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Molybdenite from
Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Comments:Cooper & Stanley (1990): "The mineral occurs as small flakes and veinlets disseminated in quartz and muscovite or concentrated along vein-greisen boundaries. It is common in microscopic amounts in most of the sulphide, sulpharsenide and telluride mineral assemblages from this locality."
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tourmaline2
Muscovite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:7828
Long-form Identifier:1:3:7828:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Molybdenite 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 Molybdenite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘGrains Gill, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘBrandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘMexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘCobalt Mine, Scar Crag, Causey Pike, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘShap Pink Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
52.3km (32.5 miles) ⓘAlmorness Point, Almorness coast, Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
52.3km (32.5 miles) ⓘAlmorness coast, Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
55.1km (34.3 miles) ⓘLotus Hill, New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
56.7km (35.3 miles) ⓘLower Porterbelly Quarry, Kirkgunzeon, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
58.4km (36.3 miles) ⓘScreel Hill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
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