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Erythrite from
Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Erythrite
Formula:Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Erythrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:15975
Long-form Identifier:1:3:15975:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Erythrite
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘCobalt Mine, Scar Crag, Causey Pike, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘSandbeds Gill Mine, Bassenthwaite, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
16.3km (10.2 miles) ⓘRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
18.5km (11.5 miles) ⓘIngray Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘDriggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
19.2km (11.9 miles) ⓘOld Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘGreenburn Beck Level, Greenburn Valley, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘPaddy End Mine, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
24.6km (15.3 miles) ⓘConiston Copper Mines, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘHesk Fell Mine, Ulpha, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Jarvis, Adam P., Catherine J. Gandy, and John A. Webb. 2023. "Controls on the Generation and Geochemistry of Neutral Mine Drainage: Evidence from Force Crag Mine, Cumbria, UK" Minerals 13, no. 5: 592. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13050592
Hall, Townshend M. (1868) The Mineralogist's Directory: or, a guide to the Principal Mineral Localities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Edward Stanford.
Kingsbury, Arthur W. G., Hartley, J. (1957) New occurrences of arseniosiderite. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 31 (237) 499-500 doi:10.1180/minmag.1957.031.237.12
Green, D.I., McCallum, D., Wood, M. (1997) Supergene Cu, Pb, Zn and Ag Minerals from Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Cumbria. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals 18, 10-14
 
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