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Frizington, Arlecdon & Frizington, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UKi
Regional Level Types
FrizingtonVillage
Arlecdon & FrizingtonCivil Parish
CopelandDistrict
CumbriaCounty
EnglandConstituent Country
UKCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
54° 32' 27'' North , 3° 29' 40'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
NY050165
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
1458
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:1458:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
North and Western Region; Cumberland


Frizington is a village in Cumbria, England, historically part of Cumberland, near the Lake District National Park.

Historically, it was a collection of farms and houses but became a unified village as a result of the mining (both coal and iron ore) opportunities in the area.

It lies by road 4.9 miles (ca. 8 km) east of Whitehaven, 38.2 miles (ca. 61 km) southwest of Carlisle and 44.4 miles (ca. 71 km) north of Barrow-in-Furness.

The name as a whole means 'tūn of Frisa' or 'of Frisa's people'" ('tūn' is Old English for 'homestead', 'village'; OE 'Frīsa' means 'the Frisian').

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9 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
Hematite var. Kidney Ore
Formula: Fe2O3
Hematite var. Specularite
Formula: Fe2O3
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
var. Specularite4.CB.05Fe2O3
var. Kidney Ore4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C AragoniteCaCO3
C CalciteCaCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
O AragoniteCaCO3
O BaryteBaSO4
O CalciteCaCO3
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O HematiteFe2O3
O QuartzSiO2
O Hematite var. SpeculariteFe2O3
O Hematite var. Kidney OreFe2O3
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S BaryteBaSO4
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S PyriteFeS2
CaCalcium
Ca AragoniteCaCO3
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca FluoriteCaF2
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe Hematite var. SpeculariteFe2O3
Fe Hematite var. Kidney OreFe2O3
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frizington
Wikidata ID:Q5505085

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