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Beaverite-(Cu) from
Nether Row Brow, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Classification
Species:Beaverite-(Cu)
Formula:Pb(Fe23+Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6
Comments:Kingsbury reference. Kingsbury & Hartley (1957): "yellow to greenish-yellow, powdery beaverite, with beudantite and other secondary arsenates in oxidized vein material from a north-west-south-east vein, carrying Pb-Zn-Fe-As-Cu sulphides, tried from an old cross-cut near its outcrop between Sandbed and Potts Gill mines."
"Yellow powdery aggregates, with earthy brown beudantite and plumbojarosite, in similar vein-material from an old level, half a mile to the north-west of and probably driven on the same vein as the preceding, near the farm of Nether Row."
Habit:powdery
Colour:yellow to greenish-yellow, yellowish-brown
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Beaverite-(Cu) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nether Row Brow, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1797
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1797:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Beaverite-(Cu)
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘOld Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘDumpy Stone Level, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘOld Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘIngray Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘDriggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘBrandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘThief Gills, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘHigher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘCarrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
References
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
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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