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Chalcedony from
Eycott Hill, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Eycott Hill, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:520810
Long-form Identifier:1:3:520810:4
GUID (UUID V4):4ed44a64-919e-4fa9-8df0-abc583f5042a
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
0.0km (0.0 miles) Falcon Crag, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
17.5km (10.9 miles) Force Crag Mine (Force Craig Mine), Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
21.7km (13.5 miles) Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
22.2km (13.8 miles) Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
22.7km (14.1 miles) Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
31.2km (19.4 miles) Haile Moor Mine, Haile, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
38.7km (24.0 miles) Sandwith Mine, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
59.3km (36.9 miles) Kirkbean Burn, Kirkbean, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
61.6km (38.3 miles) Winterings Edge, Gunnerside Gill (Gunnerside Ghyll), Melbecks, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK
63.8km (39.6 miles) Airds Point, Auchencairn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
Namurian - Borrovvdale Volcanic Group - Dinanrian - Eycott Group Fig. I - Skiddaw Group Simplified geolog...west Cumbrian coal and iron ore fields, the Vale of Eden and the Carlisle plain (Figure I). It is defined...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Prof. T. G. Bonney— The Emtatitic Lavas of Eycott Hill. attention to the subject, and cannot find any...range within the Lower Carboniferous rocks. In England, however, it has never yet been recorded from beds...MINERAL ALLIED TO ENSTATITE IN TUB ANCIENT LAVAS OP EYCOTT H I L L , CUMBERLAND. By Professor T. G. BONNET...are given in the lastnamed paper. J went to the hill in the autumn of 1874 and collected a few specimens...collection, forwarded to me three specimens from Eycott Hill, thinking that I might not have any rocks therefrom
Book
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...Group undivided 5 Bitter Beck Fonnation 5 Watch Hill Formation 5 Hope Beck Fonnation 5 Loweswater Formation...Depositional envirorunent of the Skiddaw Group 7 Eycott Volcanic Group 7 Borro\.vdale Volcanic Group 8...providing easy access to 1nany geological features. Hill fanning is the principal land use. The solid geology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
limestones, shales, and coals which in northernmost England represent the Carboniferous Limestone Series. The...overlies a limestone ; for the basalt is in the hill a little above the schist, and on the sea-shore... Prof. T. G. Bonney— The Emtatitic Lavas of Eycott Hill. attention to the subject, and cannot find any...range within the Lower Carboniferous rocks. In England, however, it has never yet been recorded from beds...MINERAL ALLIED TO ENSTATITE IN TUB ANCIENT LAVAS OP EYCOTT H I L L , CUMBERLAND. By Professor T. G. BONNET
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
seasons I have had the pleasure of working in Cumbria with my colleague, Mr. Alfred Harker. Many of the...Paleeozoic inlier of the Cross Fell range, east of Eden, is a continuous patch of these slates, stretching...Cumberland an isolated outcrop of Skiddaw Slate forms the hill known as Black Combe, and a smaller patch occurs...ouiston Slate Band. Ullswater basic lava group=Eycott group. Falcon Crag and Bleaberry Fell Andesites...of Grange Fells. They are commonly filled with chalcedony, agate, calcite, chloritoid substances, etc.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
varying from S.S.E. at 55°, as at Mat Fell and Dent Hill, to verticality as at Wilton. They are overlaid...hills, which commences near Sunderland in the Beacon Hill and Binsey Crag, is continued by the mountains round...suddenly turns to the S.E. by Bannest Hill and Murrah to Eycott Hill near Troutbeck. In examining this comparatively...north of Troutbeck Station. This range, of which Eycott Hill (1131 feet) is the culminating point, is composed...which flows from the south-eastern extremity of Eycott Hill, this series is excellently exhibited, and their
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...to encompass the Forest of Bowland, the Vale of Eden, the Salway Plain and the western part of the North...Silurian 7 Skiddaw and Ingleton Groups (Ordovician) 7 Eycott Volcanic Group (Ordovician) 7 Latterbarrow Formation
Book
ltst<>nc:~and rnudstone, 800 olistostrome some sandstone g HILL FORlvL,\TION """O'ii, saWATCH ndstone, siltstone...Geological Survey. 1:50 000 Sheet 29 Keswick (England and Wales). Keyworth, Nottingha1n: British Geological...Woodhall, Regional Editor for Scotland and Northern England, and is based on the approved version of the Sheet...disused mines and quarries (Plate 1). At present, hill fanning is the principal land use. The bed.rock...settling ponds (D 3856). Plate 1 2 INTRODUCTION Eycott and Borrowdale volcanic groups. The bed rock also
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE LOWER AND UPPER GREENSAND OR THE SOUTH OP ENGLAND." BY GEORGE JENNINGS HINDE, Ph.D., F.G.S. Communicated...Haslemere, Midhurst, Petworth, Godalming, Tilfurston Hill, near Godstone, Sevenoaks, Maidstone, and at Hythe...silica of the sponge-remains has been altered to chalcedony, and the chert and porous siliceous rock accompanying...the spicules, are likewise of chalcedony; occasionally the chalcedony gives place to crystalline silica...after working at the sections in the south of England with Mr. Bristow, and had intimated that several
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...st1uctural setting 37 Borrowdale Volcanic Group 42 Eycott Volcanic Group 59 Lake District Batholith 60 4...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Derwentwater, to the south of the little wooded hill called Rosetrees, is composed of the Skiddaw slates...(fig 2). To the south of this, in a little wooded hill called Castle ]:[ead, there is a massive greenish...course of a small stream which flows down from a hill known as the Pike. In both places this lowest trap...of this group is afforded in a rugged hill, known as F.ycott Hill, about a mile and a half to the north...near Greenah Crag, rise in the centre into Eyeott Hill (1131 feet), and sink again towards Murrah. The
Report (volume)
is Registered Charity 210161. The Society is the UK national learned and professional society for geology...fifth of the Society's fellowship resides outside the UK. To find out more about the Society, log on to www...uk. The Geological Society Publishing House (Bath, UK) produces the Society's international journals and...Brassmill Enterprise Centre Brassmill Lane Bath BA1 3JN, UK (Orders: Tel. +44 (0)1225 445046 Fax +44 (0)1225...Typeset by Type Study, Scarborough, UK Printed by Alden Press, Oxford, UK iv Distributors USA AAPG Bookstore
Report (issue)
OF OF THE RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL GEOLOGICAL ENGLAND SURVEY AND OF COUNCIL SCIENCES GREAT BRITAIN...BtT2 8ay or through any bookseller Printed in England for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office by Hull Printers...the New Series One-inch Geological Survey Map of England and Wales. This sheet coloured has replaced...Horizontal sections across (a) Binsey and (b) Eycott Hill Fic. Fic. Fic. localities as PAGE .. ‘...Sketch map of Borrowdale Volcanic Series on Eycott Hill Fic. Fic. Fic. are Great Cockup a Ei ee ae
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL COUNCIL SCIENCES SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Country around Cockermouthand...the New Series One-inch Geological Survey Map of England and Wales. This sheet has replaced the Old Series...Binsey and (b) Eycott Hill 71 Sketch map of Borrowdale Volcanic Series on Eycott Hill 80 Sketch map of...edition the Plates are between pages 8 and 9) Elva Hill and Skiddaw (A 6630) Grits of Skiddaw Slates (A...Volcanic Series (A 6739) Dyke in porphyritic lava of Eycott type (A 6613) viii IV A B PLATEV A B PLATE VI
Report (issue)
contrasts. It includes the northern part of the Vale of Eden and is bordered in the east by the Pennine escarpment...Fermo-Triassic red beds which crop out in the Vale of Eden are described with particular emphasis on the part...hydrogeology and mineral products. l Plate 1 River Eden at Armathwaite [5035 4538]. Dolerite of the Cleveland-Armathwaite...695) Dyke GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN England and Wales R. S. AR THURTON and A.] .WADGE CONTRIBUTORS...London BOOKS British Regional Geology Northern England, 4th edition Classicalareasqf British Geology Geology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Andesites and Scafell Ash groups, while the Eycott Hill series might be expected to occur N.W. and N...number, four of them being • Felsitic Lavas of England and Wales, Mem. Geol. Suro., 1885. p. 13. Geol...been filled with calcite centres and marginal chalcedony. The specific gravity of this rock is 2.69, and...Tilberthwaite Slate Band Eycott Hill Series ? 7.1 Note with reference to the Eycott Hill and Sty Head Groups...confined to them.* As regards the basic lavas (Eycott Hill Series) the percentage of Silica is taken as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Flagda,,' type from the large exposures on Flagdaw Hill, near Knock, in the Cross Fell inlier. The rock...bytownite-bearing lava in the LO\yer Andesites of Eycott Hill are found in the Upper Andesites about Haweswater;...Eskdale Granite aureole at Charity Chair on Stoneside Hill and at Peg Crag. south of Buckbarrow; also on Lowthwaite...known what becomes of them between Watendlath and Patterdale, where they are highly developed.. They are thick...met \\'ith in a corresponding position at Watch Hill, near Cockennouth, and the Dry Gills in the Caldbeck
Book
Minerals of the English Lake District Caldbeck Fells Cumbria. Caldbeck. Mineral deposts 1. Title 11. Stanley...Caldbeck and the Caldbeck Fells Are worth all England else (Hutchinson. 1794) is supposed to have originated...Lancashire to form the new administrative county of Cumbria, It is an area of high ground, once described as...Carboniteraus Limestone WI Dry Gill Shales + Koswick Eycott Group Ordovician Skiddaw Group 7 V1 EXZYSZ] Skiddaw...ruins (now believed to be the remains of an Iron Age hill fort) or visit nearby 'bottomless' Bowscale Tarn
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
77) to have been a constituent of some of the Eycott Hill lavas ; and Mr. Teall supposes it probable that...rock, the vesicles now filled with chlorite and chalcedony. In thin sections the difference alluded to is
Book
will rank amongst the best Mines in the North of England . Since 1565 no less than seven smelt mills and...from the northern end of Honister Pass, to Dent Hill, near Egremont , this area is bounded partly by...several lakes , some of the highest mountains in England , and the most varied and beautiful scenery that...Water and Carbonaceous matter .964 100.000 At Eycott Hill, near Berrier, about ten miles north-east of...allied to Enstatite in the Ancient Lavas of Eycott Hill , Cumberland ," in the Geological Magazine for
Book (edition)
southern fringe of the area, and along the Vale of Eden, the Carboniferous beds are much older than in the...movements which raised mountain chains across Europe, England, Ireland and America. The central core of the Lake...plain, and meeting Lake District ice in the Vale of Eden turned east over Stainmore and the Tyne Gap to carry...lava showing very fine steam holes filled with chalcedony and tiny agates, while a little further upstream...saying "Caldbeck and Caldbeck Fells be worth all England else." What is the origin of these mineral veins
Book (edition)
IGNEOUS ROCKS . 17 2. SECONDARY . Quartz, Opal, Chalcedony . Calcite. Zeolites. Kaolinite. Colourless ...spherulitic opal, see Fig . 5) . 25 IGNEOUS ROCKS. Chalcedony. Silica, SiO2. line and amorphous silica. ...of acid volcanic rocks . Under the microscope chalcedony has a fibrous struc ture, giving an imperfect... 5.) Agate consists of alternating layers of chalcedony, jasper, amethyst and other varieties of quartz...calcite, epidote, chlorite, serpentine, zeolites, chalcedony, opal and even quartz. By the infiltration of
Book (edition)
southern fringe of the area, and along the Yale of Eden , t he C a rboniferous beds are much older than...movements which raised mountain c hains across Europe, England, Ireland and America. The central core of th..:...seen at places like Kirkby Thore in the Vale of Eden, or along the coast at Barrowmouth Bay near Whitehaven...plain. and meeting Lake District ice in the Vale of Eden. turned east ove r the Tyne Gap and Stainmore to...lava showing very fine steam holes filled with chalcedony and tiny agates, while a l ittle further upstream
Book (edition)
MODE OF OCCURRENCE Ij dykes of the North of England and the dolerite West 13 of Scotland. Veins...word sill for a flat bed Sill of the North of England. 3 is derived from the Great Whin PHYSICAL...Scotland, and Fife. The Whin Sill in the North of England is an intrusive North sheet of basic rock, which...decomposition filled - products (calcite, chalcedony, etc.), the almond-shaped vesicular cavities...also The silicates known as zeolites ; chalcedony, opal, and quartz. materials which went to form
 
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