Parkside Mine, Frizington, Arlecdon & Frizington, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UKi
Regional Level Types | |
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Parkside Mine | Mine |
Frizington | Village |
Arlecdon & Frizington | Civil Parish |
Copeland | District |
Cumbria | County |
England | Constituent Country |
UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
54° 31' 50'' North , 3° 29' 29'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
NY033155
Type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Frizington | 1,737 (2018) | 1.2km |
Cleator Moor | 6,936 (2018) | 1.9km |
Arlecdon | 757 (2018) | 2.9km |
Moor Row | 787 (2018) | 3.4km |
Egremont | 6,222 (2018) | 6.2km |
Mindat Locality ID:
4859
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:4859:3
GUID (UUID V4):
c150e55a-587b-4797-b508-a108cbff2e33
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
North and Western Region; Cumberland
Parkside (Iron Ore) Mine was located 0.6 miles (1 km) S of the village of Frizington and 4 miles [6 km] ESE of the town of Whitehaven.
Started in 1855 by the Parkside Mining Company. It soon became a very successful mine with, for example, over 100,000 tons of ore being raised in 1873 from a huge flat deposit in the First limestone. However, by the mid-1870s output was declining rapidly and when the royalty was renewed in 1875 the property to the east of the road was split between the Goosegreen Co. and the New Parkside Co.
In 1877 the company opened up ore in the Fourth limestone sinking a new shaft (No.19) and in 1894 took over the Crossgill Mine which had worked the same shallow body of ore and the Dalmellington No.7 pit.
By 1913 Crossgill Mine was the only part left working and all were closed by 1925.
The Parkside Company worked a number of mines in West Cumbria and numbered their pits chronological with no reference to a specific mine so although Pit No.19 was at Parkside, this does not imply that there was that number of pits at Parkside, for example, Pits Nos. 11 & 14 were at Salter and Pit No. 20 was at the Winder mines in the Windergill valley!
Metal mining in Cumbria's western area was dominated by the large deposits of high-grade hematite iron ore found in the limestone strata. Some of the horizontal ore bodies were so large that they were worked from a number of mines and numerous shafts. For example, Crossgill, Parkside, Frizington Parks, Goose Green and High House mines worked the same body of ore which extended laterally over 16 hectares.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
β Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
β Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
β Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
β Hematite var. Kidney Ore Formula: Fe2O3 |
β Hematite var. Specularite Formula: Fe2O3 References: |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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β | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
β | var. Specularite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
β | var. Kidney Ore | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
β | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
β | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
O | β Hematite var. Specularite | Fe2O3 |
O | β Hematite var. Kidney Ore | Fe2O3 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
Fe | β Hematite var. Specularite | Fe2O3 |
Fe | β Hematite var. Kidney Ore | Fe2O3 |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
EuropeContinent
UK
- England
- Cumbria
- Copeland
- West Cumberland Iron FieldOre Field
- Copeland
- Cumbria
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