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Caledonite from
Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Classification
Species:Caledonite
Formula:Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Comments:From the 'Golden Hugh', probably of post-mining formation (D.R. Middleton, pers. comm.)
Habit:radiating bunches of minute, acicular crystals on decomposing sulphides.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Caledonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2745
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2745:8
GUID (UUID V4):ecf4b0ff-70b8-464f-aa2f-b097652cfeef
Nearest other occurrences of Caledonite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Thief Gills, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.4km (0.2 miles) Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.4km (0.3 miles) Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.7km (0.5 miles) Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) Wet Smale Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.5km (1.0 miles) Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.2km (1.4 miles) Short Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
3.1km (2.0 miles) Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.5km (2.2 miles) Old Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (volume)
Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury, U.K. I.R Plimer... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...characteristic trigonal sym metry, from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, described by Bridges et al. in this...botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection; David Green photograph
Book
MINERALS ENGLISH OF LAKE CALDBECK M P COOPER AND «...Minerals of the English Lake District Caldbeck Fells Cumbria. Caldbeck. Mineral deposts 1. Title 11. Stanley...composed largely of debris washed down fromthe Roughton Gill mine dumps under Iron Crag C O N T E ...T R O D The mines and mineral veins of the Caldbeck Fells have produced some of the finest mineral...world over. Among British mineral collectors, Caldbeck is one of the most popular collecting areas in
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -2- AUTHORS UK Journal of Mines
Journal (volume)
plumbogummite with yellow pyromorphite. Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. R.J. King Collection (ex. Harwood...lined with green malachite. Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Norman Thomson Collection. David...mineralisation of the Roughton Gill mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: Part 3 Roughton Gill Mine Trevor F. Bridges...Danburite from Meldon Quarry, Okehampton and other UK localities Michael S. Rumsey, George Ryback and Richard...Francis Ince 44-62 A report on Hay Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, Michael S. Rumsey
Journal (issue)
Ovington, UK NJ Elton, St Austell, U.K. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, U.K. RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King...Media, (A division of St. Ives Group), Leeds, England. Published by The Russell Society. Registered Charity...the supergene mineralization at Silver Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, Trevor F Bridges...composition of fuloppite from Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, Tim Neall and A ndy...supergene mineralogy of Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria Trevor F Bridges and David I. Green Kegelite, a
Journal (volume)
Ives Leeds (A division of St. Ives Group), Leeds, England. Published by The Russell Society. Registered Charity...mimetite crystals to 4mm from Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, collected in the 1970s by Jim Knight...occurrence of kottigite, from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges and David I Green PAPERS A review...mineralisation at Driggith and Sandbed Mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I Green, Michael S. Rumsey, Trevor...review of the mineralogy of Brae Fell Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, David I Green and Michael
Journal (volume)
deposition in a cavity in Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges and Roy Starkey 17–24 the history...mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which trevor carved a niche for himself...nickel minerals in the Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria. Journal of the Russell Society, 1:1, 33–39. bridges...of annabergite in Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. Journal of the Russell Society, 1:2, 18. bridges...and namuwite from Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. Journal of the Russell Society, 3, 23–24. bridges
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu6(OH)10(SO4)ÍH2O, a new mineral from Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England: description and crystal structure...The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK 2 ABS TR ACT Redgillite, Cu (OH) (SO )´H O, space...3.155(3) AÊ, b 10.441(8) AÊ, c 19.436(16) AÊ, England. The strongest six lines of the X-ray powder-diffraction...connellite and brochantite. The name is for the Red Gill mine, from which the mineral is best known. The...AÊ , Z = 2, is a new mineral from Silver Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, Ê K EY WORDS : redgillite, new
Journal (issue)
J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...Pyromorphite group minerals from the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England .................................................................... 123 by B. M. England Locality species lists ..........................Canaphite, Hutchinsonite $7 v. 17/#1 Silver Issue! Kongsberg, Michigan, Silver Islet, Batopilas, Germany (scuffed)... Australia, Calif., Breckenridge, Hopes Nose (England), etc. $12 Postage $1 per co p y O rder 10 copies
Journal (volume)
non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...and Chris Finch 59 76 The Smale Gill trials, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, C. Mike Leppington...rugose corals from the Middle Fell area Alston, Cumbria Brian Young and Andy Hopkirk 93 95 Epimorphs...Scottish ‘species’. The mines of the Caldbeck Fells in Cumbria are best known for their colourful suites...description of the minerals of the little known Smale Gill trials. Rounding off, Brian Young and Andy Hopkirk
Journal (issue)
UK C TS 2 EDITORIAL COVER.Smalt-blueplumbogummite with minor pyromorphite on vein quartzfrom RoughtonGill...N0952-2409 BOOK REVIEWS 68 PRINTEDBY ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 33 -1- EDITORIAL...the journal by subscription. We have examined the UK subscription rates and these will remain at £16 for...website, we are still very happy to accept cheques from UK subscribers, these should be payable to UKJMM and...the northern Pennine Orefield that would grace any UK collection. Ief Frontispiece. Thisbeautiful engraving
Journal (issue)
Changes 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 News Items Update on UK Mining Projects ...................................a loss; especially to members in the north of England. On a more up-beat theme, there is positive news...to several of the potential mining ventures in the UK both in terms of increased estimates of available...in the future. It seems entirely possible that the UK may once again have a metalliferous mining industry...Micromount Society 101h anniversary edition of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals in 1991 , and was a
Book
ROUGHTON GILL AND THE MINES OF THE CALDBECK FELLS ~ -.:,-=~~---:- . ~ ROUGHTON GILL AND THE MINES...MINES OF THE CALDBECK FELLS By Ian Tyler ..'/ 'i_', ,1·, '.' \., ,, .. ., . i '~~~ .,_ ' . :-Y, ...Mining Museum, Otley House, Otley Road, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 5LE Printed and bound in Great Britain by:...Mining & Silver Gill 1 Before the Germans 2 Society of Mines Royal 3 Balli way Rigg & Thief Gill 4 Brigham...Smelter 5 Some Home Comforts 6 Underground at Silver gill 7 A New Mine Fortune 8 Changes Afoot 9 The Hechstetter
Catalog/List
is:5 Ferney Green Drive, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3HS Please write to Max stating the names...ORDER 1 LINARITE 2 HYDROZINCITE 3 CERUSSITE 4 CALEDONITE 5 SWEETITE 6 CERUSSITE 7 WULFENITE 8 HEMIMORPHITE...Staffs. Scordale,Cumbria Dyfed.Wales Derbyshire Dyfed.Wales Leadhills,Scotl. Caldbeck,Cumbria Derbyshire Moorshaft...Moorshaft Lode Scordale,Cumbria Ecton.Staffs. Derbyshire Dyfed.Wales Trefelrig,Wales SlOay,Comwall Derbyshire...Ecton.Staffs. Breage,Comwall Dorset Caldbeck,Cumbria Caldbeck,Cumbria Porthleven,Comw. Comwall Strathclyde
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...Element Atomicno. Symbol Element Atomicno. Ag Silver 47 Na Sodium 11 Al Aluminium 13 Nb Niobium...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...Severallocalities intheLakeDistrict Carrockmine.Grainsgill, Caldbeck Fells,Cumb:ia (jask61skiile)' WheatCock,SIJust
Journal (issue)
Ireland.Robert Lawsoncollection. EDITORIAL 9 The UK J,111mal(lf Mines and Minerals publishes articles...sop, Notts. S80 2EE 55 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 30 -1- EDITORIAL...indebtedfor savingthemfromthe crusherand oblivion. UK Joun1Jl of Min,:, & M1m·r.1lsNo. JO • -:\- OBITUARY... OBITUARY MAxWIRTH ( 1919-2008) in Wallasey, England on 23rd September 1919 but gre,v up in Switzerland,...Border and a home in Dollar. not far from the Alva silver mines. Max co-authored about twenty Briti h patents
Book
(top left) Mimetite, variety campylite, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells (MNS 4492) (top right) Quartz, variety...(bottom left) Hematite, variety kidney ore, Nab Gill Mine, Boot (MNS 4490) (bottom right) ISBN O 85272...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
Catalog/List
British minerals and oa especially those from Cumbria. The systematically rare minerals a&e 8 proving...being made lo cover Bank.clearancecosts here in England. Paul and Nanette Lowe FIOIIIC-:1.argaFulScå Dllaillromaneola...Carrock Hinc,Caldbeck Fells,Cuobria. p~lc oint-grecn,opaque prismatic crystol (35x9) with of silver (6. rninor... (5. APATITE. Sm1th Vein,Carrock Mine,Caldbeck Fells,Cumbria½ Three ~oall,near gc~ quolity,grecn prismntic... 29. ARSENOPYRITE.Emerson Vein,Cnrrock Hinc,Caldbeck Fclls,Cu □ br!o. Very fine single crystal with
Journal (issue)
............................................. Caldbeck Commons update Roy Starkey 15 ..................are abundant! The ongoing developments of the Caldbeck fields is a subject we have with us again. I have...longer interested in their collection of a seri es of UK first day covers; 86 issues from the period July... Russell Socie ty Newsletter Issue 46 - March 2005 Caldbeck Fells Elsewhere in this Newsletter, Roy has provide...had a look at Roughton Gill, which appears undisturbed, and then walked right up Silver Gill past the dig
Journal (issue)
.................... Mineral Identification Caldbeck Commons review meeting Roy Starkey 15 .........Caldbecks have continued with a recent meeting of the Caldbeck Commons- Minerals Working Group being held on...were people from BGS (2), English Nature (2) and Cumbria RIGS (1). No official record of the areas covered...Smith South East Branch:Anthony Brook; John and Gill Burgess; and Steven Mulley South West Branch:Christopher...particularly from Cornwall and Devon, but also from Cumbria which he visited on numerous occasions. The collection
Book
pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages................... 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...bibliography concludes the work. Minerals of Northern England will rate as one of the classic works on British...R. F.Symes and B. Young MINERALS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND v Aboutthe Authors vi Dr R.F.(Bob)Symes,OBE
Journal (issue)
Silurian Konservat-Lagerstätte of Herefordshire, UK. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B. 267:...Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, UK. Mineralogical Magazine 66: 301-11. BMS Newsletter...Gloucester), and his interest in Mines, principally UK metal Mines, never faded. He was a close friend of...―de-mounding‖. He had ―found‖ redgillite on a Silver Gill piece, and scotlandite on one from Leadhills...auction as per instruction at the AGM last year. The UK collection has not received any new material for
Book
978-1-916241-1-3 Printed and bound in the UK by Book Printing UK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive, Woodston...credited otherwise on the appropriate page. Caledonite Contents 1. Introduction and Location 2. History...in mining in the UK. Adit Now, www.aditnow.co.uk an informative website covering UK (and worldwide) mining...methods by visiting Smelter Mills in the north of England (the Pennine Orefield probably). He had also been...experience in coal and lead mining in the north of England. Dunn is also believed to have been consulted on
Book (edition)
mis as ae As oe 34 ae ve Plants The Caldbeck Fells Helvellyn SG, Ee a8 Aa a ae a ave...Cover photograph by Eric Holland Sandbeds Mine, Caldbeck. a shows the last shift at . $ zy A simplified...appointed Robert de Barton to be keeper of silver lead mines at Silver Beck and Minersdale and copper mines...at Keswick. There is little doubt that Silver Beck is Silver Gill Mine and Minersdale is thought to be...stands the famous old Roughtongill Mine on the Caldbeck Fells. Of the copper mines near Keswick the Goldscope
Book (edition)
1970 © W. T. Shaw, 1970. LTD., Ccaledbeck e Caldbeck ey Ler, Fells. vo FLth,-» >) ge 3 YR : yet...Miners Methods Used Lakeland Dressing The Caldbeck Helvellyn Keswick Coniston Terms in the Mines...Mine, of Glenridding; 113 were taken by Eric Caldbeck. Holland from the photographs by Mr. Joseph...were with me on many geological excursions on the Caldbeck Fells. Mr. E. H. Shackleton has given useful advice... gave me permission to publish details of the Caldbeck Barytes Mines. | think also of the very generous
 
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