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Chalcopyrite from
Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Comments:Green et al. (2008): "Chalcopyrite is the commonest primary copper mineral in the vein exposure. It occurs as idiomorphic masses in quartz veinstone, these are sometimes bright and unoxidised, but more commonly partly replaced by goethite. Blue and green oxidation rims commonly surround chalcopyrite."
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:562963
Long-form Identifier:1:3:562963:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘSilver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘIron Crag, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘRoughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘMexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘRed Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘSwinburn Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘBrae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘBrandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘHay Gill Copper Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Green, D.I., Bridges, T.F., Rumsey, M.S., Leppington, C.M., Tindle, A.G. (2008) A review of the mineralogy of the Roughton Gill Mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: Part 2 The Roughton Gill South Vein on Balliway Rigg. Journal of the Russell Society, 11. 3-28
 
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