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Pyrite from
Copper Plate Mine, Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Plate Mine, Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:17222
Long-form Identifier:1:3:17222:8
GUID (UUID V4):a82c8e2f-856a-4abe-a0bf-072fa2929318
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.7km (0.5 miles) Manesty Vein, Grange, Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) Black Crag, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Yewthwaite Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Brandlehow Mine, Catbells, Keswick, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Goldscope Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.2km (1.4 miles) Castle Nook Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles) Dale Head Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.5km (2.2 miles) Dale Head North, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
4.4km (2.7 miles) Barrow Mine, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
5.1km (3.2 miles) Cobalt Mine, Scar Crag, Causey Pike, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1999 Cambridge University Press 159 Pre-Acadian copper mineralization in the English Lake District D....metalliferous veins dominated by copper sulphides with abundant arsenopyrite, pyrite and accessory galena and...at Coniston, Wasdale, Honister, Newlands and Borrowdale shows that the veins were strongly cleaved during...deformation in quartz, cataclasis of arsenopyrite and pyrite, fracturing and/or buckling of bladed hematite...quartz crystal boundaries, and invade brecciated pyrite. Previous K–Ar Early Devonian age determinations
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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...recognized . These range in age from early Devonian copper and tungsten-bearing veins, through early Carboniferous
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Geological Survey 1:50 000 Series Sheet 29 Keswick (England and Wales) Author D G Woodhall Contributors D...uk e-commerce: www.british-geological-survey.co. uk Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA...Ileous intn1sions in the Borrowdale Volcanic Group 14 Geochentist.ry of the Borrowdale Volcanic Group 14 31...depositional environ1nent, lower part of the Borrowdale Volcattic Group 9 Stratigraphy m1d depositional...depositional enviromnent, upper part of the Borrowdale Volcmtic Group 11, 12 Details of 1nineralisation localities
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PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...Rhodium 45 Cs Ces1um 55 Rn Radon 86 Cu Copper 29 Ru Ruthenium 44 Dy Dyspros'um 66 s ...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
Catalog/List
e Co b h a m COBHAM SURREY 0 9 3 2 8 S2 3 4 0 ENGLAND KT 1 1 2 NL Catalogue 1'392 No 55 - This is..."'· f·,,or.-i ti.s cd: send a 1 ist of th,;'! mine"i",;• L, that price for ~ach piece There is no... C191 AJOITE fairly (New Cornelia well covered~ Mine,Ajo,Pima greenish (Belstone light County blue...A) Cl92 ANDRADITE location. brown crystals on Mine near Okehampton Cl93 ARSENOPYRITE Arsenopyrite...location pieces, about a third covered (Bedford Consols Mine near Tavistock, Devon) B) for micros lx 1/2 ins
Report (volume)
the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Volume XXX COPPER ORES OF TlIE MIDLANDS, WALES, THE LAKE DISTRICT...Special Reports comprise the principal workings for copper ores outside Cornwall and Devon. Hitherto no general...and they probably would not have been worked for copper alone, but the presence of gold or of large quantities...scattered over the Midlands, Wales and the North of England. Most of them have been visited by the author$...this information. Our thanks are due to numerous mine managers for assistance while visiting their mines
Journal (issue)
elements in Permo-Triassic red beds of south-west England, by R. K. Harrison, M.Sc. with contributions by...chalcedonic concretions in anhydrite, Sandwith Mine, St Bees, Cumbria, by R. K. Harrison, M.Sc. . . · 55 VI... 65 ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES FACING PAGE PLATE 1A. B. PLATE 2A. B. c. & D. I Concretions in 'bleached'...Native copper concretions Niccolite-ramrnelsbergite concretion Photomicrographs of native copper concretions...Devon) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23 IV PLATE 3A. B. PLATE 4. PLATE 5. PLATE 6. Aggregate of pyramidal-tabular
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
Catalog/List
at $3.00 each. AURICHALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: Exceptional baby...inch specimens: $2.00 each AURICHALCITE - 79 MINE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona: Delicate...00 and $15.00 each. 1 AZURITE - MORENCI MINE Morenci Mine, Clifton-Morenci District, Greenlee County...very limited supply. CALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: AWESOME! Exquisite...specimens: $5.00 each CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species that is actually
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PP. 97-108, MAY, 1954 THERMO-ELECTRIC PYRITE FROM MINE, THE POTENTIAL TUTIYA HOKKAIDO, ZYUNPEI...thermo-electric potentials of the pyrite from the Tutiya Isizaki mine , Hokkaido, Japan were determined...the variation of thermo electric properties of pyrite. Introductio Many electric experimental properties...properties properties as well as works of pyrite. of pyrite vary in sign. The factors of which ...impurities a series pyrite been from properties which have In really the material mine, are order
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and a few enlarged, as the diamond crystal of Plate 1, depicted in both natural and greatly magnified...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...production clearly ranked with that of food supplies. Copper and gold were the first known metals. Gold occurs...metal tools were made of copper, occasionally found native, but pure copper is also too soft. Only by...pure metal. In order to obtain copper in sufficient quantities copper ores had to be found and smelted
Report (issue)
Speciation for Surface Waters at the Abandoned Greenwood Mine Area, Prince William Forest Park, Virginia by ...geochemistry of mercury at the abandoned Greenwood mine area in Prince William Forest Park, Prince William...unfiltered fractions of water from four sites around the mine workings and one site approximately 11 km downstream...environment present in the shaft depressions at the mine site might be conducive to the production of methylmercury...mercury on surface waters in the area. The Greenwood mine is a gold property that is located in Prince William
Report (issue)
Environmental Characteristics of the Abandoned Greenwood Mine Area, Prince William Forest Park, Virginia: Implications...FIGURE 2: Map of area around the abandoned Greenwood mine...................................................collected in December, 1997 from the abandoned Greenwood mine area in Prince William Forest Park, Prince William...element concentrations for four sites around the mine workings. Data are interpreted in terms of their...July, 1997 (Fig. 1). The abandoned Greenwood gold mine site is located within the tract. The U. S. Geological
Journal (issue)
finds of ajoite-included quartz in the Artonvilla mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa...know, we supplied a DVD on the famous Pederneira mine with the May-June issue. This DVD is a supplement...oxychloride minerals from the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England," Mineralogical Record, vol. 8, no. 4, July-August...vauquelinite, and has • yielded fine specimens of pyrite, scheelite and other species. INTRODUCTION Berezovsk...exploitation of a number of important deposits of copper (discovered there in 1701), emeralds, and pther
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
essential to develop effective mine waste management approaches and mine site reclamation techniques to...columns with ICCBE are expected to prevent acid mine drainage generation longer than the other columns...barrier effect (ICCBE); desulphurized tailings; acid mine drainage; freeze and thaw cycles; environmental...tailings sometimes contain sulphide minerals (such as pyrite, arsenopyrite and pyrrhotite), which are unstable...receiving water, produce acidic leachates (known as Acid Mine Drainage or AMD). AMD is characterized by low pH
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
source of one of the strangest pseudomorphs: native copper after aragonite, described originally by Domeyko...(188 I). In this article we describe not only the copper after aragonite but also other types of pseudomorphs...eastern Andes of Bolivia. Pseudomorphs of native copper, cuprite, chalcocite, and malachite-after-aragonite...Corocoro, the site of the most important Bolivian copper deposit, with a long history reaching back to pre-Columbian...native copper was the main ore mineral, with minor chalcocite occuring in some parts. The copper lies in
Journal (issue)
COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper Industry” by C. P. Connolly in McClure’s Magazine...species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like bornite, chalcocite...among the finest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with the best anywhere. Handsome specimens...the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes . . . the holes, some
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geologicsettings:(1) volcanogenicdeposits--Baiyin,(2) porphyry copper deposits-Dexing, Yulongand Zongtiaoshan, (3) s...them are consideredto be major copper plate by the Junggar-Solon India plate by the Yarlunzangbu-Indus suture... They are located as follows: from the Pacific plate by the Taiwan longitudinal Baiyin in Gansuprovince...Siberian plates.A Paleozoic The reservesof these copper ores range from ophiolitebelt, glaucophane-schist...melangeare four million tons to 1.5 billion tons. One new mine present. about 50 miles away from Baiyin has a proven
Journal (issue)
specimens are held in the collection as well: native copper plate from Kazakhstan (about 500 kg in weight), a...orthoclase (pseudomorph). St. Agness, Cornwall, England. 2 7 x 1.5 cm, VSGM, .1022419. Photo: M. Leybov...Kongsberg (Norway), and campylite from Cumberland (England). In addition to quartz and calcite collections...collections of fluorite (England, Tadzhikistan, and Transbaikalia), barite (England, Germany, and Middle...than 600 specimens.), including such rare ones as copper after aragonite (Corocoro, Bolivia), cassiterite
Book (edition)
Ruthenium 129 Palladium Mercury and its Compounds Copper and its Compounds 141 Silver its Lead and its...represent a few of the forms in a common species, pyrite, a compound of iron and sulphur. 8. Many more...dependent relations a fact often ex- figures pyrite. The various it is true, mutually CRYSTALLOGRAPHY...window-bar. The crystal is attached to the movable plate & by means of wax, and so arranged that the edge...instrument. This is done by varying its situation on the plate, or by means of the adjacent screws and slides.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Cu2+ solution can inhibit the hydrolysis of copper ions, increase the content of Cu2+ in the solution...surface. Keywords: electrochemical pretreatment; copper sulfate; muscovite; action mechanism 1. Introduction...to about 35%more copper recovery. It seems that the main reason for increasing copper recovery by electrochemical...SCE. In order to exploit the Northparkes copper and gold mine in New South Wales, Australia, containing...value of 12, about 52% of the low arsenic and high copper concentrate was obtained, which provided a good
Journal (issue)
1, The Old Coach Yard, East Coker, Somerset, England BA22 9HY 8 The Mineralogical Record, volume 50...level of the underground mine was refurbished to accommodate visitors, showing mine workings dating from...village of Almadenejos we find: The Vieja Concepción mine. Here it is possible to visit part of the historic...(dating from 1755 to 1757). The Nueva Concepción mine. The Baritel de San Carlos (San Carlos shaft house)... Also included is the Refugio shaft and various mine buildings. HISTORY AND MINING Archeological remains
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reason that, while the c.ommoner metals, iron, copper, lead, zinc and tin occur in the earth's surface...on the gold particles. In still later practice copper plates were coated with a thin layer of mercury...adhered due to the formation of copper amalgam. Over the amalgamated plate the finely ground ore is washed...amalgam, the residual ore matter flowing on over the plate and away to waste. Periodically the accumulated...accumulated gold amalgam is scraped from the copper plate to which a new dressing of mercury is given and the process
Journal (issue)
leftovers later. In 2008, Tim took over sales for UK Mining Ventures at the Tucson Show and did an outstanding...working for UK Mining Ventures or for Cal Graeber Minerals. He also traveled to England a number of times... Taft’s quarry in Wales, and the Florence mine in Cumbria), and to work in the cleaning lab of Ian Bruce’s...Gochenour, owner of the Cryo-Genie mine, and collected at the Elizabeth R mine at Pala. Tim had no business...Properties, cleaning specimens from the Himalaya mine. More recently he assisted John Veevaert of Trinity
Report (issue)
............... ...59 -111- LIST OF PLATES Plate I: Stream Sediment Sample Locations; Silverton...Colorado............................in pocket Plate II: Geologic Map; Silverton and American Flats...Colorado............................in pocket Plate IIA: Correlation Map and Description of Rock Units...Sediment Statistical Maps Plate B I: Geochemical Contour Map for Arsenic Plate B II: Geochemical Contour...Contour Map for Barium Plate B III: Geochemical Contour Map for Beryllium Plate B IV: Geochemical Contour
 
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