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Wulfenite from
Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wulfenite
Formula:Pb(MoO4)
Comments:From "a small dump derived from a trial level, three-quarters of the way up Brandy Gill" (Russell, 1936).
Habit:small, thin, rounded plates flattened parallel to c(001) with a marked tendency to form rosettelike
aggregates, and also as irregular outlined scales on tapering prisms of pyromorphite or on more or less iron-stained drusy quartz.
Colour:honey-yellow
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wulfenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:11956
Long-form Identifier:1:3:11956:6
GUID (UUID V4):85db999e-897f-42b8-9b51-ff03eb35e5c7
Nearest other occurrences of Wulfenite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Arm O'Grain, Coombe Height, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) Poddy Gill, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) Iron Crag, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) Todd Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
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Book
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Catalog/List
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Report (issue)
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Catalog/List
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of the rare copper molybdate, lindgrenite, at Brandy Gill, Carrock Fell, Cumberland. By ARTKUg W. G. KIIqGSBURY...occurrence has been recently described ~ from the Helena mine in the Seven Devils mining district, Adams Co.,...of the lead molybdate, wulfenite (PbMoO~), in the higher part of Brandy Gill, at the western end of Carrock...been found is on a small dump, in the centre of the gill, about three-quarters of the way up, which was derived...trial-level driven eastward, from the east side of the gill, on a short east-west lead vein.~ There is another
 
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