Mine detail: Blackdene Mill & Mine

Previously called 'Minworth - Blackdene Operations'

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Location

Lat / long: 54.799, -2.13082

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Lead
Other material: Fluorite, Lead

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1978

Geology

References

MAS4120100020
DEP10207090
Reference{Deposit:: GREENWOOD, D. A., FLUORSPAR MINING IN THE NORTHERN PENNINES,}{Deposit:: INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, TRANSACTIONS, SECT. B,}{Deposit:: NOV. 1979, P. B181-B189.}{Deposit:: BLUNDEN, J., THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF BRITAIN. A STUDY IN}{Deposit:: EXPLOITATION AND PLANNING, HUTCHISON AND COMPANY, LONDON,}{Deposit:: 1975.}{Deposit:: SPOONER, J., MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, MINING JOURNAL, LONDON,}{Deposit:: JUNE 1978, P. 533.}{Deposit:: STAFF, 1978 ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL}{Deposit:: DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS,}{Deposit:: MCGRAW-HILL, NEW YORK, 1978, P. 283.}{Deposit:: INTERNAL MEMORANDUM, WEARDALE HOLDINGS, LTD. FROM SIR}{Deposit:: KINGSLEY DUNHAM, DIRECTOR (FORWARD PLANNING), UNDATED.}
ReporterKilgore, Catherine C.