Cornwallite from
Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

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Cornwallite, etc.

Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Cornwallite, etc.

Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Cornwallite, etc.

Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Cornwallite
Formula:	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄
Habit:	sub-botryoidal encrustations on quartz (Kingsbury & Hartley)
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Baryte	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Cornwallite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	15660
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:15660:0
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Cornwallite

0.6km (0.4 miles)	ⓘ Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles)	ⓘ Low Pike north slopes, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles)	ⓘ Short Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles)	ⓘ Old Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
88.7km (55.1 miles)	ⓘ Glengonnar shaft (Brow and Browns Veins), Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
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. Claringbull, G. F., Hey, M. H., Davis, R. J. (1959) Cornubite, a new mineral dimorphous with cornwallite. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 32 (244) 1-5 doi:10.1180/minmag.1959.032.244.01 *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. Anthony, John W., Bideaux, Richard A., Bladh, Kenneth W., Nichols, Monte C. - Eds. (2016) Handbook of Mineralogy. https://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/**

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Cornwallite from Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Cornwallite from
Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK