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Scheelite from
Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


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Scheelite, etc.

Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
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Scheelite, etc.

Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
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Scheelite, etc.

Smith vein, Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
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Scheelite, etc.

Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
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Scheelite, etc.

Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
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Scheelite, etc.

Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
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Scheelite, etc.

Smith vein, Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
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Scheelite, etc.

Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
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Scheelite, etc.

Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
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Scheelite, etc.

Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
07611680017271987245854.jpg
Scheelite, etc.

Smith vein, Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
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Scheelite, etc.

Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Scheelite
Formula:Ca(WO4)
Colour:colourless through wine yellow to clove brown
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz17
Wolframite Group15
Arsenopyrite12
Muscovite8
Chalcopyrite4
Pyrite1
Apatite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scheelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (12 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:9813
Long-form Identifier:1:3:9813:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Scheelite in this Region
Smith vein, Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘGrains Gill, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘSmith vein, Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘBrandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘWet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘBurdell Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘCobalt Mine, Scar Crag, Causey Pike, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘShap Pink Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
45.9km (28.5 miles) ⓘBuckbarrow Beck Veins, Waberthwaite, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
57.6km (35.8 miles) ⓘCraignair Quarry, Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
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Lévy, Armand (1837) Description d'une collection de minéraux, formée par m. Henri Heuland, et appartenant à m. C.H. Hampden Turner, de Rooksnest, dans le comté de Surrey en Angleterre. Trois Volumes avec une Atlas de 83 Planches. F. Richter et Haas.
Tooke, A.W. (1837) The mineral topography of Great Britain [part 2]. Mining Review, 9, 39-60.
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Fortey, N.J. (1978) Mineral parageneses of the Harding vein tungsten deposit, Carrock Fell mine, Cumbria. Mineralogy Unit Report 228, Institute of Geological Sciences.
Ball, T.K., Fortey, N.J., and Shepherd, T.J. (1985) Mineralisation at the Carrock Fell Tungsten Mine, N. England: Paragenetic, fluid inclusion and geochemical study. Mineralium Deposita, 20, 57-65.
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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