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Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKi
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Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK

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Brae Fell main dumps

Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
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Brae fell mine levels.

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Pyromorphite

Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
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Brae Fell main dumps

Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
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Brae fell mine levels.

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Pyromorphite

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Brae Fell main dumps

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Brae fell mine levels.

Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
54° 42' 37'' North , 3° 5' 22'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
54.71040,-3.08971
GeoHash:
G#: gctz1xwph
GRN:
N37W02
UK National Grid Reference:
NY298356
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Caldbeck311 (2018)4.9km
Bassenthwaite412 (2018)7.6km
Bothel483 (2018)12.3km
Keswick4,281 (2018)12.6km
Portinscale560 (2018)13.0km
Mindat Locality ID:
1420
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:1420:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
North and Western Region; Cumberland


Cooper & Stanley (1991):

"Almost nothing is known of this mine. It was worked from two short crosscuts (now caved) to an approximately NNW-SSE vein, and the associated dumps suggest, in local terms, a relatively extensive operation. The mine was last opened in the mid-19th century but this was merely a trial operation and nothing came of it. The present dumps are almost barren of specimen-quality minerals, although pyromorphite and cerussite are common in small amounts.
The occurrence here of mattheddleite is only the second locality known for this new species."

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Mineral List


32 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Anglesite
Formula: PbSO4
Habit: bladed
Colour: cream to black
ⓘ Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Description: Small (ca. 1 mm) clear and opaque white crystals of baryte occur in cavities in limonite stained quartz and in one case enclosing a supergene copper mineral. Some of the baryte crystals resemble one form of anglesite with which they may be easily confused at first sight.
ⓘ 'Bindheimite'
Formula: Pb2Sb2O6O
ⓘ Brochantite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Caledonite
Formula: Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Description: As small crystals and masses with linarite from the mine dumps and from waste material at the foot of the 'hush' to the north of the lower dump.
ⓘ Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
Habit: acicular; granular
Colour: white
Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "First mentioned, without description, by Greg & Lettsom (1858: 391) from 'Bray Fell'. Crystals are generally insignificant but an attractive combination of silky, white, acicular crystals (< 10mm) with small green pyromorphite crystals was found on the low-level dump (Kingsbury collection, BM(NH)). Crystals (< 20mm) occur with bright canary yellow pyromorphite on the top level dumps."
References:
Greg, Robert Philips, Lettsom, William G. (1858) Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland. John Van Voorst, London.
Kingsbury, A.W.G. and Hartley, J. (MS) (1951) New occurrences of rare minerals in the northern part of the English Lake District: part 1.
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.
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
Wilson, Wendell E. - Ed. (2010) The Lindsay Greenbank Collection: Classic Minerals of Northern England. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 41 (1.1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc.
ⓘ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
ⓘ Chrysocolla
Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
ⓘ Covellite
Formula: CuS
ⓘ Cuprite
Formula: Cu2O
Description: In small amounts with chrysocolla (M. Leppington Collection, det. M. Rothwell: EPMA).
ⓘ Galena
Formula: PbS
ⓘ Goethite ?
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
Description: Kingsbury reference.
ⓘ Hemimorphite
Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Habit: minutely drusy coating on small quartz crystals (M.P. Cooper Collection)
Colour: white
Description: M.P. Cooper Collection, identified by infra-red spectrophotometry at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST).
ⓘ Hydrocerussite ?
Formula: Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2
Description: Kingsbury reference.
ⓘ Lanarkite ?
Formula: Pb2(SO4)O
Habit: bladed or fibrous aggregates
Colour: colourless to greyish white
Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "The record by Young (1987) of lanarkite with leadhillite from Brae Fell in the NMW Collection is an error (R.E. Bevins, pers. comm.)." Green et al. (2008): The first claim of lanarkite in the Caldbeck Fells was made by Arthur Kingsbury, who described three small specimens from Brae Fell Mine in an unpublished manuscript on the minerals of the northern Lake District in 1951: these were examined in detail by Bridges et al. (2006) who consider it unlikely that they are from Brae Fell Mine and therefore that they are fraudulent."
References:
Kingsbury, A.W.G. and Hartley, J. (MS) (1951) New occurrences of rare minerals in the northern part of the English Lake District: part 1.
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
Young, B. (1987) Glossary of the minerals of the Lake District and adjoining areas. British Geological Survey, Newcastle upon Tyne. 104pp.
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
Bridges, T. F. , Green, D. I., Rumsey, M. S. (2006) A review of the mineralogy of Brae Fell Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Journal of the Russell Society, 9. 39-44
Green, D.I., Bridges, T.F., Rumsey, M.S., Leppington, C.M., Tindle, A.G. (2008) A review of the mineralogy of the Roughton Gill Mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: Part 2 The Roughton Gill South Vein on Balliway Rigg. Journal of the Russell Society, 11. 3-28
Wilson, Wendell E. - Ed. (2010) The Lindsay Greenbank Collection: Classic Minerals of Northern England. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 41 (1.1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc.
ⓘ Langite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "on one specimen as minute crystalline aggregates (C.M. Leppington Collection; det. Leeds Univ.: XRD, D.I. Green, pers. comm.)."
ⓘ Leadhillite
Formula: Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Colour: colourless to greenish
Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "Found here sparingly but in good specimens: as small, sharp, equant, colourless to greenish crystals (< 2mm or so) with lanarkite, mattheddleite, cerussite and pyromorphite (King Collection, NMW; Kingsbury Collection BM(NH)). Listed by Hartley (1984)."
ⓘ 'Limonite'
ⓘ Linarite
Formula: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Description: Minute crystals and crusts on quartz-sulphide matrix.
ⓘ Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
ⓘ Mattheddleite
Formula: Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Habit: etched prisms and pinkish masses on leadhillite and cerussite; sharp prismatic crystals with typical pyramidal terminations encrusting lanarkite and leadhillite
Colour: colourless, pink
Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "Known from two specimens only: as minute colourless prismatic crystals and drusy pink encrustations on leadhillite and cerussite (King Collection, National Museum of Wales (NMW), det. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST): IR); and as sharp, prismatic crystals on lanarkite with leadhillite (Kingsbury Collection, BM(NH), det.: XRD)."
References:
Cooper, M.P., Green, D.I., Braithwaite, R.S.W. (1988) The occurrence of mattheddleite in the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: a preliminary note. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals 5, Rockbottom Publications. 21
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
Betterton, J. (1996) Mattheddleite: the first Cornish occurrence. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals 16, 15
Wilson, Wendell E. - Ed. (2010) The Lindsay Greenbank Collection: Classic Minerals of Northern England. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 41 (1.1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc.
ⓘ Mimetite
Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
ⓘ 'Mimetite-Pyromorphite Series'
ⓘ Mottramite
Formula: PbCu(VO4)(OH)
ⓘ Native Silver
Formula: Ag
ⓘ Native Sulphur
Formula: S8
References:
BMS Collection
ⓘ Plumbogummite ?
Formula: PbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Habit: encrustation
Colour: blue-grey
Description: Kingsbury reference. Cooper & Stanley (1990): "A single specimen from the upper level dump (Kingsbury Collection, BM(NH) has a blue-grey encrustation of plumbogummite partly epimorphous after pyromorphite. No other specimens have been located."
ⓘ 'Psilomelane'
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Pyromorphite
Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Habit: prismatic; microcrystalline crusts; matted fibrous masses
Colour: olive to emerald green; bright canary yellow (almost arsenate-free); off-white (calcian)
References:
BMS Collection.
Eastwood, T. (1921) The Lead and Zinc Ores of the Lake District. Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol. 22. Geological Survey of Great Britain
Kingsbury, A.W.G. and Hartley, J. (MS) (1951) New occurrences of rare minerals in the northern part of the English Lake District: part 1.
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
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
Wilson, Wendell E. - Ed. (2010) The Lindsay Greenbank Collection: Classic Minerals of Northern England. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 41 (1.1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc.
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Romanèchite
Formula: (Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10
ⓘ Scotlandite
Formula: PbSO3
ⓘ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
ⓘ Susannite ?
Formula: Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Habit: sheafy, tabular
Colour: yellowish; brown
Description: Kingsbury reference. Cooper & Stanley (1990): "A heavy mass of secondary lead minerals with baryte and quartz collected by Kingsbury in 1951 has crude, sheafy, yellowish tabular crystals to more than 10 mm which were originally identified as leadhillite. A recent examination of this specimen (BM(NH)) showed that these crystals, and a later generation in thin, brown, crystal aggregates, all gave an X-ray powder pattern identical to that of susannite."

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Silver1.AA.05Ag
ⓘNative Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘCovellite2.CA.05aCuS
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘGoethite ?4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘCuprite4.AA.10Cu2O
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘ'Bindheimite'4.DH.20Pb2Sb2O6O
ⓘRomanèchite4.DK.10(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10
ⓘScotlandite4.JE.20PbSO3
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
ⓘCerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
ⓘMalachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
ⓘHydrocerussite ?5.BE.10Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2
ⓘLeadhillite5.BF.40Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
ⓘSusannite ?5.BF.40Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘAnglesite7.AD.35PbSO4
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4
ⓘBrochantite7.BB.25Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
ⓘCaledonite7.BC.50Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
ⓘLinarite7.BC.65PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
ⓘLanarkite ?7.BD.40Pb2(SO4)O
ⓘLangite7.DD.10Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘMottramite8.BH.40PbCu(VO4)(OH)
ⓘPlumbogummite ?8.BL.10PbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
ⓘMimetite8.BN.05Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
ⓘPyromorphite8.BN.05Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘMattheddleite9.AH.25Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
ⓘHemimorphite9.BD.10Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
ⓘChrysocolla9.ED.20Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Unclassified
ⓘ'Limonite'-
ⓘ'Psilomelane'-
ⓘ'Mimetite-Pyromorphite Series'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
Hⓘ CaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Hⓘ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Hⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Hⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Hⓘ HydrocerussitePb3(CO3)2(OH)2
Hⓘ LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Hⓘ LeadhillitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Hⓘ LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Hⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Hⓘ MattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Hⓘ MottramitePbCu(VO4)(OH)
Hⓘ PlumbogummitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Hⓘ Romanèchite(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10
Hⓘ SusannitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Cⓘ CaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Cⓘ CerussitePbCO3
Cⓘ HydrocerussitePb3(CO3)2(OH)2
Cⓘ LeadhillitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Cⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Cⓘ SusannitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Oⓘ BindheimitePb2Sb2O6O
Oⓘ BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ CaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Oⓘ CerussitePbCO3
Oⓘ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Oⓘ CupriteCu2O
Oⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Oⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Oⓘ HydrocerussitePb3(CO3)2(OH)2
Oⓘ LanarkitePb2(SO4)O
Oⓘ LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Oⓘ LeadhillitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Oⓘ LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Oⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Oⓘ MattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Oⓘ MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
Oⓘ MottramitePbCu(VO4)(OH)
Oⓘ PlumbogummitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Oⓘ PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ Romanèchite(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10
Oⓘ ScotlanditePbSO3
Oⓘ SusannitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Oⓘ Mimetite-Pyromorphite Series
AlAluminium
Alⓘ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Alⓘ PlumbogummitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
SiSilicon
Siⓘ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Siⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Siⓘ MattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ PlumbogummitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Pⓘ PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
Pⓘ Mimetite-Pyromorphite Series
SSulfur
Sⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Sⓘ BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
Sⓘ CaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ CovelliteCuS
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ LanarkitePb2(SO4)O
Sⓘ LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Sⓘ LeadhillitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Sⓘ LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Sⓘ MattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ ScotlanditePbSO3
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
Sⓘ Native SulphurS8
Sⓘ SusannitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
ClChlorine
Clⓘ MattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Clⓘ MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
Clⓘ PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
Clⓘ Mimetite-Pyromorphite Series
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
VVanadium
Vⓘ MottramitePbCu(VO4)(OH)
MnManganese
Mnⓘ Romanèchite(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
Cuⓘ CaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cuⓘ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Cuⓘ CovelliteCuS
Cuⓘ CupriteCu2O
Cuⓘ LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Cuⓘ LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Cuⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Cuⓘ MottramitePbCu(VO4)(OH)
ZnZinc
Znⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
Asⓘ MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
Asⓘ Mimetite-Pyromorphite Series
AgSilver
Agⓘ Native SilverAg
SbAntimony
Sbⓘ BindheimitePb2Sb2O6O
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Baⓘ Romanèchite(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10
PbLead
Pbⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
Pbⓘ BindheimitePb2Sb2O6O
Pbⓘ CaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Pbⓘ CerussitePbCO3
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS
Pbⓘ HydrocerussitePb3(CO3)2(OH)2
Pbⓘ LanarkitePb2(SO4)O
Pbⓘ LeadhillitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Pbⓘ LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Pbⓘ MattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Pbⓘ MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
Pbⓘ MottramitePbCu(VO4)(OH)
Pbⓘ PlumbogummitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Pbⓘ PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
Pbⓘ ScotlanditePbSO3
Pbⓘ SusannitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Pbⓘ Mimetite-Pyromorphite Series

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References

Greg, Robert Philips, Lettsom, William G. (1858) Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland. John Van Voorst, London.
Eastwood, T. (1921) The Lead and Zinc Ores of the Lake District. Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol. 22. Geological Survey of Great Britain
Kingsbury, A.W.G. and Hartley, J. (MS) (1951) New occurrences of rare minerals in the northern part of the English Lake District: part 1 [An unpublished 39-page typescript of a paper given to the Mineralogical Society on 8 March 1951. Several of the species detailed here were to become the subject of separate papers published in later years. Many of the remaining species were not listed until Hartley's summary paper of 1984].
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
Young, B. (1987) Glossary of the minerals of the Lake District and adjoining areas. British Geological Survey, Newcastle upon Tyne. 104pp.
Cooper, M.P., Green, D.I., Braithwaite, R.S.W. (1988) The occurrence of mattheddleite in the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: a preliminary note. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals 5, Rockbottom Publications. 21
Cooper, M. P., Stanley, C. J. (1990) Minerals of the English Lake District - Caldbeck Fells. The Natural History Museum, London.
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