Mine detail: Carrock Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 54.68235, -3.04753

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Discovery year: 1854

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1870
Last production ended: 1980

Geology

Host rock:Skiddaw Slate;Skiddaw Granite;Carrock Gabbro
Host type:Gabbro,Slate,Granite
Structure:Granite Emplaced In Orogenic Belt
Tectonic:Caledonian Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSDE00321
DEP10106697
Reference{Deposit:: EASTWOOD, T., 1959, THE LAKE DISTRICT MINING FIELD, IN THE FUTURE OF NON-FERROUS MINING IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: A SYMPOSIUM, LONDON, THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY, P. 167-169.}{Deposit:: STAFF, CARROCK FELL: U.K. TUNGSTEN MINE WITH AN INTERESTING HISTORY IS AGAIN PRODUCING CONCENTRATES, MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH, 1977, VOL. 136, NO. 3, P. 169-175.}{Deposit:: SHEPHERD, T.D., BECKINSALE, M.A., RUNDLE, C.C. AND DURHAM, J., 1976, GENESIS OF CARROCK FELL TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, CUMBRIA: FLUID INCLUSION AND ISTOPIC STUDY, TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY, VOL. 85, SECTION B, FEB. 1976, P. B63-B73.}
ReporterHarris, Peter M.