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Fluorite from
Brandlehow Mine, Catbells, Keswick, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brandlehow Mine, Catbells, Keswick, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:16003
Long-form Identifier:1:3:16003:8
GUID (UUID V4):6c556f4c-aa12-4fbf-970a-d2e53e7f9bcb
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.9km (0.5 miles) Old Brandley Mine, Catbells, Keswick, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
5.4km (3.3 miles) Force Crag Mine (Force Craig Mine), Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
15.1km (9.4 miles) Smith Vein, Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
15.1km (9.4 miles) Grains Gill, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
15.2km (9.5 miles) Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
16.2km (10.1 miles) Hartsop Hall Mine, Hartsop, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
18.2km (11.3 miles) Kelton Quarry, Kirkland, Lamplugh, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
21.1km (13.1 miles) Beckfoot Quarry, Eskdale, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
21.3km (13.2 miles) Kinniside Mine, Ennerdale and Kinniside, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
21.5km (13.3 miles) Mowbray Mine, Frizington, Arlecdon & Frizington, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
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...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.
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Coverdesign by Mark Blackadder. Coverimages: (front) Fluorite [BM 1964, R 1524], seepage 152; (back) Calcite...pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages...117 Barite .............................. 119 Fluorite ............................. 120 Hematite ..................... 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
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Geology of the Keswick district BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SlJRVEY Geology of the Keswick district Sheet...Geological Survey 1:50 000 Series Sheet 29 Keswick (England and Wales) Author D G Woodhall Contributors...reference \-VoooHALL, D G. 2000. Geology of the Keswick district. Sheet Description ofthe British Geological...Geological Survey, l :50 000 Series Sheet 29 Keswick (En gland and Wales). 48pp. Copyright in materials...uk e-commerce: www.british-geological-survey.co. uk Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA
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
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to the Mines in Newlands, and Smelting Works at Keswick ; copied from the Calendar of State Papers, published...pages, in an abridged form , was read before the Keswick Literary and Scientific Society, on the 19th January...will rank amongst the best Mines in the North of England . Since 1565 no less than seven smelt mills and...the Lake District . The former were erected at Keswick, Dale Head , Stoneycroft Gill, Braithwaite, Thornthwaite...our earliest historical records. THE AUTHOR . KESWICK, June, 1877. THE PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
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Museum Street, London, WCIA No reproduction 1LU, UK Unwin Paperbacks, Park Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Herts...(Rocks and fossils; 4) 1. Geology — England — Lake District (Cumbria) I. Cumberland Geological Society...Society is based on the northwestern coast of Cumbria, geographically isolated from major centres of...provide a balanced view of the geological scene in Cumbria. In a region where the rocks span the vast period...geological usage of all the regions surveyed in England. Only the Isle of Arran in Scotland receives a
Book
fluid inclusions which occur, particularly in fluorite crystals. These inclusions are small cavities...Goldscope Mine and the Brandlehow Mine, near Keswick. It has also been found at the Brandy Gill Mine on Carrock...has been extracted from lead ore at the Goldscope Mine, it did not occur as a native element. Carbon, which...and chalcopyrite in the upper levels and on the mine dumps. Occasionally, such secondary enrichment ores...veins, especially around Patterdale, Coniston and Keswick. To achieve greater depth, vertical shafts were
Report (issue)
deposits occurring in the Pennines of northern England, particularly in Derbyshire and Durham. The deposits...occurring mineral substance consisting essentially of fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF2) together with variable...minerals. The theoretical chemical composition of fluorite is 51.3 per cent calcium, 48. 7 per cent fluorine...crystal structure. Most fluorite, however, contains at least 99 per cent CaF2. Fluorite is relatively soft...sulphide, ZnS) has also been recovered in the past. Fluorite is found also as an accessory mineral in granites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
into a very interesting discussion of the mineral FLUORITE. Those properties of particular interest to the...proceed into some discussion of the localities where FLUORITE is commonly found, are of particular interest...Trentino. In France and the Low Countries fl. fluorite has been reported. Of the numerous European localities...a fragment of the mines known to have produced FLUORITE will give you an idea of the wealth of material...Rotherhope Fell, Brandlehow Vein, Florence Mine, etc. all have yielded fl. material. FLUORITE labeled from
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interested in all aspects of geology in the County of Cumbria and surrounding areas. Members receive regular...Ellenbank Press Park Hill South Camp Road Maryport Cumbria CA15 6JN First published as The Lake District by...Richard Clark 88 Landscape development near Keswick John Boardman OS 14. The Skiddaw Granite north...Geological and Mineralogical Museum Collections in Cumbria 143 Further Reading Index vi 148 Foreword...latitudes with coral reefs. Coal Measures in West Cumbria. Tropical rain forests and extensive deltas.
Report (issue)
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 influence...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...tend to occur in areas with peat development or mine spoil. Limestone terrains, with their ready availability
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ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH C:OUNCIL Geology of the Keswick district Su1111nary of the geological s uccession...Geology of the Keswick district a brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 29 Keswick DG Woodhall...reference vVOODHALL, D C. 2000. Geology of the Keswick district a brief explanation of the geological...British Geological Survey. 1:50 000 Sheet 29 Keswick (England and Wales). Keyworth, Nottingha1n: British...Geological Survey ll Plates CONTENTS Force Crag Mine, Braithwaite 1 2 View westwards fro1n Place Fell
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...Carlisle Records Office). Mr J. Spedding, Mirchouse, Keswick (page 101; source Mirchouse). The representatives...value. The early history o f Borrowdalc Graphite Mine is taken from the article b y George C. Boon in
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PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...Negligence has also led to errors, with older fluorite specimens from Weardale in County Durham being...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
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
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' 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...placed the greater part of Scotland in ‘America’, England a :■ dies in ‘Europe’, and regarded the Southern...ccid on or near to the Solway, descending beneath England and Wales. Fitton and Hughes (op. cit.) also noted
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Gold Occurrences in the UK A Gold Prospector's Guide LEE GARY PALMER MSc Published in the United...40 Archers Ave Irvine, Ayrshire KA11 2GB Scotland UK Content copyright© Lee Gary Palmer, 2019 The right...Nuggets of the UK Preface Gold The Word The Element Origin Locations Information Maps England South West...West England - Cornwall South West England - Devon South West England - Somerset South East England - Essex...Essex South East England - Kent South East England - Bedfordshire South East England - Suffolk English
Report (issue)
South-West England 16 17 17 18 19 19 28 32 33 39 43 44 w� Isle of Man Central and Northern England Scotland...Location map of selected mines in the South-West of England 27 Fig 3 Process flow sheet at a large precious...important silver producing mines of south-west England Table 4 Summary of world silver stocks: 1982...proportion by country, 1978-1982 59 Table 6 EEC and UK silver consumption by major end use 60 Table 7...silver-containing batteries 80 Table 10 United Kingdom mine production of silver: 1851-1982 83 Table 11 United
Report (edition)
Pocock has revised the account of Derbyshire :fluorite deposits, and Mr. Henry Dewey has furnished notes... PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION of fluorspar in England and Wales were investigated as part of the programme...rare-earth contents of a series of specimens of fluorite at ' the Government Laboratory. Petrographical...Petrographer, and by Dr. Dunham. We are grateful to the mine-owners and operators for their willing collaboration...p. 5; Price and Marketing p. 7 ; Mineralogy of Fluorite p. 8 ; Occurrence and Origin p. 12; Mining and
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and gemstones are traced by their geographical England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland occurrence. detail...diagram of its crystal structure. Cover photograph: Fluorite, Wearda/e, Co. Durham Net Price £1:25 ISBN O...Jobbins. The crystal forms of quartz, topaz and fluorite are given after R. P. Greg and W. G. Lettsom*...AND PORTENTS 7 ROUND THE BRITISH ISLES PART I, ENGLAND AND WALES ROUND THE BRITISH ISLES PART 2, SCOTLAND...down below by sweated labour in a remote tropical mine and passed through the well-oiled wheels of a large
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Press pic, Headington Hill Hall, Oxford O X 3 OBW, England Pergamon Press Inc., 395 Saw Mill River Road, ...explain the ideas of those who have worked on it (and mine, where they differ from those readily available...discussions about six of the major lead-zinc deposits of England with the four Mississippi-Valley type deposits...are located in the following countries: Ireland England Scotland 3 7 1 Wales Norway Sweden 1 7 17 Finland...Editor, Genesis of Stratiform Lead-Zinc-Barite-Fluorite Deposits - a Symposium: Econ. Geol., Mono. 3,
Journal (volume)
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