Baulking Lake / Mine
United Kingdom /
England /
Stanford in the Vale /
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Stanford in the Vale
World / United Kingdom / England
industrial area, mine
This is a flooded (2006) fuller's earth open cast mine.
Fuller's earth is a very fine clay laid down as volcanic ash in water. This happened in the Mesozoic Era (dionsaur times) and as a result often contains many period fossils.
It is very oleophilic, it is attracted to oils and fats. It has mostly been used to adsorb fats, such as lanolin, from raw sheared wool prior to further processing. It also has other medical, chemical and industrial uses.
This deposit has been mined by Laporte Industries but has now been abandoned and allowed to fill naturally to the level of the local water table.
Fuller's earth is a very fine clay laid down as volcanic ash in water. This happened in the Mesozoic Era (dionsaur times) and as a result often contains many period fossils.
It is very oleophilic, it is attracted to oils and fats. It has mostly been used to adsorb fats, such as lanolin, from raw sheared wool prior to further processing. It also has other medical, chemical and industrial uses.
This deposit has been mined by Laporte Industries but has now been abandoned and allowed to fill naturally to the level of the local water table.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°36'55"N 1°32'1"W
- Viables 50 km
- St. Phillips Marsh 75 km
- Woodside Estate 77 km
- Hemel Hempstead Industrial Area 77 km
- Brackmills Industry 81 km
- Magna Park 97 km
- Bridgend Industrial Estate 141 km
- Port Talbot Steel Works 158 km
- Lee Moor China Clay Workings 217 km
- Renault Trucks 280 km
- Kingston Lisle Park 3.5 km
- Whitehorse Downs 4.9 km
- Devil's Punchbowl 6.9 km
- Grove RFC & Wasbrough Playing Fields 7.4 km
- Seven Barrows 8.1 km
- Williams F1 Headquarters 8.3 km
- Maddle Farm Roman settlement 8.5 km
- Segsbury Camp 8.8 km
- Elms Solar Farm 9 km
- Woolley Park 14 km