1	-	*Ineson, P. R., Mitchell, J. G. (1974) K-Ar isotopic age determinations from some Lake District mineral localities. Geological Magazine, 111 (6). 521-537 doi:10.1017/s0016756800041571*
2	-	*Ineson, P. R., Mitchell, J. G. (1974) K-Ar isotopic age determinations from some Lake District mineral localities. Geological Magazine, 111 (6). 521-537 doi:10.1017/s0016756800041571*
3	-	*Ineson, P. R., Mitchell, J. G. (1974) K-Ar isotopic age determinations from some Lake District mineral localities. Geological Magazine, 111 (6). 521-537 doi:10.1017/s0016756800041571*
4	-	*Ineson, P. R., Mitchell, J. G. (1974) K-Ar isotopic age determinations from some Lake District mineral localities. Geological Magazine, 111 (6). 521-537 doi:10.1017/s0016756800041571*

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Illite data

Locality Data:

Click here to view Castle Nook Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

16535

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:16535:2

GUID (UUID V4):

Nearest other occurrences of Illite

1.5km (0.9 miles)

ⓘ Goldscope Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

2.7km (1.7 miles)

ⓘ Yewthwaite Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

4.6km (2.9 miles)

ⓘ Wad Mine, Seathwaite, Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

5.3km (3.3 miles)

ⓘ Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

8.8km (5.5 miles)

ⓘ Thornthwaite Mine, Thornthwaite, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

12.2km (7.6 miles)

ⓘ Brundholme Mine (Glenderaterra Mine; Blencathra Mine), Glenderaterra Valley, Threlkeld, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

13.3km (8.3 miles)

ⓘ Threlkeld Mine, Threlkeld, Threlkeld, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

13.7km (8.5 miles)

ⓘ Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

18.6km (11.6 miles)

ⓘ Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

18.9km (11.8 miles)

ⓘ Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

References

Day, Harry (1999) BMS Database, British Micromount Society.

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Illite from Castle Nook Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Illite from
Castle Nook Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK