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Atacamite from
Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Atacamite | |
| Formula: | Cu2(OH)3Cl | |
| Comments: | Kingsbury reference. The published note (1956) gave the locality as 'a small copper vein near Potts Gill' but unpublished manuscripts in the BM(NH) make it clear that the specimens originated from dumps of the 'Old No. 1 level', a source of many rare species (see also Hartley, 1984). Aggregates of indistinct crystals either with malachite and iron oxides or alone on a compact reddish matrix. This latter material is very similar to a specimen in the BM(NH) labelled 'Roughton Gill' and was compared directly with it by Kingsbury & Hartley who concluded that 'it would hardly seem possible for them all not to have come from the same provenance'. | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Unconfirmed/Questioned | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Atacamite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1295 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1295:9 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Atacamite | ||
| 1.2km (0.7 miles) | ⓘHay Gill Copper Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 2.7km (1.7 miles) | ⓘRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 2.7km (1.7 miles) | ⓘRoughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 43.5km (27.0 miles) | ⓘCriffel granodiorite, Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK | |
| 44.8km (27.9 miles) | ⓘCaulkerbush, Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK | |
| 45.5km (28.3 miles) | ⓘMarbruie Cove, Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK | |
| 46.6km (28.9 miles) | ⓘNeedle's Eye Mine, Needle's Eye, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK | |
| 54.6km (33.9 miles) | ⓘDalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK | |
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