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Chiastolite from
Blackhazel Beck, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:River
Classification
Species:Andalusite var: Chiastolite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chiastolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blackhazel Beck, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:15836
Long-form Identifier:1:3:15836:1
GUID (UUID V4):8053e7f1-5574-48ee-abb5-e29c5e3002ff
Nearest other occurrences of Chiastolite
2.5km (1.5 miles) Bannerdale Graphite Mine, Bannerdale, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
2.5km (1.6 miles) Saddleback Old Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
3.3km (2.0 miles) Glenderaterra Valley, Threlkeld, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
3.9km (2.4 miles) Andalusite outcrop, Glenderaterra Valley, Threlkeld, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
4.5km (2.8 miles) Threlkeld Mine, Threlkeld, Threlkeld, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
5.6km (3.5 miles) Gibraltar Crag, Skiddaw, Keswick, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
15.0km (9.3 miles) Dacre Castle, Dacre, Greystoke, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
23.2km (14.4 miles) Sharp Knott, Lamplugh, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Skiddaw Slates in the Blencathra-Mungrisdafe area, Cumbria D. E. Roberts Four phases of deformation (Dl-D4)...Reading 1971). 1b. Stratigraphy of the Blencathra-Mungrisdale area Three major lithological divisions, interbedded...slates division. The Loweswater Flags occur at Mungrisdale only in the faulted inlier of Raven Crags (NY362307)...crystals of andalusite (frequently the variety chiastolite) occur at the margin of the aureole, but in areas...structure have been separated from others. 1. Grainsgill Beck, W of greisen. 88 poles, contoured at 2, 6 and 10%
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... aw ayes EL6 Gorge in Penrith Sandstone, Roe Beck near Highbridge (A 6590) 216 wa 222 Granophyric...(A 6588) Bowscale = .. Tarn (A 6621) oe Dash Beck Valley and Dash-Waterfall (A 6653) EXPLANATION
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...Limestone (A 6742) Gorge in Penrith Sandstone, Roe Beck near High bridge (A 6590) Quarry in St. Bees Sandstone...Sandstone (A 6588) Bowscale Tarn (A 6621) Dash Beck Valley and Dash Waterfall (A 6653) EXPLANATION PLATEI...in St. Bees Sandstone on the left bank of Chalk Beck near Barnctrigg was worked for building stone. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
incompletely re-crystallised and is characterised by chiastolite except in the most siliceous strata. The intensity...traverse along the upper Glenderamarkin and down Blackhazel Beck reveals excell ent cleavage dipping at 60°...puhlished six -inch map, Cum berl and 56, in Blackhazel Beck and in a small t ributary gill; and also near...weathering out all the wa y np the steep sides of the Blackhazel gorge . Close exa mina tion discovers bedd ing...an S-shape across it , as in a specimen from Dash Beck . Other minerals can oft en be seen to be distorted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fairly large size, near the junction of Grainsgill Beck with the River Caldew. In connection with each of...in the streams which run into the Caldew : Blackhazel Beck, and one or two others on the south side, aud...somewhat oblong or oval form, and a few crystals of chiastolite appear. Then these crystals become more numerous...numerous, so as to entitle the rock to the name of Chiastolite Slate. This passes int,oa harder, more thickly...development o[ chiastolite here as elsewhere precedes the formation of spots : hence chiastolite-slate must
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
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...southerly dip. East- THE SKIDDAW DISTRICT CHIASTOLITE 4 SLATE FIG: 35 14 INCMCS CHIASTOL IT£
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gabbro and the remains of an old lake, to Carrick Beck, where the position of the gorge at Linewath across...the Station to see the sha rp bend of the Trout Beck into its gorge, due to glacial diversion,* the bri...in alluvium at the head of an old tarn along the beck 's pre-gla cial course, and the mann er in which...o the Upper Andesit es again half way t o Trou t beck. On the return journey the mist, whi ch had enveloped...yards before reaching the junction with Grainsgill Beck, are large exposures of intensely contorted, but
Report (issue)
Publishing Cen­ tre, Sheffield Printed and bound in England for the British Geological Survey by Linney's Colour...and from the iron ore fields of west and south Cumbria. The presence of mineralisation and mine spoil...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...Penrith Sandstone, Magnesian Limestone, St Bees and Eden shales, and evaporites 12 Sherwood Sandstone Group
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Borrawdale Series exposed, though at one point, viz., Beck \Vood, near }Iillom, there seem to be later beds...accumulation. For instance a beautiful example in Brimful Beck. Wastwater, shows overfolding and therefore flo\\'...by the lake. a quarter-mile north-east of Smithy Beck. No place is known where their varieties can be...90 yards north of the northernmost hend of Logan Beck, near Plough FeU. 168 J. F. N. GREEN ON tuffs...LAKE DISTRICT. 171 appears again in the Black Beck, north of Yewbarrow, where it has been quarried
Book (edition)
Beds ' : i he Stockdale Shales }ection of Ashgill Beck ;-.,ome Ashgillian Fossils • ey to the Identification...southern fringe of the area, and along the Vale of Eden, the Carboniferous beds are much older than in the...movements which raised mountain chains across Europe, England, Ireland and America. The central core of the Lake...plain, and meeting Lake District ice in the Vale of Eden turned east over Stainmore and the Tyne Gap to carry...saying "Caldbeck and Caldbeck Fells be worth all England else." What is the origin of these mineral veins
Book (edition)
Skelgill Beds The Stockdale Shales Section of Ash�ill Beck Some Ashgillian Fossils Key to the Identification...southern fringe of the area, and along the Yale of Eden , t he C a rboniferous beds are much older than...movements which raised mountain c hains across Europe, England, Ireland and America. The central core of th..:...seen at places like Kirkby Thore in the Vale of Eden, or along the coast at Barrowmouth Bay near Whitehaven...plain. and meeting Lake District ice in the Vale of Eden. turned east ove r the Tyne Gap and Stainmore to
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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