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Cerussite from
Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cerussite
Formula:PbCO3
Comments:Cooper & Stanley (1990): "Described as 'crystallized and acicular' by Greg & Lettsom (1858: 391). A mining report of 1865 (Shaw archive, Carlisle, D/Sh/1/9) describes the 60fm level 'driven 15fm [27m] all in ore worth up to [2 tons] per fm all carbonate'."
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cerussite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3108
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3108:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cerussite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘRoughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.7km (0.5 miles) ⓘSilver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘThief Gills, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘHigher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘSwinburn Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘRed Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘWet Smale Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘBrae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘShort Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Kingsbury, A.W.G. (xxxx) (MS2) Notes on the occurrence of gold in the Lake District.
Greg, Robert Philips, Lettsom, William G. (1858) Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland. John Van Voorst, London.
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.
Cooper, M. P., Stanley, C. J. (1990) Minerals of the English Lake District - Caldbeck Fells. The Natural History Museum, London.
Stanley, Christopher J., Cooper, Michael P. (1991) Famous Mineral Localities: Pyromorphite-Group Minerals from the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. The Mineralogical Record, 22 (2) 105-121
 
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