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Graphite from
Shap Pink Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Graphite
Formula:C
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Graphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shap Pink Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:16276
Long-form Identifier:1:3:16276:2
GUID (UUID V4):62a6e172-df42-48bd-8cea-08c6cd20ebe9
Nearest other occurrences of Graphite
27.2km (16.9 miles) Wanthwaite Mine, St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
30.4km (18.9 miles) Bannerdale Graphite Mine, Bannerdale, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
32.8km (20.4 miles) Wad Mine (Plumbago Mine; Graphite Mine; Black Lead Mine), Seathwaite, Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
33.9km (21.0 miles) Dale Head Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
65.3km (40.6 miles) Castleside Smelting Mill slag locality, Healeyfield, County Durham, England, UK
References
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Report (issue)
Support of National, Regional and Local Planning Cumbria and the Lake District: Resources and Constraints...for Development Plans: Phase One Cumbria and the Lake District (Cumbria, Lake District National Park and...for Development Plans: Phase One Cumbria and the Lake District (Cumbria, Lake District National Park and...This report accompanies the 1:100 000 scale maps: Cumbria and the Lake District Mineral Resources (North...000) Cover Photograph Aerial View of Shap Beck Quarry, Shap, Cumbria, showing aggregate workings in the
Journal (issue)
Newsletter 50; 2 for landfill. The nearby Pant Quarry (OS GR 198.702), owned by Wimpcy, still produces...similar mineral assemblage can be found at the old quarry on the west side of the village (OS GR 054.256)...GR 582.412), Manod Quarry at Blaenau Fcstiniog (OS GR SH 707.449), and Hendre Quarry, Glyn Cerriog (OS...Record. Vol. 23 No. 5 1992 p39l Minerals from Manod Quarry Common Less Common Unusual Quartz, albite, anatase...synchysitc-(Ce) Synchysitc-(Cc) Minerals from llcndrc Quarry. Glyn Ceriog Common Less Common Rarely Unusual
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pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages................... 201 72 Foreword ORTHERN England, an area of great natural beauty, is additionally...District, the north Pennines, Cumbria, various regions of north-east England, and North Yorkshire. Such...bibliography concludes the work. Minerals of Northern England will rate as one of the classic works on British...R. F.Symes and B. Young MINERALS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND v Aboutthe Authors vi Dr R.F.(Bob)Symes,OBE
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....Eskdale; Sh, Shap; Sk, Skiddaw; Th, Threlkeld; D Dufton. 137 Lake District and northern England 90 NX00NY
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longer interested in their collection of a seri es of UK first day covers; 86 issues from the period July...Peter Wallace with a display of specimens from Dean Quarry, Cornwall. Peter Wallace. Wales & West Social...brought along some beautiful agates from Whitehall Quarry, and some fluorescent minerals including willem...rep resenting geological interests from around the UK. On Friday, time was spent in setting up our display...t o Glen Strathfarrar where an old short lived graphite mine yielde d min era ls from th e dumps. Loch
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Cornwall (England), Ontario (Canada) and Oruro and Tasna (Bolivia). Bi Colour: lead-grey, pink tarnish... Crystal system: trigonal NATIVE ELEMENTS Graphite G raphite is a form of carbon made of stacked...synthesized molecule found in nature in minute traces. Graphite is used as a lubricant, in crucibles, as a moderator...unusually for a non-metal, conducts electricity. Graphite is found in metamorphosed sediments, basic igneous...igneous rocks, pegmatites and quartz veins. Graphite deposits are In Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Russia, South
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Cornwall (England), Ontario (Canada) and Oruro and Tasna (Bolivia). Bi Colour: lead-grey, pink tarnish... Crystal system: trigonal NATIVE ELEMENTS Graphite G raphite is a form of carbon made of stacked...synthesized molecule found in nature in minute traces. Graphite is used as a lubricant, in crucibles, as a moderator...unusually for a non-metal, conducts electricity. Graphite is found in metamorphosed sediments, basic igneous...igneous rocks, pegmatites and quartz veins. Graphite deposits are In Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Russia, South
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has donated a wide range of items, covering both UK and world mineralogical topics, to the Society Library;...of a number of publications (Mineralogical Record, UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, Lapis) and a variety...an unknown lump of mineral found in a limestone quarry on the Mendips in Somerset a few years ago. It...was found by way, that this mineral stopped the quarry stone crusher. It activated a safety mechanism...working at the quarry this has never happened before. Further to this I spoke to the quarry foreman who
Journal (issue)
with high temperatures, but they are unusual for the UK and are therefore worth a comment. As responsible...unusual for the temperature at the bottom of a quarry to be 15 degrees Centigrade higher than the outside...under these conditions the bottom of our local quarry is a pretty fair approximation of the Sahara in...you can. Get them out of the sun, and out of the quarry. In the meantime, loosen their clothing and lie...seen any truly serious cases of heatstroke in the UK, the potential is there and I have seen many minor
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ONE! when I typed in 'mineral news' and checked the uk button. Gary is still searching for materia_l,,!9"pu...roads are just tracks. Trevor Bridges Sligachan Quarry, Isle of Skye. A recent very brief visit to Sligachan...building stones used originally came from a local quarry which is now filled in with rubbish, or a overgrown...conference there was an interesting display of the local quarry stones available from the S Wales area (Dave Wille...was attended by some 150 delegates from around the UK, including some from as far as Scotland. An excellent
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MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...silicate-carbonate iimoriite-(Y) occurs at Trimouns as colorless, pink and pale brown, translucent to transparent, tabular...1991). Simdeled, Aust-Agder. Early in 1999, in a quarry near S~ndeled, collectors opened a pocket containing...PORTUGAL Montijos quarry, Monte Redondo, Leiria Estremadura. The Montijos gabbro quarry at Monte Redondo
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permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later... I helped out at all of the mineral shows in the UK and on the continent, and later with the Bruce &...During this period, I was going back and forth to the UK and worldwide shows and projects, as well as keeping
 
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