Galena from
Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Galena | |
| Formula: | PbS | |
| Comments: | Cooper & Stanley (1990): "The only notable galena specimen seen in this study is purported to come from here: it is a Bryce M. Wright specimen, in the Russell Collection, BM(NH), and comprises an almost solid mass of cube-octahedra to 9mm with 'hacked quartz'." Bridges et al. (2011): "Galena was the main ore from the mine and worked from all the levels. Shaw (1970) notes that it was the main ore in the central part of the ‘Great Bunch’ opened up from the 60-fathom level, occurring as ‘cubical galena’. Good crystalline specimens appear to be rare and Cooper and Stanley (1990, p. 96) are doubtful that an excellent specimen of cubo-octahedral galena in the Russell Collection in the NHM actually originated from the mine. In this study, it is surprisingly uncommon in specimen material but occurs as cleavage fragments on some specimens, mainly in quartz, and as small cubo-octahedral crystals to 2 mm in cavities in quartz with sphalerite in one case." | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Baryte | 4 | |
| Pyromorphite | 4 | |
| Quartz | 4 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Galena data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 16162 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:16162:0 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Galena | ||
| 0.1km (0.0 miles) | ⓘRoughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘMexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 0.4km (0.3 miles) | ⓘSilver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘThief Gills, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘHigher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘRed Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 0.9km (0.5 miles) | ⓘSwinburn Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘDry Smale Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘBrae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 1.7km (1.1 miles) | ⓘHay Gill Copper Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| References | ||
