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Barytocalcite from
Blagill Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Barytocalcite
Formula:BaCa(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Alstonite3 photos of Barytocalcite associated with Alstonite at this locality.
Calcite3 photos of Barytocalcite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Pyrite3 photos of Barytocalcite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Witherite1 photo of Barytocalcite associated with Witherite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Barytocalcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blagill Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (22 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1516
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1516:5
GUID (UUID V4):345b992a-8c93-44e6-9c99-b9c81faa0881
Nearest other occurrences of Barytocalcite
2.9km (1.8 miles) Ayle Burn Vein, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
3.2km (2.0 miles) Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
3.3km (2.1 miles) Mohopehead Mine, Carrshield, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
3.6km (2.3 miles) Heartycleugh Mine, Carrshield, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
4.3km (2.7 miles) Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
4.3km (2.7 miles) Wellhopehead Mine, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
5.4km (3.4 miles) Keirsleywell Row Veins, Ninebanks, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
5.5km (3.4 miles) Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
6.2km (3.8 miles) Scraithole Mine, Carrshield, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
6.3km (3.9 miles) Barneycraig Mine, Coalcleugh, West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages...Orefield The Alston Block ...................... The Pennine Escarpment ........... Alston Moor ...........Wensleydale ...................... Wharfedale, Grassington Moor and Greenhow .................... The West Cumbrian................... 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
23 December 2014 Fallowfield, Northumberland, England A lthough a relatively abundant and widely distributed...fine witherite from Fallowfield, Northumberland, England, is featured as this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice...exhibits epitactic relationships with barite and barytocalcite. Pseudomorphs of barite after witherite are...crystal on matrix from Fallowfield, Northumberland, England. This exceptional specimen once resided in both...witherite crystals on matrix from the Treloar mine, Nentsbury, England. The 6-cm-wide specimen is in the Bill
Catalog/List
Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Cumbria, pinkish grey xls. 50x30x20mm. £9. 6. BARYTOCALCITE. Blagill Mine, Alston...Alston Moor, Cumberland. Many shallow cavities in matrix showing sharp colourless barytocalcite xls to...BAYLDONITE AND BEUDANTITE. Brandy Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Quartz matrix showing apple green areas of bayldonite...80x80x40mm. £375. 11. CALCITE. Carrock Mine, Carrock Fells, Cumbria. a quartz/calcite veinstone showing...80x70x15mm. £18. 12. CALCITE. Cambokeels Mine, Weardale, Cumbria. A sharp lustrous hexagonal xl, 40x30mm
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
Book (edition)
coal 220 to 260 Alston Gro·up Girvane1la Band Asbian (P- P 1a) (D 1)- Lower Alston Massive limestone...Stainmore The northern one-third of the Backbone of England, that ridge of hilly country known since last century...Stainmore between the two halves. The northern half or Alston Block is host to a great majority of the deposits...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
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 PAPERS...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
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)
minerals, barytes, witherite, alstonite, and barytocalcite, in the collection show that rather more than...especial interest, namely those in the north of England and in Derbyshire. Barium minerals have been known...basic igneous rocks. The rocks of the north of England belong to the Carboniferous System, and into these...the reverse of the conditions in the north of England. The reason for this definite arrangement in the...area. In a synelinal area, as in the north of England, the b a r y t e s would then surround the fluorite;
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]
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No. Gunnislake 832381 (STD 0822) V.A.T.No...matrix. 17Xli-x1 ", £1. SOp 4~ ANHVDRITE. Bancroft Mine, Zambia. Select pure light lavender coloured rhombic...Malachite. 2~x1b<1t", £.11.00 9. BARVTES. Char Kounhi Mine, Iran. Lustrous creamy coloured tabular crystals...r~inium. 4x2b<2", £6.5Op 10. BARVTES. Silverband Mine, Great Dun Fell, Westmoreland. A select sharp mostly... 2x1", £2.50p ( 11. BARVTOCALCITE. Blagill Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Specimen A: A 2x1t" cavity
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chemical Industries Ltd., to visit the anhydrite mine at Billingham. During the excursion the opportunity...the first day was the Rotherhope Fell lead mine, near Alston, Cumberland. The route followed took the party...rises, and passing through Nenthead and Alston, Rotherhope Fell mine, situated on the Black Burn, a tributary...tributary of the South Tyne, was reached. At the mine, which is owned by the Vieille Montagne Zinc Co. Ltd...party was conducted Flo. 1. Rotherhope Fell lead mine. (Photo. by Dr. G. F. Claringbull.) round the workings
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 (edition)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALF�S GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PENNINE OREFIELD...inserted on the six-inch maps, and all available mine-sections were reduced to the common scale of 200...made by him. The willing co-operation of all the mine-owners and operators and their staffs made possible...Co., the Owners of Settlingstones Mine Ltd., Holmside ·& South Moor Colliery Co. Ltd., and the New Brancepeth..... ... . .. Grain of the Foundation Rocks; The Alston Block; The Teesdale Dome; Burtreeford Disturbance;
Journal (issue)
Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist...Zaragoza, Spain Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Thomas P. Moore Niantic, CT Joe Polityka Staten...ecord Articles Rare sulfosalts from the Van Silver mine, British C olum bia...............................mineral localities: The Brownley Hill mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England....................................COVER: ATACAMITE in GYPSUM, 6.8 cm, from the Lily mine, lea, Peru. Irv Brown collection; Jeff Scovil photo
Journal (volume)
COVER: Barytocalcite crystals, from the upper flat, Admirality Concession Flat, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nenthead...Nenthead, Cumbria. Specimen width 60 mm. Trevor Bridges specimen and photograph. BACK COVER: Professor...24–30 NOTE Kinoshitalite from Bennalt Manganese Mine, Rhiw, Pen Llŷn, Gwynedd, Wales: a first British...John S. Mason 32–35 The mineralogy of Pim Hill Mine, Shropshire, with a study of mottramites Richard...Admiralty Consession Flat, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, Frank Bouweraerts and
Journal (issue)
was the Hartside Cafe with dramatic views of Cumbria all the way to the Caldbeck fells. We drove back...headed off across the fields to visit some baryte mine workings. Peter entered the old workings, but found...and made for our next destination, some extensive mine workings at Garrigill. There David, Tony and Peter...was out and I took some wonderful photos of the mine workings and the nearby river, so my afternoon wasn't...day's itinerary. The plan was to go to Brownley Hill mine in the morning to follow up on a tip-off on a shortcut
Report (volume)
XXV.-LEAD AND ZINC ORES OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND ALSTON MOOR. BY STANLEY SMITH, }I.A., D.Sc., WITH CONTRIBUTIONS...mi11ing regions of Britain, including most of Alston Moor. Descriptions are given of many valuable fielde...Thornbrough Mine, p. 19. }"allowfield Mine, p. 21. Birkey Burn, p, 25. Grottington or Pont Head Mine, p. 25...Greyside Mines, p. 26. Settling.s tones Mine, p. 29. Langley Barony Mine, p. 31. Snialle1· Mines and Trials...J\line, p. 34. Whinnetlcy Mine, p. 34. '\"{a-terhouse Mine, p . . 34. Morraleo .Mine, p. 35). THE DERWENT
Journal (issue)
logy. Contribution; co ncerning the topographical mine 7alogy of the British Isles are particularly welcome...with calcite, galena and pyrite. Glengowla East mine, Oughterard, Co . Galway, Eire. Sir Arthur Russell...vivianite PG. Embrey 77 Native silver from Hilderston mine , West Lothian. Scotland T.K. Meikle 83 Mineralogy...Alderley Edge - Mottram St Andrew area, Cheshire, England R . S. W. Braith waite 91 Fluorite at Hampstead...occurrence of arsenate minerals at Gwaith-yr-Afon mine, Dyfed , Wales S.A . Rust and J.s. Mason 109 NOTES
Catalog/List
Tregeseal, ht. JU8t Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. V .T. No.132-7852-61 ffiDERING INFOhMA.TIO Mail...Chloritised rock. 2xlixl". £3.25. ANGLESITE. Redgill Mine, ~aldbeck, Cumberland. Translucent ~( transparent...Carbonotite matrix. lxt". £1.65. BARYT~S. Force Crag MinE, NI'. Keswi~k, ~umberland. Lustrous, crEamy white...75; Specimen B - 2x2". £1.25. B' YTES. ilverband Mine, Dun fEll, WEstmoreland. SpE imEn A An intergrown...crystal. 2txl:t". £2.25. BARYTO~ALCITE. Blagill MinE, NI'. Alston, CumbErland. Choi~e, transparent, sharp
Catalog/List
Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Pen=ance, Cornwall, England. TEL 0.: st. Just 880 (STD 073 677) V.A.T. No...attractivli r or display. 11. BARYTES. Hilton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. Lustrous, transparent to...matrix. 3x3x2". £6.50. 12. BARYTES. Ale & Cakes Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. unusual, lustrous, translucent...veinstuff. 2tx2xl". £6.50. 13. BARYTOCALCITE. Blagill Mine, Nr. Alston, Cumberland. Choice, transparent...thickly lining cavities in brecciated Limestone/Barytocalcite matrix. 2-b<2¥lt". £5.50. 14. green BAYLDONITE
Catalog/List
Giller) 2 6 Nursery Road, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 tAL, UK. Tele/Fax: +44 (0) 1299 403916 E-Mail: saragiller@crystalvine...than A. £5. 3. ALSTONITE, Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. 4x3.5x3.2cm. Ex D. Hoyle coll. A white...xtls. A fine example. £6. 7. ANATASE, Virtuos Lady mine, Devon. l.4xl.5xlcm. A MM with a micro xtl of sparkly...APATITE, llarding's Vein. · Carrock mine, Caldbeck fells, Cumbria. 5x4x2.5cm . One fairly gemmy greenish...clear xtls. Very pretty. £4. 16. AZURITE, Tynagh mine, Co. Galway, Ireland. Ex S.J.A.C. Brown coll. Old
Journal (issue)
UK C TS 2 EDITORIAL COVER.Smalt-blueplumbogummite with minor pyromorphite on vein quartzfrom RoughtonGill...Ballard 39 EPIDOTE-(SR) AND PIEMONTITE-(SR) BENALLT MINE FROM NEWS and EVENTS Peter J. Briscoe David McCallum...of the Editorial Board. GORCEIXITE FROM BENALLT MINE Tom Cotterell • Richard Tayler 61 Publication...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
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...189 Lake D istri et l 89 Haematite deposits of Cumbria 196 Isle of Nian 199 N orthern Pennine Orefield...for northern England Index 277 275 ILLUSTRATIONS Figures l Topography of north ern England 2 2 Outline...Outline geology of northern England 3 3 Palaeogeographical reconstructions from the Ordovician to the Palaeogene
Catalog/List
Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. Tel-No. : St. Just 880 (STD 073 67/) V•• T.No... 3Xltxltl!. £13. 5. ARSENOPYRITE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Nr. BucklJnd,Monachorum, Devon. Shnrp, silvery...scattered on it. 3h2tl!. £7. 7. BARYTO~L~ITE. Blagill Mine, Alston M)or, CUQberl~nd. Lustrous, translucent...lixlt" area on oassive Barytocalcite. 2tx2tl!. £6.50. 8. BEIl.VERITE. H)rn Silver Mine, Nr. Frisco, 3eClver...granubr (Ju1rtz. l~xl:rxl". £3·25· BORJITE. Dolcooth Mine, ~oDbJr E, Cor wull. hich, 1ttractive? purpley,
Journal (issue)
sussex mine----1 lapida society Cornwall: Part 2 Fossil Fakes Geology of Pigments Journal 214 - July...described how the richest mineralised section of the mine occurred at the junction of the Muttrell and Great...examples from both Wheal Gorland and the Marke Valley mine in the Caradon area. Moving on to olivenite, we...attribution of its occurrence at the Ting Tang mine. TheTing Tang mine lies some 2km south of St.Day, and therefore...This is the premier mineral show for the north of England, which somehow manages to accommodate both top
 
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