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Cinnabar from
Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:961153
Long-form Identifier:1:3:961153:5
GUID (UUID V4):2f5f346b-4c01-4dc3-9219-42f48f8b7a71
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
0.4km (0.3 miles) Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.7km (1.7 miles) Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.1km (1.9 miles) Old Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.1km (1.9 miles) Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
24.5km (15.2 miles) Myers Head Mine, Hartsop, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
38.6km (24.0 miles) Silvertop Quarry, Farlam, City of Carlisle District, Cumbria, England, UK
44.4km (27.6 miles) Nattrass Mine, Alston Moor, 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
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of
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
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 (issue)
UK TS C 2 COVER:Superbtwinnedyellowfluoritecrystal 15 mm on edge from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria...T'wENTY YEARS IN MINERALS NORTHERN ENGLAND David Green • Peter Briscoe The UK ]011rnalof Mines at1d Minerals...-16- MARKETING Peter J. Briscoe Tony Stubbins CALDBECK FELLS -25- NORTH CIRCULATION Jean C. Spence...EVENTS Mick Wolfe Richard Bell THE SHAP GRANITE CUMBRIA DESIGN Julie Ballard QUARRY, Max Wirth • David...Ratcliff & Roper (Print ) Ltd Worksop, Nous. S80 2EE UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 22 -t- Campylite
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ROUGHTON GILL AND THE MINES OF THE CALDBECK FELLS ~ -.:,-=~~---:- . ~ ROUGHTON GILL AND THE MINES...MINES OF THE CALDBECK FELLS By Ian Tyler ..'/ 'i_', ,1·, '.' \., ,, .. ., . i '~~~ .,_ ' . :-Y, ...Mining Museum, Otley House, Otley Road, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 5LE Printed and bound in Great Britain by:...Mining & Silver Gill 1 Before the Germans 2 Society of Mines Royal 3 Balli way Rigg & Thief Gill 4 Brigham...Some Home Comforts 6 Underground at Silver gill 7 A New Mine Fortune 8 Changes Afoot 9 The Hechstetter
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 ........................................................... 155 COVER: CINNABAR crystal, 2 cm, on dolom ite m atrix, from F enghuang
Journal (issue)
UK TS 2 EDITORIAL 2 BUXTON COVER:A superbgreenfluoritetwin25 mmon edge from the Heights Mine, Westgate...Piddcollection. MUSEUM Ros Westwood 6 MINERAL NEWS 11 The UK ]011mal ef Mines a11dMinerals publishes articles...subscriptions and advertising. BARITE FROM BARRAS END MINE Peter Briscoe 15 DIGITAL MICRO-PHOTOGRAPHY David...FINANCE Jean C. Spence CESAflOLITE FROM EAGLEBROOK MINE Tom Cotterell 39 NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe Richard...Richard Bell WURTZITE FROM LOCKRIDGE MINE Ben Grguric • Ernest Nickel 41 DESIGN Julie Ballard COPPER
Journal (issue)
Ovington, UK NJ Elton, St Austell, U.K. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, U.K. RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King...Media, (A division of St. Ives Group), Leeds, England. Published by The Russell Society. Registered Charity...Tim Neall Mud-filled fluorite vugs in Greenlaws mine, Weardale, Co. Durham Stephen Moreton Gearksutite...supergene mineralization at Silver Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, Trevor F Bridges, M...composition of fuloppite from Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, Tim Neall and A ndy
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...review of the mineralogy of Brae Fell Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, David I Green and
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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 (article/letter/editorial)
W., COOPER,M. P., and HART, A. D., queitite, Cumbria, 508; - - PAAR, W. H., and CHISHOLM,J. E., phurcalite...behaviour, 117 CHUN6, J. I., see NAKATA,M., 387 Cinnabar, Pennines, 388 CLAUDE, J. M., see MONTEL, J. M...minerals, 357; Li-micas, compositional relations, England and France, 427, vaughnite, new mineral, Hemlo...analysis, trace elements, geological applications, 3 ENGLAND CORNWALL, Botallack, Whealcock Zawn, wickmanite...mineral, 473; CUMBRIA, Caldbeck Fells, queitite, 508; Caldbeck Fells, Higher Roughton Gill, scotlandite
Catalog/List
Gold Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...secondaries Sphalerite Realgar & Orpiment Realqar Cinnabar Stibnite Galena, Fluorite and Barvte Pyrite &...var Marmetite Sphalerite Sphalerite Berthierite Cinnabar Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland...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
Journal (issue)
Barium-pharmacosiderite and symplesite from Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria B. Young, E. Hyslop and D. Millward 64...64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon 66 Growth of...sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed to be...assemblages observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral...hypogene copper lodes. INTRODL'CTION Botallack mine (SW 363 336) in the St Just mining district, Cornwall
Catalog/List
Giller) 2 6 Nursery Road, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 tAL, UK. Tele/Fax: +44 (0) 1299 403916 E-Mail: saragiller@crystalvine...than A. £5. 3. ALSTONITE, Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. 4x3.5x3.2cm. Ex D. Hoyle coll. A white...xtls. A fine example. £6. 7. ANATASE, Virtuos Lady mine, Devon. l.4xl.5xlcm. A MM with a micro xtl of sparkly...APATITE, llarding's Vein. · Carrock mine, Caldbeck fells, Cumbria. 5x4x2.5cm . One fairly gemmy greenish...clear xtls. Very pretty. £4. 16. AZURITE, Tynagh mine, Co. Galway, Ireland. Ex S.J.A.C. Brown coll. Old
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
Report (issue)
Exploration in the .· . ·_.:C:orikerrn.outh area, Cumbria. ·_ · · ·P·a rt ·1:·· Regional surveys _ • ,:... Mineral exploration in the Cockermouth area, Cumbria. Part 1: regional surveys D C Cooper, D G Cameron... Mineral exploration in the Cockermouth area, Cumbria. Part 1: regional surveys DC Cooper, D G Cameron... Mineral exploration in the Cockermouth area, Cumbria. Part 1: regional surveys. British Geological Survey...Survey Keyworth Nottingham NG12 5GG Printed in England for the British Geological Survey by Saxon Printing
Catalog/List
crystals to 2mm. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Black goethite... Collected 1980. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Stalactitic brown...Quartz. 50' above bottom of Boundary Shaft, Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. A group of colourless pyramidal...pyramidal quartz crystals. 90/091 Baryte. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Pale blue baryte crystals...minor matrix. 901006A Baryte with sphalerite. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Clear transparent baryte
Journal (issue)
infonnalion such as the rroblems with collecting on the Caldbeck Fells which could discourage visitors from coming...ruined lhe spcci111en. Had lhis specimen have been mine I, 100, would have left ii as it was. It i s 1101...plumhogummitc collected in 1 994 from 1- ligher Roughton Gill. Four of five judges awarded this the highest...elyitc from Stoneycroft Smelter, Ncwlands Valley, Cumbria came second with a average of 42.0 and Roy Starkey's...coronadite, psilomclane and quart?. from Dry Gill Mine, Caldbcck Fells. Paul Wallace's mixitc from Penberthy
Journal (issue)
Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _ ... Specimen: 135 x 88 x 40mm...ticle In this Issue). Photo by Mick Cooper. The UK Journal ofM;nes a'1d Mi,,erals publishes articles...BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & '.\·lincrals No. 11 -1- EDITORIAL...such an extent that we lose touch with the local UK scene, but the variations in the mineralogical scene...indecent; just your average bunch of collectors in fact. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -2- GODDESS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
member Joe Marty spoke on Minerals of the Blue Lizard Mine and Other Western Localities. Joe, an indefatigable...they picked a perennial favorite, the Blue Bell mine. Twentytwo members went on the trip, and all found...Arsenates and Other Rare Minerals from the Cap Garonne Mine. Rick Turner then topped it off with My Summer 2014... At the symposium of the Micromounters of New England, a memorial table for Micromounters’ Hall of Fame...a light-hearted presentation on The Blue Lizard Mine and Other Locations. Joe has been working closely
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and arsenides near the south shaft at South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, Cornwall. R. J. Davis...baryte, with tennantite in limestone, at Gortdrum mine, Oola, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. BM(NH) specimens...ochreous, at West Turf Pits mine, Grassington Moor, Yorkshire. Also, at Treore mine, St. Teath, Cornwall. A...Ganophyllite Some of the ganophyllite at Benallt mine, Rhiw, Caernarvonshire (W. Campbell Smith et al...Greenish-yellow massive, in quartz and bismuth at South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, Cornwall. A. W. G. Kingsbury
Journal (issue)
Riviera, Cosmic Geology, Lanzarote, Minerals of West Cumbria, Mines and Men of Menheniot and British Fossils...the closed-up mine entrance, but were not having much luck. However, all around the the mine entrance yellow...the planned morning in bed , we were off to the Caldbeck Fells in search of the elusive pyromorphite. More...We push onwards and make it to the first old mine or gill as they are known in these parts. However there...the hill and eventually come to the Mexico mine, Roughton Gill. A few bits of pyromorphite are lying around
Journal (issue)
(Germany) Hemerdon Mine update 2 3 6 12 12 13 16 19 19 19 22 23 South Crofty Mine update Scotgold Cononish...wanting to know what references were made to any given Mine, something which I was able to make use of in my...to document the history of the famous Herodsfoot Mine in Cornwall, and saving hundreds of hours of search...Silurian Konservat-Lagerstätte of Herefordshire, UK. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B. 267:...Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, UK. Mineralogical Magazine 66: 301-11. BMS Newsletter
Book
siderite, Force Crag Mine, Braithwaite (MNS 4491) Back cover-'Daisy' gypsum, Birks Head Mine, Long Marton (MNS...(top left) Mimetite, variety campylite, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells (MNS 4492) (top right) Quartz, variety...Carrock Fell Mine, Mosedale (MNS 4488) (bottom left) Hematite, variety kidney ore, Nab Gill Mine, Boot (MNS...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.
 
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