Directory of Mines and Quarries 2014 British Geological Survey Directory of Mines and Quarries, 2014 Tenth Edition Compiled by D G Cameron, T Bide, S F Parry, A S Parker and J M Mankelow With contributions by N J P Smith and T P Hackett Keywords Mines, Quarries, Minerals, Britain, Database, Wharfs, Rail Depots, Oilwells, Gaswells. Front cover Operations in the Welton Chalk at Melton Ross Quarry, Singleton Birch Ltd., near Brigg, North Lincolnshire. © D Cameron ISBN 978 0 85272 785-0 Bibliographical references Cameron, D G, Bide, T, Parry, S F, Parker, A S and Mankelow, J M. 2014. Directory of Mines and Quarries, 2014: 10th Edition. 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Contents Introduction i Figures 1 An extract from Hunt’s 1858 listing of Quarry Returns i 2 Current distribution of BRITPITS database record holdings vi 3 Igneous and Metamorphic Rock resources and workings in the UK in 2014 vii 4 Limestone resources and workings in the UK in 2014 viii 5 Sand and Gravel resources and workings in the UK in 2014 ix 6 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK in 2014 x 7 Coal resources and workings in the UK in 2014 xi 8 Onshore Oil and Natural Gas workings in the UK in 2014 xii 9 Marine Sand and Gravel resource and licence areas in the UK in 2014 xiii Tables 1 Production and value of the major sectors of the Minerals Industry in the UK, 2010–2012 (thousand tonnes) ii 2 United Kingdom Production of Minerals 2006–2013 (thousand tonnes) xiv 3 Minerals produced in Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey 2008–2012 (thousand tonnes) xv 4 Active Mineral Workings by commodity in the UK, including Northern Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, as at May 2014 xvi 5 Mineral Planning Authorities and Regions xvii 6 Trade associations, professional institutions and other minerals-related organisations xx Part 1 Directory of Mines and Quarries (DMQ) 2014 1-1 Abandoned Mine Methane 1-2 Anhydrite 1-3 Ball Clay 1-3 Barytes 1-4 Basalt (Northern Ireland) 1-4 Bauxite (Northern Ireland) 1-5 Chalk 1-5 Chert 1-8 China Clay 1-8 China Clay Waste 1-9 Clay & Shale 1-10 Coal 1-17 Coal, Deep mined 1-17 Coal, Surface mined 1-17 Coal Mine Methane (Mine Drainage Gas) 1-20 Coalbed Methane 1-20 Colliery Spoil 1-20 Crushed Rock 1-20 Dolomite (Northern Ireland) 1-25 Fireclay 1-25 Flint 1-25 Fluorspar 1-26 Furnace Bottom Ash 1-26 Gold 1-27 Gritstone (Northern Ireland) 1-27 Gypsum 1-28 Igneous & Metamorphic Rock 1-29 Ironstone 1-40 Landfill Gas 1-40 Lead 1-40 Limestone 1-40 Marble 1-56 Marine Sand & Gravel 1-56 Mineral 1-60 Natural Gas 1-60 Oil 1-61 Peat 1-64 Potash 1-67 Pulverised Fuel Ash 1-67 Quarry Waste 1-68 Salt 1-68 Sand 1-68 Sand & Gravel 1-73 Sandstone 1-98 Schist (Northern Ireland) 1-111 Sea Salt 1-111 Secondary 1-112 Shale (Northern Ireland) 1-114 Silica Sand 1-114 Silver 1-116 Slag 1-116 Slate 1-117 Slate Waste 1-119 Talc 1-120 Tin 1-120 Tungsten 1-120 Part 2 2-1 List of mineral operators by Minerals Planning Authority (MPA) Part 3 3-1 Alphabetical list of operators INTRODUCTION Sources of Information This edition of the Directory of Mines and Quarries, in addition to being published in hard copy format, is available as a download from the MineralsUK.com website of the British Geological Survey (BGS). The data on which the Directory is based are held digitally in the BGS mineral workings database BRITPITS, and a digital licence for its use can be obtained from the BGS. The first quarry list produced by the BGS and its predecessors was the Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the year 1858. Part II. Embracing Clays, Bricks, &c., Building and Other Stones with Sundry Earthy Minerals. In this, along with the statistical information, Roderick Murchison stated in his foreword that ‘The present publication is the result of a first attempt on the part of Mr Robert Hunt to collect returns of the produce of the Clay Works and Quarries of the United Kingdom’. One objective of the volume was to record the building stone quarries operating at the time, and some continuity exists between that volume and this, with some of the sites still being recorded (see Figure 1, in which, albeit with a slightly unique and possibly phonetic spelling, Locharbridge is found – this being listed as Locharbriggs in the current edition). Hunt had the luxury of time to include such information on the properties as density – given as ‘Avoirdupois Weight per Cubic Foot’, obviously useful for building stones or slates. Where he could, Hunt gave the ‘Prices of Stone at Quarry’. Occasional footnotes give colours and other information on the method of quarrying. Figure 1 An extract from Hunt’s 1858 listing of Quarry Returns. Some of the information being collected is still the same – Geological Formation, operator, end use and location (the later equivalent of ‘Nearest Railway Station or Shipping Port’) – but other information is no longer collected as an individual quarry’s annual production, for example, is now commercially sensitive. Information on which buildings were supplied by which building stone quarry was collected during the English Heritage-funded Strategic Stone Study and is available through the BGS MineralsUK.com webpages. The information gathered for each edition was used only in the production of that Directory, with the result that the information on any site where extraction had ceased was lost. By the late 1990s, however, it was clear that BGS needed to keep details of the ceased and inactive mineral workings. This was partly because of the importance of former workings for waste disposal, amenity and nature conservation (Sites of Special Scientific Interest etc.), but was also driven by the requirement of central government’s then Department of the Environment (DoE, and its subsequent identities) to assist with the preparation of mineral planning policy and in the calculation of the amounts of aggregates being produced across the country. With a further emphasis being placed on resources, there was a need to know where extraction had occurred in the past, and therefore where resources were depleted. An Oracle database called BRITPITS (British Pits) was developed, with a Microsoft Access front end, to enable the relevant data to be stored, i.e. the operator, location, the material worked, the commodity produced and what its end use might be.