Milltown Quarry
Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, UK
A former limestone quarry which is now used to house fluorspar slurry.
Mineralisation occured in a small area which is now unfortunately under toxic fluorspar slurry. It is unlikely any further minerals will be recovered from this site.
The quarry contained some fairly common minerals like fluorite and galena, some uncommon zinc minerals, but was also the type locality for several – ashoverite, sweetite, and two unnamed minerals of which this is likely the only known source.
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If you are interested in other minerals from nearby locales, we may have stock from the following locations.
Derbyshire- Cavendish Mill, Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire
- Golconda Mine, Hopton, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire
- Isolation Mine, Snelston, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire
- Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire
- Northcliffe Sough Mine, Calver, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire
- Pike Lane Opencut, Winster, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire
- Royal mine, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire
- Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire
- Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire
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