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Mineralization of the South Pennines
Author(s) -
TREVOR D. FORD,
QUIRK DAVID G.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.1995.tb00953.x
Subject(s) - galena , geology , sphalerite , pyrite , carboniferous , geochemistry , mineralization (soil science) , fluorite , calcite , mineralogy , paleontology , structural basin , soil science , soil water , materials science , metallurgy
The lead and fluorspar mining area of the Peak District, otherwise known as the South Pennine Orefield, includes much of Derbyshire and a small part of Staffordshire. There are some 2000 named mineral veins and related strata‐bound deposits, containing galena, sphalerite, fluorite, baryte and calcite, hosted in Lower Carboniferous (Dinantian) limestones and dolomites. Small amounts of pyrite and chalcopyrite, and traces of many other minerals and hydrocarbons, are also present. Here we offer an explanation of how the minerals of the South Pennine Orefield were emplaced within the host rock.