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Pyrite from
St Peter's Mine, Sparty Lea, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view St Peter's Mine, Sparty Lea, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:148807
Long-form Identifier:1:3:148807:4
GUID (UUID V4):571e4dc6-45c0-4a0f-9922-63a516cc9a6a
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
3.4km (2.1 miles) Allenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine), Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK
5.2km (3.2 miles) Barneycraig Mine, Coalcleugh, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
5.7km (3.6 miles) Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
6.2km (3.9 miles) Groverake Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
6.2km (3.9 miles) Park Level Mine, Killhope Burn, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
8.6km (5.3 miles) Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
8.6km (5.3 miles) Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
8.7km (5.4 miles) Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
8.8km (5.5 miles) Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
9.4km (5.8 miles) Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
crystals to 2mm. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Black goethite... Collected 1980. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Stalactitic brown...Collected 1980. 90/141 Pyrite with calcite. Warden Point, Isle of Sheppy, Kent. Bright pyrite crystals to 3mm...Quartz. 50' above bottom of Boundary Shaft, Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. A group of colourless pyramidal...pyramidal quartz crystals. 90/091 Baryte. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Pale blue baryte crystals
Catalog/List
mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS...green stock label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section... SW.18 Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]
Book (edition)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALF�S GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PENNINE OREFIELD...Copyright Reserved LONDON: PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S ST A TI ONE RY OFFICE To be purchased directly from...Edinburgh, 2 ; 39-41 King Street, Afanchester, 2; 1 St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff• Tower Lane, Bristol...inserted on the six-inch maps, and all available mine-sections were reduced to the common scale of 200...made by him. The willing co-operation of all the mine-owners and operators and their staffs made possible
Book (edition)
Stainmore The northern one-third of the Backbone of England, that ridge of hilly country known since last century...subject of V ()lume 2. A small part of the Northumberland Trough as far as the Roman Wall is included...a cavity in the Great Limestone flats, Boltsburn Mine. Collected by Sir Arthur Russell and now in the...sheets 19 and 25, and parts of 13, 24, 26, 31, 32 (England and Wales) LONDON: HMSO 1990 . I\. © C,rown...sheets 19 and 25 and parts of 13, 24, 26, 31, 32 (England and Wales). Author Sir Kingsle_y Dunham, DSc, SD
Book
C a s c M nerals of o h England 0 0 = The Greenbank Collection This Catalogue is a Limited Edition...divide us, the mineral specimens from Northern England unite almost everyone in an appreciation of their...treasured specimens remain to fire the IN NORTHERN ENGLAND has a imagination and wonder of collectors and...from the mines of Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland made a huge and crucial contribution to this...waste rock and gangue discarded during mining - the mine pagel The Lindsay Gree11ba11k Collection curators
Book
pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages........................ West Allendale .................... East Allendale ..................... Weardale..... The Tyne Valley ................... The Northumberland and Durham Coalfield ............. The Northern................... 201 72 Foreword ORTHERN England, an area of great natural beauty, is additionally...Pennines, Cumbria, various regions of north-east England, and North Yorkshire. Such a diverse expanse naturally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mr. Nigel Kennedy, Cheshire, England. This was most fortunate since England has produced the finest FLUORITE...coast, from Scotland in the north, to the south of England, in Devon and Cornwall, Midway, in the mines of...of Cumberland, Westmoreland, Northumberland, and Durham, and parts of Lancashire, Cheshire and Derbyshire...calcite and aragonite . . . . cassiterite, blende, pyrite, rock crystal, and milky quartz; sometimes tourmaline...in the crystals IS characteristic of a particular mine or locality. I have never seen black fluor, but
Catalog/List
attending the following shows in the seconUK October I 2U1 / 13U1 November 23rd Dakcwell 1-laywards...CLOSED on SUNDAYS J.AEGYRINE and NATROLJTE . ML St. I-ul aire, Quebec, Canada. Small 3-climcnsional.... rhombs.£35. 2.ANAPAJTE. Kerlch Peni.r1su .lar, Uk raine. The be;;L localily m �le world for this mineral...oc!ahedrn n.ncl a lilUe pyrite. £20. 13.CINNABAR on STIBNITE. Nikitovka Mine, Ukraine. Single blade of...lwi1med cinnabar xls. £25 14. CINN ABAR. Tongren Mine, Guizhou, China. Nice miniature. Two main elongated
Book (volume)
sulphur were found by me, several Ueberroth zine mine, Priedensville, Lehigh Co., years ago, at the ...Phillipsburg, N. J. at Siesholtzville, at Kinzi mine, Stony creek, 1 Refers to page in Dr. Genth's...Forksvilie, Sullivan Co., in small pieces in the Doughty mine, a few At upper layer of the limestone miles south...found in considerable quantity, associated with This mine was unsuccessfully operated, a few years ago, by...by the Susquehanna Mining and Smelting Co. At a mine near Espy, Columbia Co., small quantities of galeniteand
Journal (issue)
UK TS C 2 COVER:Superbtwinnedyellowfluoritecrystal 15 mm on edge from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria...T'wENTY YEARS IN MINERALS NORTHERN ENGLAND David Green • Peter Briscoe The UK ]011rnalof Mines at1d Minerals...Ratcliff & Roper (Print ) Ltd Worksop, Nous. S80 2EE UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 22 -t- Campylite...classic minerals of Northern England. This specimen from ~ry Gill Mine, once part of the Fred Bull collection...collection, is°'currently owned by David McCallmn. UK Journal of Mines & Mfo~r:il, No. 22 -2- T·w·E.NTY
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reddish-brown hexagonal crystals as a rare mineral at St. Peter's Dome near Pike's Peak, El Paso County, Colorado...sodium and aluminum occurs in limited quantity at St. Peter's Dome, Colorado. PROSOPITE, a calcium fluoride...hydroxyl is another of the rare minerals found at St. Peter's Dome, Colorado. PACHNOLITE, a fluoride of sodium...sodium calcium, and water occurs also at St. Peter's Dome, Colorado. THOMSENOLITE with a similar composition...cubes occurs with the other rare fluorides at St. Peter's Dome, Colorado. GEARKSUTITE, a hydrous calcium
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...Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of
Report (issue)
a classic british mine — from the source for you ! Introduction The Greenlaws Mine is located in Weardale...Weardale in the northern Pennines of England just south of the little village of Daddry Shield. Around are...the world. In issue No. 1 (2015) we introduced the mine, its geology and history. Now, here you will get...since then. And we will have an interview with the mine operator, Pete Ward. N ( )12 .1. I I 1' NI 1 2...2 1. A N: I) • - 13liturtl,,nti •$C St Peter's Mole Whaelleops Moe Nni3ceiwilent,frigl
Journal (issue)
nearby. The group visited a working porphyry copper mine with finely disseminated chalcopyrite, secondary...them back to the U.I<. without damage Thanks to Peter's generosity, those of us fortunate enough to attend...version of the talk she did at the AGM on St. Peter's Mine, Allendale. This is a very interesting story, not...particular the relations they developed with the Allendale Estates. Helen illustrated her talk with slides...finest exposures of a porphyry-copper deposit in the UK. In 1998 the section was carefully cleared of talus
Journal (issue)
CONTENTS . ZIRCONS FROM THE EUREKA TUNNEL , ST . PETER'S Dome , El Paso COUNTY , COLORADO , 163 BOLÉITE...mountainous region . It is needless to 237 N. Seventh St. , Newark , N. J. say that these minerals sell ....endeavor to fill all now . FROM E. H. HARN . St. Peter's Dome , Colo . CRYSTALS IN THE MATRIX . Specimens...ARTHUR CHAMBERLAIN , GRAHAM & Co. , 237 N. Seventh St. , Newark , N.J. - Practical + Lapidaries , et NEW...NEW MINERALS . Read on last cover 63 Nassau St. , New York . Gems Mounted in any Desired Setting . page
Book
wire and leaf gold were taken from the Printer Boy mine, Lake County, in tellurium in many in 1870...a pound. The Boulder Nest mine in Clear Creek County, and the Caribou mine in Boulder County were especially...found iu the Pittsburg mine at Empire. Dendritic coatings found in the Centennial mine, Georgetown. Loose...Summit county. Occasionally found in the Las Animas mine, Boulder county, associated with bismutite and bismuthinite...adamantine. Analysis by Konig of mineral from Iron Arrow mine: sulphuric acid 28'57, sesquioxyd of iron 51'10
Report (edition)
Kingsway, LONDON, w.c.2 P.O. Box 569, LONDON, s_. E.1 1 St. Andrew's Crescent, CARDIFF 13a Castle Street, EDINBURGH...Mr. R. G. Carruthers has had charge of the Northumberland, Durham and • Yorkshire sections; Mr. R. W... PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION of fluorspar in England and Wales were investigated as part of the programme...Petrographer, and by Dr. Dunham. We are grateful to the mine-owners and operators for their willing collaboration...East Cumberland and South Northumberland p. 60. CHAPTER Ill. 65 NOR,TH-WJ;ST YORKSHIRE General Account
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nevis ville, Union County, Georgia. It has been mine on San Augustin Peak, Organ mounmined from a pegmatite...chalcocite of mine near Penland and the McKinney secondary origin in the School Section mine near Little...quarry near Southford, all Park No. 2 mine and the McKinney mine in Connecticut. At the latter locality...the Morefield mine near Winterham, Virginia; at Orange, New Hampshire; and the McKinney Mine near Little...Argentiferous galena has been found in the Quickstrike mine near San Augustin Peak, Organ Mountains, New Mexico
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
since. Indeed, the first deposit worked, that of Mine La Motte, has up to this year supplied large quantities...Mississippi Valley, and another, on the Bertha zinc mine of Virginia, described an ore body belonging essentially...Deposits of Southwest Wisconsin. 5The Bertha Zinc Mine. LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS, ETC. 615 as positive...Posepny reasons, presumably, from observations made at Mine La Motte, where such conditions exist. At other...crystalline rocks are approached. At Bonne Terre copper pyrite was found in the old upper workings containing
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec 2: 141-142 AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Journal (issue)
Bridges, Ovington, u.K. NJ Elton, St Austell, u.K. NJ Fortey, Keyworth, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, U.K. RJ....4TG Printed by Northern Litho Services, Leeds, England. Published by The Russell Society. Registered Charity...stream sediment survey of the area around Carrock Mine (Appleton and Wadge, 1976) shows three, roughly...goethite after, what were probably, tiny (1 to 2mm) pyrite and arsenopyrite crystals are sometimes encountered...resembles the quartz in the tungsten veins at Carrock mine, being very coarse and greasy with few cavities
Book
best fossil . collecting sites in the south of England and some really fantastic finds can be made when...Card/ta B Footpath from Earnley Caravan sites ���st houses 1 ad Tutrltell••I Bad Palate Bed / Fossils... Further details can be found on the Natural England web site. There are certain things you are not...well as continental drift. At the time, Southern England was some 1 1 further south, at a latitude of around...most plant specimens dry out and crack or contain pyrite that decays and destroys the specimen . Searching
Journal (issue)
the beginning of the 17th century The floor of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is a particularly notable example...show, Tomah, WI, Masonic Center, 520 E. Saratoga St, 10am5pm Sat; 10am – 4 pm Sunday August 6-12 Copper...for his large and colorfullytwinkling iridescent pyrite specimen. He said in 2005 he had gone with the...deep, and it was full of wonderful, glittering pyrite specimens… enough for everyone in the group. They...enough to have the special name of "iridescent pyrite" in the rock trade. But what do you suppose causes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
post-nephrite deformation and shearing. RIEBECKITE FROM ST. PETER'S DOME, COLORADO R. G. Coleman Stanford University...and later called riebeckite by Lacroix from St. Peter's Dome, Colorado, pegmatites has been reinvestigated...constituent of the finest grade size of one sample. Pyrite, monazite, clinozoisite-epidote are locally abundant...sulfate in the lower workings of the old Commonwealth Mine in the Steamboat Hills, Washoe County, Nevada. Some
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
was sent to the French Creek Granite Company, St. Peter's Pa., a company noted for the cutting of limestone...the Climax Molybdenum Mine at Climax, Colorado. This is the largest underground mine in the U.S., having...world's supply—60% from the Climax mine, and 20% from Utah—this one mine begins to take on a position of...group of the men were taken thru the workings of the mine, the entire party had a wonderful dinner in the...are: molybdenum, monazite, topaz, black mineral, pyrite, tin, tungsten, and raw ore. These sets are prepared
 
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