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Calcite from
Mosedale Quarry, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Comments:With traces of Strontium
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mosedale Quarry, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:15170
Long-form Identifier:1:3:15170:2
GUID (UUID V4):1c106e86-e4a8-4ed3-b62f-e8ace8fa0b8b
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
3.4km (2.1 miles) Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
3.7km (2.3 miles) Smith Vein, Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
3.7km (2.3 miles) Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
4.0km (2.5 miles) Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
4.0km (2.5 miles) Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
4.4km (2.7 miles) Old Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
5.3km (3.3 miles) Clints Gill (Roughton South Vein), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
5.5km (3.4 miles) Iron Crag, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
5.5km (3.4 miles) Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
5.5km (3.4 miles) Parkhouse Quarry, Johnby, Greystoke, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
Quartz, variety rock crystal, Carrock Fell Mine, Mosedale (MNS 4488) (bottom left) Hematite, variety kidney...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...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
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)
Inclusion Gas Studies, Carrock Fell Tungsten Deposit, England: Implications for Regional Exploration T. J. Shepherd...of the Carrock Fell tungsten deposit, Northern England, confirms that the quartz-wolframite-scheelite...deposit are located approximately 3 kms west of Mosedale in the north eastern part of the Lake District...southern paratectonic Caledonide belt of northern England (Fig. 1). This part of the Caledonides is characterised...further north. These faults are generally veined by calcite and/or dolomite, and carry significant amounts
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...Rhythmic unit of Five Yard Limestone (A 6742) | Quarry in St. Bees Sandstone (A 6588) Bowscale = .....FACING PAGE OF 8 ne PLATES On Elva Hill the quarry in the foreground is in diorite and that in the
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL COUNCIL SCIENCES SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Country around Cockermouthand...the New Series One-inch Geological Survey Map of England and Wales. This sheet has replaced the Old Series...Penrith Sandstone, Roe Beck near High bridge (A 6590) Quarry in St. Bees Sandstone (A 6588) Bowscale Tarn (A...EXPLANATION PLATEI PLATEII OF PLATES On Elva Hill the quarry in the foreground is in diorite and that in the...PLATEIV A B PI.ATEV A B PLATEVI A B PLATEVII A B Quarry on Watch Hill showing columnar jointing in grits
Catalog/List
mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS.A1 Wavellite - High Down Quarry, Haddon...Barstow. SW.B1 Apatite on orthoclase - Colcerrow Quarry, Cornwall. Barstow green stock label. SW.D10 Sphalerite...Bridge Quarry, Lizard, Cornwall. V.Holyer 1976. [SW 722 220]. SW.Q4 Serpentine - County Bridge Quarry, Lizard...Holyer 197-. [SW 722 22]. SW.R8 Stilbite - Dean Quarry, Lizard, Cornwall. E.Retallack 1975. [SW 804 203]
Journal (issue)
and one member suggested that this could be in the UK or EU. COST A location with on-site accommodation...were identified: geological/mining walks, museums (UK or EU) and member's collections. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS...SOCIETY NEWSLETTER e.g. the trigonal carbonates, calcite, CaCO 3 and smithsonite, ZnCO 3 • Note: It's interesting...rather than the Sylvite (1832) Group, also the Calcite (1836) Group rather than the Magnesite (1808) Group...why calcite is not included since it has the same chemical formula as aragonite. However calcite is a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
since Grantham published his account in 1928. The quarry face was now much farther from the granite contact...two such alteration zones in the west end of the quarry. Here the rock is so decomposed that it can be...of the disastrous blast can still be seen in the quarry and surrounding countryside. Press photographs...importance of considering the zones of weakness in the quarry when planning large-scale blasting operations....After lunch in Shap the party went to the Shap Blue Quarry where the Director outlined the sequence of metamorphism
Catalog/List
8111111. £ 15. 5) C..-\ LCITE. Carrock Mine, Mosedale, Cumbria. A group of about 15 sharp hexagon:il xls...xls to I Ox I 0x8mm on :i little limonitc/calcite matrix. Slightly ironstained, off-white in colour. 50x40x30mm...DfABOLEJTE, PARALAURIONITE and MENDI PITE. Mcrehead Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset. Black manganese matrix with...70x50x40mm. £22. I (1) F,1)I NGTONITE. Morcswood Quarry, D1sgwlfa Hill, Shropshire. Six glossy colourless...35x30x25mm. £65. IX) FLUORITE Florence Mine. Egremont, Cumbria. A small vug in a hematite matrix showing several
Report (issue)
Green xE = Gabbro and Hornfelsed contact gabbro (Mosedale Division); Red yG = greisenised granite (Skiddaw...Figure 9: Smith Vein showing scheelite (brown) and calcite (pink). .........................................in the Caldbeck Fells of Cumbria. It is the only mine outside southwest England to have commercially mined...has not been worked commercially elsewhere in the UK. The area of the mine is shown in the aerial photograph...Last modified: 2015/06/10 16:11 condition by Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society (CATMHS) with
Book (chapter)
Survey Chapter 4 Lake District and northern England Introduction INTRODUCTION D. Miliward In Ordovician...Ordovician times the Lake District and northern England formed part of the microcontinent of Eastern Avalonia...were emplaced in the Lake District and northern England subsequent to the closure of the Iapetus. The volcanoes...Figure 4.1 Lower Palaeozoic inliers of northern England and locations of the major, buried batholiths....Threlkeld; D Dufton. 137 Lake District and northern England 90 NX00NY 10 20 :::............ 30::::::::
Catalog/List
telephone beforehand. JULY/AUGUST 2007 1) BARITE and CALCITE. Frizington, Cumberland. A small rounded stalacmite...matrix covered with small colourless to iron red calcite xls to 4mm. On top of these is a single yellow...£20. 12) CHLOROXYPHITE and MENDIPITE. Merehead Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset. A n approx. 50x2Omm area of...£95. 18) FERBERITE after SCHEELITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Callington, Cornwall. Two jet black tetragonal...label. 100x60x30mm. £75. 21) FLUORITE. Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, Co. Durham. Pale green cubic
Catalog/List
the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National...is:5 Ferney Green Drive, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3HS Please write to Max stating the names...MALACHITE 16 CUNOCLASE 17 ANGLESITE 18 PYROMORPHITE 19 CALCITE 20 SERPIERITE 21 ETTRINGITE 22 BROCHANTITE 23 CASSITERITE...CALEOONITE 40 PREHNITE 41 STILBITE 42 THOMSONITE 43 CALCITE 4-4 THOMSONITE 45 CELSIAN Waterba.nk mine Waterbank...Loanhead quarry TallskerBay Whyte'a Cleuch Loanhead quarry Port Glasgow Loanheadquarry Loanhelld quarry Loanhead
Book
' Frontispiece Landsat imagery of north-west England taken from a height of 900 km. Photograph: National...Geological Society 1978 ISBN 0 9501656 2 X PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY W. S. MANEY AND SON LIMITED LEEDS CONTENTS...Geology 15 Epigenetic Mineralization 16 Offshore Cumbria 17 Hydrogeology C. K. Patrick 18 Environmental...found in Lakeland St.Bees Sandstone St. Bees and Eden Shales with evaporites Penrith Sandstone and Brockram...placed the greater part of Scotland in ‘America’, England a :■ dies in ‘Europe’, and regarded the Southern
Catalog/List
BABINGTONITE, PREHNITE and QUARTZ. Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu Co., Sichuan, China. A very nice clean group...matrix. Displays well. 30x15x30mm. £65. 10) CALCITE. Wheal Wrey, St Ive, Cornwall. Flat area on chalcedony...prismatic calcite xls to 8mm. Some have nice nail head terminations. 50x40x20mm. £35. 11) CALCITE. Potosi...Large first sized spongy looking mass of off white calcite. 110x50x70mm. £30. 12) CASSITERITE. Viloco Mine...matrix. 80x60x35mm max. £45. 16) DATOLITE and CALCITE. Parc Bean Cove, Mullion, Cornwall. A 40x25mm area
Book
Geological Survey 1:50 000 Series Sheet 29 Keswick (England and Wales) Author D G Woodhall Contributors D...uk e-commerce: www.british-geological-survey.co. uk Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA...Head 47 7 Threlkeld 1nicrogrmtite inBratncf'Quarry 47 8 Causey Pike Fault 47 9 Grisedale valley 48...principal land use. The geology of this part of Cumbria is portrayed on the 1:50 000 Series geological...(Eastwood et al., 1968). The rock is strongly chlorite-calcite-sericite altered so that very little biotite ren1ains
Journal (volume)
pyromorphite. Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. R.J. King Collection (ex. Harwood Collection)...malachite. Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Norman Thomson Collection. David Green photograph...mineralisation of the Roughton Gill mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: Part 3 Roughton Gill Mine Trevor F. Bridges, David...23-25 PAPERS Danburite from Meldon Quarry, Okehampton and other UK localities Michael S. Rumsey, George...44-62 A report on Hay Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, Michael S. Rumsey and C. Michael
Book
scenically it is one of the most complex regions of England and within the space of this volume rigorous selection...the M6 or potters along the lanes of the Vale of Eden. THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THE AREA Ordovician...transported eastwards into what is now the Vale of Eden which, even at this early date, was a mountain-girt...range and the Shap Fells moved into the Vale of Eden and suffered a varied fate. The more northerly ice...10) runs from Blencathra Hospital (303255) to Mosedale (357322) and brings together two of the classic
Book
generally regarded as among the n1ost intractable in England but a recently completed resurvey programme led...similar strata extend beneath 1nuch of northern England. To the west, the Manx Croup of the Isle of ]\...British Geological Survey, 1Vewcastle Printed in the UK for the British Geological Su1vey by . & Co Ltd....Fonnation 60 Teesdale inlier and boreholes in northern England 60 Ingleton Group 61 Four Depositional environment...Scawgill Bridge quarry, '\,Vhinlatter Pass 47 Loweswater Formation at Scawgill Bridge quarry, '\,Vhinlatter
Book
British Geological Survey. 1:50 000 Sheet 39 Kendal (England and \Vales). © NERC 2010 All rights reserved Copyright...Ceological Su,ve)~ K'.ey;v-o,·Lh, e-mai_l ipr@bg$.a(;.uk. You may quo~ extm,:;ts o f a ~asonable leng lh without...Trou.tbeck 10 4 Scandal Beck Li1nestone, Raisbeck Quarry 17 5 Glaciated Kenttnere valley 23 6 Lune gorge...The Kendal district is a 1nainly rural part of Cumbria where the local economy is dominated by farming...drumlins. In Ordovician (Caradoc) thnes, northern England Jay at the 1nargin of Avalonia, and as the Iapetus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and grains of various kinds,—lapilli, felspars, calcite, chlorite, etc.,—bedded in and surrounded by varying...considerable certainty. There is an old quarry in the valley of Mosedale, near Shap, in which beautiful examples...of felspar, with varying amounts of grains of calcite and patches of chlorite. A succeeding fine band...however, then involves also a separation of lime as calcite (Microscop. Physiographic der Mineralien, pp. 516...quartz (and chalcedony) above described, while calcite, also due, doubtless, in part to the same processes
Journal (issue)
southern England, the sands of the Kent and Sussex Weald, Jurassic limestones of Central England and the...drilling posit.ions. Most of the main aquifers in the UK have been known for over a century. It has been estimated...of water extracted from the chalk in Southern England exceeds rainfall, thus the groundwater level is...quality, and stringent controls have existed in the UK under the Control of Pollution Act. A licence must...north of Coalbrookdale in Telford. Here an old quarry has been worked-out and left to nature. Several
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...and advertising. ARSENTSUMEBITE FROM DOLYHIR QUARRY Neil Hubbard • David Green • Tom Cotterell 9 ...Cox • Ron Cleevely 31 PARALSTONITE FROM DOLYI-IIR QUARRY Tom Cotterell CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean...FROM CARROCK MINE Mike Rumsey 53 NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Trevor Bridges 55 ROCKBOTTOM PUBLICATIONS LTD
Report (issue)
Support of National, Regional and Local Planning Cumbria and the Lake District: Resources and Constraints...for Development Plans: Phase One Cumbria and the Lake District (Cumbria, Lake District National Park and...for Development Plans: Phase One Cumbria and the Lake District (Cumbria, Lake District National Park and...This report accompanies the 1:100 000 scale maps: Cumbria and the Lake District Mineral Resources (North...Cover Photograph Aerial View of Shap Beck Quarry, Shap, Cumbria, showing aggregate workings in the Knipe
Report (issue)
associated with the Skiddaw Granite near Carrock Mine, Cumbria 8 Investigation of stratiform sulphide mineralisation...investigations at Woodhall and Langlands in north Cumbria 15 Investigation of stratiform sulphide mineralisation...exploration in the Harlech Dome. North Wales Printed in England for the Institute of Geological Sciences by Four...in the vicinity of the Carrock tungsten mine, Cumbria. The object of the survey was to establish an optimum...is situated some two miles to the west of Mosedale, Cumbria, in Grainsgill Beck, a tributary of the River
 
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