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Pyrolusite from
Thief Gills, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Classification
Species:Pyrolusite
Formula:Mn4+O2
Comments:Cooper & Stanley (1990): "'In one of the branches of the gill, a quartz vein, bearing either manganite or pyrolusite stands like a wall on the fellside...' (Davidson & Thomson, 1951: 140)."
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrolusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Thief Gills, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:17308
Long-form Identifier:1:3:17308:7
GUID (UUID V4):dc9b6ac6-5101-40d6-bd27-b6a088907d83
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrolusite
0.0km (0.0 miles) Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) Burdell Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Arm O'Grain, Coombe Height, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.0km (1.8 miles) Ingray Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.1km (1.9 miles) Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.2km (2.0 miles) Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
15.1km (9.4 miles) Brandlehow Mine, Catbells, Keswick, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
17.6km (10.9 miles) Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (volume)
Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury, U.K. I.R Plimer... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...characteristic trigonal sym metry, from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, described by Bridges et al. in this...botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection; David Green photograph
Book
MINERALS ENGLISH OF LAKE CALDBECK M P COOPER AND «...Minerals of the English Lake District Caldbeck Fells Cumbria. Caldbeck. Mineral deposts 1. Title 11. Stanley...composed largely of debris washed down fromthe Roughton Gill mine dumps under Iron Crag C O N T E ...T R O D The mines and mineral veins of the Caldbeck Fells have produced some of the finest mineral...world over. Among British mineral collectors, Caldbeck is one of the most popular collecting areas in
Journal (volume)
plumbogummite with yellow pyromorphite. Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. R.J. King Collection (ex. Harwood...lined with green malachite. Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Norman Thomson Collection. David...mineralisation of the Roughton Gill mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: Part 3 Roughton Gill Mine Trevor F. Bridges...Danburite from Meldon Quarry, Okehampton and other UK localities Michael S. Rumsey, George Ryback and Richard...Francis Ince 44-62 A report on Hay Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, Michael S. Rumsey
Book
(top left) Mimetite, variety campylite, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells (MNS 4492) (top right) Quartz, variety...(bottom left) Hematite, variety kidney ore, Nab Gill Mine, Boot (MNS 4490) (bottom right) ISBN O 85272...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....only economic tungsten deposits outside of the SW England province, though mining at Carrock Fell Mine is
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...occurrence of kottigite, from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges and David I Green PAPERS A review...mineralisation at Driggith and Sandbed Mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I Green, Michael S. Rumsey, Trevor...review of the mineralogy of Brae Fell Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, David I Green and Michael
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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...Severallocalities intheLakeDistrict Carrockmine.Grainsgill, Caldbeck Fells,Cumb:ia (jask61skiile)' WheatCock,SIJust...Emb'eton quany,nrCockermouth. Cumbria; Gra:nsgill. Ca'.dbeck Fells,Cumbria (kentrolite) HigherPittsmine
Journal (volume)
Routledge, F.E.S. 4. Some Notes on the Minerals of the Caldbeck Fells, by F. H. Day, Jun., B.Sc. .. .. .. .. ...not indigenous to the North-Western Counties of England, are yet included in the " London Catalogue ” of...ix., p. 315). Its most southern localities in England are at Longridge, near Preston, and the Blackhills...is found more commonly in the southern half of England ; it also occurs in Scotland. Herbula cespitalis...specimen which was the second specimen taken in England by a working Collector in Cum­ berland (Barrett’s
Book (edition)
mis as ae As oe 34 ae ve Plants The Caldbeck Fells Helvellyn SG, Ee a8 Aa a ae a ave...Cover photograph by Eric Holland Sandbeds Mine, Caldbeck. a shows the last shift at . $ zy A simplified...There is little doubt that Silver Beck is Silver Gill Mine and Minersdale is thought to be the ancient...stands the famous old Roughtongill Mine on the Caldbeck Fells. Of the copper mines near Keswick the Goldscope...smelting enterprise on a scale without equal in England in a district far from any industrial facilities
Book (edition)
1970 © W. T. Shaw, 1970. LTD., Ccaledbeck e Caldbeck ey Ler, Fells. vo FLth,-» >) ge 3 YR : yet...Miners Methods Used Lakeland Dressing The Caldbeck Helvellyn Keswick Coniston Terms in the Mines...Mine, of Glenridding; 113 were taken by Eric Caldbeck. Holland from the photographs by Mr. Joseph...were with me on many geological excursions on the Caldbeck Fells. Mr. E. H. Shackleton has given useful advice... gave me permission to publish details of the Caldbeck Barytes Mines. | think also of the very generous
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GARNITURE Roughton Gill falls steeplyfor 120 metres from the Thief Gills to Dale Beck in the Caldbeck Fells...Stanley, into Minerals of the English lAke District: Caldbeck Fells (1990), a rather cumbersome title politely...One of the principal characters in the story of Caldbeck minerals was the mineral dealer Bryce McMurdo...Knight who took me on my first collecting trip to Caldbeck in 1965 and has remained a firm friend ever since...ashes one lowering morning in 1981 I took to the Caldbeck Fells where we had spent many happy days together
 
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