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Brigham Quarry, Brigham, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Brigham Quarry | Quarry |
| Brigham | Civil Parish |
| Allerdale | District |
| Cumbria | County |
| England | Constituent Country |
| UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
54° 39' 30'' North , 3° 25' 17'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
NY083302
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Brigham | 756 (2018) | 0.3km |
| Cockermouth | 9,146 (2018) | 3.9km |
| Broughton Moor | 783 (2018) | 4.4km |
| Dearham | 1,799 (2018) | 6.1km |
| Flimby | 1,707 (2018) | 7.3km |
A sandstone quarry.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ✪ Metavoltine Formula: K2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O Habit: minute platy crystals Colour: vivid yellow. Description: It occurs as patchy, vivid yellow efflorescent crusts coating areas up to 1.5 m across
of the lowest two sandstone beds exposed in the quarry. Individual crusts, which are up to 10 cm
across and 0.5 mm thick, consist of rounded aggregates up to 1 mm across composed of minute platy crystals. The two sandstone beds are separated by a 25 mm thick dark grey carbonaceous mudstone parting. In places small patches of metavoltine encrust this parting, or are concentrated on the sandstone within 10 cm above or below this level. Oxidation of pyrite within the mudstone parting
together with diffusion of sulphate-rich fluids through the surface layers of the adjacent very
porous sandstone have almost certainly provided the source of the metavoltine.
a |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Colour: metallic yellow Description: Pyrite in the sandstone rots in the presence of sulfatic waters to produce metavoltine |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Metavoltine | 7.DF.35 | K2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Metavoltine | K2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Metavoltine | K2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Metavoltine | K2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Metavoltine | K2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Metavoltine | K2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Metavoltine | K2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
- AvaloniaVolcanic Arc
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