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Galena from
Shap Blue Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shap Blue Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:16166
Long-form Identifier:1:3:16166:6
GUID (UUID V4):5d721021-ce6a-4c20-b276-cd429db5ad5d
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
2.3km (1.4 miles) Shap Pink Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
2.5km (1.6 miles) Sherry Gill, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
13.6km (8.4 miles) Millrigg Mine, Nether Staveley, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
14.1km (8.7 miles) Frost Holes trials, Nether Staveley, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
14.9km (9.3 miles) Myers Head Mine, Hartsop, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
17.0km (10.5 miles) Hartsop Hall Mine, Hartsop, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
20.4km (12.7 miles) Clouds Veins, Ravenstonedale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
20.8km (12.9 miles) Eagle Crag Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
21.0km (13.0 miles) Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
21.5km (13.4 miles) Knipe Tarn Lead Mine, Crook, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS.A1 Wavellite - High Down Quarry, Haddon...Barstow. SW.B1 Apatite on orthoclase - Colcerrow Quarry, Cornwall. Barstow green stock label. SW.D10 Sphalerite...Bridge Quarry, Lizard, Cornwall. V.Holyer 1976. [SW 722 220]. SW.Q4 Serpentine - County Bridge Quarry, Lizard...Holyer 197-. [SW 722 22]. SW.R8 Stilbite - Dean Quarry, Lizard, Cornwall. E.Retallack 1975. [SW 804 203]
Book
west Cumbrian coal and iron ore fields, the Vale of Eden and the Carlisle plain (Figure I). It is defined...batholith , of which the granites of Eskdale, Ennerdale, Shap and Skiddaw form part. Sediments of Lower Carboniferous...ore bodies of west and south Cumbria and the evaporitesof the Vale of Eden. A detailed review of metallogenesis...extensive hematite deposits of west and south Cumbria has also long been the subject of speculation....only economic tungsten deposits outside of the SW England province, though mining at Carrock Fell Mine is
Book
British Geological Survey. 1:50000 Sheet 30 Appleby (England and Wales). © NERC 2003 All rights reserved Copyrig...Whelter Knotts Formation 10 4 Ashfell Lin1estone, near Shap 13 5 Flood plain of the River Ea1nont 21 6 Gypsu1n...Carboniferous rocks 12 8 Permian and Triassic rocks 15 9 Eden Sha l.e s Formation 16 10 l'ntrusive rocks 18 11...section. Thjs rural area of Cmnbria includes parts of the Lake District, Va le of Eden, and the tower...the Va.le of Eden. Quaternary d eposits are widespread, particularly in the Vale o f Eden. Sedimentary
Book
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...Carboniferous rocks near Orton, east of Shap Alan Day The Shap Granite Eric Skipsey a Windermere Group...Shipp 107 The Penrith Sandstone of the Vale of Eden Jim Cockersole 115 16 17 18 Palaeozoic rocks...Geological and Mineralogical Museum Collections in Cumbria 143 Further Reading Index vi 148 Foreword
Journal (issue)
excellent ruby red micro sphalerite with quartz and galena can still be found on old lips of the eastern side...nearby Wedding Cave Mine (OS GR SJ 265.541) there is galena mineralisation in quartzite rock along a fault...this area which produced magnificent specimens of blue fluorite. Unfortunately the mine shaft has been...Newsletter 50; 2 for landfill. The nearby Pant Quarry (OS GR 198.702), owned by Wimpcy, still produces...quartz, chalcopyrite, smithsonite, sphalerite, galena Pyrite Special Reports on the Mineral Resources
Journal (issue)
17. Update of the mineral occurrences at Judkins Quarry ------------------Page 19. Mineralogy in the News...--------------------------------------------------------Page 21. UK Mining Round-up --------------------------------...---------------------------Page 35. Coldstones Quarry (NB) --------------------------------------------------------Page...---------------Page 36. Chipping Sodbury Quarry (SB) ------------------------------------------------Page...------------------------------Page 39. Whatley Quarry (SB) -----------------------------------------
Report (issue)
Support of National, Regional and Local Planning Cumbria and the Lake District: Resources and Constraints...for Development Plans: Phase One Cumbria and the Lake District (Cumbria, Lake District National Park and...for Development Plans: Phase One Cumbria and the Lake District (Cumbria, Lake District National Park and...This report accompanies the 1:100 000 scale maps: Cumbria and the Lake District Mineral Resources (North...000) Cover Photograph Aerial View of Shap Beck Quarry, Shap, Cumbria, showing aggregate workings in the
Journal (issue)
least a most successful ASM meeting in Kendal, Cumbria in April. This was greatly enjoyed by the 40 or...hosting next years event, on the south coast of England, so put the date (11-13 April) in your diary and...to come. The number of mineralogy curators in the UK can now be counted on two hands, but more worryingly...to attract junior members is age restrictions on quarry visits, so I will be looking at arranging visits... Our first forays, in 1993, were to Coldstones Quarry, an easy journey from Leeds. In the early years
Catalog/List
the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National...is:5 Ferney Green Drive, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3HS Please write to Max stating the names...Loanhead quarry TallskerBay Whyte'a Cleuch Loanhead quarry Port Glasgow Loanheadquarry Loanhelld quarry Loanhead...Loanhead quarry Benalltmlne BMS NATIONAL REFERENCE COUECTION Ecton.Staffs. Ecton.Staffs. Scordale,Cumbria...Leadhills,Scotl. Caldbeck,Cumbria Derbyshire Moorshaft Lode Scordale,Cumbria Ecton.Staffs. Derbyshire
Book
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
Journal (issue)
and safety legislation has meant that the land or quarry owner/operator is no longer prepared to allow access...elimination of mineral coUecting as a field pursuit in the UK the collecting fraternity needs, not only to change...representative from the collecting groups and Cumbria RIGS. This will be carried out in January of the...represent two thirds and one third respectively of the UK membership of the International Association of Collectors...Switzerland s 3 Germany I Netherlands 4 Greece 2 UK I IS Apologies have been sent to Horst. OMS MEMBERSHIP
Catalog/List
and pale pink, sugary textured mass. small pale blue crystals on matrix. Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales ...yellow-green crystal section. Bcckermet Mine. Cumbria lxl £2 131 40 BARYfES 211 BRAZILIANITE Na Al...crystals on quartz. Good location pieces 4mm deep blue pure sphere shaped mass, with crystallised surface...5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall Wagholi Quarry,Poona,India lxl £3 Funauchi Mine, Aikta Prefecture...mass Byways, 20 Burstcad Close, Cobham.Surrey England KTI I 2NL lxl £5 lxl £8 Ix½ £5 lxl £8 lxl.5
Journal (issue)
RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...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...Hannotome from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England D.l. Green and l.R. Nudds 31 NOTES Valentinite...claudetite from Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England c. M. Leppinf{toll and D.I. Green 36 Atacamite
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...bibliography concludes the work. Minerals of Northern England will rate as one of the classic works on British...R. F.Symes and B. Young MINERALS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND v Aboutthe Authors vi Dr R.F.(Bob)Symes,OBE
Report (issue)
Publishing Cen­ tre, Sheffield Printed and bound in England for the British Geological Survey by Linney's Colour...and from the iron ore fields of west and south Cumbria. The presence of mineralisation and mine spoil...commonly around the industrial centres of west Cumbria. However, industrial contamination is often restricted...granites (e.g. the K20, Mo and Rb levels over the Shap intrusion) reveal differences between the evolution...to encompass the Forest of Bowland, the Vale of Eden, the Salway Plain and the western part of the North
Journal (issue)
................. . Chart topping rocks: Top 100 UK "Geosites" named ............................ Mineral..................... . A New View on Stalactitic Galena .................................................aims the recording of new and interesting items of UK topographic mineralogy. If you think your group may...comfort. The amount of water blowing around over the UK is vanishingly small compared to the amounts of water...museum curators we have invited from right across the UK. FinaDy, Dr Denis Martin is stepping down as national
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks adjacent to the Shap Granite by R. J. FIRMAN Received 11 June 1954 of the Shap Granite and its thermal...veins are quartz, calcite, pyrites, chalcopyrite, galena, blende, molybdenite, magnetite, haematite and...PETROGRAPHY 412 CHANGES IN ROCKS ADJACENT TO SHAP GRANITE413 whilst sericite forms from felspars...been recorded only from the south end of the Shap Blue Quarry. It is thought to be later than the epidotisation...species, likewise considered to be associated with the Shap Granite, occur in tensional and shear joints, faults
Book
"ferns" from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England. Specimen dimensions: 32 mm x 28 mm. From the collection...(1987). Gold from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon, England. The Mineralogical Record, 18-1, 85-88. Russell...was born on the 18th March 1923 in Leicester, England. He attended the City Boys School, Leicester, and...Section; and in his later years, following a move to rural Gloucestershire, he became keenly involved with...mineral from New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, UK. Mineralogical Magazine, 66
Catalog/List
hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England 12 ALUJ\JINITE lxlins50p lx2£I 2x2£2.S0 Al SO/4...2x3 £I .SO 2x2£1 Staffordshire England lx2 S0p Rich white to faintly blue masses 23 Al'\HYDRITE CaSO/4... _ . Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry. Tvedalcn near Ix I £3 I x2 £6 2x2 £ 12 7 AN!lilTE...CO/3 121 ARFVEDSONITE - - •• • • •• Quite rich, blue-grey mnsses in Quartz Gun heath Pit.SI Austell.Cornwall...G~ec~ish· i~ Qu~. Wi-11 fluoresce pale Carrock Mine Cumbria - ·- · 1x1·11 __yel_low_,yithsh~rtw!1~e_!!._y~-
Catalog/List
Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872 262 232...SPC. C.£:15 0004 GALENA & ANGLESITE,Leadhills,Scotland.Bleb of massive blocky galena associated with lustrous...£24 OCX>6 SPHALERITE,Brownley Hill M1ne,Nenthead,Cumbria Attractive druse of edomanl1no black Jack xtls...13mm forming xtl groups associated with modified galena cubes to 18mm.Assoc1aled with a litt:0 rrnrior...greyish green matrix.RF SPC. C.£15 0014 XONOTLITE.Bin Quarry,Hunlley,Aberdeen,Scolland Radiating off while lo
Book
collector'sguide 1 28 A list of 111i11eral localities in England, f;f/ ales and Scotland 13 1 Bibliography and further...19 A11:irt.ist's impression of the Lake District (Eden Valley) during Ordovici:in times. 25 Gas bubble...granite pegmatitc of Cairngorm. 44 n..ubisbw Granite Quarry. 45 Spoil heaps associated with the old tin mines...artist's impression of part of the Lake District (Eden Valley) during the Permian Period, 66 Cannon-ball...of the Glencricff Mine at Wanlockhc:id. 77 23. A galena specimen. 79 24. Barytc, So 25. Sphalerite or zinc
Catalog/List
1cm £6 ✓ on a ship wreck in 1885 Ives, Comwall, England ABHURITE SnO OH DESCRIPTON Pyroxene Na Fe...Devon .England Madagascar Railway cutting nearCreston . Wyoming ,U S. A Newhavcn Sussex. England I x2...Skye. Scotland lxl 70p 26 ANATASE single dark blue micro crys1al onChlnrilc ✓ Vinuous L:ody mine.Devon...ANHYDRITE Rich white to faintly blue masses Staffordshire England 25 ANKERITE-KlJTNAHORITE Rich fawn...APATITE Ca P0/4 F n rnm nirt Ca P0/4/ F F Saga Quarry, Tvedalcn near Larvik. Norway Loch Scridain Mull
Book (edition)
Oilwells, Gaswells. h-ont cover Operations at Shap Beck Quarry, Hanson Aggregates, North.em Region. © D...Ji'igures 1 An extract from Hunt's 1858 listing of Quarry Re turns 2 lJnited Kingdom production of n1inerals...resotu-ces and workings in the UK in 2010 4 Limestone resotu-ces and workings in the UK in 2010 5 Sand and grave...resources and workings in tbe UK in 2010 6 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK in 2010 7 Coal resources...and workings in the UK in 2010 8 Onshore Oil and Natural Gas workings in the UK in 2010 Tables l Production
Journal (issue)
America open access publications ................ UK Mining News. ......................................updates (still lots of activity in various parts of the UK) and an addition to the list of “creative things...minerals I found/acquired”? “New activity at the mine/quarry down the road”? “Developments in my local museum...countless field trips to sites of interest around England and Wales and although membership numbers have...Anatase from Cligga Head, Perrazabuloe, Cornwall, England. David Green photo. Reproduced with permission
 
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