Mine detail: Northern Pennine Fluorspar Ore Field

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Location

Lat / long:

54.73233, -2.18085

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL (VEINS)

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1897

Geology

Host rock:	Yoredale Facies-L.S., S.S., Shales;Millstone Grit-Marine Mudstone & Shale, Thin L.S. Beds
Host type:	Diorite,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Associated rock:	Whinn Sill (Intrusive Quartz-Dolerite)
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Joints And Faults Trending Ene, Nnw, Wnw

References

MRDS	W006983
DEP	10069448
Reference	{Deposit:: BLUNDEN, J., 1975, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF BRITAIN: HUTCHINSON & CO. LTD., LONDON, P. 241 - 260}{Deposit:: NOTHOLT, A.J.G. AND HIGHLEY, D.E., 1971, FLUORSPAR: INST. GEOL. SCIENCES, MINERAL RESOURCES CONSULTATIVE COMM., MINERAL DOSSIER NO. 1, 31 P.}{Reserve-Resource:: NOTHOLT, A.J.G., HIGHLEY, D.E., 1971, FLUORSPAR}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.