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16 years ago
The High Court have passed judgement on this long-running case, and backed the Peak Park and the Planning Inspectorate's view that the amount of limestone you can remove when going after vein minerals is limited
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/7951718.stm 
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sougher
16 years ago
AR. Many thanks for this information. Ahmm! Makes one ponder about possible implications at Tearsall opencast if my retired spar mining friend is right, and only calcite found, with none or hardly any fluorspar found there!
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There won't be implications for Tearsall, as the planning permisison there already covers the thing which was the crux of Backdale, namely setting a limit on the amount of limestone you can reasonably remove when going after vein minerals. If Tearsall does prove to be mostly calcite, then Glebe will have wasted time and money although from what I've seen undergound in the Northern Dale mines, the mineralisation can change quite markedly in short distances so they may yet prove lucky there. Should they start asking to remove more limestone to sell as the fluorite content hasn't paid its way, I doubt they'll get much sympathy from the planning board.....
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