| Lat / long: | 53.13231, -1.53094 |
| Primary: | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite |
| Secondary: | Lead, Zinc |
| Tertiary: | Calcium, Copper, Iron |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Pyrite |
| Orebody form: | PINCH AND SWELL (VEINS) |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1899 |
| Host rock: | Visean L.S.;Namurian Shales Of Millstone Grit Series |
| Host type: | Shale,Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Olivine Dolerite Sills (Intrusive) |
| Associated type: | Diorite,Tuff |
| Structure: | Derbyshire 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.) |
| Alteration processes: | Dolomitization, Silicification Of Host Rock |
| MRDS | W006984 |
| DEP | 10069449 |
| Reference | {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} |
| Reporter | Schruben, Paul G. |