Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Geology
Host rockGabbro,Slate,Granite · Skiddaw Slate;Skiddaw Granite;Carrock Gabbro
StructureGranite Emplaced In Orogenic Belt
Tectonic settingCaledonian Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1870
Last production1980
Discovery year1854
Identification
Deposit ID10106697
MRDS IDDE00321
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates54.68235, -3.04753
References
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.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.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.