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Augite from
Carrock Fell, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Fell
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carrock Fell, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1253980
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1253980:6
GUID (UUID V4):b8a6f0ea-ce10-432c-be90-13f8e268117e
References
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Book
4492) (top right) Quartz, variety rock crystal, Carrock Fell Mine, Mosedale (MNS 4488) (bottom left) Hematite...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....deposits outside of the SW England province, though mining at Carrock Fell Mine is at present ( 1986)...clay iron-stones within the Coal Measures of west Cumbria at one time provided a source of lower grade iron
Book
Museum Street, London, WCIA No reproduction 1LU, UK Unwin Paperbacks, Park Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Herts...(Rocks and fossils; 4) 1. Geology — England — Lake District (Cumbria) I. Cumberland Geological Society...Society is based on the northwestern coast of Cumbria, geographically isolated from major centres of...provide a balanced view of the geological scene in Cumbria. In a region where the rocks span the vast period...geological usage of all the regions surveyed in England. Only the Isle of Arran in Scotland receives a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are minor intrusions of calc-alkaline, hornblende-augite rich, dioritic to picritic bodies reminiscent of...which includes augite-phyric meladiorite and pyroxenite; others include the 'picrite' (augite-meladiorite...Bridge is modelled as fractionation of olivine, augite, hornblende and chromite, and a similar process...remain poorly resolved. This paper is centred on the augite-phyric dioritic intrusion within the Skiddaw Group...ultramafic bodies, which include the Dash and Barkbeth augite-hornblende meladiorites (formerly described as
Book (chapter)
Caledonian intrusive activity in eastern and northern England from geophysics, radiometric dating and basement...petrochemistry of the Eskdale and adjacent intrusions (Cumbria) with special reference to mineralization. Unpublished...Nottingham, UK. No. 2. ignimbrite emplacements in Snowdonia (Wales), the Lake District (England) and Glencoe...emplacements in Snowdonia (Wales), the Lake District (England) and Glencoe (Scotland), United Kingdom (eds B...III Igneous rocks of the Northern Lake District, England. Journal of Geophysical Research, 34, 27-46. Briden
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Lake District (Caledonian) terrane, northern England: Palaeozoic motions and deformation at a leading...Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, UK The Lake District terrane of northern England comprises Upper Cambrian±Silurian...attributable to batholith emplacement. Instead, the Carrock Fell Complex Layered Gabbros have a mid- to late...events in this igneous complex comprise the Carrock Fell Granophyre with a post-folding Ordovician remanence...Palaeozoic; Caledonides; Lake District; northern England 1. INTRODUCTION Assembly of the supercontinent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chronology of Caledonian igneous episodes in the Cross Fell lnlier and northern Lake District J. D. A. Piper...Palaeozoic minor intrusionsinnorthern England. The lamprophyres of the Cross Fell Inlier subdivide petrographically...Threlkeld-St John’s microgranodiorite (445 m.y.) and Carrock Fell dolerite dyke swarm also possess steep magnetisations...with the later Caledonian intrusions of northern England. These episodes of intrusion are separated by late-Silurian...comprising the Skiddaw Slate Group of northern England was succeeded by a whole range of intrusive and
Book (chapter)
Survey Chapter 4 Lake District and northern England Introduction INTRODUCTION D. Miliward In Ordovician...Ordovician times the Lake District and northern England formed part of the microcontinent of Eastern Avalonia...were emplaced in the Lake District and northern England subsequent to the closure of the Iapetus. The volcanoes...Figure 4.1 Lower Palaeozoic inliers of northern England and locations of the major, buried batholiths....Threlkeld; D Dufton. 137 Lake District and northern England 90 NX00NY 10 20 :::............ 30::::::::
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
College London on June 2, 2016 Vol. 5 i.] C~RROCK FELL ORANOI)HYRE AND GItAINSGILL GREISEN. 125 15. CAaaOCK...) [Pr.ATE IV.--MAe.] CONTENTS. Part II. The Carrock Fell Granophyre. Page 9. Introduction .............................. 145 P~ II. T H E C ~ E O C K FELL GI~AI~0P~IXRE. 0. INTRODUCTION. IN a former paper...given a general sketch of t h e geol%oT of t h e Carrock Fell district, a n d discussed the r e m a r k a...most easily studied is t h a t w h i c h builds Carrock F e l l itself, and extends westw a r d in a t
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hydrothermal Alteration in the Carrock Fell Area, Cumberland, England By A. EWART ABSTRACT Within this...granite, part of the southern margin of the Carrock Fell gabbro to the north, and an intervening area...part of a study of the mineralization of the Carrock Fell area (Ewart, 1957), and was accompanied by a...period of six months of laboratory study. The Carrock Fell area is situated in the north-eastern corner...area, and was followed by Harker's study of the Carrock Fell gabbro (1894) and granophyre and greisen (1895)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Txcrryr.rr~ associated with the GXnBRO of C,~RROCrr FELL in the LA~E DISTR~CT. By T-Eo. T. GRoo~, Esq., B...WHILST engaged in studying the igneous rocks of Carrock Fell I observed a peculiar vein of tachylyte traversing.... 0.56 3".5o 4.1 103"76 97"00 99"3 99"61 I. Carrock-Fell tachylyte. IIL Basalt of Mt. Gravenaire in Auvergne...Technological University on June 15, 2016 OABBRO OF CARROCK FELL IN THE LAKE DISTRICT. 399 The percentage of...affinity with the more acid basalts and with the augite-andesites; this agrees with the conclusions formed
Book
Minerals of the English Lake District Caldbeck Fells Cumbria. Caldbeck. Mineral deposts 1. Title 11. Stanley...Caldbeck and the Caldbeck Fells Are worth all England else (Hutchinson. 1794) is supposed to have originated...Lancashire to form the new administrative county of Cumbria, It is an area of high ground, once described as...enclosed agrieultur al land. The distance from Carrock nd to Red Gil is at out 6km (3.7 miles) Potts...but the southern slopes of Carrock Fell including Brandy Gill and the Carrock tungsten mine, are part of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
................... :534 Section across Carroek Fell ............................................. 314...some attention to the igneous rocks of Carroc~: Fell and the hills west of t h a t well-known summit...to him. The earliest connected account of the Carrock Fell rocks was given by the late Mr. Clifton Ward...the district : - (a) Spherulitic felsite of Carrock Fell and Great L i n g y ; (b) Diorite (?) of Miton...briefly noticed the spherulitic felsite of Carroek Fell as a typical example of a granophyre in the sense
Book
Plagioclase (feldspar) Olivine Vanadium Zinc Zirconium Augite (pyroxene) OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES Hematite Fe... DEVONIAN SILURIAN BROTHA eoors eee x MELL FELL CONGLOMERATE —+—_———. LATER BAMMISDALE SLATES...time of their formation. The volcanic rocks of Bow Fell are particularly rich in particles of magnetite...has also been found at the Brandy Gill Mine on Carrock Fell. Although silver has been extracted from lead...the origin of the hematite deposits of West Cumbria. Most of these hematite deposits filled space previously
Book
glaciation. £6.50 Jacket photograph Pillar Rock © Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District...' Frontispiece Landsat imagery of north-west England taken from a height of 900 km. Photograph: National...Geological Society 1978 ISBN 0 9501656 2 X PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY W. S. MANEY AND SON LIMITED LEEDS CONTENTS...Geology 15 Epigenetic Mineralization 16 Offshore Cumbria 17 Hydrogeology C. K. Patrick 18 Environmental...DtNANT/AN LLANVIRN DEVONIAN ARENIG Plate 1. Carrock Fell Gabbro Borrowdale Volcanic Group Skiddaw Group
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
l . 5z.] oxx~oI,,~Yx~s oF s ~ (sx~). 323 Carrock Fell granophyre near its contact with a highly basic...sui~ce. They consist essentially of felspar and augite. The felspar is usually a labradorite, often in...some zonary banding between crossed nicols. The augite is pale brown to almost eolourless in thin slices...to this conclusion in the gabbros of Skye, of Carrock Fell, of St. David's, etc., and its occurrence in...amounts of the mineral in different slides. It is the augite that affords the most conclusive proof of the extraneous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arthur Holmes—The Granophyres of Carrock Fell. 403 TABLE II. Boring. Chilham Brabourne . Stodmarsh....—ALBITE-GRANOPHYRE AND QUARTZ-POEPHYBY FEOM BKANDY GILL, CARROCK FELL. By ARTHUR HOLMES, A.R.C.S., D.Sc, F.G.S. With...occurs near the head of Brandy Gill, west of Carrock Fell. These specimens, though from practically the...1017/S0016756800198887 404 Arthur Holmes—The Granophyres of Carrock Fell. therefore more accurately described as albite...rock is penetrated by the tungsten veins pf the Carrock mines, which carry scheelite and wulfenite.1 PETROGRAPHY
Report (issue)
OF OF THE RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL GEOLOGICAL ENGLAND SURVEY AND OF COUNCIL SCIENCES GREAT BRITAIN...BtT2 8ay or through any bookseller Printed in England for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office by Hull Printers...the New Series One-inch Geological Survey Map of England and Wales. This sheet coloured has replaced...elements in a Geological Survey sample of the Carrock Fell Granophyre. The petrographic description of...Petrographic DRYGILL Structural relations, 76. Fauna CARROCK Introduction, VOLCANIC Classification, SERIES
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL COUNCIL SCIENCES SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Country around Cockermouthand...the New Series One-inch Geological Survey Map of England and Wales. This sheet has replaced the Old Series...elements in a Geological Survey sample of the Carrock Fell Granophyre. The petrographic description of...age, 76. References, 77. CHAPTER VI. THE IX CARROCK FELL COMPLEX 20 46 75 78 Introduction, 78. Field...intrusions associated with the major intrusions of Carrock and Skiddaw, 130. Minor intrusions into Skiddaw
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
:— 1. " Carrock Fell: a Study in the Variation of Igneous Rockmasses. Part II. The Carrock Fell Granophyre...Alfred Harker, Ei-q., M.A., F.G.S. The augite-granophyre of Carrock Fell is first described in its normal development...granophyre here passes into a coarse type rich in augite, iron-ores, and apatite, its silica-percentage...with a type occurring in the Jurassic rocks of England harmonizes with the reference of some of the strata
Report (edition)
AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY NORTHERN ENGLAND (THIRD EDITION) I 5 54.27 jj i EAS §1 HER...AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY NORTHERN ENGLAND (THIRD EDITION) T. EASTWOOD, A.R.C.S. With some...Lake District—Shap Granite—Skiddaw Granite-—Carrock Fell Complex—Ennerdale Granophyre— Eskdale Granite—Other...FIG1. Map showing the area included in Northern England. 2. Diagrammatic sections to illustrate the building.... .. .. .. .. .. 26 12. Sketch-map of the Carrock Fell Complex and the Skiddaw Granite with its metamorphic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
210 Dr. C. 0. Trechmann—" Hypersthenite " of Carrock Fell. claw. This digit is well shown in the right...O T E ON THE SO-CALLED " HYPERSTHENITE " OF CARROCK FELL, CUMBERLAND. By CHAS. 0. TKECHMANN, Ph.D. mHROUGH...between the village of Mosedale and the summit of Carrock Fell. In general appearance it coincides with the...7 Dr. C. 0. Trechmann—" Hypersthenite" of Carrock Fell. 211 Mr. J. C. Ward,1 and which is described...brown, no pleochroism, active polarization, like augite. Occasionally a lamellar polarization, probably
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
R.S.3~., F.G.S., of the Geological Survey of England and Wales. (Read December 1, 1875.) [PL*TES I....surrounding rocks. 4. Carrock-Fell Rocks. a. Spherulitic Felsite of Carrock Fell and Great Lingy Hill...8yenitio Granite, and altered 8kiddaw S~te. 4. Carrock-Fel/Rocks. a. Spherulitic Felsite. b. Diorite ... John's Vale and of Buttermers. 2. Rocks of Carrock Fell. 8~n~m~ryo Appendix : Notioesof papers on these...(fig. 3) that the various igneous masses of Carroek Fell and its Fig. 3.--Sketc, h ~tlap showin9 the Dist~'bution
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
If. Finlayson—Ore-bearing Pegmatites of Oar rock Fell. 19 which seems always to have crystallized by...remarkable to find halos well shown in such minerals as augite and muscovite, which are not normally pleochroic...wolfram veins in the Grainsgill greisen, near Carrock Fell, are an example of ore-bearing pegmatites, a... A. M. Finlai/son—Ore-bearing Pegmatites of Carrock Fell. Harker has described the greisen which carries...running into the Caldew from the western slopes of Carrock Fell. The country rock is a detached intrusion of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
primary constituents so susceptible as olivine and augite, preserved with striking freshness. The numerous...basic olivine-augite norites approaching saxonites, through augite-norites, to augite-diorites with micropegmatite...that the present paper is intended to deal. The augite-diorite dykes occur in various parts of the Madras...on June 3, 2016 406 a R . T. l t . ItOLLhND ON AUGITE-])IOllII~8 WITIt [Aug.i897, Presidency, but are... s the Whin Sill, 3 the Cheviot district, 4 Carrock Fell, 5 Carlingford, 6 and Skye." If. I)ETROLOO~CALC~aACT~RS
Report (chapter)
brown, or of bleached appearance - just NW of Carrock Fell, in northeastern Lakeland. The shales - which...called Drygill, near the top of a col between Carrock Fell and another hill, Great Lingy, to the west (see...somewhat similar to the Dufton Shales in the Cross Fell Inlier. A 'Llandeilo-Bala' age was proposed, and...Eycott-type rocks were all over the place: in the Cross Fell Inlier; at Shap Wells; in Longsleddale; and even... and over at Knock (Swindale Beck) in the Cross Fell Inlier; also down south in the Palaeozoic inliers
 
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