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Zircon from
Langhorn Quarry, Bigrigg, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Langhorn Quarry, Bigrigg, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:18183
Long-form Identifier:1:3:18183:7
GUID (UUID V4):cfc356a4-dceb-491a-82a3-846b9cae2564
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
3.8km (2.4 miles) Overend Quarry, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
22.0km (13.7 miles) Dale Head North, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
22.7km (14.1 miles) Dale Head Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
29.8km (18.5 miles) Armboth Dyke, St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
37.8km (23.5 miles) Grains Gill, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
55.5km (34.5 miles) Shap Pink Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
75.4km (46.8 miles) Burn of Palnure, Cairnsmore, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
between the First and Second Limestones at the Langhorn and Overend quarries.1 PETROGEAPHICAL DETAILS...Sandstone, Langhorn Quarry.—This rock on the floor of the quarry, some 100 yards from the main (Bigrigg) fault...Oc. = Orepit cutting; Oh. = Orebank House; L. = Langhorn; B. = Bankend. Scale, J inch = 1 mile (approx...the calcareous rock exposed on the floor of the quarry. The calcite, however, appears to have been totally... . I I I i i . I i FIG. 2.—Sections at Langhorn and Overend. a and a' = First Limestone; b and
Book
District , the hematite ore bodies of west and south Cumbria and the evaporitesof the Vale of Eden. A detailed...extensive hematite deposits of west and south Cumbria has also long been the subject of speculation....only economic tungsten deposits outside of the SW England province, though mining at Carrock Fell Mine is...clay iron-stones within the Coal Measures of west Cumbria at one time provided a source of lower grade iron...the Carboniferous Limestone of west and south Cumbria. Although small amounts of ore were obtained from
Report (issue)
·~/ .... > ,;Y, OF· SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF THE ENGLAND AND INDUSTRIAL GEOLOGICAL AND \VALES SURVEY...Shale or Little Whirlstone and Sill, 69. First or Bigrigg Limestone, 69. Fauna and ~lora, 69. Fossils, 70... . .. ... . .. .. . . .. .. . Egremont to· Bigrigg Fault, 78. Bigrigg Fault to Crossfield Fault, 84....List of Fossils, 108. Details .•• .. . ..• ..• Bigrigg and Cleator Moor, 110. 112. Frizington to Clifton...south of Ennerdale Bridge, 235. Cleator Moor and Egremont to St. Bees Head, 240. Ennerdale to Clifton and
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PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...Westmorland in the mid- I 970s to form the new county of Cumbria). The confusion appears to have occurred during...on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned for his compendious...Emb'eton quany,nrCockermouth. Cumbria; Gra:nsgill. Ca'.dbeck Fells,Cumbria (kentrolite) HigherPittsmine...Fells,Cumbria; OldGunnls!ake m:ne.Calslock. Cornwall lindgrenite' BrandyGill,Caldbeck Fells,Cumbria WestTurtPitsmine
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will rank amongst the best Mines in the North of England . Since 1565 no less than seven smelt mills and...English Lake District ... Plate I... I Hodgson How Quarry, looking S.E. "" E.N.E. Plate 2 I Trilobite and...133 Honister Quarry and Pass. 12 Honister and Yew Crag Quarries "" 133 Elterwater Quarry ‫دو‬ 13 137 Fisher's...SON HODG See .( ) 4 Page PLATE 1 . HODGSON QUARRY HOW L , OOKING E.N.E. S ( ee Page ).4 PLATE 2...northern end of Honister Pass, to Dent Hill, near Egremont , this area is bounded partly by the Buttermere
Journal (issue)
the British Museum (Natural History) at London, England. Mr. Livingston is a prominent geologist connected............. 108 Agate Found in an Old Abandoned Quarry. By Louis Rea1ner........................................................... 124 Chips From the Quarry..................................................in quartz. S t. Peter's Dome and Cook Stove Mt. Zircon. Fergusonite. Cryolite. Xenotite. Arf vedsonjte...1ountain Highway. Brilliant small gemmy crystals of zircon are obtained from the face of an abandoned mine
Journal (issue)
Peter G. Embrey British Museum (N.H.) London, England Richard C. Era U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...HOUSE, DRAKEWALLS, G U N N ISL A K E , CORNW ALL, ENGLAND. ^Minerals Specializing in Canadian Minerals...muscovite diaspore plagioclase rutile titanite topaz zircon phlogopite pyrite quartz silver sphalerite tennantite...volcanics on the northeast rim of the mine. Zircon ZrSi04 Zircon occurs as small, stout crystals in the New...Tourmaline Accessory in schists Ransome (1919) Zircon Widespread accessory Ransome (1919) Cornwall (1982)
Journal (volume)
in 1889 Azygograptus eivionicus. Soda-rhyolite, Quarry, Goetty Mountain, Rosebush. . .... ..... .....rich tin-bearing deep-leads and alluvium of New England, completing a large quarto memoir thereon in 1887...appointed to the Committee of the Royal Society of England for investigating the structure of coral reefs...Geology of the Vegetable Creek Tin-minmg Field, New England District: Memoir No. 1, Geological Survey of New...(Tachylite) in tlie Vegetable Creek District, New England (6) The Occurrence of Dacite at Monvale (c) A Pitch
Report (issue)
(Hyacinth) Andradite (Topazolite) __ (Blythite) Zircon (Cyrtolite) Thorite Thorogummite Sillimanitc Andalusitc...tremolite-actinolite, vermiculitc, weinschenkitc, zeolite, zircon. ALEXANDRIA: struvite. ALLEGHANY COUNTY: apatite...vcrmiculite, wolframite, zincite, zinnwaldite, zircon, zoisite. AMHERST COUNTY: amethyst, anatase, ancylitc...tremolite-actinolite, vcrmiculite, wad, weinschenkite zircon. APPOMATTOX COUNTY: bornite, chalcopyrite, chrysocolla... thulitc, tourmaline, uranophane, vermiculite, zircon, zoisitc. BLAND COUNTY: agate, aragonite, arsenopyrite
Book (volume)
UK' 5Skl^^4fc4a«.^IJF- t'-'v?’ _ P* f4t !ns5i^^nJ{^#...(May Subd Geog) Iceni BT Britons Ethnology — England Iceplant, Crystalline USE Ice plant (May Subd...(Macedonia) USE (England) Icknield Way (England) UF Icknield Street (England) — England (Not Subd Geog)...(Republic) Serbia Way BT Roads — England — USE Icknield Street (England) BT — Civilization Novgorod...BT Batholiths Idaho (May Subd Geog) German — England Philosophy RT (May Subd Geog) French idealism
Book (volume)
EDITION VOLUME XVIII MEDAL to MUMPS Cambridge, England: at the University Press New York, 35 West 1911...(Oxford), 1892; Arnold Prizeman, 1898. Author of England under the Protector Somerset; Henry VIII.; Life...Formerly President, Jewish Historical Society of England. Author of A Short History of Jewish Literature;...All Souls’ College, Oxford, 1895-1902. Author of England under the Normans and Angevins; Charlemagne. H...Assistant Director of the Geological Survey of England and Wales, “j President, Geologists’ Association
 
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