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Calcite from
Parkside Mine, Frizington, Arlecdon & Frizington, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hematite5 photos of Calcite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Dolomite5 photos of Calcite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Parkside Mine, Frizington, Arlecdon & Frizington, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:119995
Long-form Identifier:1:3:119995:6
GUID (UUID V4):f15e13a4-0a37-4055-b524-9d048f7373ed
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Mowbray Mine, Frizington, Arlecdon & Frizington, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) Frizington, Arlecdon & Frizington, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Lonsdale Mine, Frizington, Arlecdon & Frizington, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Cleator Moor Iron Mines, Cleator Moor, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Eskett Quarry, Lamplugh, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
2.2km (1.4 miles) Eskett Mine, Lamplugh, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
2.2km (1.4 miles) Crowgarth Mine, Cleator Moor, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles) Winder Pit No. 2, Lamplugh, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
4.2km (2.6 miles) Mossbay Mine, Bigrigg, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
4.3km (2.7 miles) Woodend Mine, Bigrigg, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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...surface traces of mining are mos~y LG 41 Calcite Frizington, Cumberland restricted to the barren heaps...waste rock and gangue discarded during mining - the mine pagel The Lindsay Gree11ba11k Collection curators
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
Report (edition)
greater quantity is produced in the North\.Vest of England, and this region is therefore the :first to be...Cumberland... 3.-Diagrammatic Section across Beckermet :Mine, near Egremont 4.- Diagrammatic Section across Beckennet...across the Bigrigg Fault at Lord Leconfield's Bigrigg Mine... 10.-lvlap showing outcrops of Important Faults...of Gutty Flats at Postlethwaite's 1\:T.oor Rcnv Mine... 15.-Diagrammatic Cross-Section of the same r6...-Section across the Yeathouse Fault, :Margaret Pit, Frizington ... 19.--Section from north to south across Hodbarrow
Report (issue)
·~/ .... > ,;Y, OF· SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF THE ENGLAND AND INDUSTRIAL GEOLOGICAL AND \VALES SURVEY... 87. Cross Gill to Yeathouse Fault: North of Frizington Parks Fault, 88. · Yeathouse Fault to Salter...••• Hensingham, 100. South of Hensingham, 100. Frizington Eaglesfield, 102. Distington and Main Coalfield... ..• ..• Bigrigg and Cleator Moor, 110. 112. Frizington to Clifton Moor, CHAPTER XI.-PRODUCTIVE •••...Pica., 16r. Cleator Moor; northern area, 162. Frizington, 163. Distington and Gunnerdine, 164. Wythemoor
Journal (issue)
evaporates (halite, Mg salts, gypsum, sylvite, calcite) ocean floor precipitates (manganese nodules),...great colour and pattern. Terry also entered three UK cabochons of which the orbicular jasper, in particular...Jolyon Ralph's fantastic fluorite from the Roger1ey Mine in Weardale (photo 2). Consisting of a 25 cm tall...was a small but well defined cluster of white calcite spheres on a basaltic matrix: the judge particularly...growth of a brownish calcite sphere perched, in contrast, on top of the white calcite. This specimen was
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
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.
Report (volume)
1919. Price 9s. Net. . ! GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY. (OJ'llICE:...greater quantity is produced in the North-West of' England, and this region is therefore the first ta be described...Egremont 4.- Diagra.mmatic Section across Beckermet Mine, south of that shown in Fig. 3 5.- Diagrammatic...ator l\'foor district . 11.-Section from Parkhouse Mine to the Sir John Walsh Pit, Bigrigg 12.-Section across...-Section across the Sir John Walsh Jtault, Moss Bay Mine 14.-Diagrammatic plan of Gutty Flats at Postlethwa
Journal (issue)
TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Wulfenite (Mexico) UK Journal of Mines and Minerals Issue No 5 SUMMER1988...non U.K. Page No. The Re-opening of Clogau Gold Mine 1966 J. Hodgkins 2 The Minerals of Trimouns, Ariege...Hughes 12 AUSTRALIA The Mines of Lindale Moor, Cumbria A. McFadzean 15 AMERICAN CONTINENT Mrs. J. Schmitt...For Your Bookshelf 31 The Minerals of Esgair Hir Mine S.A. Rust, J. S. Mason 35 Classified Advertisements... 47 FRONT COVER Barite. Parksidc Mine, West Cumberland. England. Crystals to %mm Ralph Sutcliffe Collection
Journal (issue)
largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife collection; self-collected...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe...Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China. Ex Steve Smale Kunzite spodumene, 11 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais...2009 RICHARDSON BEARD COLLECTION Carrollite on calcite, 7 cm, Kamoto Fond, Katanga, Democratic Republic
Catalog/List
Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 788880 (STD 0736) V.A.T.No...coloured sharp crystals to -t" in size, encrusting Calcite matrix. *x2-txl~". £3.25. ANGLESITE. Leadhills...2~-x2xl". £3.50. 6. 7. 8. APATITE. Great Work Mine, 8reage, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent colourless...rix. 3b<4x2t". £33.00. ARSENOPVRITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Specimen A - well " .•. ·formed...pinkish Calcite crystals covering Barytes matrix. 2tx2xlt". £3.50. BARVTES. settlingstones Mine, Hexham
Catalog/List
Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. Tl!JL .1\10.: St. Just 880 (STD a73 677) V.A...to t" in size, assDciated with much crystalised Calcite an Gabbro matrix. Most Df the specimen is frDsted...40. 41. 42. 43. NATIVE COPPER. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Rich, dark. coppery, h3Ckly...attached. 2-t;-x2xl-!:-". £4.50. CoRNWALLITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall-. Rich, deep.green, slightly...C - As Specimen A - 2xlt". £1.25. CRoCOITE. Kapi Mine, Dundas, Tas~enio, ~ustralia. Choice, bright, orangev
Catalog/List
Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 880 (STD a73 677) V.A.T. No...2txH-xi". £1.25. _ 2. ANDRADITE. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devon. Specimen A - Lustrous, sharp...Andradite. ltJMine, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada. A well formed translucent...length, lying flat on and partially embedded in Calcite matrix, with much purplish Fluorite in association...l-txlxl". £4.50. 7. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Specimen A - A ltxl" cavity
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I, Parkside, Cumberland, Eng. I. Mowbray, Cumberland, Eng. 2. Dalmellington, Eng. 4. Frizington, Eng...elongated cube), Northumberland, Eng. N. Barite on Calcite (large nodular mass), Bad Lands, S. Dakota. o....Joplin, Mo. p. Stephanite on Pyrite, Grand Prize Mine, Tuscarora, Elks Co., Nev. a. SIXTH ANNUAL RECEPTION...etching figures 011 crystals of Gypsum, Natrolite, Calcite, Rhodochrosite, Siderite, Apatite, Fluorite, Cerussite...Vesuvius. j . Chalcotrichite, matted, Old Dominion Mine, Arizona. R. Hessite, large crystal, Botes, Transylvania
Catalog/List
140x90x20mm. £18. 3. ANTIMONITE. Xikuangshan Mine, Hunan, China. A single lead grey lustrous xl 110x9x7mn...4. APATITE AND SIDERITE ON QUARTZ. Panasqueria Mine, Beira-Beixa, Portugal, An impressive display specimen... 5. AURICHALCITE AND HEMIMORPHITE. Tecoma Hill Mine, Lucin District, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA. Beautiful...£28. 7., BARITE. Wilsons Stope, Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria. An interesting "hedgehog" group of yellowish...yellowish grey intergrown xls to 8mm surrounding a calcite core. Displays well. Ex D Lloyd collection. 80x70x60mm
Book
particularly interesting collection of miners' lamps and mine surveying instruments. Ancient and mediaeval mining...worn by mine officials of Saxony on ceremonial occasions. A special attraction is a model mine, 20m below...N. from the main railway station, landmark is a mine headframe. Tues.- Fri. 8.30-17.30 hrs.; Sat.- Sun...Minerals Excellent (worldwide Chalcosine Danburite, calcite Azurite Vanadinite Mimetite Excellent (German...Bournonite Bournonite Pyrargyrite Manganite, Barite Calcite Rhodochrosite Pyromorphite Pseudomalachite Nosean
Catalog/List
extremely ine, specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine of Tiger, Arizona: now a vanished place alive only...potential mineral buying area, or go into another mine. He travelled to areas that had seen few Americans...Atacama Desert to collect Underground Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia, 1993. "RPG," Artigas, Uruguay...collection that he donated to the Neto and Ed Swoboda to mine University of Arizona RRUFF Project. Another was.............................................149 England ..............................................
Journal (issue)
...................................... the first uk rigs conference a ustin lockwood 3 5 ..............Dunlap's talk on the 'Minerals of the North of England', held on Sunday, 6 December 1998 showed a marked...members are becoming a little weary of collecting calcite, but have they yet acquired all 350+ crystal forms...activity, and good examples of both were found. Calcite and quartz also form in the same environment. As...Reservoir and walked the 4 mile track to Greenhurth Mine [NY780328]. Some years ago I found a small amount
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
maPeter Young, Box 601, Kentfield, terial, butterfly calcite on a rare shade of Calif., has visited the bastnasite...writes: "Bastnaand old mine tunnel located west of Tucson. There were also calcite and aragonite crys- site...much of the barite with cal- tain Pass, Calif. The mine is about 3 miles cite and galena." David P. Record...Mart, 4400 Mission Road, road leads to the mine. The mine consists of one shaft. Some bastnasite has...crystals. It is an attractive speciassaying. This mine will be a potential men. source of cerium metal
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...Westmorland in the mid- I 970s to form the new county of Cumbria). The confusion appears to have occurred during...on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned for his compendious...Emb'eton quany,nrCockermouth. Cumbria; Gra:nsgill. Ca'.dbeck Fells,Cumbria (kentrolite) HigherPittsmine...Fells,Cumbria; OldGunnls!ake m:ne.Calslock. Cornwall lindgrenite' BrandyGill,Caldbeck Fells,Cumbria WestTurtPitsmine
Journal (issue)
UK JOURNAL M I N OF E S -----&----- M ·1 N E R A L S ISSUE N0.9 • SPRING - SUMMER 1991...EDITORIAL COVER PHOTO: Bayldonite. Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Globular aggregates to 0...Hubbard collection. Photo: Mick Cooper. 3 CALCITE 4 The UK Joumol of Mi11es011dMinerals publishes articles...Simon Camm· Michael Merry ------- 16 ------THE VAN MINE S.J.S. Hughes -------26 ------A JOURNEY THROUGH... EDITORIAL LOOKING BACK In the course of its evolution the UK Joumol of Mints and Minerals has seen many small
Journal (issue)
| w w w. FineMineral.com Tourmaline Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil. 19.5 cm Fine Minerals International proudly...com BA R I T E 12 X 8” Parkside Mine, Frizington Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK Photo Credit: J Scovil...specular hematite. In the bed of the access road to the mine, which descends the scarp of the Neogene plateau...authors Bartorelli and Cornejo a tour of several mine workings. One of the mines is reached through a...Fanadinho Creek and the Fanado River. Adão’s open pit mine is nowadays in full operation, having received artisanal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wigan Four Foot coal seam, Westhoughton, Lancashire, UK L. I. ANDERSON*, J. A. DUNLOP†, R. M. C. EAGAR‡,...Building, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, UK †Institüt für Systematische Zoologie, Museum für...Manchester, M13 9PL, UK §24 Lower Monton Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 0NX, UK ¶Department of Earth Sciences...Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK (Received 10 September 1998; accepted 21 January...Westhoughton opencast coal pit near Wigan, Lancashire, UK (uppermost Westphalian A, Lower Modiolaris Chronozone
Journal (issue)
UK Journal of Mines and Minerals Issue1Wo7 AUTUMN 1989 EDITORIAL BOARD P.J. Briscoe M.P.Cooper M.D...YourBookshelf 18 Bwlchglas Mine 20 Alpine Quartz L. Gautron 29 Muirshiel Mine 40 The Copper Trials...fact that it is one of the few remaining parts of England still above sea level. News from the colder parts...erractics from Papua New Guinea, and two recent calcite finds from California, however, difficulties experienced...King Don the· 69th, the omnipotent intergalactic mine buff extraordinary has recently returned from a
 
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