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Iron carbonate (FeCO3), or siderite from the Greek sideros meaning iron, is a major source of ore for steel-making being usually low in sulphur and phosphorous, and high in manganese and/or magnesium. This mineral is...
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Category Archives: Geomorphological Processes and Features

January 2010 – Siderite

Iron carbonate (FeCO3), or siderite from the Greek sideros meaning iron, is a major source of ore for steel-making being usually low in sulphur and phosphorous, and high in manganese and/or magnesium. This mineral is able to assume almost any colour but commonly brown, yellowish-brown, or grey specimens can be found. It occurs in Britain’s [...]
By admin on January 6, 2010 | Leave a comment

September – Whinstone

Whinstone is a quarryman’s term for a variety of hard, dark-coloured, rocks including basalt and chert. Here, in the Tees Valley and Cleveland, the name refers to a hard rock that is very different from the soft sedimentary strata which make up the majority of the area’s underlying geology. Around 58 million years ago, as [...]
By admin on September 10, 2009 | Leave a comment

Woodhill Gill

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 655 132 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS Site Description Site Status SNCI Description of Geodiversity Upland stream-side escarpment revealing deltaic sandstones specifically the Moor Grit member of the Scalby formation Literature References Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of access Along designated footpath 10 Safety of exposure Steep slopes obscured by vegetation 5 Restricting conditions Vegetation growth in summer [...]
By admin on September 20, 2003 | Leave a comment

Cass Rock Quarry

Contents Site Description Site Map Summary Evaluation of Site’s Value and Importance Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 631 146 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS Part of Guisborough Forest 30/09/2003 Site Description Site Status SNCI Brief Site Description Site 7 of 7. Disused alum quarry revealing exposures of Liassic Whitby mudstone and overlying Middle Jurassic Saltwick sandstone. Following abandonment after alum working, this quarry [...]
By admin on September 20, 2003 | Leave a comment

Cow Bar Nab

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 7784 192 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS Part of Skinningrove to Staithes Coast 30/09/2003 Site Description Site Status Part of the Heritage Coast Description of Geodiversity Costal cliff nab exposure consisting of the Staithes sandstone formation which is the type locality. The foreshore to the west of the coastal defences consists [...]
By admin on September 8, 2003 | Leave a comment

Easington Beck

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 749 162 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/2003 Site Description Site Status SNCI Description of Geodiversity Upland river cutting through deltaic sandstone revealing river-cliffs and waterfalls. Exposures include Saltwick sandstone, Dogger and Whitby mudstone formations Literature References Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of access From footbridge and along stream bank 8 Safety of exposure Slippery on [...]
By admin on September 4, 2003 | Leave a comment

Wiley Cat Beck

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 643 145 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/03 Site Description Site Status SNCI Description of Geodiversity Upland river gorge revealing exposures of Saltwick sandstone with a beck cutting steeply through the profile Literature References Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of access Along designated footpath 8 Safety of exposure Steep-sided valley, overhangs in places 6 Restricting conditions High-flow episodes 9 Multiple exposure None   Note It [...]
By admin on August 28, 2003 | Leave a comment

Kilton Hill

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 694 171 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/2003 Site Description Site Status SNCI (Site of Old Nature Reserve) Description of Geodiversity Head of Kilton Mine comprising tip of ironstone spoil, area also contains old mine buildings. The mine went down to a depth of 207m and was worked between 1875 and [...]
By admin on August 19, 2003 | Leave a comment

Whitecliff Wood

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 715 182 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS Site Description Site Status Description of Geodiversity River cliff exposures of massive Saltwick sandstone forming cliffs and escarpments Literature References Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of access Descend to stream level via housing estate 8 Safety of exposure Slippery bank, no footpath 5 Restricting conditions High flow episodes 5 Multiple exposure None   Note It is [...]
By admin on August 12, 2003 | Leave a comment

Skelton Beck

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 655 200 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS Part of Skelton beck 30/09/03 Site Description Site Status SNCI Description of Geodiversity Stream bed and river-cliff exposures of Staithes sandstone. Natural waterfall. Change of facies to Cleveland ironstone Literature References Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of access Along the Cleveland Way to start of section 10 Safety [...]
By admin on August 1, 2003 | Leave a comment