| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Actinolite |
| Formula: | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Actinolite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Honister Slate Quarry, Buttermere, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 14410 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:14410:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 80048020-77af-4c9c-91b1-242446c93a2d |
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| 4.5km (2.8 miles) | ⓘBowder Stone, Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 17.1km (10.6 miles) | ⓘSinen Gill, Blencathra, Threlkeld, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 21.9km (13.6 miles) | ⓘCarrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 27.7km (17.2 miles) | ⓘWallow Crag Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 34.4km (21.4 miles) | ⓘShap Pink Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 34.6km (21.5 miles) | ⓘShap Blue Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
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 | | 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 |  | Mitchell, G.H., Moseley, F., Firman, R.J., Soper, N.J., Roberts, D.E., Nutt, M.J., Wadge, A.J. (1972) Excursion to the Northern Lake District. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 83 (4) 443 doi:10.1016/s0016-7878(72)80016-6 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | t.lOOSTONE I I:l I ~ I ill. BUTTERMERE FLAGS I BUTTERMERE SLATES ra : l1i I , I =;;---:::-::"=::-:-~~...appearance of greywacke beds across the Skiddaw Slate outcrop is interpreted as evidence for anticlinal...anticlinal upfolds of Loweswater Flags, and the highest slate beds are considered to be conformably, or near conformably...the outcrops of each major unit of greywacke and slate represent separate formations in a much thicker...separate the two rock groups locally. Other Skiddaw Slate-Borrowdale Volcanicjunctions are high angle 448 |  | Stone, P., Millward, D., Young, B., Merritt, J. W., Clarke, S. M., McCormac, M., Lawrence, D. J. D. (2010) British Regional Geology, Northern England (5th ed.) Geological Survey and Museum | Report (edition) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY British Regional Geology Northern England FIFTH EDITION P Stone D lv\illw ard B Young J...DJ D. 2010. British Regional Geology: Northern England (Fifth edition) (Key,vorth, Nottingham: British...189 Lake D istri et l 89 Haematite deposits of Cumbria 196 Isle of Nian 199 N orthern Pennine Orefield...for northern England Index 277 275 ILLUSTRATIONS Figures l Topography of north ern England 2 2 Outline...Outline geology of northern England 3 3 Palaeogeographical reconstructions from the Ordovician to the Palaeogene |  | | 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 |
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