Rogerley Mine Bibliography and References




Bill, H., Sierro, J., and LaCroix, R., 1967, Origin of coloration in some fluorites. American Mineralogist, 52, 1003-1008.

Chambers, B., ed., 1967, Out of the Pennines. Friends of Killhope, 124 p.

Dunham, K. C., 1937, The paragenesis and color of fluorite in the English Pennines. American Mineralogist, 22, 468-478.

Dunham, K. C., 1990, Geology of the Northern Pennine orefield, v. I, 2nd Ed. British Geological Survey, London, 299 p.

Fairbairn, R.A., 1993, The Mines of Alston Moor. British Mining No. 47, The Northern Mining Research Society, Keighley, U.K., 191 p.

Fairbairn, R.A., 1996, Weardale Mines. British Mining No. 56, The Northern Mining Research Society, Keighley, U.K., 151 p.

Falster, A.U., J.E. Fisher, and W.B. Simmons, 2000, REE content and fluorescence in fluorite from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, County Durham, England (abs.). The Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 27th annual meeting, April 13-16, 2000, Rochester, New York.

Fisher, J.E., and L. Greenbank, 2000, The Rogerley Mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Rocks and Minerals, 75(1), 54-61.

Fisher, J.E., et L. Greenbank, 2000, La Mine Rogerley, Weardale, comte de Durham, Angleterre. Le Regne Mineral, 34, 5-14.(in French)

Fisher, J.E., 2004, Fluorite from the North Pennines Orefield, England. Rocks and Minerals, 79(6), 378-398.

Fisher, J.E., 2005, La fluorite des Pennines du Nord, Weardale, Angleterre, Grande Bretagne. Le Regne Mineral, 66, 5-27.(in French)

Fisher, J.E., 2006, Classic 19th century fluorite specimens from Weardale, Durham: a mineralogical mystery. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 27, 25-28.

Forster, W., 1883, A Treatise on a Section of Strata from Newcastle upon Tyne to Cross Fell. Davis Books, Newcastle (reprinted 1985), 208 p.

Green, D.L., D. McCallum, and M. Wood, 2000, The Brownley Hill Mine, Alston Moor District, Cumbria, England. Mineralogical Record, 31(3), 231-250.

Ixer, R.A., and D.L. Vaughan, 1993, Lead-zinc-fluorite-baryte deposits of the Pennines, North Wales and the Mendips, in: Mineralization in the British Isles, R. Pattrick and D. Polya, ed.,Chapman & Hall, London, 355-418.

King, R.J., 1982, The Boltsburn mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Mineralogical Record 13:1, 5-18.

Moorbath, S., 1962, Lead isotope abundance studies on mineral occurrences in the British Isles and their geological significance. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 254, 295-360.

Raistrick, A., and A. Roberts, 1984, Life and Work of the Northern Lead Miner. Alan Sutton Publishing, Ltd., Glouchestershire, 115 p.

Raistrick, A., and B. Jennings, 1965, A History of Lead Mining in the Northern Pennines. Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., London, 347 p.

Sawkins, F. J., 1966, Ore genesis in the Northern Pennine orefield in the light of fluid inclusion studies. Economic Geology, 61, 385-401.

Sopwith, T., 1833, An Account of the Mining District of Alston Moor, Weardale and Teesdale. Davis Books, Newcastle (reprinted 1984), 183 p.

Wallace, W., 1890, Alston Moor, its Pastoral People, its Mines and Miners. Davis Books, Newcastle (reprinted 1986), 213 p.



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