Locality type: | Mine |
Classification |
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Species: | Brochantite |
Formula: | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
Comments: | Cooper & Stanley (1990): "From the 12fm and 30fm levels (Kingsbury and Hartley, MS; Hartley, 1984). Specimens in the Kingsbury Collection, BM(NH) and in the Hartley Collection (Leeds University) show small (< 2mm) striated brochantite crystals on microcrystalline linarite. Also found as a powder (Davidson & Thomson, 1951)." |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Posnjakite | ⓘ1 photo of Brochantite associated with Posnjakite at this locality. |
Schulenbergite | ⓘ1 photo of Brochantite associated with Schulenbergite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Brochantite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 15077 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:15077:6 |
GUID (UUID V4): | ece5242d-f04d-42f7-87bb-1ddd55bf4f76 |
Nearest other occurrences of Brochantite |
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0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘOld Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
0.9km (0.6 miles) | ⓘLow Pike north slopes, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
1.5km (0.9 miles) | ⓘOld Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘBrandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
2.1km (1.3 miles) | ⓘPotts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
2.1km (1.3 miles) | ⓘHay Gill Copper Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
2.4km (1.5 miles) | ⓘMexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
2.7km (1.7 miles) | ⓘRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
3.0km (1.9 miles) | ⓘBrae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
3.1km (1.9 miles) | ⓘHigher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
References |
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Driggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK