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Baryte from
Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Comments:Cooper & Stanley (1990): "Occurs in large lenses up to 3m across (averaging 0.5m) separated by barren ground. [...] Unremarkable white cockscomb aggregates have been found in the Endeavour level (King Collection, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff)."
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cornwallite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1720
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1720:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘEast Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘDeer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘDeer Hills Baryte Mine, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘPotts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘNether Row Brow, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘLow Pike north slopes, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘDumpy Stone Level, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘShort Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘOld Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘHay Gill Copper Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Greg, Robert Philips, Lettsom, William G. (1858) Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland. John Van Voorst, London.
Wilson, G.V., Eastwood, T., Pocock, R.W., Wray, D.A., and Robertson, T. (1922) Special Report of the Mineral Resources of Great Britain no. 2, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.
Dunham, K.C. and Dines, H.G. (1945) Barium minerals of England and Wales. Wartime Pamphlet no. 46, Geological Survey of Great Britain.
Davidson, W.F. and Thomson, N. (1951) Some notes on the minerals of Westmorland and Cumberland. North West Naturalist, 23 (for 1948), 136-154.
Kingsbury, Arthur W. G., Hartley, J. (1956) New occurrences of vanadium minerals (mottramite, descloizite, and vanadinite) in the Caldbeck area of Cumberland. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 31 (235) 289-295 doi:10.1180/minmag.1956.031.235.02
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
Kingsbury, Arthur W. G., Hartley, J. (1960) Carminite and beudantite from the northern part of the Lake District and from Cornwall. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 32 (249) 423-432 doi:10.1180/minmag.1960.032.249.01
Shaw, W. T. (1972) Mining in the Lake Counties (2nd ed.) Dalesman Books, Clapham, Lancaster.
Cooper, M. P., Stanley, C. J. (1990) Minerals of the English Lake District - Caldbeck Fells. The Natural History Museum, London.
Stanley, Christopher J., Cooper, Michael P. (1991) Famous Mineral Localities: Pyromorphite-Group Minerals from the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. The Mineralogical Record, 22 (2) 105-121
 
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