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Hematite from
Shap Blue Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz5 photos of Hematite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Calcite5 photos of Hematite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite5 photos of Hematite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shap Blue Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:16417
Long-form Identifier:1:3:16417:7
GUID (UUID V4):6e911a0f-19ed-42be-af41-9055340fb76e
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
2.3km (1.4 miles) Shap Pink Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
7.6km (4.7 miles) Shap Beck Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
8.7km (5.4 miles) Buns Mine (Burnbank Mine), Bampton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
17.1km (10.7 miles) Deepdale Hall Trials, Deepdale, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
21.0km (13.0 miles) Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
22.2km (13.8 miles) Tongue Gill Mines, Grasmere, Lakes, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
22.2km (13.8 miles) Fairfield Mine, Grasmere, Lakes, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
23.8km (14.8 miles) Wythburn Mine (Wheal Henry; Helvellyn Mine), St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
29.1km (18.1 miles) Long Crag Mine, Greenburn Valley, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
30.2km (18.8 miles) Red Tarn Mine, Lakes, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
British Geological Survey. 1:50000 Sheet 30 Appleby (England and Wales). © NERC 2003 All rights reserved Copyrig...Whelter Knotts Formation 10 4 Ashfell Lin1estone, near Shap 13 5 Flood plain of the River Ea1nont 21 6 Gypsu1n...Carboniferous rocks 12 8 Permian and Triassic rocks 15 9 Eden Sha l.e s Formation 16 10 l'ntrusive rocks 18 11...section. Thjs rural area of Cmnbria includes parts of the Lake District, Va le of Eden, and the tower...the Va.le of Eden. Quaternary d eposits are widespread, particularly in the Vale o f Eden. Sedimentary
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Carrock Fell Mine, Mosedale (MNS 4488) (bottom left) Hematite, variety kidney ore, Nab Gill Mine, Boot (MNS...west Cumbrian coal and iron ore fields, the Vale of Eden and the Carlisle plain (Figure I). It is defined...batholith , of which the granites of Eskdale, Ennerdale, Shap and Skiddaw form part. Sediments of Lower Carboniferous...District , the hematite ore bodies of west and south Cumbria and the evaporitesof the Vale of Eden. A detailed...The origin of the extensive hematite deposits of west and south Cumbria has also long been the subject
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]
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...000) Cover Photograph Aerial View of Shap Beck Quarry, Shap, Cumbria, showing aggregate workings in the
Book
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...Carboniferous rocks near Orton, east of Shap Alan Day The Shap Granite Eric Skipsey a Windermere Group...Shipp 107 The Penrith Sandstone of the Vale of Eden Jim Cockersole 115 16 17 18 Palaeozoic rocks...Geological and Mineralogical Museum Collections in Cumbria 143 Further Reading Index vi 148 Foreword
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...Loanhead quarry TallskerBay Whyte'a Cleuch Loanhead quarry Port Glasgow Loanheadquarry Loanhelld quarry Loanhead...Loanhead quarry Benalltmlne BMS NATIONAL REFERENCE COUECTION Ecton.Staffs. Ecton.Staffs. Scordale,Cumbria...Leadhills,Scotl. Caldbeck,Cumbria Derbyshire Moorshaft Lode Scordale,Cumbria Ecton.Staffs. Derbyshire
Journal (issue)
this area which produced magnificent specimens of blue fluorite. Unfortunately the mine shaft has been...Newsletter 50; 2 for landfill. The nearby Pant Quarry (OS GR 198.702), owned by Wimpcy, still produces...similar mineral assemblage can be found at the old quarry on the west side of the village (OS GR 054.256)...GR 582.412), Manod Quarry at Blaenau Fcstiniog (OS GR SH 707.449), and Hendre Quarry, Glyn Cerriog (OS...found in the screes. Beautiful small specimens of blue anatase can still be found at Manod and brown anatase
Journal (issue)
and safety legislation has meant that the land or quarry owner/operator is no longer prepared to allow access...elimination of mineral coUecting as a field pursuit in the UK the collecting fraternity needs, not only to change...representative from the collecting groups and Cumbria RIGS. This will be carried out in January of the...represent two thirds and one third respectively of the UK membership of the International Association of Collectors...Switzerland s 3 Germany I Netherlands 4 Greece 2 UK I IS Apologies have been sent to Horst. OMS MEMBERSHIP
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
Catalog/List
and pale pink, sugary textured mass. small pale blue crystals on matrix. Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales ...yellow-green crystal section. Bcckermet Mine. Cumbria lxl £2 131 40 BARYfES 211 BRAZILIANITE Na Al...GOETHITE Fe O OH 147 GOETHITE Fe O OH 187 HEMATITE Fe O 467 HEMATITE 1 CATALUt;UE No. 80 _I Black single...crystals on quartz. Good location pieces 4mm deep blue pure sphere shaped mass, with crystallised surface...5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall Wagholi Quarry,Poona,India lxl £3 Funauchi Mine, Aikta Prefecture
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pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages...119 Fluorite ............................. 120 Hematite ........................... 122 Barium Carbonate................... 201 72 Foreword ORTHERN England, an area of great natural beauty, is additionally...District, the north Pennines, Cumbria, various regions of north-east England, and North Yorkshire. Such...display-cabinet quality especially fluorite, barite, hematite and witherite - they are to be found in major
Report (issue)
Publishing Cen­ tre, Sheffield Printed and bound in England for the British Geological Survey by Linney's Colour...the Pennine escarpment and in Lunedale, and for hematite near Egremont. However, very substantial quantities...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...granites (e.g. the K20, Mo and Rb levels over the Shap intrusion) reveal differences between the evolution
Journal (issue)
RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...Gunheath china clay pit, St Austell, Cornwall, England 3 15 N.l. Elton Sector phosphorescent gypsum...(selenite) crystals from Mepal Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England B.A. Grguric 19 The silver and cobalt mineralisation...Hannotome from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England D.l. Green and l.R. Nudds 31 NOTES Valentinite...claudetite from Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England c. M. Leppinf{toll and D.I. Green 36 Atacamite
Journal (issue)
17. Update of the mineral occurrences at Judkins Quarry ------------------Page 19. Mineralogy in the News...--------------------------------------------------------Page 21. UK Mining Round-up --------------------------------...---------------------------Page 35. Coldstones Quarry (NB) --------------------------------------------------------Page...---------------Page 36. Chipping Sodbury Quarry (SB) ------------------------------------------------Page...------------------------------Page 39. Whatley Quarry (SB) -----------------------------------------
Journal (issue)
least a most successful ASM meeting in Kendal, Cumbria in April. This was greatly enjoyed by the 40 or...hosting next years event, on the south coast of England, so put the date (11-13 April) in your diary and...to come. The number of mineralogy curators in the UK can now be counted on two hands, but more worryingly...to attract junior members is age restrictions on quarry visits, so I will be looking at arranging visits... Our first forays, in 1993, were to Coldstones Quarry, an easy journey from Leeds. In the early years
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
Book
"ferns" from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England. Specimen dimensions: 32 mm x 28 mm. From the collection...(1987). Gold from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon, England. The Mineralogical Record, 18-1, 85-88. Russell...was born on the 18th March 1923 in Leicester, England. He attended the City Boys School, Leicester, and...Section; and in his later years, following a move to rural Gloucestershire, he became keenly involved with...mineral from New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, UK. Mineralogical Magazine, 66
Book (edition)
Galleries, London ISBN O85272 313 X ClO Printed in the UK for the British Geological Survey by Saxon Graphics...Graphics Ltd, Derby Cover illustration Cloud Hill Quarry, Leicestershire, excavated in steeply dipping Carboniferous...minerals produced in Britain, on an ex-mine or quarry basis, the total value is estimated at £21 796...and the major proportion of this output is from the UK Continental Shelf. However, there is a substantial...minerals. The value of minerals production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect their ultimate value
Catalog/List
hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England 12 ALUJ\JINITE lxlins50p lx2£I 2x2£2.S0 Al SO/4...2x3 £I .SO 2x2£1 Staffordshire England lx2 S0p Rich white to faintly blue masses 23 Al'\HYDRITE CaSO/4... _ . Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry. Tvedalcn near Ix I £3 I x2 £6 2x2 £ 12 7 AN!lilTE...CO/3 121 ARFVEDSONITE - - •• • • •• Quite rich, blue-grey mnsses in Quartz Gun heath Pit.SI Austell.Cornwall...G~ec~ish· i~ Qu~. Wi-11 fluoresce pale Carrock Mine Cumbria - ·- · 1x1·11 __yel_low_,yithsh~rtw!1~e_!!._y~-
Catalog/List
Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872 262 232...£24 OCX>6 SPHALERITE,Brownley Hill M1ne,Nenthead,Cumbria Attractive druse of edomanl1no black Jack xtls...greyish green matrix.RF SPC. C.£15 0014 XONOTLITE.Bin Quarry,Hunlley,Aberdeen,Scolland Radiating off while lo...tabular t,;:rm1nated celesllle x1Is to 25mm wilh pale blue lint.Ex D. Barstow label.Attractive D SPC_ Ml to...1ourmaline.R1ch RF SPC. C.£8 0027 CHALCEDONY.Pentee Quarry,Newlyn,Cornwall.Pretty botryoidal encrustations
Book (edition)
0115-936 3200 e-mail : sales@bgs.ac.uk www.bgs.ac. uk Shop online at.: www.thebgs.co.u.k !Vlurchison House...Assets in Easten1 England 3 Igneous & n1etamorphic rock resources and workings in the UK, 2005 4 Sandstone...resources and workings in the UK, 2005 5 Lin1estone resources and workings in the UK, 2005 6 Sand and gravel...gravel resources and workings in the UK, 2005 Tables l Production and value of the major sectors of the Minerals...tonnes) 4 Actjve Mineral Workings by com,nodity in the UK, including Northern Ireland, Channe l Islands and
Book
collector'sguide 1 28 A list of 111i11eral localities in England, f;f/ ales and Scotland 13 1 Bibliography and further...19 A11:irt.ist's impression of the Lake District (Eden Valley) during Ordovici:in times. 25 Gas bubble...granite pegmatitc of Cairngorm. 44 n..ubisbw Granite Quarry. 45 Spoil heaps associated with the old tin mines...artist's impression of part of the Lake District (Eden Valley) during the Permian Period, 66 Cannon-ball...marble quarry at Eigo! on the lsk of Skye. 99 33. Garnet from the Blue Quarry at Shapin Cumbria, 102 34
Report (volume)
is Registered Charity 210161. The Society is the UK national learned and professional society for geology...fifth of the Society's fellowship resides outside the UK. To find out more about the Society, log on to www...uk. The Geological Society Publishing House (Bath, UK) produces the Society's international journals and...Brassmill Enterprise Centre Brassmill Lane Bath BA1 3JN, UK (Orders: Tel. +44 (0)1225 445046 Fax +44 (0)1225...Typeset by Type Study, Scarborough, UK Printed by Alden Press, Oxford, UK iv Distributors USA AAPG Bookstore
Catalog/List
Crofty, Elaterite, Jet, Fluorescent yellow Fluorite,Hematite Brazil,Hydroboracite,Inyoite,Priceite, Ulexite...1cm £6 ✓ on a ship wreck in 1885 Ives, Comwall, England ABHURITE SnO OH DESCRIPTON Pyroxene Na Fe...Devon .England Madagascar Railway cutting nearCreston . Wyoming ,U S. A Newhavcn Sussex. England I x2...Skye. Scotland lxl 70p 26 ANATASE single dark blue micro crys1al onChlnrilc ✓ Vinuous L:ody mine.Devon...ANHYDRITE Rich white to faintly blue masses Staffordshire England 25 ANKERITE-KlJTNAHORITE Rich fawn
Book (edition)
resources and workings in tJ1e UK, 2008 3 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK, 2008 4 Limestone resotu-ces...tonnes) 4 Active Mineral Workings by co.mmodity in the UK, including Noriliem Ireland, Channel Islands and...Gold Gypsum Igneous & Metamorphic Rock Iron Ore - Hematite Iron Ore - Ironstone Lead LiJnestone Marble Madne...industries, which represents their contribution to the UK econo1ny. The GVA of the nunerals extractive industries...1ninerals produced in 2005 in the UK, expressed as sales on an ex-works (quarry) basis as opposed to gross valued
 
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