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Smithsonite from
Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Classification
Species:Smithsonite
Formula:ZnCO3
Comments:Cooper & Stanley (1990): "From 'the level at 1500ft' [450m] (Hartley, 1984). Young (1987) lists smithsonite with rosasite on a BM(NH) specimen from the same site."
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smithsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:10213
Long-form Identifier:1:3:10213:1
GUID (UUID V4):0d0f3668-8d2a-4ae5-bb38-f0197c37b34d
Nearest other occurrences of Smithsonite
0.4km (0.3 miles) Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.1km (1.9 miles) Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.1km (2.0 miles) Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.5km (2.2 miles) Old Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
6.0km (3.7 miles) Bannerdale Graphite Mine, Bannerdale, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
19.5km (12.1 miles) Wythburn Mine (Wheal Henry; Helvellyn Mine), St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
44.4km (27.6 miles) Bayle Hill Mine, Alston, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
44.5km (27.7 miles) Farnberry Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
44.5km (27.7 miles) Holyfield Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
44.8km (27.8 miles) Nattrass Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -2- AUTHORS UK Journal of Mines
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Ovington, UK NJ Elton, St Austell, U.K. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, U.K. RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King...Media, (A division of St. Ives Group), Leeds, England. Published by The Russell Society. Registered Charity...the supergene mineralization at Silver Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, Trevor F Bridges...composition of fuloppite from Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, Tim Neall and A ndy...supergene mineralogy of Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria Trevor F Bridges and David I. Green Kegelite, a
Book
MINERALS ENGLISH OF LAKE CALDBECK M P COOPER AND «...Minerals of the English Lake District Caldbeck Fells Cumbria. Caldbeck. Mineral deposts 1. Title 11. Stanley...composed largely of debris washed down fromthe Roughton Gill mine dumps under Iron Crag C O N T E ...T R O D The mines and mineral veins of the Caldbeck Fells have produced some of the finest mineral...world over. Among British mineral collectors, Caldbeck is one of the most popular collecting areas in
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Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury, U.K. I.R Plimer... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...characteristic trigonal sym metry, from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, described by Bridges et al. in this...botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection; David Green photograph
Journal (volume)
plumbogummite with yellow pyromorphite. Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. R.J. King Collection (ex. Harwood...lined with green malachite. Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Norman Thomson Collection. David...mineralisation of the Roughton Gill mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: Part 3 Roughton Gill Mine Trevor F. Bridges...Danburite from Meldon Quarry, Okehampton and other UK localities Michael S. Rumsey, George Ryback and Richard...Francis Ince 44-62 A report on Hay Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, Michael S. Rumsey
Journal (volume)
Ives Leeds (A division of St. Ives Group), Leeds, England. Published by The Russell Society. Registered Charity...mimetite crystals to 4mm from Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, collected in the 1970s by Jim Knight...occurrence of kottigite, from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges and David I Green PAPERS A review...mineralisation at Driggith and Sandbed Mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I Green, Michael S. Rumsey, Trevor...review of the mineralogy of Brae Fell Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, David I Green and Michael
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu6(OH)10(SO4)ÍH2O, a new mineral from Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England: description and crystal structure...The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK 2 ABS TR ACT Redgillite, Cu (OH) (SO )´H O, space...3.155(3) AÊ, b 10.441(8) AÊ, c 19.436(16) AÊ, England. The strongest six lines of the X-ray powder-diffraction...connellite and brochantite. The name is for the Red Gill mine, from which the mineral is best known. The...AÊ , Z = 2, is a new mineral from Silver Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, Ê K EY WORDS : redgillite, new
Journal (volume)
non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...and Chris Finch 59 76 The Smale Gill trials, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, C. Mike Leppington... 77 92 Smithsonite replacements of rugose corals from the Middle Fell area Alston, Cumbria Brian Young...Scottish ‘species’. The mines of the Caldbeck Fells in Cumbria are best known for their colourful suites...description of the minerals of the little known Smale Gill trials. Rounding off, Brian Young and Andy Hopkirk
Journal (volume)
deposition in a cavity in Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges and Roy Starkey 17–24 the history...mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which trevor carved a niche for himself...nickel minerals in the Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria. Journal of the Russell Society, 1:1, 33–39. bridges...of annabergite in Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. Journal of the Russell Society, 1:2, 18. bridges...and namuwite from Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. Journal of the Russell Society, 3, 23–24. bridges
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J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...Pyromorphite group minerals from the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England .................................................................... 123 by B. M. England Locality species lists ..........................Canaphite, Hutchinsonite $7 v. 17/#1 Silver Issue! Kongsberg, Michigan, Silver Islet, Batopilas, Germany (scuffed)... Australia, Calif., Breckenridge, Hopes Nose (England), etc. $12 Postage $1 per co p y O rder 10 copies
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PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...Element Atomicno. Symbol Element Atomicno. Ag Silver 47 Na Sodium 11 Al Aluminium 13 Nb Niobium...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...Severallocalities intheLakeDistrict Carrockmine.Grainsgill, Caldbeck Fells,Cumb:ia (jask61skiile)' WheatCock,SIJust
Catalog/List
is:5 Ferney Green Drive, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3HS Please write to Max stating the names...Staffs. Scordale,Cumbria Dyfed.Wales Derbyshire Dyfed.Wales Leadhills,Scotl. Caldbeck,Cumbria Derbyshire Moorshaft...Moorshaft Lode Scordale,Cumbria Ecton.Staffs. Derbyshire Dyfed.Wales Trefelrig,Wales SlOay,Comwall Derbyshire...Ecton.Staffs. Breage,Comwall Dorset Caldbeck,Cumbria Caldbeck,Cumbria Porthleven,Comw. Comwall Strathclyde...CHILDRENITE 72 OESCLOIZITE 73 WITHAMITE 74 LEPIDOLITE 75 SILVER 76 CUPRITE 77 KYANITE 78 RIJTlLE 79 GREENOCKITE
Journal (issue)
UK C TS 2 EDITORIAL COVER.Smalt-blueplumbogummite with minor pyromorphite on vein quartzfrom RoughtonGill...N0952-2409 BOOK REVIEWS 68 PRINTEDBY ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 33 -1- EDITORIAL...the journal by subscription. We have examined the UK subscription rates and these will remain at £16 for...website, we are still very happy to accept cheques from UK subscribers, these should be payable to UKJMM and...the northern Pennine Orefield that would grace any UK collection. Ief Frontispiece. Thisbeautiful engraving
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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
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UK TS 2 EDITORIAL 2 BUXTON COVER:A superbgreenfluoritetwin25 mmon edge from the Heights Mine, Westgate...Piddcollection. MUSEUM Ros Westwood 6 MINERAL NEWS 11 The UK ]011mal ef Mines a11dMinerals publishes articles...appropriate channels. FROM SANDBED MINE FROM ROUGHTON GILL MINE Andrew Tindle • Trevor Bridges • David...UKJounul of Mines & Mincr:ils No '7 -l- EDITORIAL he UK]oumal efMi11es& Mi11eralsis now in its twenty second...which at least eight have makers or retailers marks. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 27 -2- Frontispiece
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Changes 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 News Items Update on UK Mining Projects ...................................a loss; especially to members in the north of England. On a more up-beat theme, there is positive news...to several of the potential mining ventures in the UK both in terms of increased estimates of available...in the future. It seems entirely possible that the UK may once again have a metalliferous mining industry...Micromount Society 101h anniversary edition of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals in 1991 , and was a
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(top left) Mimetite, variety campylite, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells (MNS 4492) (top right) Quartz, variety...(bottom left) Hematite, variety kidney ore, Nab Gill Mine, Boot (MNS 4490) (bottom right) ISBN O 85272...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....only economic tungsten deposits outside of the SW England province, though mining at Carrock Fell Mine is
Journal (issue)
Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _ ... Specimen: 135 x 88 x 40mm...ticle In this Issue). Photo by Mick Cooper. The UK Journal ofM;nes a'1d Mi,,erals publishes articles...BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & '.\·lincrals No. 11 -1- EDITORIAL...such an extent that we lose touch with the local UK scene, but the variations in the mineralogical scene...indecent; just your average bunch of collectors in fact. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -2- GODDESS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
interest, including malachite, azurite, cuprite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, and rosasite. A...crystals associated with cerussite, hemimorphite, smithsonite, rosasite, and barite. Sherman Mountain–area...in the Central City district, Gilpin County. The Silver Crown district in Laramie County is Wyoming’s only...aurichalcite associated with smithsonite and malachite, and the Smithsonite, Yellow Pine, and other mines...Exceptional aurichalcite specimens associated with smithsonite, hydrozincite, hemimorphite, and other minerals
Journal (issue)
Ireland.Robert Lawsoncollection. EDITORIAL 9 The UK J,111mal(lf Mines and Minerals publishes articles...sop, Notts. S80 2EE 55 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 30 -1- EDITORIAL...indebtedfor savingthemfromthe crusherand oblivion. UK Joun1Jl of Min,:, & M1m·r.1lsNo. JO • -:\- OBITUARY... OBITUARY MAxWIRTH ( 1919-2008) in Wallasey, England on 23rd September 1919 but gre,v up in Switzerland,...Border and a home in Dollar. not far from the Alva silver mines. Max co-authored about twenty Briti h patents
Catalog/List
pale brown crystalline mass Carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fells Cumbria £15 4x2.5 39 STILPNOMELANE , pictured...over 8x4cm surface. Smallcleugh Mine. Nenthead Cumbria £25 50 PYROPHANITE orange-brown platy area about...blue micro crystals on quartz Silver Gill Mine Caldbeck fells Cumbria £3 twins, 2x1 cm ___________________...Wheal Penrose, near Porthleven Cornwall £5 102 SMITHSONITE pale brown botryoidal on matrix , also more on...on all sides except the top 6x4x2cm Threlkeld Cumbria £3 114 GRANITE Lithium Granite pale feldspar with
Journal (issue)
COVER: Calcite crystals, Bigrigg Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, U.K. (National Museum of Wales Specimen, NMW 83...and Barytocalcite from Holwell, Mendip Hills, England C Alabaster Identification of Minerals Using X-Ray...and Namuwite from Smal\cleugh Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria A. Livingstone, T.F. Bridges and R.E. Bevins 23...23 Supergene Minerals from Low Pike, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria B. Young, M.P. Cooper, P.H.A. Nancarrow...Nancarrow and D.I. Green 25 Hausmannite from West Cumbria B. Young and P.H.A. Nancarrow 29 NOTE Bertrandite
Journal (issue)
UK j min~/1minerals C I 11 lNTS 200~ I 2 EDITORlAL: SPEClALISATION COVER:A fluoritecube 15...Egremont, Cumbria. 4 SOWERBY SCORODITE Nick Carruth • Ron Cleevcly • David Green 7 The UK ]011mal of...information and a full review in the next UKJMM. UK Journal vf Mines & Minerals No. 28 -2- Frontispiece...Billingham andis reproduced withtheirpermission. UK Journal of Mine~ & Mincr.,b No. 28 -4- Although...its Discovery and Occurrences in the British Isles. UK jo11rnal of Mines & Minerals,28, 11-30. RUSSELL,
Journal (issue)
Reopens .......................................... UK On-Shore Oil; The Gatwick Gusher ..................north of England having joined the society in the early 1980s as the ‘authority’ on the Caldbeck Fells....Starkey. Norman was born in 1924 in Carlisle, Cumbria and passed away at the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle...mineralogy, making his first collecting trip to Roughton Gill in 1939. At that time, the dumps were covered...Collectors were thinly spread in the North of England in the years after the war, but Norman was fortunate
Journal (issue)
.................... Mineral Identification Caldbeck Commons review meeting Roy Starkey 15 .........Caldbecks have continued with a recent meeting of the Caldbeck Commons- Minerals Working Group being held on...were people from BGS (2), English Nature (2) and Cumbria RIGS (1). No official record of the areas covered...Smith South East Branch:Anthony Brook; John and Gill Burgess; and Steven Mulley South West Branch:Christopher...particularly from Cornwall and Devon, but also from Cumbria which he visited on numerous occasions. The collection
 
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