Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
SecondaryLead, Zinc
TertiaryCalcium, Copper, Iron
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL (VEINS)
Ore controlJoint And Fault Control. Also, Favorable Replacement Horizons Adjacent To Fissure Veins
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Visean L.S.;Namurian Shales Of Millstone Grit Series
Associated rockDiorite,Tuff · Olivine Dolerite Sills (Intrusive)
StructureDerbyshire Dome To The West, 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.)
AlterationDolomitization, Silicification Of Host Rock
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1899
Identification
Deposit ID10069449
MRDS IDW006984
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates53.13231, -1.53094
References
BLUNDEN, J., 1975, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF BRITAIN, HUTCHINSON & CO. LTD., LONDON, P. 241 - 260MASON, 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 - 22NOTHOLT, A.J.G. AND HIGHLEY, D.E., 1971, FLUORSPAR: INST. GEOL. SCIENCES, MINERAL RESOURCES CONSULTATIVE COMM., MINERAL DOSSIER NO. 1, 31 P.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 - B210BLUNDEN, J., 1975, MIN. RES. OF BRITAIN. FORD, T.D. AND INESON, P.R., 1971, DERBYSHIRE OREFIELD