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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Illite
Formula:K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Age information
Maximum recorded age:189 Ma
Minimum recorded age:178 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
1178 MaEarly Jurassic - K-Ar
2189 MaEarly Jurassic - K-Ar
Sample references:
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Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Illite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:961156
Long-form Identifier:1:3:961156:6
GUID (UUID V4):29c3f58c-4fcd-4061-a147-5d6446d2b6d7
Nearest other occurrences of Illite
0.1km (0.0 miles) Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.5km (1.6 miles) Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
2.7km (1.7 miles) Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, 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
7.3km (4.5 miles) Brundholme Mine (Glenderaterra Mine; Blencathra Mine), Glenderaterra Valley, Threlkeld, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
8.6km (5.3 miles) Threlkeld Mine, Threlkeld, Threlkeld, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
11.6km (7.2 miles) Thornthwaite Mine, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
16.3km (10.1 miles) Yewthwaite Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
16.3km (10.2 miles) Force Crag Mine (Force Craig Mine), Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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
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 (article/letter/editorial)
East Iceland: beudantite, 431 Pengenna (Trewethen) mine, St. Kew: pitchsbone, oligoclase, 587 Sellatur...WALES Adamite, hiibnerite, xliv Billingham anhydrite mine, Durham: aph~hitalite(?), arsenopyrite(?), epsomite...cornubite, 1 Treburland mine, Altarnun: genthelvite, molybdenite, 921 Treore mine, St. Teath: beudantite...jamesonite, mimetite, scorodite, stibnite, 431 Tretoil mine, Lanivet: danalite, garnet, ilvaite, 921 Wheal Betsy...bindheimite, 664 Geevor mine, Pendeen, St. Just-inPenwith: uraninite, 654 Levant mine, St. Just-in-Penwith:
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 (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
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND” - COCKERMOUTH AND CALDBECK Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2023...OF OF THE RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL GEOLOGICAL ENGLAND SURVEY AND OF COUNCIL SCIENCES GREAT BRITAIN...Geology of thé Country ~ around Cockermouth and Caldbeck (Explanation of One-inch Geological Sheet 23,...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
Report (issue)
GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Country around Cockermouthand Caldbeck . (Explanation...the New Series One-inch Geological Survey Map of England and Wales. This sheet has replaced the Old Series...• . • • 170 Sketch map illustrating geology of Caldbeck and Newlands area 173 • • 175 Horizontal section...Bothel .. Torpenhow. . Bolton Broadmoor. . .. Ireby Caldbeck . . .. Welton and Sebergham . . High Bridge ....south. A substantial tributary from the west (the Caldbeck of Six-inch maps) formed in its higher reaches
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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.
Journal (issue)
UK j min~/1minerals C I 11 lNTS 200~ I 2 EDITORlAL: SPEClALISATION COVER:A fluoritecube 15...Egremont, Cumbria. 4 SOWERBY SCORODITE Nick Carruth • Ron Cleevcly • David Green 7 The UK ]011mal of...DESIGN Julie Ballard 47 PETITJEANITE FROM CAR.ROCK MINE Mike Rumsey • Trevor Bridges • John Spratt The... 50 PREISINGERITE & ROOSEVELTITE FROM CARROCK MINE Mike Rumsey 53 NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Trevor Bridges...information and a full review in the next UKJMM. UK Journal vf Mines & Minerals No. 28 -2- Frontispiece
Report (issue)
Publishing Cen­ tre, Sheffield Printed and bound in England for the British Geological Survey by Linney's Colour...ore fields of west and south Cumbria. The presence of mineralisation and mine spoil is thus a strong influence...and F in stream sediments and waters. Apart from mine spoil, contamination is generally not an important...commonly around the industrial centres of west Cumbria. However, industrial contamination is often restricted...tend to occur in areas with peat development or mine spoil. Limestone terrains, with their ready availability
Journal (volume)
non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...in this article! Finally, we visit the north of England for Brian Young’s account of magnetite mineralisation...of euhedral schulenbergite at the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall. Journal of the Russell Society, 19, 34–35...Mineral Localities: Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 20...Quarry2,7,9 (now water-filled and the location of the UK National Diving Centre, Stoney Cove) SP 493 9421
Journal (volume)
Zoned oxidation deposits in Tynebottom Mine, Garrigil1, Cumbria Trevo r F. Bridges and David 1. Green...Copper·bearing silica gel from the walls of the Tankardstown mine, Co. Waterford, Treland Stephen Moreton 10-17 ...and 1. Ike Wilson 52-54 Powellite from Benallt mine, Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd: a first Welsh occurrence...Tom F. Cotterell 54-55 Cesarolite from Frongoch Mine, Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion, Wales Tom F. Cotterell...55-56 PAPER Corkite and hinsdalite from Frongoch Mine, Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion, Wales, including evidence
Book
' Frontispiece Landsat imagery of north-west England taken from a height of 900 km. Photograph: National...Geological Society 1978 ISBN 0 9501656 2 X PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY W. S. MANEY AND SON LIMITED LEEDS CONTENTS...Geology 15 Epigenetic Mineralization 16 Offshore Cumbria 17 Hydrogeology C. K. Patrick 18 Environmental...placed the greater part of Scotland in ‘America’, England a :■ dies in ‘Europe’, and regarded the Southern...ccid on or near to the Solway, descending beneath England and Wales. Fitton and Hughes (op. cit.) also noted
Journal (volume)
of northeast England 2 6 ARTICLES Minerals of the Permian rocks of northeast England: A Review Brian...121 141 BOOK REVIEWS ‘‘Minerals of the Frongoch Mine’’ David I. Green ‘‘The Peak District: Landscape...MINERALISATION IN THE PERMIAN ROCKS OF NORTHEAST ENGLAND This issue celebrates localities of mineralogical...mineralogical interest in the Permian rocks of northeast England. The rocks, which crop out in a north south ribbon...and in countless medieval buildings in northeast England (Lott and Cooper, 2005). Its architectural reputation
Journal (issue)
UK Journal of Mines and Minerals Issue1Wo7 AUTUMN 1989 EDITORIAL BOARD P.J. Briscoe M.P.Cooper M.D...YourBookshelf 18 Bwlchglas Mine 20 Alpine Quartz L. Gautron 29 Muirshiel Mine 40 The Copper Trials...fact that it is one of the few remaining parts of England still above sea level. News from the colder parts...King Don the· 69th, the omnipotent intergalactic mine buff extraordinary has recently returned from a...to dwell on production difficulties at 2° Kelvin. Mine gases are still giving problems and production had
Journal (issue)
variety, from the Britannia Mine , North Wales, and from the Botallack Mine, Cornwall A.M. Pollard, R.G...Williams, R.E. Bevins and S. Turgoose 23 The Wesley Mine; a further occurrence of manganese oxide-hosted...Croft Mine , Cornwall- a second English occurrence 1. Betterton Native silver from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck...Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria M. Wirth Rosasite from West Pasture Mine, Weardale , Co. Durham B. Young and J.G...hot spring precipitates comprising cymrite and illite. INTRODUCTION The Broken Hill deposit, New South
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...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...Outline geology of northern England 3 3 Palaeogeographical reconstructions from the Ordovician to the Palaeogene
Report (issue)
Southwest England 10 Fig 5 Extent of kaolinisation in the granites of Southwest England 11 Fig 6...the United Kingdom and the deposits of Southwest England are world famous for their high quality. The United...range of other uses. The deposits of Southwest England were formed by the in situ alteration of the feldspar...proportion to today. The china clays of Southwest England are world famous both for their high quality and...which, in the case of the deposits of Southwest England, generally range from 5 µm to 0.1 µm in diameter
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)
Feldspar Group ALGODONITE Cu3 As Loe.: Ref.: Ahmeek Mine, Michigan, U . S . A. A.S . T.M., No. 2 - 1266....AUROSTIBITE AuSb 2 Loe.: Ref.: Giant Yellowknife Mine, Yellowknife, N. W. T., Canada. Graham, A.R. and...AZURITE Cu3 (OH)2 (C03)2 Loe.: Ref.: Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee,Arizona, U.S.A . de Assuncao, Carlos Torre...BAR YTOCALCITE C a Ba(C03) 2 Loe.: Alston Moor, England - 12 d I 7.6 5. 74 4. 34 4.00 3.83 3.13 2.69...Pb) 2 (As04) (OH) ( ?) Loe.: Ref.: Cornwall, England. Claringbull, G.F.: Min. Mag., vol. 29, 1951, p
Journal (issue)
crystals on plumbogummite, from Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. National Museum of Wales Collection...myne (ore) from Mr. Foley's land at Aston' and 'mine in stock at the Black House'. The iron ores of...extremity near Clifford's Mesne (Fig. 1), called Mine Wood on the 1841 Tythe map. The latter also names...near the village (Nat. Grid. ref. SO 702 237) as Mine Wood and l~ine Ground. Arable land (SO 706 233)... near Woodgate (Fig. 1), is at present known as Mine Field, it being said locally that iron-ore was quarried
Book
generally regarded as among the n1ost intractable in England but a recently completed resurvey programme led...similar strata extend beneath 1nuch of northern England. To the west, the Manx Croup of the Isle of ]\...British Geological Survey, 1Vewcastle Printed in the UK for the British Geological Su1vey by . & Co Ltd....Fonnation 60 Teesdale inlier and boreholes in northern England 60 Ingleton Group 61 Four Depositional environment...Skiddaw Group rocks at depth across much of northern England, the study is also relevant to the understanding
Journal (issue)
J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...find a pegmatite a “half-mile” from the Palermo mine, in New Hampshire. It was originally identified...removal or partial change of some reference points (mine dumps, for example), or all simple reference points...unwise in this instance. Small quarry owners and mine operators are, for the most part, unfamiliar with...and oth er parts abroad, as well as w ith us in England. R obert B oyle (1627-1691), a m em b er o f the
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada,...administrative divisions inside those countries, e.g in Spain, UK, Russia, some African countries, etc. Several repeated...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald
 
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