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Sphalerite from
Hilton Mine, Scordale, Murton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorite11 photos of Sphalerite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Quartz6 photos of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hilton Mine, Scordale, Murton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:10305
Long-form Identifier:1:3:10305:1
GUID (UUID V4):89e7ac40-d0ca-45d4-96a3-7daa43b698cf
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
10.4km (6.5 miles) Nether Hearth Mine, Dufton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
10.4km (6.5 miles) East Cowgreen Mine, Forest and Frith, County Durham, England, UK
10.4km (6.5 miles) Greenhurth Mine, Forest and Frith, County Durham, England, UK
11.2km (7.0 miles) Metalband Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
11.3km (7.0 miles) Teeside Mine, Milburn, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
11.8km (7.3 miles) Willyhole Mine, Harwood, Forest and Frith, County Durham, England, UK
12.5km (7.8 miles) Lady's Rake Mine, Harwood, Forest and Frith, County Durham, England, UK
13.4km (8.3 miles) Calvert Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
14.2km (8.9 miles) Cashwell Mine, Eastern Cross Fell, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
15.1km (9.4 miles) Holwick Mines, Newbiggin, County Durham, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
From the North Pennines Orefield England Figure 1. The Groverake mine, located in upper Rookhopeburn,...operating commercial fluorspar mine in the North Pennines, closing in 1999. Mine waste heaps (known locally...nineteenth centuries can be seen on the hills above the mine site. Figure 2 (left). A scattering of numerous...matrix, 14 × 10 × 7 cm, recovered from the Cambokeels mine in the early 1980s. Figure 3 (right). A penetration-twinned...× 4-cm specimen was recovered from the Rogerley mine in 2013. 306 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 4. General
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountains, centered on the Weardale area of northern England, have yielded enormous amounts of both lead and...partner in UK Mining Ventures,which is operating a specimen-recoveryproject at the Rogerley mine in Weardale...Weardale, England. His most recent article for Rocks & Minerals was titled “The Rogerley Mine, Weardale,... County Durham, England” and appeared in the January/February 2000 issue. 378 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded...cost of rehabilitating and running an underground mine, coupled with everincreasing environmental concerns
Journal (issue)
Malachite on Chalcopyrite, on Dolomite from Ty Gwyn Mine Llandudno THE JOURNAL OF THE RUSSELL SOCIETY...almost every mine in Great Britain and Ireland, and went underground in every metalliferous mine in the British...King. A new find of Nickeloan Hydrozincite in Parc Mine, North Wales. 19 Richard E. Bevins, Paul O'Brien...occurrence of Nickel minerals in the Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria. 26 M.E. Smith. 33 T.F. Bridges....history of the Oxford Clay (Jurassic) of central England . Sedimentology, 25, 339·370. Pitcher, W.S., Peake
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluorite, Heights mine, North vein, near Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, England. This transparent...Fluorite, Dow Scar level, Hilton mine, near Appleby, Scordale, Cumbria, England. This well-formed twinned...under stagnant conditions, Rosiclare level, Denton mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois...name. The most abundant ore minerals in MVTs are sphalerite (Zn) and galena (Pb). Other common minerals include...partner in UK Mining Ventures, which is operating a specimen-recovery project at the Rogerley mine in Weardale
Book
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...ground; trial workings, mine dumps, mine buildings and smeltings, plus mine location maps and a wealth...bibliography concludes the work. Minerals of Northern England will rate as one of the classic works on British
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
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]
Report (issue)
� .B. The ground lying to the south of Scordale and Hilton Beck and including Roman Fell and Long Fell...THE 9 PERMIAN AND TRIASSIC • Penrith Sandstone Eden Shales ' St Bees Sandstone • 10 STRUCTURE II... Fig. 23 Section of Whin Sill at Mason Holes, Scordale Fig. 24 Comparative sections in the Penrith Sandstone...Sandstone Fig. 25 Comparative sections in the Eden Shales F(�. 26 Diagrammatic section across the Pennine...rocks is exposed in the Cross Fell Inlier; between Murton and Knock, the harder rocks in this tract form
Catalog/List
crystals to 2mm. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Black goethite... Collected 1980. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Stalactitic brown...Quartz. 50' above bottom of Boundary Shaft, Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. A group of colourless pyramidal...pyramidal quartz crystals. 90/091 Baryte. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Pale blue baryte crystals...with minor matrix. 901006A Baryte with sphalerite. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Clear transparent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralisation in the Alston Block, North Pennine Orefield (England) Jon E. Bouch & Jonathan Naden & Thomas J. Shepherd...Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth, NG12 5GG Nottingham, UK e-mail: jbouch@bgs.ac.uk T. J. Shepherd School of...Leeds, UK B. Young British Geological Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, EH9 3LA Edinburgh, UK H....Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth, NG12 5GG Nottingham, UK Present address: B. Young Department of Earth Sciences...Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK inclusion data derived from samples of stratabound
Catalog/List
growing on a mass of fluorite crystals. BLACKDENE MINE, WEARDALE, DURHAM M 4648 Tetrahedral crystals...grey micro crystals of quartz. GREENSIDE MINE, PATTERDALE, CUMBRIA M 4709 Large cubes of galena encrusted...siderite with the odd cube of fluorite BLACKDENE MINE, WEARDALE, DURHAM M 4710 Beautiful association... black sphalerite, pale brown siderite and blue-grey micro-crystals of quartz. BEAUMONT MINE, ALLENHEADS...crystals on iron lattice-work. FLORENCE MINE, EGREMONT, CUMBRIA M 5416 Large cubes of shiny galena sitting
Journal (issue)
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...Tim Neall Mud-filled fluorite vugs in Greenlaws mine, Weardale, Co. Durham Stephen Moreton Gearksutite...mineralization at Silver Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, Trevor F Bridges, M ichael P. Cooper...fuloppite from Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, Tim Neall and A ndy G. Tindle
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...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland
Journal (issue)
chose Eclusham Mountain Wedding Cave Mine at Bwlchgwyng, Bryngwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain, and Great Orme...At Eclusham Mountain excellent ruby red micro sphalerite with quartz and galena can still be found on...Llangollen (OS GR SJ 255.503). At nearby Wedding Cave Mine (OS GR SJ 265.541) there is galena mineralisation...Minerals from Minera/Bwlcligwyn MINERA Common Sphalerite, quartz, calcite, cerrusite Less Common Hemimorphite...Brochantite, sulphur, susannite, caledonite, sphalerite, pyromorphite (Ca) Carbonate-cyanotrichite, pyromorphite
Book
Cover illustrations Front cover-Sphalerite and siderite, Force Crag Mine, Braithwaite (MNS 4491) Back cover-'Daisy'...Birks Head Mine, Long Marton (MNS 4487) (top left) Mimetite, variety campylite, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck...Carrock Fell Mine, Mosedale (MNS 4488) (bottom left) Hematite, variety kidney ore, Nab Gill Mine, Boot (MNS...west Cumbrian coal and iron ore fields, the Vale of Eden and the Carlisle plain (Figure I). It is defined...ore bodies of west and south Cumbria and the evaporitesof the Vale of Eden. A detailed review of metallogenesis
Journal (issue)
RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...Cuprite, variety chalcutrichite, from Fowey Consols mine (Lanescot section). Tywardreath. Cornwall. Field...Gunheath china clay pit, St Austell, Cornwall, England 3 15 N.l. Elton Sector phosphorescent gypsum...(selenite) crystals from Mepal Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England B.A. Grguric 19 The silver and cobalt mineralisation... 23 Hannotome from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England D.l. Green and l.R. Nudds 31 NOTES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
March/April: Fluorite, Dow Scar vein, Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England; Jesse Fisher specimen and photo... quartz, and albite, Kestral Pocket, Smoky Hawk mine, Teller County, Colorado; Martin Zinn specimen,...September/October: Gold and quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California; Scott Rudolph specimen...Brazil, spessartine, 42–45 Brochantite, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico, R. B. Cook, 48–53 Buchholz... 367; Virginia, 354 California, Colorado Quartz mine, 396–412 Carlson, E. H., Mineralogy and Paragenesis
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
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...British occurrence of kottigite, from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges and David I Green...at Driggith and Sandbed Mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I Green, Michael S. Rumsey, Trevor F. Bridges...review of the mineralogy of Brae Fell Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, David I Green and
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...waste rock and gangue discarded during mining - the mine pagel The Lindsay Gree11ba11k Collection curators...the supplies of mineral specimens from Northern England were limitless. Hundreds of thousands of specimens
Journal (issue)
ROCKBOTTOM UK JOURNAL OF MINES & MINERALS ISSUE No. 1 ROCKBOTTOM A U.K. JOURNAL FOR MINING AND MINERAL...•~_S_,.Sp~ef:· EDITORIAL .P.UBLiCATION • RED GILL MINE ?.Briscoe 2 LLANRWST MINES E.Otty 5 TUCSON...-r:e1,.:.0302 1io244;-~ . • •• • 1.1 fALLOWFIELD MINE P.3riscoe DIARY OE' EVENTS ·•. 12 15 E'OR...2S HOOVER AND DE RE METALLICA C:.Otty 30 HILTON MINE A.Winrow J!. HEIGHTS AND THE GREEN HOLE ...Rockbottom Issue 2,are you? 1 Red Gill Red Gill Mine has secondary minerals long been famous occur,and
Book (edition)
Stainmore The northern one-third of the Backbone of England, that ridge of hilly country known since last century...a cavity in the Great Limestone flats, Boltsburn Mine. Collected by Sir Arthur Russell and now in the...sheets 19 and 25, and parts of 13, 24, 26, 31, 32 (England and Wales) LONDON: HMSO 1990 . I\. © C,rown...sheets 19 and 25 and parts of 13, 24, 26, 31, 32 (England and Wales). Author Sir Kingsle_y Dunham, DSc, SD...LTKf<>rHl\IS() I )cl 2~)1124 (~I() 12/~)(.) England ( 4th edition) V CONTENTS 1 7 Chapter 1 Introduction
Catalog/List
ARSENIOSIDERITE orange brown crusts on Hidalgoite (Gold Hill Mine Tooele County Utah USA) lxl f2.5O lx2 f5.OO 2x2...purple-brown crystalline masses (Colebrook Hill Mine,Roseberry, Tasmania) lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 2x2 f6.OO...BOKITE black to dark brown masses (Monumnt No 2 Mine Apache County 1/2 x 1/2 f3.5O lxl f5 C266 DEFERNITE...C269 CHABAZITE good covering location. (Ramsley Mine lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 of glassy micros Devon) 2x2 f6... C273 COLORADOITE Mine, Cripple C274 DIAMOND good yellow cubic (Wishasha Mine Zaire) f6 C275 DIOPTASE
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...l-txlxl". £4.50. 7. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Specimen A - A ltxl" cavity...Limonit ic Gossan. 2xlxl". £1.50. 8. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Gllway, Eire. Bright blue well formed crystals
Book
Smallcleugh Level, Nenthead, Beamish The North of England Open Air Museum. Page.12 Fossilised tropical sea...Survey; p.26 Miners in Greenside Mine, Beamish The North of England Open Air Museum; p.28 Scraithole...28 Fluorite, Boltsburn Mine © The Natural History Museum, London; p.29 Sphalerite and Barytocalcite, courtesy...of England Lead Mining Museum; p.30 Miners in Rotherhope Fell Mine, Beamish The North of England Open...Lesley Hehir; p.55 Smelters, Beamish The North of England Open Air Museum; p.55 Assay house, Lesley Hehir;
 
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