The Weardale Giant: A Large Fluorite Specimen Recovered from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale Northern England, July 2012

The Rogerley mine is located in a disused limestone quarry between the towns of Stanhope and Frosterley in the Weardale region of County Durham, England. Weardale itself is the fluorite-rich center of the North Pennines Orefield, which has supported mining for lead, iron, zinc, fluorite, and other m...

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Published in:Rocks & minerals 2013-01, Vol.88 (1), p.12-19
Main Author: Fisher, Jesse
Format: Article
Language:English
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Minerals
Mining industry
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Summary:The Rogerley mine is located in a disused limestone quarry between the towns of Stanhope and Frosterley in the Weardale region of County Durham, England. Weardale itself is the fluorite-rich center of the North Pennines Orefield, which has supported mining for lead, iron, zinc, fluorite, and other mineral commodities during the past millennium (Dunham 1990; Symes and Young 2008).
ISSN:0035-7529
1940-1191
DOI:10.1080/00357529.2013.747894