description Olivine Dolerite Sills (Intrusive)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Visean L.S.;Namurian Shales Of Millstone Grit Series
    Rock description Visean L.S.;Namurian Shales Of Millstone Grit Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -1.53094, 53.13231
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Derbyshire Dome To The West
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulted And Jointed Folded Structures (Peak Forest, Matlock Anticlines; Longstone Edge Monocline; Abney, Chatsworth And Stanton Synclines; Bonsal And Gulf Faults With Graben In Between. Major Fault Trend Is Easterly To East - Northeasterly.)

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL (VEINS)
  • General form PINCH AND SWELL (VEINS)

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint And Fault Control. Also, Favorable Replacement Horizons Adjacent To Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1899

Mining district

District name Southern Pennines District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Laport Industries, Ltd. (Longstone Edge, Ladywash, Sallet Hole)
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner A. H. Rockach Ltd.; Spar Mining Ltd.
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Spar Mining Ltd. (Cromford Court)
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Clay Cross Co. (Ashover District)
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Deepwood Mining.

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1 - W. GERMANY'S TOTAL PRODUCTION IS 84,070 TONS. THE BLACK FOREST MINES PROBABLY ACCOUNT FOR LESS THAN HALF THE TOTAL.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 16000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 35 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1970

Comments on the workings information

  • VEINS AVERAGE 2 - 4 M. WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLUNDEN, J., 1975, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF BRITAIN, HUTCHINSON & CO. LTD., LONDON, P. 241 - 260

  • Deposit

    MASON, J.E., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE DERBYSHIRE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS, UNITED KINGDOM, IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22 P. 10 - 22

  • Deposit

    NOTHOLT, A.J.G. AND HIGHLEY, D.E., 1971, FLUORSPAR: INST. GEOL. SCIENCES, MINERAL RESOURCES CONSULTATIVE COMM., MINERAL DOSSIER NO. 1, 31 P.

  • Deposit

    FORD, T.D. AND INESON, P.R., 1971, THE FLUORSPAR MINING POTENTIAL OF THE DERBYSHIRE OREFIELD: INST. OF MIN. MET. TRANS., V. 80, N. 777, P. B186 - B210

  • Production

    BLUNDEN, J., 1975, MIN. RES. OF BRITAIN. FORD, T.D. AND INESON, P.R., 1971, DERBYSHIRE OREFIELD

  • Reserve-Resource

    NOTHOLT, A.J.G. AND HIGHLEY, D.E., 1971, FLUORSPAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

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