Pyromorphite from
Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

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Pyromorphite

Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Pyromorphite
Formula:	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl
Habit:	prisms; crusts of globular aggregates; rounded
Colour:	oil yellow; golden yellow; greenish-yellow; emerald green; honey brown; bi-coloured (orange and green)
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz	7
Mimetite	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Pyromorphite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (49 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	9189
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:9189:3
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyromorphite

0.0km (0.0 miles)	ⓘ Todd Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.2km (0.1 miles)	ⓘ Barstow's Trench, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.3km (0.2 miles)	ⓘ Clints Gill (Roughton South Vein), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.3km (0.2 miles)	ⓘ Iron Crag, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.3km (0.2 miles)	ⓘ Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.4km (0.2 miles)	ⓘ Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles)	ⓘ Balliway Rigg, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.7km (0.5 miles)	ⓘ Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles)	ⓘ Thief Gills, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles)	ⓘ Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), 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.* *Hall, Townshend M. (1868) The Mineralogist's Directory: or, a guide to the Principal Mineral Localities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Edward Stanford.* Jenkinson, H.I. (1875) Practical guide to the English Lake District, 4th ed. Carlisle. *Shaw, W. T. (1972) Mining in the Lake Counties* (2nd ed.) Dalesman Books, Clapham, Lancaster. 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 Van Den Berg, W. (1985) Mineralen zoeken in de Caldbeck Fells (Lake District). Gea (Driemaandelijks tijdschrift van de Stichting Geologische Aktiviteiten), 18, 39-48 (in Dutch). 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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Pyromorphite from Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite from
Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK