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Sphalerite from
Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Comments:Iron-rich (Thimmaiah, 1956).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Apatite6 photos of Sphalerite associated with Apatite at this locality.
Muscovite6 photos of Sphalerite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Calcite2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:10386
Long-form Identifier:1:3:10386:6
GUID (UUID V4):4a523f1b-715f-4671-a50c-1464ea9301b3
Localities for Sphalerite in this Region
Harding vein, Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Grains Gill, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles) Todd Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles) Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.5km (1.6 miles) Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.6km (1.6 miles) Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.6km (1.6 miles) Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
Cover illustrations Front cover-Sphalerite and siderite, Force Crag Mine, Braithwaite (MNS 4491) Back cover-'Daisy'...Birks Head Mine, Long Marton (MNS 4487) (top left) Mimetite, variety campylite, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck...(top right) Quartz, variety rock crystal, Carrock Fell Mine, Mosedale (MNS 4488) (bottom left) Hematite...Hematite, variety kidney ore, Nab Gill Mine, Boot (MNS 4490) (bottom right) ISBN O 85272 099 8 BRITISH GEOLOGICAL...west Cumbrian coal and iron ore fields, the Vale of Eden and the Carlisle plain (Figure I). It is defined
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1984 Fluid Inclusion Gas Studies, Carrock Fell Tungsten Deposit, England: Implications for Regional Exploration...inclusion investigation of the Carrock Fell tungsten deposit, Northern England, confirms that the quartz...on the fluid inclusion "gas" signature for the Carrock Fell deposit, a distinction can be made between...the fluids have a close affinity with those at Carrock Fell. This is interpreted as the high-level, distal...Introduction The wolframite-bearing quartz veins of the Carrock Fell tungsten deposit are located approximately
Report (issue)
Publishing Cen­ tre, Sheffield Printed and bound in England for the British Geological Survey by Linney's Colour...ore fields of west and south Cumbria. The presence of mineralisation and mine spoil is thus a strong influence...and F in stream sediments and waters. Apart from mine spoil, contamination is generally not an important...commonly around the industrial centres of west Cumbria. However, industrial contamination is often restricted...to encompass the Forest of Bowland, the Vale of Eden, the Salway Plain and the western part of the North
Book
Museum Street, London, WCIA No reproduction 1LU, UK Unwin Paperbacks, Park Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Herts...(Rocks and fossils; 4) 1. Geology — England — Lake District (Cumbria) I. Cumberland Geological Society...Society is based on the northwestern coast of Cumbria, geographically isolated from major centres of...provide a balanced view of the geological scene in Cumbria. In a region where the rocks span the vast period...geological usage of all the regions surveyed in England. Only the Isle of Arran in Scotland receives a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springer-Verlag 1985 Mineralisation at the Carrock Fell Tungsten Mine, N. England: Paragenetic, fluid inclusion and...London, WC1X 8NG Abstract. Tungsten ore at Carrock Fell Mine comprises wolframite and scheelite in polyminerallic... L~ metres 500 _ l Fig. 1. Geology of the Carrock Fell area. A Location map; B SimIntroduction plified...the Grainsgill Granite and environs Carrock Fell Mine, Cumbria (Fig. 1), the only economic tungsten...Kingdom outside the Hercynian province of South-west England, produces wolframite and scheelite from parallel
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
Report (issue)
Exploration in the .· . ·_.:C:orikerrn.outh area, Cumbria. ·_ · · ·P·a rt ·1:·· Regional surveys _ • ,:... Mineral exploration in the Cockermouth area, Cumbria. Part 1: regional surveys D C Cooper, D G Cameron... Mineral exploration in the Cockermouth area, Cumbria. Part 1: regional surveys DC Cooper, D G Cameron... Mineral exploration in the Cockermouth area, Cumbria. Part 1: regional surveys. British Geological Survey...Survey Keyworth Nottingham NG12 5GG Printed in England for the British Geological Survey by Saxon Printing
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]
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
Report (issue)
The Underground Geology of part of the Carrock Tungsten Mine, Caldbeck Fells Minerals and Waste Programme...The Underground Geology of part of the Carrock Tungsten Mine, Caldbeck Fells RP Shaw The National Grid...Survey Licence No. 100021290 EUL. Keywords Carrock Fell Mine, Tungsten, Lead, mineralisation. Front cover...cover Smith East Vein forefield, Carrock Mine Bibliographical reference SHAW, RP. 2015. The Underground...Underground Geology of part of the Carrock Tungsten Mine, Caldbeck Fells. British Geological Survey Internal Report
Book
Minerals of the English Lake District Caldbeck Fells Cumbria. Caldbeck. Mineral deposts 1. Title 11. Stanley...largely of debris washed down fromthe Roughton Gill mine dumps under Iron Crag C O N T E N INTRODUCTION...Caldbeck and the Caldbeck Fells Are worth all England else (Hutchinson. 1794) is supposed to have originated...Lancashire to form the new administrative county of Cumbria, It is an area of high ground, once described as...distance from Carrock nd to Red Gil is at out 6km (3.7 miles) Potts Gill barytes Mine High Pike introduction
Journal (issue)
UK j min~/1minerals C I 11 lNTS 200~ I 2 EDITORlAL: SPEClALISATION COVER:A fluoritecube 15...Egremont, Cumbria. 4 SOWERBY SCORODITE Nick Carruth • Ron Cleevcly • David Green 7 The UK ]011mal of...DESIGN Julie Ballard 47 PETITJEANITE FROM CAR.ROCK MINE Mike Rumsey • Trevor Bridges • John Spratt The...channels. 50 PREISINGERITE & ROOSEVELTITE FROM CARROCK MINE Mike Rumsey 53 NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Trevor...information and a full review in the next UKJMM. UK Journal vf Mines & Minerals No. 28 -2- Frontispiece
Journal (volume)
mineralogy of the Clargillhead Vein, Tynehead, Cumbria: the first report of native silver from the Northern...and Andy Hopkirk 86 90 Linarite from Cononley Mine, Skipton, North Yorkshire John Chapman and David... 112 120 BOOK REVIEW ‘‘Gold Occurrences in the UK’’ Norman Moles Journal of the Russell Society, volume...The current ‘History of Mineral Collections’ in the UK is not even a ‘History of Kings and Queens’. A small...from localities such as Tynagh Mine in Co. Galway and Pendarves Mine in Cornwall (Figs 1 and 2) serves
Journal (issue)
Limestone at Raisby, Cox hoe, County Durham , England 75 B. YounR Wavellite and variscite on Gower...Ramsbeckite with schulenbergite from Cornwall and Cumbria, England D.J. Green. J Betterton, R. Bell and T /lieall...Brixham, Devon, England R.S W Braithwaite and JI. Wilson 87 Rosiaite from Bwlch mine, Deganwy, Conwy...Derbyshire, England 89 A. Dyer, 0..\1. Wilson and B. Young Milarite from Shap granite quarry, Cumbria, England...and G. Ry back Raspite from Carrock mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England: a first British occurrence
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
Book
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
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...nativt:metal,showing n bright mirror APATITE. Carrock Hinc,Caldbeck Fells,Cuobria. p~lc oint-grecn,opaque...65x25, (5. APATITE. Sm1th Vein,Carrock Mine,Caldbeck Fells,Cumbria½ Three ~oall,near gc~ quolity,grecn...50x40, [7. base. 22. (L.Ox25) w1th a crystol Mine,Anglcse~,North and !ound A rich and heavy ~pecimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralisation at Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria N. J. Fortey, J. D. Ingham, B. R. H. Skilton, B...is an expression of the nearby Early Devonian Carrock W-As deposit. The Pb-sulphantimonides may have...Stibnite was worked early last century at Robin Hood Mine. Bassenthwaite [NY 2293 3306] (Ward 1876: Postlethwaite...Postlethwaite 1893). The mineral also occurs at Wanthwaite Mine, St Johns in the Vale [NY 3245 2250] (Kingsbury...1948). whereas berthierite occurs at High Hartsop Mine (C. J. Stanley, pers. comm.). Erratic boulders of
Book
Marcasite Chalcopyrite Bornite Tetrahedrite Galena Sphalerite Cobaltite Arsenopyrite Molybdenite Stibnite ...Goldscope Mine and the Brandlehow Mine, near Keswick. It has also been found at the Brandy Gill Mine on Carrock...has been extracted from lead ore at the Goldscope Mine, it did not occur as a native element. Carbon, which...as galena, pyrites, sphalerite and chalcopyrite in the upper levels and on the mine dumps. Occasionally...miners. A mine was most easily dewatered by driving a drainage adit from the lowest point in the mine which
Journal (issue)
al55 mmtall fromFrizington, Cumbria,England. Stereomicroscopes The UK ]011malof Mines and Minerals...CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean C. Spence SADDLEBACK MINE Peter Briscoe • David McCallum • Paul Nicholson...Editorial Board. fEITKNECHTITE FROM BENALLT MANGANESE MINE Publication ofinformation on a collecting site...0952-2409 Tom Cotterell 49 NORTH DEVON UNITED MINE Mike Rumsey • Mike Savage 53 PIUNTING DY Ratcliff&...Worksop, Notts. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Minos & Minerals No. 29 -1- EDITORIAL
Journal (issue)
1966 and held several senior posts in Europe and the UK before retiring in November 1998. In 1981 he was...museums and articles for publications such as lhe UK Journal of Mines and Minerals. A quick scan of lhe...collecting. The owners of the area encompassing the Carrock Mine have confirmed that they will enforce the same...conditions as the LDNPA do for the rest of the Carrock Fells. Peter Davies, the Area Manager for the Caldbeck...minerals Currently it is the accepted practice that mine~a-ls found by Collectors collecting with permissi~n
Report (issue)
OF OF THE RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL GEOLOGICAL ENGLAND SURVEY AND OF COUNCIL SCIENCES GREAT BRITAIN...BtT2 8ay or through any bookseller Printed in England for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office by Hull Printers...the New Series One-inch Geological Survey Map of England and Wales. This sheet coloured has replaced...elements in a Geological Survey sample of the Carrock Fell Granophyre. The petrographic description...Petrographic DRYGILL Structural relations, 76. Fauna CARROCK Introduction, VOLCANIC Classification, SERIES
Catalog/List
some with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2 ins. Pieces...C315 single 1/2 ins NATIVE ARSENIC rich (Kusa Mine, near ,Bau, lx2 f.5 •2x2 EIO crystal, across. ...of Chalcopyrite. (16 level, Sim.ms Lade, Geevor Mine ,Cornwall) size reflects the area of botryoidal...80 lxl f.9 platy qrey-brown 5mm f.2.50 coverage Mine, small crystals of brown Devon) copper coloured...Cornwall) f.4 2x2 f7 metallic (Pyrite like) No 2 Mine, Chibougamau, lem rock. (Mt micros w1th Unusual
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
Report (issue)
NG12 5GG No.60 Mineral investigations at Carrock Fell, Cumbria. Part 2 - Geochemical investigations INSTITUTE...Programme I Mineral investigations at Carrock Fell, Cumbria. Part 2Geochemical investigations Report...Mineral exploration in the Ravenstonedale area, Cumbria 19 A reconnaissance geochemical drainage survey...Scotland 60 Mineral investigations at Carrock Fell, Cumbria. Part 2 -Geochemical investigations 32...Cornwall 33 Mineral investigations at Carrock Fell, Cumbria. Part 1 -Geophysical survey 34 Results
 
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