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Beaverite-(Cu) from
Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Beaverite-(Cu)
Formula:Pb(Fe23+Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6
Comments:Kingsbury reference. Kingsbury & Hartley (1957): "in oxidized vein-material from a small Cu-Pb-Zn-As vein cut by the old No. 1 cross-cut (of the barytes mine) near the head of the Gill Beck, beaverite has been found as light canary yellow powdery aggregates with small brilliant crystals of brochantite (B.M. 1956, 82), and as small (0.5 mm.) brilliant, well-formed yellow rhombohedra in the same matrix. This appears to be the first reported occurrence of beaverite in this habit."
Habit:powdery aggregates; rhombohedra.
Colour:light canary yellow; yellow
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Beaverite-(Cu) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:14932
Long-form Identifier:1:3:14932:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Beaverite-(Cu)
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘNether Row Brow, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘDumpy Stone Level, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘOld Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘIngray Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘDriggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘBrandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘThief Gills, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘHigher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘCarrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Kingsbury, Arthur W.G., Hartley, J. (1957) Beaverite from the Lake District. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 31 (239). 700-702 doi:10.1180/minmag.1957.31.239.10
Hartley, J. (1984) A list of minerals associated with the ore deposits of the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Transactions of the Leeds Geological Association, 10 (3) 22-39
Cooper, M. P., Stanley, C. J. (1990) Minerals of the English Lake District - Caldbeck Fells. The Natural History Museum, London.
 
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