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Fluorspar

Volume 951: debated on Tuesday 13 June 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of the United Kingdom reserves of fluorspar are located within the Peak District National Park; and what is the general location of mines operating in the United Kingdom.

I have been asked to reply.The available information about fluorspar reserves is not sufficient to enable those located within the Peak District national park to be expressed as a percentage of the national total. The mines operating in the United Kingdom are located chiefly in Derbyshire—within the Peak District national park—and at Upper Weardale in Northumberland/Durham.