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Chalcopyrite from
Clints Quarry, Blindcrake, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Clints Quarry, Blindcrake, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:15423
Long-form Identifier:1:3:15423:1
GUID (UUID V4):7d2229b2-2c1e-4dcc-be2c-07d5b3c6b192
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
5.7km (3.5 miles) Embleton Mine, Embleton, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
6.3km (3.9 miles) Oughterside open cast coal site, Oughterside and Allerby, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
7.3km (4.5 miles) Robin Hood Mine, Bassenthwaite, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
10.5km (6.5 miles) Sandbeds Gill Mine, Bassenthwaite, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
11.0km (6.9 miles) Longlands Fell Mine, Ireby and Uldale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
12.1km (7.5 miles) Thornthwaite Mine, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
13.3km (8.3 miles) Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
13.5km (8.4 miles) Swinburn Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
13.6km (8.4 miles) Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
13.8km (8.6 miles) Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
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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
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non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...12, p. 43 for details). Penryn Granite Company’s quarry at Halvosso, Longdowns, Cornwall. Jim Knight Collection;...LUV (middle) and SUV (bottom). East Face, Croft Quarry, Croft, Leics. Frank Ince specimen and photo (FI-1485;...in this article! Finally, we visit the north of England for Brian Young’s account of magnetite mineralisation...Localities: Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 20, 7–37. 2 Journal
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...Richard Bell THE SHAP GRANITE CUMBRIA DESIGN Julie Ballard QUARRY, Max Wirth • David Green 58 The...Ratcliff & Roper (Print ) Ltd Worksop, Nous. S80 2EE UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 22 -t- Campylite...Campylite is one of the classic minerals of Northern England. This specimen from ~ry Gill Mine, once part of
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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
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interested in all aspects of geology in the County of Cumbria and surrounding areas. Members receive regular...Ellenbank Press Park Hill South Camp Road Maryport Cumbria CA15 6JN First published as The Lake District by...Geological and Mineralogical Museum Collections in Cumbria 143 Further Reading Index vi 148 Foreword...latitudes with coral reefs. Coal Measures in West Cumbria. Tropical rain forests and extensive deltas. ...PERMOTRIASSIC 290-205 Ma The New Red Rocks of West Cumbria, the Vale of Eden, near Carlisle and around Barrow
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........................ 22 4.3.2 Grikes and clints..................................................cycles occur in limestones elsewhere in Ireland, the UK, and beyond, and reflect glacio-eustatic changes...region include limestone pavements, grikes and clints, kamenitzas, karren, dolines, erratics, drumlins...region, Ireland Figure 27. Limestone pavement with clints and grikes at the Sheshymore are found only in...limestones and overlying shales. 4.3.2 Grikes and clints Grikes are sub-vertical fissures in limestone pavement
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Geoscience Features, Kent, UK Science Photo Library, London, UK The Image Bank, London, UK First published in...rocks, and the hard stone blocks of a cliff or quarry face are rocks. There are many different kinds...cube. Sicily and Japan. It is OB cuatcopyrire Chalcopyrite is a copper-iron mineral. It is sometimes called...part of the roof of a consist of large blocks (clints) cut by gutters (grikes). OB swattow noe A steep-sided...18 muds 24-25 calcite 12 cast 36 caves 35 chalcopyrite 14 chalk 9 chemical weathering 22 cleavage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the south-west bank of the River Tees to Falcon Clints. The disposition of the Whin Sill and Carboniferous...Langdon Beck, the party proceeded to High Force quarry (874292) in the Great Whin Sill, where Professor...arrangement, from fluorite-pyrrhotite-minor chalcopyrite in the centres, through fluorite-galena-blende...Geological Sheet 27 (Durham), and began at Durham Quarry (289416), near Old Durham, where glacial gravels...deposited marginally. The party continued to Shadforth Quarry (341417) near Sherburn Hill, where over 100 ft
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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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of the best apatites (amongst other things) in the UK. He also collected superb specimens on the Lizard...George Ryback, Journal Editor Insurance The first UK RIGS Conference The Society has renewed its Public...against any claim for accident or loss. The First UK RIGS Conference was held at University College, Worcester...a small display of granite specimens from various UK locations, and it was interesting to compare these...Society National AGM Field Trip Reports Greys tones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall [ Grid Ref: SX 365807] Friday
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
along the Wear Valley, there are over 14 miles of quarry face in the Great Limestone. Various beds are distinguished...River Wear at 032364. In the large Harrow Bank Quarry, 958393 just east of Eastgate, the workable limestone...Head was followed to the abandoned Slitt Iron Quarry at 911392, where a central wall of useless silicified...day's excursion ended at the disused Scutter H ill Quarry 915390 in the Great Limestone. The Frosterley Marble...the Whin Sill was again examined in High Force Quarry: here the sill is composed of the normal medium-grained
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Chalcopyrite-bornite and chalcopyrite-bornite-barite in the Acton Vale Limestone, southeastern Quebec:...along the east wall of the Acton Vale limestone quarry is a near-vertical fault, striking 20" (Fig. 2)...deposits Acton Vale deposil At Acton Vale, pyrite-chalcopyrite-bomite with sparry calcite and minor quartz...et al. 1988) and contains sporadic pyrite and chalcopyrite. These characteristics suggest a genetic link...found at the site contain no more than 2-3% chalcopyrite and bomite. Detailed paragenetic relationships
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BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geolo of the west Cumbria district ! ..: : .:·,: ·... ,:: ·, .... ...abcJ11t300 Cumbria district This memoir describes the area covered...sheets 28 Whitehaven, 37 Gosforth and 47 Bootle of England and Wales. The district includes the western margin...Carboniferous inversion, were the response in west Cumbria to the Variscan orogeny and marked the onset of...Sheets 28 Whitehaven, 37 Gosforth and 4 7 Bootle (England and Wales) Keyworth, Nottingham: The British Geological
Book (edition)
Stainmore The northern one-third of the Backbone of England, that ridge of hilly country known since last century...sheets 19 and 25, and parts of 13, 24, 26, 31, 32 (England and Wales) LONDON: HMSO 1990 . I\. © C,rown...sheets 19 and 25 and parts of 13, 24, 26, 31, 32 (England and Wales). Author Sir Kingsle_y Dunham, DSc, SD...LTKf<>rHl\IS() I )cl 2~)1124 (~I() 12/~)(.) England ( 4th edition) V CONTENTS 1 7 Chapter 1 Introduction...6 Slitt Vein in the Great Limestone, West Rigg Quarry, West gate, W eardale 211 7 Mineralised Jew Limestone
Journal (issue)
Appendix A. Petrography of the Fallgatc and Milltown Quarry boreholes, by R. \V. Elliot, B.Sc. Appendix B....Contorted bedding in upper part of cliff at Covesea Quarry 160 PLATE IX. Structures in Hopeman Sandstone...and on The Wrekin (E 663). On The Ercall (north quarry) ignimbrites occur (E 14883, 14887-8, 14892-3)...The Uriconian lavas and tuffs of Lilleshall Hill quarry include tuffs which contain fragments of banded...1522-4); 'N.E. side of Llyn Padarn' (E 506); 'Roadside quarry, S.W. side of Llyn Padarn' (E 1525-8); and 'Top
Book (edition)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALF�S GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PENNINE OREFIELD...east. The three principal rivers of North-eastern England, Tyne, Wear and Tees, rise within sight of Cross...productive metalliferous veins have been . found in England, there is no evidence that the Romans worked the...found overlying massive limestone in the North of England. In the present area, the series from the top of...shale above which at Rock Middlesteads Limekiln Quarry contains • Beyrichoceratoides truncatum, recently
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Ltd 61 Western Road, Hove East Sussex BN3 1JD, England © Copyright 1988 Wayland (Publishers) Ltd Edited...picture Vixen Tor, a granite outcrop on Dartmoor, England. Front cover, inset Amethyst crystal. Back cover...feldspar. Above This granite outcrop is on Dartmoor, England. Granite, the most common intrusive igneous rock...(changed) by heat and pressure. This Slate quarry is in North Wales, UK, where the slate is split into roof...Limestone surfaces are worn into blocks called clints, Separated by fissures called grikes. Below Hard
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Faulder Mary Orchard at The Indexing Specialists (UK) Ltd, Jane Parker Americanizer Reprints Production...Sea area, are often found on the east coast of England. 35 Larvikit @ Syenite that is found mainly...southern Scotland and stretches into the north of England, A sill, in contrast, follows the rock structures...blocks of limestone between the grykes are called clints. In recent years, many limestone pavements have...Yorkshire, U.K, the blocks of limestone called clints (1) are 94 separated from each other by deep
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... .. Clints limestone crags (A 6597) Rhythmic unit of Five Yard Limestone (A 6742) | Quarry in St...FACING PAGE OF 8 ne PLATES On Elva Hill the quarry in the foreground is in diorite and that in the
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ett e Memoir for 1 :50 000 geological sheet 60 (England and Wales) LONDON: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE...Force Limestone 25 Kilnsey Limestone 26 Scaleber Quarry Limestone 26 Malham Formation 28 Cove Limestone...Limestone Group 10 3 Austwick Formation, Arcow Wood Quarry 14 4 Photomicrographs of Stockdale Farm Formation...above Malham Cove 30 8 Photomicrographs of Scaleber Quarry Limestone, Malham Formation and Wensleydale Group...Bowland Shales, Gordale Limestone and Scaleber Quarry Limestone 67 20 Limestone conglomerate (School
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' 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...placed the greater part of Scotland in ‘America’, England a :■ dies in ‘Europe’, and regarded the Southern...ccid on or near to the Solway, descending beneath England and Wales. Fitton and Hughes (op. cit.) also noted
Journal (issue)
Copenhagen Field Trip January Lecture Riddlesdown Quarry Field Trip Review of London Guide ANNUAL DINNER...Copenhagen Field Trip 8. January Lecture 9. Riddlesdown Quarry Field Trip 10. Review of London Guide ANNUAL DINNER...4119 SSSIs (covering 8.1% of the land surface of England) are in 'favourable or recovering condition'. This...summary by Poul Christensen, the Chair of Natural England. In the accompanying brochure however, amongst...site that includes the longest cave system in the UK, beneath the LancashireCumbria border, provided an
Report (issue)
associated with the Skiddaw Granite near Carrock Mine, Cumbria 8 Investigation of stratiform sulphide mineralisation...investigations at Woodhall and Longlands in north Cumbria 15 Investigation of stratiform sulphide mineralisation...Programn1e Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci.. No. 21 Printed in England for the Institute of Geological Sciences by Ashford...primary minerals are galena, sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite, with calcite, dolomite, quartz...mineralisation. The minerals present are pentlandite, chalcopyrite, pylThotite, niccolite and smaltite. Jones (
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Mandarin Publishers Limited 14 Westlands Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Printed in Hong Kong CONTENTS...about the internal structure of the atom LEFT Chalcopyrite Copper began to appear. In 1913, Neils Bohr...+ H ] l ive Zircon, Idocrase, Wulfenite, Chalcopyrite a ms =e eres Barytes, Olivine — 1 a ...wax-like appearance; examples include realgar, chalcopyrite and talc have the rainbow effect which is the...Celsian Apatite Bornite, Smithsonite Fluorite Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Azurite Calcite Argonite, Barytes
large & crystals of pink feldspar, from northern England MELTING right Occasionally, high temperatures...This example BD Ay Secondary is on Dartmoor, England. minerals CHEMICAL CHANGES Chemical weathering...: sediment ase raw Pebbles on Chesil Beach, England GRADED sand, and mud. Then are : deposited ...those below : the famous White Cliffs of Dover, England. ‘gle ee hes Chalk cliffs often produce pyrite...probably carried across the North Sea from Norway to England by ice during the last Ice Age, c. 18,000 B.C
 
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