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Azurite from
Hilton Mine, Scordale, Murton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Azurite
Formula:Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Azurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hilton Mine, Scordale, Murton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1223125
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1223125:0
GUID (UUID V4):f9fe70c4-d439-4d6b-bbda-16dd8a41cd01
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Murton Mine, Scordale, Murton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
14.0km (8.7 miles) High Longrigg Mine, Hartley, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
15.3km (9.5 miles) Cash Burn Vein, Eastern Cross Fell, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
15.4km (9.5 miles) Cornriggs Vein, Black Burn Area, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
15.5km (9.6 miles) Windy Brow Vein, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
19.7km (12.3 miles) Westernhope Old Mine, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
23.0km (14.3 miles) Clouds Veins, Ravenstonedale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
24.6km (15.3 miles) Great Sleddale (Great Sled Dale), Muker, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK
25.2km (15.6 miles) Cumpston Hill, Mallerstang, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
26.3km (16.3 miles) Yew Tree Mine, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
From the North Pennines Orefield England Figure 1. The Groverake mine, located in upper Rookhopeburn,...operating commercial fluorspar mine in the North Pennines, closing in 1999. Mine waste heaps (known locally...nineteenth centuries can be seen on the hills above the mine site. Figure 2 (left). A scattering of numerous...matrix, 14 × 10 × 7 cm, recovered from the Cambokeels mine in the early 1980s. Figure 3 (right). A penetration-twinned...× 4-cm specimen was recovered from the Rogerley mine in 2013. 306 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 4. General
Catalog/List
crystals to 2mm. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Black goethite... Collected 1980. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Stalactitic brown...Quartz. 50' above bottom of Boundary Shaft, Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. A group of colourless pyramidal...pyramidal quartz crystals. 90/091 Baryte. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Pale blue baryte crystals...minor matrix. 901006A Baryte with sphalerite. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Clear transparent baryte
Catalog/List
mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS...green stock label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section... SW.18 Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]
Journal (issue)
UK TS C 2 COVER:Superbtwinnedyellowfluoritecrystal 15 mm on edge from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria...T'wENTY YEARS IN MINERALS NORTHERN ENGLAND David Green • Peter Briscoe The UK ]011rnalof Mines at1d Minerals...EVENTS Mick Wolfe Richard Bell THE SHAP GRANITE CUMBRIA DESIGN Julie Ballard QUARRY, Max Wirth • David...Ratcliff & Roper (Print ) Ltd Worksop, Nous. S80 2EE UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 22 -t- Campylite...classic minerals of Northern England. This specimen from ~ry Gill Mine, once part of the Fred Bull collection
Journal (issue)
Malachite on Chalcopyrite, on Dolomite from Ty Gwyn Mine Llandudno THE JOURNAL OF THE RUSSELL SOCIETY...almost every mine in Great Britain and Ireland, and went underground in every metalliferous mine in the British...King. A new find of Nickeloan Hydrozincite in Parc Mine, North Wales. 19 Richard E. Bevins, Paul O'Brien...occurrence of Nickel minerals in the Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria. 26 M.E. Smith. 33 T.F. Bridges....history of the Oxford Clay (Jurassic) of central England . Sedimentology, 25, 339·370. Pitcher, W.S., Peake
Book
pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages................... 201 72 Foreword ORTHERN England, an area of great natural beauty, is additionally...District, the north Pennines, Cumbria, various regions of north-east England, and North Yorkshire. Such...ground; trial workings, mine dumps, mine buildings and smeltings, plus mine location maps and a wealth...bibliography concludes the work. Minerals of Northern England will rate as one of the classic works on British
Catalog/List
refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...Name of the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure...is:5 Ferney Green Drive, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3HS Please write to Max stating the names...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland
Journal (issue)
Ovington, UK NJ Elton, St Austell, U.K. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, U.K. RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King...Media, (A division of St. Ives Group), Leeds, England. Published by The Russell Society. Registered Charity...Tim Neall Mud-filled fluorite vugs in Greenlaws mine, Weardale, Co. Durham Stephen Moreton Gearksutite...mineralization at Silver Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, Trevor F Bridges, M ichael P. Cooper...fuloppite from Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, Tim Neall and A ndy G. Tindle
Journal (issue)
RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...Cuprite, variety chalcutrichite, from Fowey Consols mine (Lanescot section). Tywardreath. Cornwall. Field...Gunheath china clay pit, St Austell, Cornwall, England 3 15 N.l. Elton Sector phosphorescent gypsum...(selenite) crystals from Mepal Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England B.A. Grguric 19 The silver and cobalt mineralisation... 23 Hannotome from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England D.l. Green and l.R. Nudds 31 NOTES
Journal (issue)
access it gave me to real mineralogists who were a mine of useful information and expertise. The culmination...the Central Branch (1988-95). My main interests are UK mineralogy (in particular the mineralogy of Leicestershire...organisation that will continue to play a major role in UK mineralogy. Frank Ince 2 Russell Society Newsletter...The impact of resource extraction of Northern England and offshore. • The Mineralogical Society is hosting...driving a European visiting professor to Boltsburn Mine in its latter years as a producer of spectacular
Catalog/List
2) APATITE (var FRANCOLITE) Simms Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall. A flattish quartz hematite vei...hexagonal xls to 2mm. 80x40x20nun. £45. 3) AZURITE. Girralambone Mine, Canbelego Co., New SouthWales, Australia...veinstone with a i40xl00nm1 area s11owi11g very dark azurite xls to 4nun scattered over a thin crust of black...well. 150xl !0xl20nm1. £175. 4) BARITE. Bridford Mine, Christow, Devon. A single ternunated semi-transparent...l 00xl 60nun. £645. 6) BARYTOCALCITE. (Blaegill Mine) Alston Moor, Cumberland. A 50x40nm1 cavity in massive
Catalog/List
beforehand. JULY/AUGUST 2008 1) ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. A shallow cavity in limonitic...40x45c30mm. £75. 2) ANGLESITE on CERUSSITE. Broken Hill Mine, New South Wales, Australia. A good six rayed stellate...aurichalcite. 50x30x25mm. £20. 5) AZURITE. Laurion, Attica, Greece. A white quartz/azurite brecciated veinstone showing...showing some nice dark blue lustrous azurite xls to 5mm. 60x40x20mm. £12. 6) BARITE. Tronach Head, Portknockie...70x50x40mm. £12. 7) BARYTOCALCITE. Lunehead Mine, Brough, Cumbria. A 50x30mm cavity in matrix lined with about
Journal (issue)
chose Eclusham Mountain Wedding Cave Mine at Bwlchgwyng, Bryngwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain, and Great Orme...Llangollen (OS GR SJ 255.503). At nearby Wedding Cave Mine (OS GR SJ 265.541) there is galena mineralisation...(Wedding Cave) Carbonate-cyanotrichite, anglesite, azurite, linarite Brochantite, sulphur, susannite, caledonite...of the Geological Survey. HMSO 1921 Bryn Gwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain (OS GR SJ 194.697) was one of...magnificent specimens of blue fluorite. Unfortunately the mine shaft has been capped and the site levelled by the
Journal (issue)
have to be 'pushed' to the public as here in the UK. 2. Vernadsky State Geological Museum. Jolyon was...specimen was detailed down to the levels in each mine. Apart from the malachites there is now a standard... These have included some superb specimens of azurite, conichalcite, erythrite, tyrolite, vanadinite...of Spain, also some pyromorphites from Bwlch Glas mine, Talybont in Wales and Anglesite from Parys mountain...minerals at the November meeting from La Encontrada Mine, may like to modify the location details which I
Book
siderite, Force Crag Mine, Braithwaite (MNS 4491) Back cover-'Daisy' gypsum, Birks Head Mine, Long Marton (MNS...Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells (MNS 4492) (top right) Quartz, variety rock crystal, Carrock Fell Mine, Mosedale...(bottom left) Hematite, variety kidney ore, Nab Gill Mine, Boot (MNS 4490) (bottom right) ISBN O 85272 099...west Cumbrian coal and iron ore fields, the Vale of Eden and the Carlisle plain (Figure I). It is defined...ore bodies of west and south Cumbria and the evaporitesof the Vale of Eden. A detailed review of metallogenesis
Catalog/List
Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 880 (STD a73 677) V.A.T. No...2txH-xi". £1.25. _ 2. ANDRADITE. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devon. Specimen A - Lustrous, sharp...Andradite. ltJMine, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada. A well formed translucent...l-txlxl". £4.50. 7. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Specimen A - A ltxl" cavity...encrusting Limonit ic Gossan. 2xlxl". £1.50. 8. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Gllway, Eire. Bright blue well formed
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of
Journal (issue)
Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria B. Young, E. Hyslop and D. Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall...sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed to be...assemblages observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral...hypogene copper lodes. INTRODL'CTION Botallack mine (SW 363 336) in the St Just mining district, Cornwall....;:;0;:;..,.... :.WST'JUST )~~~ BALLESWIDDEN MINE '\:;;:~. .F lGURE 1. Schematic geology of the
Catalog/List
prismatic xl without matrix. 14x12x25mm. £20. 3) AZURITE. Chessy, Lyon, France. A ball made up of lustrous...is very showy. Ball dia. approx. 32mm. £165. 4) AZURITE and MALACHITE on LIMONITE CASTS after CALCITE....over these are hundreds of sparkling dark blue azurite xls with the odd patch of green malachite. 70x80x30mm...70x80x30mm. £45. 5) BARITE. Wilsons Stope, Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumberland. A nice clean and undamaged...label. 30x30x15mm. £18. 7) CALCITE (Co). Tynebottom Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. A nice lavender coloured
Catalog/List
British minerals and oa especially those from Cumbria. The systematically rare minerals a&e 8 proving...being made lo cover Bank.clearancecosts here in England. Paul and Nanette Lowe FIOIIIC-:1.argaFulScå Dllaillromaneola...65x25, (5. APATITE. Sm1th Vein,Carrock Mine,Caldbeck Fells,Cumbria½ Three ~oall,near gc~ quolity,grecn prismntic...50x40, [7. base. 22. (L.Ox25) w1th a crystol Mine,Anglcse~,North and !ound A rich and heavy ~pecimen...75x70, (28. 35. AZURITE. St. Day,Gwennap,Cornwall. platy Azurlte crysta!s in Azurite 36, 37. po~kct
Journal (issue)
display this year, and again covering the whole of England and Scotland. Chris Jewson had a number of micro...from Stoneycroft smelter in the Ncwlands Valley, Cumbria. Mike Leppington once again has come up with good...displaying good barite collected recently from Florence mine at Egremont, demonstrating that this locality is...some mattheddleite and lanarkite from the Susanna mine at Leadhills and some excellent hemimorphite on...some lovely pale pink smithsonite at the Blackcraig mine near Creetown. BMS Newsletter 45: 2 > Epistilbite
Catalog/List
Gold Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...The Knipe, S.Scotland Ow A2 Price £1 Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The...Rocks Cornwall Hinqston Down, Cornwall Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 £1...Quebec (Cook) Herodsfoot Cornwall Bournonite Bedford Mine Devon Arsenoovrite Colorado USA Enaraite Minas Gerais...Cornwall Tennantite Parvs Copper Mine, Anqlesey Sphalerite Louisa Mine, Glendinninq, Dumfrieshire Stibnite
Journal (volume)
deposition in a cavity in Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges and Roy Starkey 17–24...development of a mineralised cavity at the Smallcleugh Mine in the North Pennine Orefield, where Trevor focused...we were walking down from Copa Hill at Cwmystwyth mine in mid-wales. we had both been participants on one...group of clear quartz crystals from brownley Hill mine, and Journal of the Russell Society (2015) 1st...“micromount” category, with a baryte from tear breeches mine, matlock bath. at this time, the Society was also
Catalog/List
ARSENIOSIDERITE orange brown crusts on Hidalgoite (Gold Hill Mine Tooele County Utah USA) lxl f2.5O lx2 f5.OO 2x2...purple-brown crystalline masses (Colebrook Hill Mine,Roseberry, Tasmania) lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 2x2 f6.OO...BOKITE black to dark brown masses (Monumnt No 2 Mine Apache County 1/2 x 1/2 f3.5O lxl f5 C266 DEFERNITE...C269 CHABAZITE good covering location. (Ramsley Mine lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 of glassy micros Devon) 2x2 f6... C273 COLORADOITE Mine, Cripple C274 DIAMOND good yellow cubic (Wishasha Mine Zaire) f6 C275 DIOPTASE
Book
C a s c M nerals of o h England 0 0 = The Greenbank Collection This Catalogue is a Limited Edition...divide us, the mineral specimens from Northern England unite almost everyone in an appreciation of their...treasured specimens remain to fire the IN NORTHERN ENGLAND has a imagination and wonder of collectors and...waste rock and gangue discarded during mining - the mine pagel The Lindsay Gree11ba11k Collection curators...the supplies of mineral specimens from Northern England were limitless. Hundreds of thousands of specimens
 
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