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Arsenopyrite from
Tilberthwaite Mine, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tilberthwaite Mine, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:14666
Long-form Identifier:1:3:14666:7
GUID (UUID V4):4ff34f8d-7d76-447a-a7bb-b96405cd384e
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Hellens Mine, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) Tilberthwaite Gill, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) Birk Fell Mine, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) Greenburn Mine, Greenburn Valley, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
2.6km (1.6 miles) Bonser Mine, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
2.6km (1.6 miles) Paddy End Mine, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
2.8km (1.7 miles) Coniston Copper Mines, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
3.4km (2.1 miles) Seathwaite Mine, Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
13.2km (8.2 miles) Wad Mine (Plumbago Mine; Graphite Mine; Black Lead Mine), Seathwaite, Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
14.0km (8.7 miles) Ulpha Copper Mine, Ulpha, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
DYKE CARBONIFEROUS ORDOVICIAN - Westphalian - Coniston Limestone Group - Namurian - Borrovvdale Volcanic...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...area of remarkably varied geology. The central Lakeland fells comprise a thick sequence of Ordovician
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dominated by copper sulphides with abundant arsenopyrite, pyrite and accessory galena and sphalerite...microstructural evidence from examples of this suite at Coniston, Wasdale, Honister, Newlands and Borrowdale shows...intracrystalline deformation in quartz, cataclasis of arsenopyrite and pyrite, fracturing and/or buckling of bladed...This paper considers the chalcopyrite–pyrite– arsenopyrite suite of Stanley & Vaughan (1982a). These veins...djurleite and bornite are found locally. Pyrite and arsenopyrite are usually abundant, accompanied at some localities
Book
Coniston Copper Mines A FIELD GUIDE ERIC G. HOLLAND ABOUT THE AUTHOR Eric Holland's interest in matters...became managerial a i Lant on a large open-cast tin mine and on forages into the surrounding jungle he discovered...Holland has been Editorial Assistant with the journal Mine and Quarry Engineering; has been a quarry manager...a waggon of iron ore from the last mine to operate - Margaret Mine. His 'Underground in Furness' series...Together with like minded colleagues he formed the Cumbria Amenity Trust, a mining historical society carrying
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3 - 7 Mineralization at Seathwaite Tarn, near Coniston, English Lake District: The first occurrence of...specimens from the abandoned copper mine at Seathwaite Tarn, Cumbria, were studied in polished section...common origin with the neighbouring deposit at Coniston is proposed. Wittichenite was identified in the...mineralization in the Lake District is best seen at Coniston, the centre of mining activity in this area in...the head of Seathwaite Tarn to the north west of Coniston have received little attention. Four quartz veins
Report (issue)
History Museum Earth Galleries, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DE w 071-589 4090 w 071-938...Publishing Cen­ tre, Sheffield Printed and bound in England for the British Geological Survey by Linney's Colour...ore fields of west and south Cumbria. The presence of mineralisation and mine spoil is thus a strong...and F in stream sediments and waters. Apart from mine spoil, contamination is generally not an important...commonly around the industrial centres of west Cumbria. However, industrial contamination is often restricted
Journal (volume)
4 Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society THE MINE EXPLORER Volume IV 1994 THE MINE EXPLORER...Journal of Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society Volume IV 1994 ISSN 0266-5700 The Mine Explorer...Explorer Published by Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society c/o The Secretary 411 West Shore Park...Park Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LAI 4 3YS Typeset in 9pt Palatino & 9pt Helvetica by CATMHS Printed by Lamberts...North Yorkshire BD24 9AA 0729 822177 Copyright © Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society 1994. All
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
4 3 - 5 0 Mineralization in the Bonser vein, Coniston, English Lake District: mineral assemblages, paragenesis...British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD AND D. J. VAUGHAN Department...bismuth, bismuthinite, laltakarite, joseite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, and cosalite...cosalite. The phases pyrrhotine, sphalerite, arsenopyrite, laitakarite, joseite, and cosalite were analysed...magnetite as the earliest opaque phase, followed by arsenopyrite, pyrrhotine, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite
Book
DAVIS Geology of Lakeland FRA S86 (62 c~ 7. 5 R.V : 10/88 gy o Lakeland 2.46 DAVIS MB Geolo...org/details/geologyoflakelanO0O00davi Geology of Lakeland R.V. Davis Dalesman Books 1988 4600Ma OF ...APPROXIMATE AGE THE SOLAR SYSTEM lox Fig. 1. Lakeland rocks and the age of the Earth. The Dalesman...Yorkshire, BD21 1PZ. The Geology of Lakeland BEFORE investigating Lakeland rocks, minerals, fossils, and structures...concepts which will help when interpreting the Lakeland landscape. Imagine a continuum which stretches
Book (edition)
ARNSIDE AND SILVERDALE AROUND ULLSWATER CENTRAL LAKELAND CUMBRIAN COAST RAILWAYS FOLK LORE OF THE LAKE...AND NORTHERN LAKELAND LAKELAND COOKERY LAKELAND GEOLOGY LAKELAND THROUGH THE YEAR LAKELAND WALLS LEGENDS...: yet Scafell PrKe. FI Blea Tam S : a Coniston. Ey g &y y, “ A simplified A5 CG Sf yi...Miners Methods Used Lakeland Dressing The Caldbeck Helvellyn Keswick Coniston Terms in the Mines... H. Oglethorpe, 107 and photograph Sandbeds Mine, of Glenridding; 113 were taken by Eric Caldbeck
Book (edition)
Counties 8O0p. Uniform with this volume: LAKELAND LAKELAND GEOLOGY LANDSCAPE Of related interest: ...Methods Used in the Mines .. ae Bie 39 a io Lakeland Dressing mis as ae As oe 34 ae ve Plants...ne ee oe ne Teles Mining Field .. Mining Coniston Notes Author's Index Field ne x Keswick ...collection Cover photograph by Eric Holland Sandbeds Mine, Caldbeck. a shows the last shift at . $ zy...earlier times. Some very ancient workings at the Coniston Copper mines are thought to date back at least
Book
that non-specialists can gain an understanding of Lakeland geology. The book covers the complete range of...' Frontispiece Landsat imagery of north-west England taken from a height of 900 km. Photograph: National...Geological Society 1978 ISBN 0 9501656 2 X PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY W. S. MANEY AND SON LIMITED LEEDS CONTENTS...Geology 15 Epigenetic Mineralization 16 Offshore Cumbria 17 Hydrogeology C. K. Patrick 18 Environmental...Sunday Crag 10 Coniston Grit— Bannisdale Slate transiton beds, Shap 11 (a) Coniston Limestone, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD AND DAVID J. VAUGHAN...quartz, baryte, calcite, chalcedony, pyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, sphalerire, bournonite, argentian tetrahedrite...appears to have been early pyrite and minor arsenopyrite associated with quartz; with later baryte, calcite...veinscomposed dominantly of chalcopyrite,pyrite, and arsenopyrite. The inclusions make a major contribution to...working at the present time, Ports Ghyll baryte mine being the last to close in 1965 (Shaw, 1970). There
Book
pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages...permission of The Trustees of The Ruskin Museum, Coniston: page 103 R. F. Symes: pages 28, 87, 98, 156 B...Northern Pennine Orefield ........ The West and South Cumbrian Iron Orefields ..........................Cumbrian Iron Orefield ......................... The South Cumbrian Iron Orefield ........................................... 201 72 Foreword ORTHERN England, an area of great natural beauty, is additionally
Report (edition)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY British Regional Geology Northern England FIFTH EDITION P Stone D lv\illw ard B Young J...DJ D. 2010. British Regional Geology: Northern England (Fifth edition) (Key,vorth, Nottingham: British...reserved Front cover Lindisforne Castle, in the south of Holy island, Northumberland, stands on one of...Group succession 73 Tranearth Group succession 73 Coniston Group succession 77 Kendal Group succession 79...189 Lake D istri et l 89 Haematite deposits of Cumbria 196 Isle of Nian 199 N orthern Pennine Orefield
Book
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Foreword by Chris Bonington Lakeland Rocks and Landscape A Field Guide The Cumberland...interested in all aspects of geology in the County of Cumbria and surrounding areas. Members receive regular...advise the address of the current Secretary. LAKELAND ROCKS AND LANDSCAPE A FIELD GUIDE THE CUMBERLAND... Published by Ellenbank Press Park Hill South Camp Road Maryport Cumbria CA15 6JN First published as The Lake...Furness David Kelly 34 The Windermere Group south of Torver David Kelly 41 The Eskdale Granite Brian
Journal (issue)
Bassett. Part 1 - Carrock ·Fell Mine - led by Mr T Shipp. Part 2 Coniston Limestone and Borrowdale Volcanics...southern England, the sands of the Kent and Sussex Weald, Jurassic limestones of Central England and the...sandstones of South Wales and Devon as well as the older Carboniferous limestone strata of South Wales amd...drilling posit.ions. Most of the main aquifers in the UK have been known for over a century. It has been estimated...of water extracted from the chalk in Southern England exceeds rainfall, thus the groundwater level is
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
Book
N_Jf'ORTEY Memoir for 1:50 000 Geological Sheet 38 (England and Wales) (;C)NTRIBlJTIN(; ,\UTf1C)RS S'tratigraphy...GeoloUK fo1· Tl1e Statio11e1-yOffice J:J000848 C6 3/00 ...\i11blcside<>f. the 1:50 000 scale geological map of~ England and v\lales, available as separate solid and solid...Microgranite side :n C Skiddaw m i.::. • t• z • Coniston '.lJ $ • ...Chalcopyrite-pyrite-arsenopyrite 187 Wasdale and Eskdale 190 Ulpl1a area 191 Coniston and Levers Wate1,
Book (chapter)
Survey Chapter 4 Lake District and northern England Introduction INTRODUCTION D. Miliward In Ordovician...Ordovician times the Lake District and northern England formed part of the microcontinent of Eastern Avalonia...were emplaced in the Lake District and northern England subsequent to the closure of the Iapetus. The volcanoes...Figure 4.1 Lower Palaeozoic inliers of northern England and locations of the major, buried batholiths....Threlkeld; D Dufton. 137 Lake District and northern England 90 NX00NY 10 20 :::............ 30::::::::
Book (edition)
from coming into contact with a number of other mine enthusiasts whose knowledge and friendliness has...tends only to deal with a specific aspect o f a mine, so when a l l the pieces arc put together the result... a warning. I shall have something to say about mine exploration later, but for the time being please...value. The early history o f Borrowdalc Graphite Mine is taken from the article b y George C. Boon in...Much o f the more recent information on Greenside Mine came from an essay by Arnold Lewis, which is kept
Book
554. kearning an |Accession no The Geology of England and Wales Books are to be returned on or before...Pankhurst (UK) Society Books Editors John Gregory (UK) Jim Griffiths (UK) John Howe (UK) Phil Leat (UK) Nick...Nick Robins (UK) Jonathan Turner (UK) Society Books Advisors Mike Brown (USA) Eric Buffetaut (France) Reto...Reto Gieré (Germany) Jon Gluyas (UK) Doug Stead (Canada) Randell Stephenson (Netherlands) Geological...BRENCHLEY, Woopcock, England London, P.J. & Rawson, P.F. (eds) 2006. The Geology of England and Wales. The
 
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