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Cuprite from
Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Comments:In small amounts with chrysocolla (M. Leppington Collection, det. M. Rothwell: EPMA).
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:EPMA
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:4192
Long-form Identifier:1:3:4192:8
GUID (UUID V4):0b9f27bd-e6b8-4652-be8a-3997b904d728
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
0.9km (0.6 miles) Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Hay Gill Copper Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.5km (1.0 miles) Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) Deer Hills Baryte Mine, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.5km (1.6 miles) Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.0km (1.9 miles) Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...mineralisation at Driggith and Sandbed Mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I Green, Michael S. Rumsey, Trevor...A review of the mineralogy of Brae Fell Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, David I Green
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 N...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)
crystals up to 4.5 mm tall from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Norman Thomson Collection. Photograph...the dump of Endeavour Level, Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Paul Nicholson Collection. Photograph...Tindle 3-9 Zincolivenite from the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall Jens C. Ø. Andersen and David Moulding...review of the mineralisation at Ingray Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, Michael S. Rumsey, Trevor...The mineralogy of Short Grain Low Level, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Tim Neall and David I. Green 45-61 ‘Lady’s
Catalog/List
Gold Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...Copper Manqanese Copper Elaterite Sulphur Copper & Cuprite Gold Gold Silver Coooer Jet Gold Sulphur Copper...The Knipe, S.Scotland Ow A2 Price £1 Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The...Rocks Cornwall Hinqston Down, Cornwall Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 £1...Quebec (Cook) Herodsfoot Cornwall Bournonite Bedford Mine Devon Arsenoovrite Colorado USA Enaraite Minas Gerais
Journal (issue)
............................................. Caldbeck Commons update Roy Starkey 15 ..................are abundant! The ongoing developments of the Caldbeck fields is a subject we have with us again. I have...Sutcliffe put on a display of material from Rampgill Mine with two specime ns of enormous interest (to me...the 'old man' was working this part of Rampgill Mine well before I thought they had got that far! After...longer interested in their collection of a seri es of UK first day covers; 86 issues from the period July
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
Journal (issue)
J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...P. J. Dunn Famous mineral localities: The Mezica mine, Slovenia, Yugoslavia ............................Pyromorphite group minerals from the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England .................................................................... 123 by B. M. England Locality species lists ..........................ISSUES! v.15/#5 Jacupiranga mine (Bra­ zil), Jensen quarry (CA), Cunha Baixa mine, Paulkerrite $7 v.15/#6
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...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 (article/letter/editorial)
other exotic oxidized zone in an as-yet-undeveloped mine. For now, however, Tsumeb holds top honors for the...name leadhillite in 1832, establishing the Susanna mine, Leadhills, as the type locality (Dana 1896). There...Figure 1. Leadhillite, 6.7 cm high, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Formerly in the Houston Museum...pseudomorphing leadhillite crystals to 5 mm, from the Susanna mine, Leadhills, Scotland. This is the underside of the...has been found] in largest quantity in the Susanna Mine. It sometimes occurs alone; more frequently with
Journal (volume)
non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...included by an unknown black sulphide, from Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire. Don Edwards specimen and painting...2019 EDITORIAL 2 5 PAPERS Enargite from Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire Steve A. Rust 6 10 Manganite...Barium-rich muscovite and hyalophane from Benallt Mine, Rhiw, Pen Llŷn, Gwynedd Tom F. Cotterell, David...and Chris Finch 59 76 The Smale Gill trials, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, C. Mike Leppington
Journal (volume)
deposition in a cavity in Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges and Roy Starkey 17–24...development of a mineralised cavity at the Smallcleugh Mine in the North Pennine Orefield, where Trevor focused...we were walking down from Copa Hill at Cwmystwyth mine in mid-wales. we had both been participants on one...group of clear quartz crystals from brownley Hill mine, and Journal of the Russell Society (2015) 1st...“micromount” category, with a baryte from tear breeches mine, matlock bath. at this time, the Society was also
Book
siderite, Force Crag Mine, Braithwaite (MNS 4491) Back cover-'Daisy' gypsum, Birks Head Mine, Long Marton (MNS...Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells (MNS 4492) (top right) Quartz, variety rock crystal, Carrock Fell Mine...(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.
Journal (issue)
TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Wulfenite (Mexico) UK Journal of Mines and Minerals Issue No 5 SUMMER1988...non U.K. Page No. The Re-opening of Clogau Gold Mine 1966 J. Hodgkins 2 The Minerals of Trimouns, Ariege...Hughes 12 AUSTRALIA The Mines of Lindale Moor, Cumbria A. McFadzean 15 AMERICAN CONTINENT Mrs. J. Schmitt...0952-2-'09 The Occurrence of Mattheddleite in The Caldbeck Fells M. P. Cooper, D. I. Green, R.S.W. Braithwaite...For Your Bookshelf 31 The Minerals of Esgair Hir Mine S.A. Rust, J. S. Mason 35 Classified Advertisements
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
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...ground; trial workings, mine dumps, mine buildings and smeltings, plus mine location maps and a wealth...bibliography concludes the work. Minerals of Northern England will rate as one of the classic works on British
Journal (issue)
......................................... The Caldbeck Fells 12 .......................................to the long-cherished collecting grounds of the Caldbeck Fells offers new challenges and opportunities...is that David, while at University, represented England in the sport of 'winks', which apparently was taken...impurities. Thus elsewhere in this Newsletter Groverake Mine is described as a commercial producer of fluorspar...au South Caradon 5551 The site of South Caradon mine at St. Cleer Cornwall, has been declared by English
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...There is little doubt that Silver Beck is Silver Gill Mine and Minersdale is thought to be the ancient name...which stands the famous old Roughtongill Mine on the Caldbeck Fells. Of the copper mines near Keswick...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...photograph Sandbeds Mine, of Glenridding; 113 were taken by Eric Caldbeck. Holland from the photographs...prospected with “Uncle” John William Shaw, who was mine foreman at Coniston for many years. / am grateful...were with me on many geological excursions on the Caldbeck Fells. Mr. E. H. Shackleton has given useful advice
Journal (issue)
................... Mineral Collecting on the Caldbeck Commons Mike Leppington 24 .....................ONE! when I typed in 'mineral news' and checked the uk button. Gary is still searching for materia_l,,!9"pu...ball, almost certainly 'malachite'. Whether any 'cuprite' is present it is not possible to say as the basalt...was attended by some 150 delegates from around the UK, including some from as far as Scotland. An excellent...have a similar conference on the minerals of the UK and what the societies do, and the problems we are
Journal (issue)
ROCKBOTTOM UK JOURNAL OF MINES & MINERALS ISSUE No. 1 ROCKBOTTOM A U.K. JOURNAL FOR MINING AND MINERAL...•~_S_,.Sp~ef:· EDITORIAL .P.UBLiCATION • RED GILL MINE ?.Briscoe 2 LLANRWST MINES E.Otty 5 TUCSON...-r:e1,.:.0302 1io244;-~ . • •• • 1.1 fALLOWFIELD MINE P.3riscoe DIARY OE' EVENTS ·•. 12 15 E'OR...HOOVER AND DE RE METALLICA C:.Otty 30 HILTON MINE A.Winrow J!. HEIGHTS AND THE GREEN HOLE ? .S...to Rockbottom Issue 2,are you? 1 Red Gill Red Gill Mine has secondary minerals long been famous
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Book
Group field trips to collect minerals at quarries, mine spoil tips and coastal exposures became an important...Society activities. Localities from Cornwall to Cumbria were visited – at a time when attitudes to access...on his caving experiences in various parts of England and illustrated it with a splendid set of colour...afterwards to Bodmin and the famous Shallow Water Mine.” Other field trips took members fossilling at Barton-on-Sea...Whitlock, Roger Wood, Rob Rider, Paul Pearce, Jim & Gill Goulding, Phil Bampton, Gary Morse & Gemma); Taff’s
Journal (issue)
with high temperatures, but they are unusual for the UK and are therefore worth a comment. As responsible...seen any truly serious cases of heatstroke in the UK, the potential is there and I have seen many minor...each day Possible sites include: Great Orme Copper Mine (entrance fee) Alderley Edge Mines (insurance fee)...above and below ground, including the famous Ojuela Mine where he collected excellent adamite. Some of the...rich, typical of many Triassic sandstones in the UK. It is not very compact and has just a little overgrowth
Book
Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous...ilmenite crystals as described here for the Dodo mine. In general, ilmenite crystals from the Subpolar
 
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