Mineral Resource Information in Support of National, Regional and Local Planning: North Yorkshire (comprising North Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks and City of York) Commissioned Report CR/04/228N BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COMMISSIONED REPORT CR/04/228N Mineral Resource Information in Support of National, Regional and Local Planning: North Yorkshire (comprising North Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks and City of York) D J Harrison, P J Henney, D Minchin, F M McEvoy, D G Cameron, S F Hobbs, D J Evans, G K Lott, E L Ball and D E Highley The National Grid and other Ordnance Survey data are used with the permission of the This report accompanies the two 1:100 000 scale maps: Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. North Yorkshire (comprising North Yorkshire, Yorkshire Ordnance Survey licence number GD 272191/2006 Dales and North York Moors National Parks and City of York). Key words North Yorkshire; mineral resources; mineral planning Front cover Coldstones Quarry, Carboniferous limestones, view to southwest. North Yorkshire Bibliographical reference Harrison, D J, Henney, P J, Minchin, D, McEvoy, F M, Cameron, D G, Hobbs, S F, Evans, D J, Lott, G K, Ball, E L, and Highley, D E. 2006. Mineral Resource Information in Support of National, Regional and Local Planning: North Yorkshire (comprising North Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks and City of York). 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Fax 01603 723000 or e-mail: Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB mailto:[email protected] 01491-838800 Fax 01491- 692345 Parent Body Natural Environment Research Council, Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 1EU 01793-411500 Fax 01793- 411501 www.nerc.ac.uk 1 Introduction.............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Resources and reserves .............................................................................................. 2 1.2 Environmental designations....................................................................................... 2 2 Sand and gravel........................................................................................................ 3 2.1 Superficial deposits.................................................................................................... 4 2.1.1 Glacial sand and gravel.................................................................................... 4 2.1.2 Glaciolacustrine deposits.................................................................................. 4 2.1.3 Glaciofluvial deposits ....................................................................................... 5 2.1.4 River sand and gravel (Terrace and sub-alluvial deposits).............................. 6 2.1.5 Blown sand........................................................................................................ 6 2.1.6 Beach sand and gravel...................................................................................... 7 3 Crushed rock aggregate .......................................................................................... 7 3.1 Sandstone ................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Limestone................................................................................................................... 8 4 Chalk ....................................................................................................................... 10 5 Brick clay ................................................................................................................ 10 6 Industrial limestone ............................................................................................... 11 7 Silica sand ............................................................................................................... 12 8 Evaporite minerals................................................................................................. 13 8.1 Potash....................................................................................................................... 13 8.2 Salt ........................................................................................................................... 14 8.3 Gypsum and anhydrite ............................................................................................. 15 9 Building stone......................................................................................................... 15 10 Mineralisation ........................................................................................................ 16 11 Coal.......................................................................................................................... 16 12 Hydrocarbons......................................................................................................... 17 12.1 Conventional oil and gas.......................................................................................... 17 12.2 Abandoned Mine Methane (AMM), Coal Mine Methane (CMM) and Coalbed Methane (CBM) potential........................................................................................ 19 12.3 Licensing.................................................................................................................. 20 13 Aims and limitations.............................................................................................. 20 14 Planning permission for the extraction of minerals............................................ 21 15 Appendix................................................................................................................. 22 15.1 Topographic base..................................................................................................... 22 15.2 Constraint information............................................................................................. 22 15.2.1 English Nature ................................................................................................ 22 15.2.2 English Heritage ............................................................................................. 22 15.2.3 Countryside Agency ........................................................................................ 23 15.2.4 The Coal Authority.......................................................................................... 23 i Figures Figure 1. Wykeham Quarry, Scarborough, North Yorkshire................................................... 3 Figure 2. Production of natural aggregates in North Yorkshire, 1979 - 2004. ......................... 4 Figure 3. Marfield Quarry, Masham, North Yorkshire............................................................. 6 Figure 2. Arcow Quarry, Settle, Yorkshire Dales National Park.............................................. 8 Figure 3. Coldstones Quarry, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire. .............................................. 9 Figure 4.