Native Gold from
Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

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Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Native Gold
Formula:	Au
Comments:	Cooper & Stanley (1990): "The presence of gold in 'bismuth telluride' at Carrock mine was noted by Dewey & Dines (1923). Kingsbury found gold here in three separate occurrences."
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Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Native Gold data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	5747
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:5747:9
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Localities for Native Gold in this Region
Emerson vein, Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Harding vein, Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold

0.2km (0.1 miles)	ⓘ Grains Gill, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles)	ⓘ Todd Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles)	ⓘ Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.5km (1.6 miles)	ⓘ Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.3km (2.0 miles)	ⓘ Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.3km (2.1 miles)	ⓘ Swinburn Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
4.0km (2.5 miles)	ⓘ Ingray Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
9.5km (5.9 miles)	ⓘ Robin Hood Mine, Bassenthwaite, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
10.4km (6.4 miles)	ⓘ Wanthwaite Mine, St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
14.9km (9.3 miles)	ⓘ Embleton Quarry, Embleton, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Kingsbury, A.W.G. (xxxx) (MS2) Notes on the occurrence of gold in the Lake District. Dewey, Henry, Dines, H. G. (1923) Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol. 1, Tungsten and Manganese Ores (3rd ed.) Geological Survey of Great Britain *Shaw, W. T. (1972) Mining in the Lake Counties* (2nd ed.) Dalesman Books, Clapham, Lancaster. Hartley, J. (1984) A list of minerals associated with the ore deposits of the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Transactions of the Leeds Geological Association, 10 (3) 22-39 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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Native Gold from Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Native Gold from
Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK