Great Masson Cavern


Lead and Fluorite Mine

Jan 1st, 2024 from Peak by Buddle-Bot


Peak District
Matlock Bath
53.12705, -1.57031
SK 2885 5896
Private Land
305m
5,000m
#3,291

No access agreement. Quarry used for shooting.

Masson Hill SSSI

Publications (26)

  • (1952); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol IV - Fluorspar; 162 pages
  • Barnatt, John (1999); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 14-2 Win - Prehistoric and Roman Mining in the Peak District - Present Knowledge and Future Research; 12 pages (19-30)
  • Barnatt, John (2001); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 14-5 Sum - Mining History Notes - Devonshire Cavern and Old Ash Mine; 2 pages (37-38)
  • Barnatt, John (2003); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 15-3 Sum - Lower Nestus Pipe Re-Entered, The; 7 pages (15-21)
  • Barnatt, John and Huston, Kieron and Mallon, Dave and Newman, Rebekah et al (2013); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 18-6 Win - The Lead Legacy - An Updated Inventory of Important Metal and Gangue Mining Sites in the Peak District, The; 112 pages (1-112)
  • Barnatt, John and Rieuwerts, Jim (1998); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 13-5 Sum - Upper Nestus Pipes - An Ancient Lead Mine in the Peak District of Derbyshire, The; 14 pages (51-64)
  • Barnatt, John and Worthington, Terry (2006); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 16-3 Sum - Using Coal to Mine Lead - Firesetting at Peak District Mines; 94 pages (1-94)
  • Barnatt, John and Worthington, Terry (2009); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 17-3 Sum - Metal Mines through Time; 124 pages (1-124)
  • Bird, R.H. (1969); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 04-1 - Notes on the Derbyshire Map Surveyed and Produced by Peter Perez Burdett, 1762 to 1767; 7 pages (75-81)
  • Flindall, Roger and Swain, John and Hayes, Andrew (1981); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 08-2 Aut - Survey of the Masson Cave-cum-Mine Complex, Matlock, A; 6 pages (103-108)
  • Ford T.D., Rieuwerts J.H.; PDMHS (2000); Lead Mining in the Peak District; pp. 142
  • Ford, Trevor D. (2001); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 14-6 Win - Geology of the Matlock Mines - A Review, The; 32 pages (1-32)
  • Ford, Trevor D. (2004); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 15-6 Win - Geology of the Lead Mines around the Stanton Syncline; 26 pages (1-26)
  • Ford, Trevor D. (2008); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 17-2 Win - Geological Setting of the Lead Mines in the Lathkill Dale and Wye Valley Area, The; 36 pages (1-36)
  • Ford, Trevor D. and Sarjeant, William A.S. and Smith, Michael E. (1993); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 12-1 - Minerals of the Peak District of Derbyshire, The; 40 pages (16-55)
  • Hurt, L. (1968); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 03-6 - Report on Nestus Mine and other Shafts on the Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire; 11 pages (369-379)
  • Kirkham, Nellie (1967); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 03-3 May - Ball Eye Mine and Sough, Cromford; 10 pages (165-174)
  • Palmer, Marilyn and Neaverson, Peter (1989); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 10-6 Win - Comparative Archaeology of Tin and Lead Dressing in Britain during the Nineteenth Century, The; 32 pages (316-347)
  • Pearce, Adrian (1978); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 07-2 Oct - Extravaganza or Introductory Weekend 29 April to 1 May 1978, The; 6 pages (99-104)
  • Quirk, David G. (1987); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 10-1 - Ringing Rake, Old Jant Mine and Gentlewomen's Pipes and the Masson Deposits, Matlock Bath; 21 pages (46-66)
  • Rieuwerts, James H. (1966); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 03-1 Aug - List of Soughs of the Derbyshire Lead Mines; 42 pages (1-42)
  • Walters, S.G. and Ineson, P.R. (1980); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 07-6 Aut - Mineralization within the Igneous Rocks of the South Pennine Orefield; 11 pages (315-325)
  • Warriner, D.J. and Russ, K.D. and Eyre, J.D. and Ford, T.D. and Rieuwerts, J.H. (2000); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 14-3 Sum - Old Mill Close Mine, Wensley; 79 pages (1-79)
  • Warriner, David and Willies, Lynn and Flindall, Roger (1981); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 08-2 Aut - Ringing Rake and Masson Soughs and the mines on the East Side of Masson Hill, Matlock; 38 pages (65-102)
  • Willies, L. (1979); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 07-3 Mar - Technical Development in Derbyshire Lead Mining, 1700-1880; 35 pages (117-151)
  • Willies, Lynn (1999); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 14-2 Win - Derbyshire Lead Mining in the 18th and 19th Centuries; 3 pages (31-33)

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