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Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKi
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Roughton GillGroup ofMines (Abandoned)
CaldbeckCivil Parish
AllerdaleDistrict
CumbriaCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
54° 42' 37'' North , 3° 5' 22'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
NY298356
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Caldbeck311(2018)4.9km
Bassenthwaite412(2018)7.6km
Bothel483(2018)12.3km
Keswick4,281(2018)12.6km
Portinscale560(2018)13.0km
Mindat Locality ID:
1420
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:1420:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
North and Western Region; Cumberland


Cooper & Stanley (1991):

"Almost nothing is known of this mine. It was worked from two short crosscuts (now caved) to an approximately NNW-SSE vein, and the associated dumps suggest, in local terms, a relatively extensive operation. The mine was last opened in the mid-19th century but this was merely a trial operation and nothing came of it. The present dumps are almost barren of specimen-quality minerals, although pyromorphite and cerussite are common in small amounts.
The occurrence here of mattheddleite is only the second locality known for this new species."

Select Mineral List Type

StandardDetailedGalleryStrunzChemical Elements

Detailed Mineral List:

Anglesite
Formula:PbSO4
Habit: bladed
Colour: cream to black
Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Description: Small (ca. 1 mm) clear and opaque white crystals of baryte occur in cavities in limonite stained quartz and in one case enclosing a supergene copper mineral. Some of the baryte crystals resemble one form of anglesite with which they may be easily confused at first sight.
'Bindheimite'
Formula:Pb2Sb2O6O
Brochantite
Formula:Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Caledonite
Formula:Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Description: As small crystals and masses with linarite from the mine dumps and from waste material at the foot of the 'hush' to the north of the lower dump.
Cerussite
Formula:PbCO3
Habit: acicular; granular
Colour: white
Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "First mentioned, without description, by Greg & Lettsom (1858: 391) from 'Bray Fell'. Crystals are generally insignificant but an attractive combination of silky, white, acicular crystals (< 10mm) with small green pyromorphite crystals was found on the low-level dump (Kingsbury collection, BM(NH)). Crystals (< 20mm) occur with bright canary yellow pyromorphite on the top level dumps."
References:
Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x< 1
Covellite
Formula:CuS
Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Description: In small amounts with chrysocolla (M. Leppington Collection, det. M. Rothwell: EPMA).
Galena
Formula:PbS
Goethite ?
Formula:Fe3+O(OH)
Description: Kingsbury reference.
Hemimorphite
Formula:Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Habit: minutely drusy coating on small quartz crystals (M.P. Cooper Collection)
Colour: white
Description: M.P. Cooper Collection, identified by infra-red spectrophotometry at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST).
Hydrocerussite ?
Formula:Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2
Description: Kingsbury reference.
Lanarkite ?
Formula:Pb2(SO4)O
Habit: bladed or fibrous aggregates
Colour: colourless to greyish white
Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "The record by Young (1987) of lanarkite with leadhillite from Brae Fell in the NMW Collection is an error (R.E. Bevins, pers. comm.)."Green et al. (2008): The first claim of lanarkite in the Caldbeck Fells was made by Arthur Kingsbury, who described three small specimens from Brae Fell Mine in an unpublished manuscript on the minerals of the northern Lake District in 1951: these were examined in detail by Bridges et al. (2006) who consider it unlikely that they are from Brae Fell Mine and therefore that they are fraudulent."
References:
Langite
Formula:Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "on one specimen as minute crystalline aggregates (C.M. Leppington Collection; det. Leeds Univ.: XRD, D.I. Green, pers. comm.)."
Leadhillite
Formula:Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Colour: colourless to greenish
Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "Found here sparingly but in good specimens: as small, sharp, equant, colourless to greenish crystals (< 2mm or so) with lanarkite, mattheddleite, cerussite and pyromorphite (King Collection, NMW; Kingsbury Collection BM(NH)). Listed by Hartley (1984)."
'Limonite'
Linarite
Formula:PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Description: Minute crystals and crusts on quartz-sulphide matrix.
Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Mattheddleite
Formula:Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Habit: etched prisms and pinkish masses on leadhillite and cerussite; sharp prismatic crystals with typical pyramidal terminations encrusting lanarkite and leadhillite
Colour: colourless, pink
Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "Known from two specimens only: as minute colourless prismatic crystals and drusy pink encrustations on leadhillite and cerussite (King Collection, National Museum of Wales (NMW), det. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST): IR); and as sharp, prismatic crystals on lanarkite with leadhillite (Kingsbury Collection, BM(NH), det.: XRD)."
References:
Mimetite
Formula:Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
'Mimetite-Pyromorphite Series'
Mottramite
Formula:PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Native Silver
Formula:Ag
Native Sulphur
Formula:S8
References:
Plumbogummite ?
Formula:PbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Habit: encrustation
Colour: blue-grey
Description: Kingsbury reference. Cooper & Stanley (1990): "A single specimen from the upper level dump (Kingsbury Collection, BM(NH) has a blue-grey encrustation of plumbogummite partly epimorphous after pyromorphite. No other specimens have been located."
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Pyromorphite
Formula:Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Habit: prismatic; microcrystalline crusts; matted fibrous masses
Colour: olive to emerald green; bright canary yellow (almost arsenate-free); off-white (calcian)
References:
Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Romanèchite
Formula:(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10
Scotlandite
Formula:PbSO3
Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Susannite ?
Formula:Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Habit: sheafy, tabular
Colour: yellowish; brown
Description: Kingsbury reference. Cooper & Stanley (1990): "A heavy mass of secondary lead minerals with baryte and quartz collected by Kingsbury in 1951 has crude, sheafy, yellowish tabular crystals to more than 10 mm which were originally identified as leadhillite. A recent examination of this specimen (BM(NH)) showed that these crystals, and a later generation in thin, brown, crystal aggregates, all gave an X-ray powder pattern identical to that of susannite."

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Silver1.AA.05Ag
Native Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Covellite2.CA.05aCuS
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite ?4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
Cuprite4.AA.10Cu2O
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
'Bindheimite'4.DH.20Pb2Sb2O6O
Romanèchite4.DK.10(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10
Scotlandite4.JE.20PbSO3
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Hydrocerussite ?5.BE.10Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2
Leadhillite5.BF.40Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Susannite ?5.BF.40Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anglesite7.AD.35PbSO4
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Brochantite7.BB.25Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Caledonite7.BC.50Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Linarite7.BC.65PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Lanarkite ?7.BD.40Pb2(SO4)O
Langite7.DD.10Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Mottramite8.BH.40PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Plumbogummite ?8.BL.10PbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Mimetite8.BN.05Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Pyromorphite8.BN.05Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Group 9 - Silicates
Mattheddleite9.AH.25Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Hemimorphite9.BD.10Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Chrysocolla9.ED.20Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Unclassified
'Limonite'-
'Psilomelane'-
'Mimetite-Pyromorphite Series'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
HBrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
HCaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
HChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x< 1
HGoethiteFe3+O(OH)
HHemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
HHydrocerussitePb3(CO3)2(OH)2
HLangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
HLeadhillitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
HLinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
HMalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
HMattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
HMottramitePbCu(VO4)(OH)
HPlumbogummitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
HRomanèchite(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10
HSusannitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
CCarbon
CCalciteCaCO3
CCaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
CCerussitePbCO3
CHydrocerussitePb3(CO3)2(OH)2
CLeadhillitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
CMalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CSusannitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
OOxygen
OAnglesitePbSO4
OBaryteBaSO4
OBindheimitePb2Sb2O6O
OBrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
OCalciteCaCO3
OCaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
OCerussitePbCO3
OChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x< 1
OCupriteCu2O
OGoethiteFe3+O(OH)
OHemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
OHydrocerussitePb3(CO3)2(OH)2
OLanarkitePb2(SO4)O
OLangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
OLeadhillitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
OLinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
OMalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OMattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
OMimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
OMottramitePbCu(VO4)(OH)
OPlumbogummitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
OPyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
OQuartzSiO2
ORomanèchite(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10
OScotlanditePbSO3
OSusannitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
OMimetite-Pyromorphite Series
AlAluminium
AlChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x< 1
AlPlumbogummitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
SiSilicon
SiChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x< 1
SiHemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
SiMattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
SiQuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
PPlumbogummitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
PPyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
PMimetite-Pyromorphite Series
SSulfur
SAnglesitePbSO4
SBaryteBaSO4
SBrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
SCaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
SChalcopyriteCuFeS2
SCovelliteCuS
SGalenaPbS
SLanarkitePb2(SO4)O
SLangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
SLeadhillitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
SLinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
SMattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
SPyriteFeS2
SScotlanditePbSO3
SSphaleriteZnS
SNative SulphurS8
SSusannitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
ClChlorine
ClMattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
ClMimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
ClPyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
ClMimetite-Pyromorphite Series
CaCalcium
CaCalciteCaCO3
VVanadium
VMottramitePbCu(VO4)(OH)
MnManganese
MnRomanèchite(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10
FeIron
FeChalcopyriteCuFeS2
FeGoethiteFe3+O(OH)
FePyriteFeS2
CuCopper
CuBrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
CuCaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
CuChalcopyriteCuFeS2
CuChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x< 1
CuCovelliteCuS
CuCupriteCu2O
CuLangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
CuLinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
CuMalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CuMottramitePbCu(VO4)(OH)
ZnZinc
ZnHemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
ZnSphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
AsMimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
AsMimetite-Pyromorphite Series
AgSilver
AgNative SilverAg
SbAntimony
SbBindheimitePb2Sb2O6O
BaBarium
BaBaryteBaSO4
BaRomanèchite(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10
PbLead
PbAnglesitePbSO4
PbBindheimitePb2Sb2O6O
PbCaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
PbCerussitePbCO3
PbGalenaPbS
PbHydrocerussitePb3(CO3)2(OH)2
PbLanarkitePb2(SO4)O
PbLeadhillitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
PbLinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
PbMattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
PbMimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
PbMottramitePbCu(VO4)(OH)
PbPlumbogummitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
PbPyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
PbScotlanditePbSO3
PbSusannitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
PbMimetite-Pyromorphite Series

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