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Native Gold from
Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Native Gold | |
| Formula: | Au | |
| Comments: | Kingsbury reference. Bridges et al. (2011): "The Kingsbury Collection in the NHM contains a single specimen of gold labelled from the 90-fathom level dumps of Roughton Gill Mine and claimed to have been collected in 1960. It consists of a small area of hackly gold in a brown quartz matrix with grey copper sulphide oxidising to malachite. The specimen has obviously been broken into at least two parts, but there is no sign of the remainder of the specimen in the collection. Grey copper sulphides are rare at Roughton Gill, the specimen does not look typical of the site and no other collector has found gold here. This specimen must be considered fraudulent." | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Unconfirmed/Questioned | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Native Gold data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 16264 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:16264:7 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold | ||
| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘTodd Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘMexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘRed Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 0.9km (0.5 miles) | ⓘSwinburn Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 2.4km (1.5 miles) | ⓘIngray Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 2.5km (1.6 miles) | ⓘCarrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 2.7km (1.7 miles) | ⓘGrains Gill, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 7.5km (4.7 miles) | ⓘRobin Hood Mine, Bassenthwaite, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 12.0km (7.5 miles) | ⓘWanthwaite Mine, St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 13.2km (8.2 miles) | ⓘEmbleton Quarry, Embleton, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
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