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Mineralization at Seathwaite Tam, near Coniston, English Lake District: The first occurrence of wittichenite in Great Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

C. J. Stanley  and
A. J. Criddle
C. J. Stanley
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Aston in Birmingham, Gosta Green Birmingham B4 7ET
A. J. Criddle
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD
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Summary

Ore specimens from the abandoned copper mine at Seathwaite Tarn, Cumbria, were studied in polished section by reflected light microscopy. The mineral paragenesis is described and related to current views on Lake District ore genesis. A common origin with the neighbouring deposit at Coniston is proposed. Wittichenite was identified in the ore, and is the first authenticated occurrence in Great Britain.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 43 , Issue 325 , March 1979 , pp. 103 - 107
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1979

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