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Manganite from
Thief Gills, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Classification
Species:Manganite
Formula:Mn3+O(OH)
Comments:Cooper & Stanley (1990): "'In one of the branches of the gill, a quartz vein, bearing either manganite or pyrolusite stands like a wall on the fellside...' (Davidson & Thomson, 1951: 140)."
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Manganite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Thief Gills, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:16872
Long-form Identifier:1:3:16872:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Manganite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘHigher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘBurdell Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘLow Pike north slopes, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘBannerdale Graphite Mine, Bannerdale, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘBannerdale, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘForce Crag Mine, Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘBigrigg Mine, Bigrigg, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
36.5km (22.7 miles) ⓘWyndham Mines, Bigrigg, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
48.7km (30.2 miles) ⓘKinharvie Burn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
59.0km (36.7 miles) ⓘRoanhead Mine, Dalton Town with Newton, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Davidson, W.F. and Thomson, N. (1951) Some notes on the minerals of Westmorland and Cumberland. North West Naturalist, 23 (for 1948), 136-154.
Cooper, M. P., Stanley, C. J. (1990) Minerals of the English Lake District - Caldbeck Fells. The Natural History Museum, London.
Day, Harry (1999) BMS Database, British Micromount Society.
 
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