Stank Mine, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UKi
Regional Level Types | |
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Stank Mine | Mine |
Barrow-in-Furness | District |
Cumbria | County |
England | Constituent Country |
UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
54° 7' 31'' North , 3° 10' 42'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SD230706
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Barrow in Furness | 45,865 (2017) | 3.6km |
Dalton in Furness | 7,827 (2018) | 3.6km |
Great Urswick | 281 (2018) | 5.3km |
Lindal in Furness | 755 (2018) | 5.6km |
Askam in Furness | 3,274 (2018) | 7.1km |
Mindat Locality ID:
1414
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:1414:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0886b8b5-686d-49aa-a40d-aa7f88862171
An iron (hematite) mine, active between 1871 - 1901. The Furness district was formerly in Lancashire, now part of Cumbria. Not as prolific of a specimen producer as the hematite mines around Egremont and Frizington, but yielded some good calcites none the less.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsList of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
ⓘ | Pyrolusite | 4.DB.05 | Mn4+O2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
---|---|---|
C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
O | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Mn | Manganese | |
Mn | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
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