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Calcite from
Beckermet Mine, Haile, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hematite11 photos of Calcite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Specularite9 photos of Calcite associated with Specularite at this locality.
Quartz7 photos of Calcite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Dolomite3 photos of Calcite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Beckermet Mine, Haile, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (16 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:15119
Long-form Identifier:1:3:15119:1
GUID (UUID V4):3a74ac6d-9872-4833-b959-3c3ae6227949
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.7km (0.4 miles) Winscales pit (Beckermet No. 2 shaft), Haile, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Haile Moor Mine, Haile, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Florence Mine, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Ullcoats Mine, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
3.4km (2.1 miles) Gillfoot Park & Helder Mines, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
4.4km (2.8 miles) Woodend Mine, Bigrigg, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
4.6km (2.8 miles) Wyndham Mines, Bigrigg, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
4.6km (2.9 miles) Croft Pit, Bigrigg, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
4.7km (2.9 miles) Bigrigg Mine, Bigrigg, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
4.8km (3.0 miles) Mossbay Mine, Bigrigg, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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]
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
European Way, Southampton, UK, SO14 3ZH Funding: This work was supported by NERC, UK [grant number NE/M010953/1]...NE/M010953/1]. Keywords: Cumbria; Haematite; Barite; Sulphur-Isotopes; Compartmentalization 1. Abstract The...The West Cumbria iron ore field exhibits kilometre-scale compartmentalization of fluid sources, as evidenced...evaporites respectively, both of which occur in West Cumbria and are the assumed primary sources of the barite...carried out in the West Cumbria iron ore field, adjacent to the Irish Sea Basin, England (Fig. 1). The ore
Book
Fluorite [BM 1964, R 1524], seepage 152; (back) Calcite [BM 1926, 1252]. see page 137; both images ©NHMPL...pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages...li Introduction to the Minerals ........ 117 Calcite .............................. 117 Barite ....................... 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
Catalog/List
Gold Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...Arsenopyrite Sphalerite& Hydrozincite Sphalerite, Baryte/Calcite Galena Galena Galena & Dolomite Chalcopyrite on...The Knipe, S.Scotland Ow A2 Price £1 Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The...Rocks Cornwall Hinqston Down, Cornwall Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 £1...Quebec (Cook) Herodsfoot Cornwall Bournonite Bedford Mine Devon Arsenoovrite Colorado USA Enaraite Minas Gerais
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...EVENTS Mick Wolfe Richard Bell THE SHAP GRANITE CUMBRIA DESIGN Julie Ballard QUARRY, Max Wirth • David...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
Catalog/List
A/l. xtls, plus a little interdeveloped gemmy Calcite, richly encrusting an open, geode-like matrix....5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...crystalline Natrolite and Calcite. 2.25x1.75x1", £7.50. 2. ANALCIME/NATROLITE/CALCITE. Dean Quarry, St Keverne... and small area of brownish-yellow 'dogtooth' Calcite crystals. 5x3.5x1.25", £9.50. 3. ANATASE/ADULARIA...5x2x1", £10.00 6. ANDRADITE GARNET. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devonshire. A vitreous brownishgreen
Catalog/List
is fluorescent. MUS,L85. 2. ADAMITE. Kameriza Mine,Laurium,Attica,Greece. Goethite fragment vith aggregates... SC,L6. 3, AGARDITE(CALCIAN).Penberthy Crofts Mine,St Hilary,Cornvall ■ Tvo specimens. Specimen A-boxed...xtls and thin crusts. SC,L8. ~- AGARDITE-Y. Clara Mine,Rankachtal,BLack Forest,Germany. 3 boxed specimens...blue. SC,L9. 6. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine,Nenthead,Cumbria. Six specimens. Specimen A-matrix fragment...vhen found! L3 each. AHDBRSONITE.Peeth Lode,Geevor Mine,Pendeen,Cornva11. Dark brovn matrix fragment vith
Book
siderite, Force Crag Mine, Braithwaite (MNS 4491) Back cover-'Daisy' gypsum, Birks Head Mine, Long Marton (MNS...Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells (MNS 4492) (top right) Quartz, variety rock crystal, Carrock Fell Mine, Mosedale...(bottom left) Hematite, variety kidney ore, Nab Gill Mine, Boot (MNS 4490) (bottom right) ISBN O 85272 099...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.
Catalog/List
S0x20mm area. 70x50x35mm. £38. 3) ANGLESJTE. Parys Mine, Anglesey, Wales. Brown cellular gossan matrix showing...dealers label. 60x30xl2mm. £18. 6) AZCRITE, Tynagh Mine, Co Gallway, Ireland. A cavity in veinstone shows...malachite banded matrix. 80x70x40mm. £85. 8) CALCITE. Clasgorm Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland. Calcitic...barite. 90x60x50mm. £45. 9) CALCITE, PYRITE and QUARTZ. Cambokeels Mine, Weardale, Co Durham. A limestone/fluorite...nailbead calcite xls of a dull grey colour up to 30mm Over the quartz and some ofthe calcite is a scattering
Catalog/List
•. -. "! -~ ..JIC::~~~ :· Mineral Dealer & Mine Agent ·.~ll!ll\\ll!wj , I '\ ,i levant Gallery...xtlø. 2x1¾x5/8" ,.c5.oo. 5. ANGLESITE.Bunker Hill Mine,Kellogg,Idaho,U.S.A. (xtla to¾" face!) thick spear-sh...2-p1-p:1",~,0.00. 6. ANGLESITE. 9 Leyel,Foøs .I y Mine,Bunk r Hill,Kellogg,Idaho,U.S.A. line luatroua...apeci■en. a thin • 7. ANKERITE/BLENDE. Eagle Mine,Gilman Co. ,Colorado,U.S.A. Inte~estin~ open-interforms...~x2fx2" , ..;15.00 V • 20 • AZURITE. Tsumcorp Mine ,0te.vi, S. W.Africa. Matrix~.css development of
Catalog/List
9W. ALSTONITE. Jug Vein,Brownley Hill Mine,Nenth ead,Cumbria. Barite-rich matrix fragment topped by...colln. TN,£20. 14W. 1sw. 16. 17W. -2- Tsumcorp Mine,Otavi,N.:imib!a. Ex Cyril Quc!t coll<'r.11011. Thin...Kamariza Nickel Prospect,Laur!um,1\tt!ca, Limonitic,Calcite-veined fragment with c.irpetcd wt th deep to d...on rear. SC,£20. 18W. APATITE. Barraco Grande Mine,Panasquiera,Beira-Beixa,Portugal.Gemmy, grey-blue...MIN,£25. 20W. APATITE on QUARTZ. Barraco Grande Mine,Panasquiera,Portugal. Mill
Journal (issue)
the agreed £600 sponsorship had been paid to the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, a new Catalogue of...diligent searching may turn up further species.: Calcite forms colourless to reddish scalenohedral crystals...These are frequently associated with pale yellow calcite scalenohedra. Amphibole. An as-yet unidentified...History Museum, London. This is the first record for Cumbria and is believed to be only the second known occurrence...of fluorite, hematite, calcite, and quarts from the famous Florence Mine, Cumbria. These were contributed
Catalog/List
refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...Name of the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure...is:5 Ferney Green Drive, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3HS Please write to Max stating the names...MALACHITE 16 CUNOCLASE 17 ANGLESITE 18 PYROMORPHITE 19 CALCITE 20 SERPIERITE 21 ETTRINGITE 22 BROCHANTITE 23 CASSITERITE...43 CALCITE 4-4 THOMSONITE 45 CELSIAN Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown
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...Nowadays, surface traces of mining are mos~y LG 41 Calcite Frizington, Cumberland restricted to the barren...waste rock and gangue discarded during mining - the mine pagel The Lindsay Gree11ba11k Collection curators
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carboniferous strata, frequently found in northwestern England beneath the base of the New Red rocks. To assess...cross post-Triassic faults (as for example in Beckermet Mine) without visible displacement. No case is known...ore on the downcast side of a fault in Crowgarth Mine, Cleator Moor. Closer examination, however, indicated...theory is also available. The ore-body at Winscales Mine lies beneath thick New Red cover, and Mr. Sherwen...dry ore for some 350 yards. Other headings in the mine, driven in ore or in limestone, make no water except
Catalog/List
rhomhic crystals, confused with Calcite. (Tested material) {Huaron Mine, Peru) location. c.s.s.R) easily...the ,-..rsenopyri te. (Hingston Down, Cornwall, England) 1x1 c2.50 1x2 z5.oo 2x2 i10.00 -BISM07l1HINJ;TE...quartz crystals. ~trod:mi~J material. (South Crofty Mine, Cornwall Engl2,nd)-:1;-x½ to 1~i4. B798 BERYL...1x1 f.1o80 transparent Monntains like coating England) 9 single, termina ted crystal. Idaho, U.S.A)...MarittinB, in cavities Grosseto, (Sharon in orange calcite. Italy) 1x1 c3.oo - COBALTITF...-GERSDOOFFITE
Catalog/List
• ARSENOPYRITE/MINOR SCHEELITE. Carrock Hine,Cumbria. Tvo large spccimens. Chloritlc Quartz matrix vlth...silver Galena xtls. 60mm. 130.00. 28. BARITE/CALCITE. Sterllng,Logan County,Colorado,USA. A Dana classic...trilling. Brown calcite also present. 60x50x40mm. 115.50. 29. DARITE. Frizlngton,Cumbria. Pleasant little...tabular 36. BARYTOCALCITE. Haggs Mlne,Alston Moor,Cumbria. A rlch,pale lemon coloured crystalllne geode-llke...hexagonal Himetites, 30x30x!Omm. 16.25. Penberthy Crofts Mine,St llllary,Wcst Cornwall, Spcclmcn carries an Arnold
Journal (volume)
minor hematite on cream dolomite. Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria. David Green photograph. BACK COVER: Paracelsian...Geology and mineralisation at Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria Brian Young 3-18 A geochemical study...mineral assemblage of the Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK using a stability field model Trevor F. Bridges,...of type mineral species at the Benallt Manganese Mine, Rhiw, Pen Llŷn, Gwynedd, Wales Tom F. Cotterell...Tandy 62-72 NOTES Chalcoalumite from southwest England Richard S.W. Braithwaite and Michael G.H. Merry
Book
BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geolo of the west Cumbria district ! ..: : .:·,: ·... ,:: ·, .... ...abcJ11t300 Cumbria district This memoir describes the area covered...sheets 28 Whitehaven, 37 Gosforth and 47 Bootle of England and Wales. The district includes the western margin...Carboniferous inversion, were the response in west Cumbria to the Variscan orogeny and marked the onset of...Sheets 28 Whitehaven, 37 Gosforth and 4 7 Bootle (England and Wales) Keyworth, Nottingham: The British Geological
Catalog/List
MARCH/APRIL 2008 1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Ironstained quartz/gossan...50x40x20mm. £35. 2) APATITE and CASSITERITE. Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A small...£125. 7) CASSITERITE. Great Flat Lode, Dolcoath Mine, Cambome, Cornwall. Rich heavy chloritic veinstone...50x30x12mm. £15. 8) CASSITERITE and TOPAZ. Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Germany. The top...pri::matic celestite xls to 8mm on a few buff dog tooth calcite :
Catalog/List
MARCH/APRIL 2008 1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Ironstained quartz/gossan...50x40x20mm. £35. 2) A PAT I T E and CASSITERITE. Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A small...£125. 7) CASSITERITE. Great Flat Lode, Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Rich heavy chloritic veinstone...1 2 m m . £15. 8) CASSITERITE and TOPAZ. Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Germany. The top...celestite xls to 8nirn on a few buff dog tooth calcite xis. R W Barstow collection label. 50x30x20mm.
Journal (issue)
access it gave me to real mineralogists who were a mine of useful information and expertise. The culmination...the Central Branch (1988-95). My main interests are UK mineralogy (in particular the mineralogy of Leicestershire...organisation that will continue to play a major role in UK mineralogy. Frank Ince 2 Russell Society Newsletter...The impact of resource extraction of Northern England and offshore. • The Mineralogical Society is hosting...driving a European visiting professor to Boltsburn Mine in its latter years as a producer of spectacular
Catalog/List
black-brown cleavage Yakutia. Russin 5mm£2 Rawhide Mine, MohavcCounty, ½xY,£3 Arizona , US.A . l.x2 50p...1cm £6 ✓ on a ship wreck in 1885 Ives, Comwall, England ABHURITE SnO OH DESCRIPTON Pyroxene Na Fe...AlS0/4 Al S0/4 ✓ New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon .England Madagascar Railway cutting nearCreston .... Wyoming ,U S. A Newhavcn Sussex. England I x2 £6 ½x½ £2.50 I ins £4 lx2 £2.20 IX½ £5 I x½ £4 lxl...ANC\'LITE Cr Rich pinkish fine grained mass in calcite 52 ANDAUJSITE Rich pinkish mass in dark grey
Journal (issue)
logy. Contribution; co ncerning the topographical mine 7alogy of the British Isles are particularly welcome...octahedron (7 cm across) with calcite, galena and pyrite. Glengowla East mine, Oughterard, Co . Galway, Eire...vivianite PG. Embrey 77 Native silver from Hilderston mine , West Lothian. Scotland T.K. Meikle 83 Mineralogy...Alderley Edge - Mottram St Andrew area, Cheshire, England R . S. W. Braith waite 91 Fluorite at Hampstead...occurrence of arsenate minerals at Gwaith-yr-Afon mine, Dyfed , Wales S.A . Rust and J.s. Mason 109 NOTES
Book
Ilmenite Wolfram FeTiO, (FeMn)WO, CARBONATES Calcite CaCO, Dolomite CaMg(CO3)> Malachite Azurite...Goldscope Mine and the Brandlehow Mine, near Keswick. It has also been found at the Brandy Gill Mine on Carrock...has been extracted from lead ore at the Goldscope Mine, it did not occur as a native element. Carbon, which...and chalcopyrite in the upper levels and on the mine dumps. Occasionally, such secondary enrichment ores...miners. A mine was most easily dewatered by driving a drainage adit from the lowest point in the mine which
 
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