Wiregill Mine, Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England, UKi
Regional Level Types | |
---|---|
Wiregill Mine | Mine |
Middleton-in-Teesdale | Civil Parish |
County Durham | County |
England | Constituent Country |
UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
54° 40' 3'' North , 2° 2' 30'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
NY973303
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Middleton in Teesdale | 934 (2017) | 5.4km |
Mickleton | 413 (2017) | 6.6km |
Frosterley | 636 (2017) | 8.4km |
Stanhope | 1,602 (2017) | 9.3km |
Cotherstone | 594 (2017) | 11.4km |
Mindat Locality ID:
49386
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:49386:9
GUID (UUID V4):
fec75318-8e2f-443d-80fe-07dd7f202365
Centre of the London Lead Co.'s mining activity in the Eggleshope valley.
Veins worked include:
Little Eggleshope Vein
Wiregill North Vein
Wiregill South Vein
Wiregill Old Vein
Potts Vein
Grid reference provided is for Wiregill Low Level. Wiregill Middle Level was at NY97683072.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ Millerite Formula: NiS |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
---|---|---|---|
ⓘ | Millerite | 2.CC.20 | NiS |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
Group 3 - Halides | |||
ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
---|---|---|
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
F | Fluorine | |
F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
S | ⓘ Millerite | NiS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
Ni | Nickel | |
Ni | ⓘ Millerite | NiS |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
EuropeContinent
UK
- England
- North Pennines AreaArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Northern Pennine OrefieldOre Field
- TeesdaleDale
- The PenninesRange of Mountains and Hills
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