| Locality type: | River Valley |
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| Species: | Fluorite |
| Formula: | CaF2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Grains Gill, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1228490 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1228490:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 02d87fe6-2763-4eed-9cfd-be20ebaf7099 |
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| 0.2km (0.1 miles) | ⓘCarrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.4km (0.3 miles) | ⓘSmith Vein, Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 14.6km (9.1 miles) | ⓘOld Brandley Mine, Catbells, Keswick, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 15.1km (9.4 miles) | ⓘBrandlehow Mine, Catbells, Keswick, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 16.7km (10.4 miles) | ⓘForce Crag Mine (Force Craig Mine), Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 22.0km (13.7 miles) | ⓘHartsop Hall Mine, Hartsop, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 29.4km (18.2 miles) | ⓘKelton Quarry, Kirkland, Lamplugh, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 30.9km (19.2 miles) | ⓘSherry Gill, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 32.6km (20.2 miles) | ⓘShap Blue Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 33.0km (20.5 miles) | ⓘMowbray Mine, Frizington, Arlecdon & Frizington, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK |
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 | | Book | | 4487) (top left) Mimetite, variety campylite, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells (MNS 4492) (top right) Quartz...(bottom left) Hematite, variety kidney ore, Nab Gill Mine, Boot (MNS 4490) (bottom right) ISBN O 85272...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. |  | | 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...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...the classic minerals of Northern England. This specimen from ~ry Gill Mine, once part of the Fred Bull |  | | Book | | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...Negligence has also led to errors, with older fluorite specimens from Weardale in County Durham being...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...Emb'eton quany,nrCockermouth. Cumbria; Gra:nsgill. Ca'.dbeck Fells,Cumbria (kentrolite) HigherPittsmine |  | | 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...review of the mineralisation at Ingray Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, Michael S. Rumsey, Trevor...mineralogy of Short Grain Low Level, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Tim Neall and David I. Green 45-61 ‘Lady’s slippers’...Kingsley Dunham from ‘Nentsbury Mine’, Nenthead, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges 61-64 NOTE Acicular baryte |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Natural History), Cromwell Road, Lond"onSW7 5BD, England At the time of his suddendeath on August 3, 1968...he led the field excursionto the south-westof England for the Cambridge meeting of the International...Nature,l44' 1013. (1939) A new British locality for fluorite in Somerset. Nature, lM' 1013. (1941) Occurrence...the rare copper molybdate, lindgrenite, at Brandy Gill, Carrock Fell. Cumberland. Mineral. Mag. 30r 723...Hartley) Cosalite and other lead sulphosalts at Grains Gill, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck, Cumberland. Mineral |  | | Book | | OF THE CHANNEL ISLES-Cedric Rogers 5. NORTHERN ENGLAND NORTHUMBRIA 1-Ron Brown NORTHUMBRIA 2-Ron Brown...course, is famous for its fluorite minerals. Good specimens of massive fluorite are available but of interest...this country’s mineral wealth. Tin from Cornwall, fluorite from the Midlands and the North, are booming as...happen in Weardale, where there is a brisk trade in fluorite minerals. Last October at the Becermet Mine in...course, is famous for its fluorite minerals. Good specimens of massive fluorite are available but of interest |  | | Book (edition) | | found. Examples of the latter arc quartz, baryte, fluorite and calcite. I f a vein does contain economically...Here, for example, is the composition o f the Hay Gill Mining Company (1839): Edward Channey, spirit merchant;...with the mint and spoke of it as `The best in England', but the attitude of the locals gave much cause...contained 7 ozs o f silver per ton o f lead metal. Fluorite was found in abundance in the upper levels, a...few yards to the W o f the bridge over Stoncycroft Gill on the Braithwaite to Buttcrmcrc road ( N Y 231212) |
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