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Dolomite from
Applethwaite Quarry, Windermere, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Applethwaite Quarry, Windermere, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:15886
Long-form Identifier:1:3:15886:6
GUID (UUID V4):11a44b92-f7c4-4346-b61d-d771545502ab
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
14.2km (8.8 miles) Bonser Mine, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
14.6km (9.1 miles) Paddy End Mine, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
14.6km (9.1 miles) Coniston Copper Mines, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
15.2km (9.4 miles) Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
23.0km (14.3 miles) Threlkeld Quarry, St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
23.7km (14.7 miles) Brandlehow Mine, Catbells, Keswick, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
24.6km (15.3 miles) South Cumberland Mine, Eskdale, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
24.7km (15.3 miles) Threlkeld Mine, Threlkeld, Threlkeld, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
25.0km (15.5 miles) Nab Gill Mines, Boot, Eskdale, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
25.4km (15.8 miles) Baron Cross Quarry, Stainton, Greystoke, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
References
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Report (issue)
geology of the late Ordovician and Silurian rocks (Windermere Group) Crook - , • • i! ,;, ., • .,, 6...geology of the late Ordovician and Silurian rocks (Windermere Group) in the area around Kentmere and Crook...Palaeogeography and tectcinic se:ttir1g 10 11 3 12 Windermere Group 5 Cciniston Limcstcine Formation 6 Longsledclale...Jviember 7 Stockclale Rhyolitl: Me:n1l>er 8 Applethwaite Membl:r 1() Ashgill Shale Merr1bc:r 11 Skelgill...geology of the late Ordovician and Silurian rocks (Windermere Group) in the area around Kentmere and Crook
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that non-specialists can gain an understanding of Lakeland geology. The book covers the complete range of...' 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...north, the Lakeland peaks of central Lakeland, the lower lying, younger, slates and craggy „• south, and the
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Geology and scenery in the Lake District. 1. Geology-England-Lake District I. Title 554.27'8 QE262.L2 ISBN...volcanic rocks which form the central core of Lakeland, but it also includes sections on the older Skiddaw...also pay attentiol} to human history and to the Lakeland poets. Equally I think the history of the rocks...geology, 'Mick' Mitchell. The second point is that Lakeland farmers must get sick and tired of tourists, geologists...Borrowdale Volcanics, which form the crags of central Lakeland, and these are in tum overlain by thick sequences
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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
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...reserved Front cover Lindisforne Castle, in the south of Holy island, Northumberland, stands on one of...Batholith 60 4 Late Ordovician to Silurian: Windermere Supergroup Stratigraphical framework 64 Dent...189 Lake D istri et l 89 Haematite deposits of Cumbria 196 Isle of Nian 199 N orthern Pennine Orefield
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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...History Musemn, EarU1 Galleries, Exhibition Road, South Kensinglon London, SW7 2DE -ir 020 7589 4090 Fax...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
Report (edition)
AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY NORTHERN ENGLAND (THIRD EDITION) I 5 54.27 jj i EAS §1 HER...AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY NORTHERN ENGLAND (THIRD EDITION) T. EASTWOOD, A.R.C.S. With some...berland—Shap- Ravenstonedale—West Cumberland—Fur¬ ness and South Cumberland—Isle of Man; Millstone Grit; Coal Me...FIG1. Map showing the area included in Northern England. 2. Diagrammatic sections to illustrate the building...Carboniferous and associated igneous rocks in Northern England . 34 15. Comparative vertical sections of the
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area of remarkably varied geology. The central Lakeland fells comprise a thick sequence of Ordovician...District , the hematite ore bodies of west and south Cumbria and the evaporitesof the Vale of Eden. A detailed...the 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
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picture is the Vallum. In the foreground, Cawfields Quarry displays columnar jointing in the dolerite sill...GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES British Regional Geology Northern England (FOURTH EDITION) I By B. J. Taylor, B.Sc., I....Fourth Edition The mineral resources of northern England began to be exploited soon after the Roman Conquest...for information on the coal seams of northern England. Chapters 2 and 4 of the work were prepared by...Institute of Geological Sciences, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, S.W.7. 21st June, 1971 K. C
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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::::::::
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will rank amongst the best Mines in the North of England . Since 1565 no less than seven smelt mills and...Metamorphism " 17 19 Volcanic Series of English Lakeland 26 Cross Fell Inlier "" 26 Fossils of 33 " Drygill...Bearing Rocks of the Volcanic Series of English Lakeland ... 36 Castlehead , Keswick 39 37 Stockdale Shales...56 "" ‫وو‬ Calcite 99 57 ‫دو‬ 57 "" Aragonite Dolomite . 93 57 "" Barytes 57 "" ‫دو‬ 57 Gypsum 23 Apatite...Knockmurton Mines "" ... "" Volcanic Series of English Lakeland ... ... Graphite or Plumbago Mine "" ... Coniston
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N_Jf'ORTEY Memoir for 1:50 000 Geological Sheet 38 (England and Wales) (;C)NTRIBlJTIN(; ,\UTf1C)RS S'tratigraphy...GeoloUK fo1· Tl1e Statio11e1-yOffice J:J000848 C6 3/00 ...\i11blcside<>f. the 1:50 000 scale geological map of~ England and v\lales, available as separate solid and solid...Rhyolitic suite 118 Seven Ordovician-Silurian: Windermere Superg-roup 119 Asl1gill: Dent Group 119 Basal...Soft-state deformation 169 Basal unconformity of the Windermere Supergroup 172 Acadian dct·ormation 173 Regional
Report (edition)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY British Regional Geology Northern England FOURTH EDITION BJ Taylor, BSc, I C Burgess, BSc...936 3100 Fax 0115 936 3200 e-mail: sales@bgs.ac. uk www.bgs.ac.uk Online shop: www.geologyshop.com Murchison...History Museum (Earth Galleries), Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DE The British Geolog·ical...Development and other ag·encies. e-mail: bgslondon@bgs.ac. uk The British Geolog·ical Suroey is a component body...British Geological Survey, Keyworth, e-mail ipr@bgs.ac. uk You may qttote extracts of a rea­ sonable lengtl1
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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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Professor of Geology, University College, Cardiff, UK PERGAMON PRESS QE 2fcl ASI7 Date due 97 11...Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford 0X3 OBW, England U.S.A. Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview...Ireland South-East Ireland HERCYNIAN TERRAINS 156 7.1 7.2 156 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 South-West England...England South Wales and Pembrokeshire Coalfields and their Borders Central England North-East England Midland...DISTRICTS) 243 8.1 8.2 243 256 Eastern England Southern England EXCURSIONS TO TERTIARY VOLCANOES 270
Report (issue)
Valentian of Scotland........ Upper Valentian of England, Wales, Sectinads and fd 19 20 Silurian of Norway...dec. othe won Upper Salopian and Downtonian of England Gotlandian, Island of Gotland, Baltic Sea. 16.........45 50 eee! Coleraine Silurian of New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland, Australia, and.......0055 Lower and Middle ~ Devonian of New South Wales, Australia, + Conelation table. Devonian...(Frasnian) of Lake Manitoba and Maccene Devonian of South America...............0..0..000. 154 163 River
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or other quality of the rock, or its lie in the quarry; or utilitarian, having reference to its good or...conglomerate, oolite, pisolite. The terms mine and quarry were both originally rock terms. Seams of coal...from which comes Welsh 1moy11, metal. Similarly quarry (often shortened to quar) is still used for a bed...Purbeck, or sandstone in South Wales; thus we have the Freestone Quarry, Feather Quarry, &c., as alternative...below sufficiently show. What we should now call a quarry, unconsciously misusing a Latin word unknown in
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or other quality of the rock, or its lie in the quarry; or utilitarian, having reference to its good or...conglomerate, oolite, pisolite. The terms mine and quarry were both originally rock terms. Seams of coal...from which comes Welsh 1moy11, metal. Similarly quarry (often shortened to quar) is still used for a bed...Purbeck, or sandstone in South Wales; thus we have the Freestone Quarry, Feather Quarry, &c., as alternative...below sufficiently show. What we should now call a quarry, unconsciously misusing a Latin word unknown in
Report (issue)
address of the owner, the name and situation of the quarry, the name of agent or manager, date of signature...TcrraM, Cosforth, Newcastle•on-Tyne. G. Rankin, 5, South L. R. Sowerby, 28, Bellwood StreeL, Oxiord Sr.reel...from Mow Cop Station to North Rode Station and south of tbe North :,,taffordshlre Railway from North...which were worked during the Years 1921 or 1922. • Quarry not worked during the year 1922. Worked occasionally...Address of Owner or Occupier; Name and Situation of Quarry; Minerals worked; (Agent or Manager) ; (,i) Date
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Limited The Gresham Press, Old Woking, Surrey, England A member of the Staples Printing Group Preface...The Silurian rocks of northern England The Silurian rocks of the south of Scotland The Lower Palaeozoic...System 159 The south-west Peninsula of England The rocks (‘slates’ = Killas) of south Cornwall The marine...marine Devonian succession of south Devon North Devon The Old Red Sandstone The Devonian of Ireland Devonian...phases 243 The Variscan fold belt in Britain 244 The South-West Batholith 247 Structures of Malvernian trend
Report (issue)
contains the following particulars :-Name of the quarry, situation, name and address of owner, date of...Oolinton Road, Edinbnp:gh. E. B. Whalley, F.sq., 9, South Gray Street, Edinburgh. 2. WEST SCOTLAND DI!;TRlOT...Cumberland. 3. . 4. DURHAM DISTRICT, comprising South Durham, Westmorland, and North Riding of Yorkshire...LIVERPOOL AND No:aTR WAuES DISTRICT, comprilling South West La.ncaahire,* Chester, Flint, Denbigh, Montgomery... " 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 b1 13 .. . Name of Quarry, '. \• . . Achnagorth Admiral�y Aikey Brae
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Morphology. a. England and Wales. By ARTHUR MORLEY DAVIES. The folds and faults of England and Walesare...Wales (Fig. 7). As the folds and faults approach South Wales they become deviated under the influence of...2 650 000 or 42 miles to an in eh. DAVIES: England and Wales. (111. 1.) 3 Shetland JJ:AA IsT a...directions. The Malvernian system of north-and-south direction includes more faults than folds. It is...neighbourhood of Manchester with a series of north-and-south faults, these pass into a series of anticlines and
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N G L A N D A N D WALES. THE WATER SUPPLY ENGLAND AND WALES I T S GEOLOGY, U N D E R G R O U N...ASSOCIATION J O F H.M.'S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ENGLAND AND WALES. LONDON: E D W A R D STANFORD, 55 C...to every town and Urban Sanitary Authority in England and W a l e s ; and, by describ­ ing the area of...23-46 III. River Basins of the North-East of England—Tees, Esk, &c 47-64 I V . Basin of the Humber...above and below Abingdon 232-247 X I I I . T h e South-Eastern Thames Basin, Darent Basin .. 248-262
Report (issue)
address of thR owner, the narne and situation of the quarry, the name of agent or manager, date of signature...-YORK :MIDLAND. PAG"E AND Derbyshire (except part south of the 'l'rcnt) ... Lincolnshire Nottin ghamshire...'\VALES AND IRELAND. B1·ine wells No. 5 D1VIsroN:-SouTH '\VALES. Breconshire Cardiganshire Carmarthenshire... Cheshire (part) .. . Cornwall ... Derbyshire (South of the Trent) Devonsl1ire D ol'setshire Essex ....Shropshire Somersetshire Staffordshire (Nortli) ,, (South) Sl1fl'olk Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Wiltshire
Report (issue)
contains the following particuln.rs :-Name of the quarry, situation, name and address of owner, date of...PAGE No. 11 DISTRICT.-SOUTH STAFFORDSliIRE. Essex Norfolk ... Staffordshire, South Suffolk ... Worcestershire...Worcestershire No. 12 DISTRICT.-SOUTH• WESTERN. Cornwall Devonshire Dorsetshire Glamorganshire Gloucestershire...Somersetshire Wiltshire ,JJ 9.-3 ... No. 13 DISTRICT.-SOUTH WALES. 395 399 JOO Oarmarthenshire Glamorganshire...STAFFORDSl:URE DrsTRICT, com­ prising Essex, Norfolk, South Stafford, Suffolk, and Woroester. \V. Beattie Scott
 
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