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Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKi
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|---|---|
| Red Gill Mine | Mine |
| Roughton Gill | Group of Mines (Abandoned) |
| Caldbeck | Civil Parish |
| Allerdale | District |
| Cumbria | County |
| England | Constituent Country |
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Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
54° 42' 8'' North , 3° 5' 38'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
NY295347
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Caldbeck | 311 (2018) | 5.8km |
| Bassenthwaite | 412 (2018) | 7.0km |
| Keswick | 4,281 (2018) | 11.7km |
| Portinscale | 560 (2018) | 12.1km |
| Bothel | 483 (2018) | 12.2km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
North and Western Region; Cumberland
The Red Gill Mine workings are situated in Swinburn Gill, a minor tributary to the Dale Beck valley in the northern Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. The mine exploited an approximately WNW-ESE trending quartz-baryte-chalcopyrite-galena vein, mainly on the west side of the gill. The primary minerals have been altered by a period of supergene enrichment, followed by lengthy intense oxidation. The vein is deficient in carbonates and as a result, the oxidation has given rise to a suite of rare minerals including excellent specimens of caledonite, leadhillite and especially linarite, which could be collected into fairly recent times.
Notes on the mineral list:
1) The type locality of redgillite is Silver Gill, Caldbeck Fells.
2) Acanthite is a post-collection growth almost certainly due to the oxidation of tiny masses of supergene silver. It has not been found in situ (Green et al., 2008).
3) Bridges et al. (2008) referring to p. 35 in Green, D.I., Rumsey, M.S., Bridges, T.F., Tindle, A.G., and Ixer, R.A. (2006) A review of the mineralisation at the Sandbed and Driggith mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Journal of the Russell Society, 9, 4-38:
"In a study of the mineralisation at the Driggith and Sandbed mines, a poorly characterised lead-copper sulphate from Driggith Mine was described. Identical material, comprising radiating sprays of pale blue acicular to feathery crystals up to 0.1 mm in length, occurs with elyite from the top level at Red Gill Mine. It is worthwhile pointing out that although the mineral is described as a sulphate, it could be a sulphite or even possibly a thiosulphate."
4) Bridges et al. (2008): "A pale brown frothy cellular box work overgrowing mattheddleite was examined by EDS, which showed it to be a copper-lead silicate with a composition similar to the material which has been identified in almost identical parageneses from the Leadhills district in southern Scotland. Some specimens from Leadhills have been identified as creaseyite and others are described as creaseyite-like phases (Steve Rust, personal communication). There is insufficient material from Red Gill for more complete analytical work."
5) Bridges et al. (2008): "[...] it really is most probable that all the early classic linarite specimens labelled Cumberland and Roughton Gill actually came from Red Gill Mine."
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
52 valid minerals.
* - Minerals that have never been found, but their existence is inferred in some way (e.g. from pseudomorphs)
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Acanthite Formula: Ag2S Description: Post collection growth on a silver specimen. Size to 0.4 mm, habit black needles (not dendrites). References: |
| ⓘ Anglesite Formula: PbSO4 Habit: elongated blades to equant rhombic crystals (the latter easily confused with baryte); fibrous. Colour: colourless, cloudy white. References: |
| ⓘ Ankerite Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Antlerite Formula: Cu3(SO4)(OH)4 Description: Bridges et al. (2008): "Bridges et al. (2005) suggest that the earthy form of brochantite may often result from the decomposition of this mineral. This could explain the fact that earthy brochantite is relatively common at the site." References: |
| ⓘ Aurichalcite Formula: (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 Colour: greenish-blue. Description: Aggregates of feathery crystals a few tenths of a millimetre in size in iron stained quartz, sometimes associated with hemimorphite. |
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 Habit: compact bladed masses with spear-shaped terminations on crystals; rhombic or diamond-shaped tablets associated with cerussite, malachite and/or caledonite. Colour: colourless to white, pinkish References: |
| ⓘ Bindheimite Formula: Pb2Sb2O6O Habit: earthy coatings in cavities generated by the oxidation of galena Colour: pale yellow |
| ⓘ Brochantite Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 Habit: earthy; microcrystalline crusts; blocky crystals Colour: emerald green Description: Also very rarely as pseudomorphs (sometimes associated with anglesite) after bladed crystals of linarite (Cooper & Stanley, 1990). References: |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Habit: small deeply etched lenticular crystals from a small dump by Swinburn Gill a few meters south of the Red Gill deep level; Quartz epimorphs with scalenohedral morphology, possibly after calcite from the No. 2 level. Description: M.P. Cooper Collection. References: |
| ⓘ Caledonite Formula: Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 Habit: short to long prismatic; tabular; blocky; flat bladed; needles Colour: greenish blue; dark blue; sky blue; turquoise to green References: Sweet, Jessie M. (1960) British gold from the Bouglise collection. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 32 (248) 420-421 doi:10.1180/minmag.1960.032.248.11 Giacovazzo, C., Menchetti, S., Scordari, F. (1973) The crystal structure of caledonite, Cu2Pb5(SO4)3CO3(OH)6. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry, 29 (9) 1986-1990 doi:10.1107/s056774087300590x[determined on Red Gill material]. |
| ⓘ Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 Habit: prismatic; 'jackstraw' needles; blocky; striated blades; pseudohexagonal (twinned); thin tabular Colour: colourless, sometimes coated with a thin skin of malachite Description: Goethite and chrysocolla epimorphs of cerussite also occur (Cooper & Stanley, 1990). |
| ⓘ Chalcocite ? Formula: Cu2S Description: Bridges et al. (2008): "Cooper and Stanley (1990) note that chalcocite and digenite have been reported from Red Gill Mine, but early identifications of chalcocite have to be regarded with suspicion, since only relatively recently has it become possible to distinguish the grey copper sulphides from each other and even then only with some difficulty." References: |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Habit: small blebs in quartz, often associated with galena; frequently replaced by goethite and copper sulphides References: |
| ⓘ Chenite Formula: Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6 Habit: blades up to 1mm Colour: pale blue |
| ⓘ Chrysocolla ? Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 Habit: (botryoidal) crusts and coatings; pseudomorphs after radiating sprays of malachite and as epimorphs after acicular cerussite Colour: blue to green Description: Bridges et al. (2008): "two specimens of typical material were analysed by XRD in this study. One was a pale turquoise blue specimen with occasional desiccation cracks and the second was pale green with a conchoidal fracture and waxy lustre. Long, high-resolution XRD scans were performed on relatively thick powder specimens of both. The blue specimen produced no crystalline peaks whatever, while the green specimen produced a faint malachite pattern on a broad amorphous background. EDS showed copper and silicon to be the only heavy metal elements present and in variable amounts. 'Chrysocolla' has been reported from numerous localities in the Caldbeck Fells, but we are not aware of specimens that have been confirmed by XRD. Furthermore, the XRD patterns that are supposed to be characteristic of chrysocolla (published in the JCPDS index) are widely variable. Moreton (2007) investigated soft copper bearing gels from Tankardstown Mine, Co. Waterford in some detail and made comparisons with similar deposits from elsewhere and with material similar to the 'mineral' often called chrysocolla from the Caldbeck Fells. He concluded that these deposits are best referred to as 'copper-bearing silica gel'." References: |
| ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS Habit: earthy coatings Colour: red |
| ⓘ Covellite Formula: CuS Habit: metallic crystalline masses and (sometimes iridescent) rims around other sulphides, particularly galena; masses of post-collecting thin metallic hexagonal plates on specimens containing copper sulphides. Colour: purple |
| ⓘ Cuprite Formula: Cu2O Habit: small specks associated with grey copper sulphides, cerussite, leadhillite, and pyromorphite. Colour: bright red References: |
| ⓘ Digenite Formula: Cu9S5 Habit: powder Colour: blue-black Description: Collected in an unsuccessful search for tenorite (Davidson & Thomson, 1951). References: |
| ⓘ Djurleite Formula: Cu31S16 |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 Habit: vein filling in milky quartz, where occasional cavities contained typical saddle shaped crystals. |
| ⓘ Elyite Formula: Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O Habit: minute lath-like crystals in a galena-chalcopyrite matrix associated with chenite and hydrocerussite; as a pale purple coating on galena in a specimen collected by P. Briscoe from waste near the old stamps at the Red Gill-Swinburn Gill confluence (det. BM(NH): XRD). Probably dump-formed (Brisco, 1986). Colour: pale purple References: |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS Description: Often partly oxidised or replaced by grey copper sulphides. Rarely as small lustrous crystals in cavities in quartz. References: |
| ⓘ Goethite Formula: Fe3+O(OH) Habit: limonitic ochreous deposits and botryoidal crusts up to 1mm thick in and on quartz. Colour: (dark) brown References: |
| ⓘ Hemimorphite Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O Habit: thin bladed crystals up to 1mm forming radiating aggregates and compact spheres up to 0.8mm; Colour: colourless to white |
| ⓘ Hydrocerussite Formula: Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 Habit: Extremely thin flat plates with an irregular hexagonal cross-section and usually with a pearly lustre. Individual plates reach 1.5mm.; white masses up to 5mm across, superficially resembling cerussite but with a distinct cleavage and often surrounded by cerussite.; Euhedral translucent rhombs up to 0.5mm on edge on mattheddleite and closely associated with caledonite. Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "[From the] upper and middle levels. Also recently identified (BM(NH): XRD) as minute lenticular crystals with mattheddleite, susannite, silver et. (M. Wirth, pers. comm.)." References: |
| ⓘ Hydrozincite Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 Habit: encrustations a few mm across associated with hemimorphite. Colour: white |
| ⓘ Lanarkite Formula: Pb2(SO4)O Habit: minute tapering bladed crystals on altered galena Colour: pale blue Description: D. Middleton; J. Wolters Collection, det. Leeds Univ. & BM(NH): XRD. References: |
| ⓘ Langite Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O Habit: pseudohexagonal crystals and anhedral flakes Colour: deep royal blue Description: Associated with caledonite, brochantite and/or covellite on fractured surfaces of a grey copper sulphide. (Det. Leeds Univ.: XRD, D.I. Green, pers. comm.) References: |
| ⓘ Leadhillite Formula: Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 Habit: usually as (crusts of) thin tabular or equant hexagons, but also as elongated prisms up to 35mm across but generally much smaller; anything in excess of 15mm is very rare. Colour: colourless |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Linarite Formula: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 Habit: bladed crystals up to 6mm; coatings of small crystals on copper sulphides (probably post-mining in origin). Colour: deep azure blue |
| ⓘ Macphersonite Formula: Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 Habit: complex crystalline mass, 4mm across, in a cavity in quartz veinstone; prismatic with triangular cross-section Colour: grey References: |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Habit: sprays or spherical aggregates of acicular crystals up to 5mm long Colour: emerald green Description: Commonly pseudomorphed by 'chrysocolla'. Miers (1897) reported it as pseudomorphing linarite. |
| ⓘ Mattheddleite Formula: Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) Habit: radiating sprays of minute (0.25-0.5mm) hexagonal crystals terminated by a sharp 'pencil point' or drusy crusts commonly associated with caledonite, leadhillite, susannite, lanarkite, anglesite and bindheimite. Colour: colourless to white Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "Identified on a surprising number of specimens collected recently from the No. 2 or 'Old Dutch' level dumps (D.R. Middleton, D.I. Green Collections det. BM(NH), Leicester Univ., Leeds Univ.: XRD)." References: |
| ⓘ Mimetite ? Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl Description: Bridges et al. (2008) "Mimetite was reported from Red Gill Mine by Cooper and Stanley (1990) on the basis of a specimen supplied by Mick Cooper and confirmed by XRD at Leeds University. Since mimetite was found at the neighbouring workings in Silver Gill (Green, et al., 2005a) and at Brae Fell Mine (Bridges et al., 2006) a further detailed search for it was conducted at Red Gill Mine. Twenty-five specimens were examined by EDS but no arsenic was found." References: |
| ⓘ Mottramite Formula: PbCu(VO4)(OH) Habit: encrustations on pyromorphite Colour: yellow brown |
| ⓘ Native Gold ? Formula: Au Description: Kingsbury reference. Considered fraudulent by Bridges et al. (2008). |
| ⓘ Native Silver Formula: Ag Description: Minute arborescent crystals generating acanthite in storage. References: |
| ⓘ Native Sulphur Formula: S8 Habit: crystalline crusts usually associated with oxidised galena and often also with covellite. Individual crystals reach 1mm but are generally smaller. Colour: pale yellow |
| ⓘ Plumbogummite ? Formula: PbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 Description: Van Den Berg (1985) based the ID only on visual identification.
Cooper and Stanley (1990) express the opinion that it is probably 'chrysocolla' but the small amount of material precludes definite characterization.
Bridges et al. (2008) did not find it in their study. References: |
| ⓘ 'Psilomelane' Description: Bridges et al. (2008): "earthy black barium-manganese deposits proving to be amorphous by XRD." References: |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Description: Bridges et al. (2008): "Pyrite has not been found in the present study but since this mineral is readily oxidised, the abundant presence of limonitic ochre suggests it may have been present in reasonable quantity at one time, although the oxidation of chalcopyrite also produces limonite." |
| ⓘ Pyromorphite Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl Habit: crusts of prismatic to blocky hexagonal crystals Colour: yellow to green References: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Colour: white |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Milky Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Queitite Formula: Pb4Zn2(SO4)(SiO4)(Si2O7) Colour: white Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): This exceedingly rare mineral, previously reported only from Tsumeb, Namibia, was found on one small specimen collected from the No. 2 (Old Dutch) level dumps in 1987 by M. Rothwell. It forms thin, white, radiating-fibrous crusts with a minutely botryoidal surface on small susannite crystals in massive cerussite, associated with a scattering of later caledonite. Queitite was identified by XRD (BM(NH) and IR (UMIST). The habit is completely different from type material (Braithwaite et al., 1989)." References: R. S. W. Braithwaite, , Michael P. Cooper, , Hart, Alan D. (1989) Queitite, a mineral new to Britain, from the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Mineralogical Magazine, 53 (372) 508-509 doi:10.1180/minmag.1989.053.372.11 |
| ⓘ Redgillite Formula: Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O Habit: radiating sprays of acicular to long prismatic crystals usually less than 1mm in length. Colour: pale to grass green Description: It typically occurs in thin fractures in sulphide-rich matrix associated with other copper sulphate minerals, notably langite and is probably post-mining in origin. |
| ⓘ Romanèchite Formula: (Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10 |
| ⓘ Scotlandite Formula: PbSO3 Habit: minute (<0.3mm) thin prismatic crystals in a quartz and highly oxidised galena matrix and in association with mattheddleite and leadhillite and in one case is overgrown by caledonite. References: |
| ⓘ Serpierite Formula: Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O Habit: soft micaceous aggregates on cerussite Colour: pale blue Description: Bridges et al. (2008): "This extremely rare mineral at Red Gill was reported by Cooper and Stanley (1990) as soft, pale blue micaceous aggregates on cerussite, identified by XRD (NHM) on a specimen in the Peter Braithwaite Collection. It is probably a dump formed mineral." References: |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS Habit: as small blebs with typical cleavage associated with galena and chalcopyrite in quartz matrix and as small (ca. 3 mm) crystals in quartz. Colour: brown References: |
| ⓘ Susannite Formula: Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 Habit: thin hexagonal prisms c. 0.2 mm across and up to 2 mm long, usually with a tapering pyramidal termination are the commonest form. Larger crystals are often tapering pyramids, up to 1 mm across, and usually no more than 3 mm long. Small crystals are often colourless and opaque, but larger crystals are usually pale blue and translucent. Rarely doubly terminated pyramidal crystals occur and, even more rarely, crystals can be glass clear. Common associates are cerussite, caledonite, leadhillite, mattheddleite and linarite. Colour: colourless opaque; pale aquamarine blue translucent Description: M. Wirth pers. comm. (det. BM(NH): XRD, 1987). |
| ⓘ Vanadinite Formula: Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| ⓘ Wroewolfeite Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O Habit: blades up to 0.2mm long and crusts in a cavity in altered chalcopyrite-galena matrix. Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "Specimen in the D.I. Green collection, identified by the collector at Leeds University (XRD, 1987). Almost certainly dump-formed." References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold ? | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| ⓘ | Native Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
| ⓘ | Native Sulphur | 1.CC.05 | S8 |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcocite ? | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| ⓘ | Djurleite | 2.BA.05 | Cu31S16 |
| ⓘ | Digenite | 2.BA.10 | Cu9S5 |
| ⓘ | Acanthite | 2.BA.35 | Ag2S |
| ⓘ | Covellite | 2.CA.05a | CuS |
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite ? | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Cuprite | 4.AA.10 | Cu2O |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Milky Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Bindheimite | 4.DH.20 | Pb2Sb2O6O |
| ⓘ | Romanèchite | 4.DK.10 | (Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10 |
| ⓘ | Scotlandite | 4.JE.20 | PbSO3 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Ankerite | 5.AB.10 | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Aurichalcite | 5.BA.15 | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Hydrozincite | 5.BA.15 | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Hydrocerussite | 5.BE.10 | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Leadhillite | 5.BF.40 | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Macphersonite | 5.BF.40 | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Susannite | 5.BF.40 | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| ⓘ | Antlerite ? | 7.BB.15 | Cu3(SO4)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ | Brochantite | 7.BB.25 | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Caledonite | 7.BC.50 | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Linarite | 7.BC.65 | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Chenite | 7.BC.70 | Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Lanarkite | 7.BD.40 | Pb2(SO4)O |
| ⓘ | Langite | 7.DD.10 | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Wroewolfeite | 7.DD.10 | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Serpierite | 7.DD.30 | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| ⓘ | Redgillite | 7.DD.70 | Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O |
| ⓘ | Elyite | 7.DF.65 | Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Mottramite | 8.BH.40 | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ | Plumbogummite ? | 8.BL.10 | PbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Mimetite ? | 8.BN.05 | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
| ⓘ | Pyromorphite | 8.BN.05 | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| ⓘ | Vanadinite | 8.BN.05 | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Mattheddleite | 9.AH.25 | Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) |
| ⓘ | Hemimorphite | 9.BD.10 | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| ⓘ | Queitite | 9.BF.20 | Pb4Zn2(SO4)(SiO4)(Si2O7) |
| ⓘ | Chrysocolla ? | 9.ED.20 | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Psilomelane' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Antlerite | Cu3(SO4)(OH)4 |
| H | ⓘ Aurichalcite | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Caledonite | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Chenite | Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| H | ⓘ Elyite | Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O |
| H | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| H | ⓘ Hydrocerussite | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Langite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Leadhillite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Linarite | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Macphersonite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Mattheddleite | Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) |
| H | ⓘ Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Plumbogummite | PbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Romanèchite | (Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10 |
| H | ⓘ Serpierite | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| H | ⓘ Susannite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Wroewolfeite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Redgillite | Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| C | ⓘ Aurichalcite | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Caledonite | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
| C | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| C | ⓘ Hydrocerussite | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| C | ⓘ Leadhillite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Macphersonite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Susannite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Antlerite | Cu3(SO4)(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Aurichalcite | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Bindheimite | Pb2Sb2O6O |
| O | ⓘ Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Caledonite | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Chenite | Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| O | ⓘ Cuprite | Cu2O |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Elyite | Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| O | ⓘ Hydrocerussite | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Lanarkite | Pb2(SO4)O |
| O | ⓘ Langite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Leadhillite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Linarite | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Macphersonite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Mattheddleite | Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) |
| O | ⓘ Mimetite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
| O | ⓘ Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Plumbogummite | PbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Pyromorphite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Queitite | Pb4Zn2(SO4)(SiO4)(Si2O7) |
| O | ⓘ Romanèchite | (Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10 |
| O | ⓘ Scotlandite | PbSO3 |
| O | ⓘ Serpierite | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| O | ⓘ Susannite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| O | ⓘ Wroewolfeite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Milky Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Redgillite | Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Al | ⓘ Plumbogummite | PbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Si | ⓘ Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| Si | ⓘ Mattheddleite | Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Queitite | Pb4Zn2(SO4)(SiO4)(Si2O7) |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Milky Quartz | SiO2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Plumbogummite | PbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 |
| P | ⓘ Pyromorphite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| S | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Antlerite | Cu3(SO4)(OH)4 |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| S | ⓘ Caledonite | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| S | ⓘ Chenite | Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| S | ⓘ Covellite | CuS |
| S | ⓘ Digenite | Cu9S5 |
| S | ⓘ Djurleite | Cu31S16 |
| S | ⓘ Elyite | Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Lanarkite | Pb2(SO4)O |
| S | ⓘ Langite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| S | ⓘ Leadhillite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| S | ⓘ Linarite | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
| S | ⓘ Macphersonite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| S | ⓘ Mattheddleite | Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Queitite | Pb4Zn2(SO4)(SiO4)(Si2O7) |
| S | ⓘ Scotlandite | PbSO3 |
| S | ⓘ Serpierite | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | ⓘ Native Sulphur | S8 |
| S | ⓘ Susannite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| S | ⓘ Wroewolfeite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| S | ⓘ Redgillite | Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Mattheddleite | Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) |
| Cl | ⓘ Mimetite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
| Cl | ⓘ Pyromorphite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| Cl | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Serpierite | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| V | Vanadium | |
| V | ⓘ Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| V | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Romanèchite | (Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Antlerite | Cu3(SO4)(OH)4 |
| Cu | ⓘ Aurichalcite | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| Cu | ⓘ Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| Cu | ⓘ Caledonite | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Cu | ⓘ Chenite | Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Cu | ⓘ Covellite | CuS |
| Cu | ⓘ Cuprite | Cu2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Digenite | Cu9S5 |
| Cu | ⓘ Djurleite | Cu31S16 |
| Cu | ⓘ Elyite | Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Langite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Linarite | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| Cu | ⓘ Serpierite | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Wroewolfeite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Redgillite | Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Aurichalcite | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| Zn | ⓘ Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| Zn | ⓘ Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| Zn | ⓘ Queitite | Pb4Zn2(SO4)(SiO4)(Si2O7) |
| Zn | ⓘ Serpierite | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Mimetite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| Ag | ⓘ Native Silver | Ag |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Bindheimite | Pb2Sb2O6O |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| Ba | ⓘ Romanèchite | (Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
| Hg | Mercury | |
| Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| Pb | ⓘ Bindheimite | Pb2Sb2O6O |
| Pb | ⓘ Caledonite | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
| Pb | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| Pb | ⓘ Chenite | Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Pb | ⓘ Elyite | Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Pb | ⓘ Hydrocerussite | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Pb | ⓘ Lanarkite | Pb2(SO4)O |
| Pb | ⓘ Leadhillite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| Pb | ⓘ Linarite | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
| Pb | ⓘ Macphersonite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| Pb | ⓘ Mattheddleite | Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) |
| Pb | ⓘ Mimetite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
| Pb | ⓘ Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| Pb | ⓘ Plumbogummite | PbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 |
| Pb | ⓘ Pyromorphite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| Pb | ⓘ Queitite | Pb4Zn2(SO4)(SiO4)(Si2O7) |
| Pb | ⓘ Scotlandite | PbSO3 |
| Pb | ⓘ Susannite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| Pb | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
- AvaloniaVolcanic Arc
EuropeContinent
UK
- England
- Cumbria
- Caldbeck Fells Mining RegionMining District
- Lake District National ParkNational Park
- LDNPA Amber ZoneMineral Collecting Permit Zone
- Cumbria
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References
Miers, H. A. (1897) On Some British Pseudomorphs. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 11 (53) 263-285 doi:10.1180/minmag.1897.011.53.02
Sweet, Jessie M. (1960) British gold from the Bouglise collection. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 32 (248) 420-421 doi:10.1180/minmag.1960.032.248.11
Giacovazzo, C., Menchetti, S., Scordari, F. (1973) The crystal structure of caledonite, Cu2Pb5(SO4)3CO3(OH)6. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry, 29 (9) 1986-1990 doi:10.1107/s056774087300590x[determined on Red Gill material]
Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK