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Cheviot’s Hidden Riches: What a Visit to Bellyside Burn Teaches Us About Incompatibles and the Search for Valuable Metals in the Cheviots
Part 3 of The Three U’s Challenge is now up on Youtube – our visit to Bellyside not only taught us about searching for Uranium, but also about the very nature of the rock here itself. The ‘why’ of why this part of the Cheviots is so radioactive, and its potential for even more valuable
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The Breamish Fault: Geological Scar or Hidden Conduit for Untold Metal Wealth in the Cheviot Hills?
This blog accompanies the new YouTube video “The Breamish Valley: Secret Waterfalls & Forbidden Radioactivity – The Three U’s Challenge (Part 2)” – check it out now. Reading the Scars of the Caledonian Orogeny 420 million years ago, a continental collision between ancient Avalonia and Laurentia, resulted in the formation of the current British Isles. The
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Unveiling the Cheviot’s Secret Uranium & Mineral Wealth – Part 2 – Linking Haslam’s Legacy to the Modern Hunt
This blog and Part 1 accompany the new YouTube video “Linhope Spout: The Waterfall Hiding Radioactive Secrets – The Three U’s Challenge (Part 1)” – check it out now. How Haslam’s work demonstrates the mineralisation potential of the Cheviots – and how my own visit confirms it How there has been little research since his 1975 paper despite
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Unveiling the Cheviot’s Secret Uranium & Mineral Wealth – Part 1 – The Radioactive Waterfall
This blog and Part 2 accompany the new YouTube video “Linhope Spout: The Waterfall Hiding Radioactive Secrets – The Three U’s Challenge (Part 1)” – check it out now. Meet Dr. Hugh William Haslam & his 1975 “Cheviot Scan” Dr. Hugh William Haslam (1934‑2009) was the go‑to expert on Britain’s twisted, high‑temperature rocks. After earning a PhD from
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Where is the Uranium hiding in Weardale?
Uranium is one of the most common elements on earth. More common than tin, silver, gold and mercury – there’s probably a tiny bit of it in you. As we’ve tried to show you on the channel, Uranium is hiding in all sorts of places, from hills, rivers, antique shops and dodgy chinese imported jewellery.
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“Uranium Fever”: The Wild, Radioactive Gold Rush That Inspired a Classic Song
Picture this: It’s the 1950s. The Cold War is heating up, America is obsessed with atomic power, and suddenly, everyone and their uncle is running around the desert with a Geiger counter, hoping to strike it rich. Enter Elton Britt’s 1955 hit “Uranium Fever” – a toe-tapping, yodel-filled anthem about the chaotic, often absurd uranium