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Gillheads Mine (Gill Heads Mine), Skyreholme, High and Low Bishopside, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UKi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Gillheads Mine (Gill Heads Mine) | Mine (Abandoned) |
| Skyreholme | Hamlet |
| High and Low Bishopside | District |
| Harrogate | District |
| North Yorkshire | County |
| England | Constituent Country |
| UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
54° 3' 13'' North , 1° 53' 57'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SE066620
Type:
Mine (Abandoned) - last checked 2020
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Grassington | 1,792 (2018) | 6.8km |
| Pateley Bridge | 1,432 (2018) | 9.8km |
| Embsay | 1,679 (2018) | 10.5km |
| Addingham | 3,730 (2017) | 12.2km |
| Skipton | 14,623 (2018) | 12.8km |
Initially a lead mine, later a fluorspar mine. Located near Skyreholme, near Appletreewick, between Grassington and Pateley Bridge. Started perhaps before 1700 and closed about 1900; reopened in the 1920's for fluorspar and became one of the most productive fluorspar mines in Yorkshire. An incline driven by the Greenhaugh Mining Company and then worked by C. R. Swartz (1979 and later) proved substantial reserves of fluorspar on the Gillheads Vein, but the operation closed in the early 1980's.
Grid reference given is the Middle Level of the old lead mine.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 References: |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
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- The PenninesRange of Mountains and Hills
- ⭔YorkshireHistoric County
- Yorkshire Dales National ParkNational Park
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Gillheads Mine, Skyreholme, High and Low Bishopside, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK