| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Silver |
| Formula: | Ag |
Special Storage/
Display Requirements: | Storage in a low humidity environment seems to prevent the formation of acanthite (silver sulphide), which if allowed to proceed unchecked can completely replace the silver on a specimen in a period of a few years. |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Cerussite | ⓘ1 photo of Silver associated with Cerussite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Silver data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Force Crag Mine (Force Craig Mine), Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 43387 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:43387:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 975ff227-d93a-413e-aaad-e0cf8f71fa8f |
| Nearest other occurrences of Silver |
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| 15.8km (9.8 miles) | ⓘHigher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 16.2km (10.0 miles) | ⓘRed Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 16.3km (10.1 miles) | ⓘRoughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 16.3km (10.2 miles) | ⓘRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 17.1km (10.6 miles) | ⓘBrae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 18.1km (11.3 miles) | ⓘShort Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 18.7km (11.6 miles) | ⓘDriggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 38.1km (23.7 miles) | ⓘShap Pink Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 69.4km (43.1 miles) | ⓘDirt Pot Lead Smelt Mill slag locality, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK |
| 78.6km (48.8 miles) | ⓘBollihope lead smelter slag locality, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK |
| References |
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Green, D.I., McCallum, D., Wood, M. (1997) Supergene Cu, Pb, Zn and Ag Minerals from Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Cumbria. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals 18, 10-14 Green, D.I., Bridges, T.F., Rumsey, M.S., Leppington, C.M., Tindle, A.G. (2008) A review of the mineralogy of the Roughton Gill Mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: Part 2 The Roughton Gill South Vein on Balliway Rigg. Journal of the Russell Society, 11. 3-28 |
Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK