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United Kingdom, England
Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria
Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: pyromorphite, linarite, caledonite, brochantite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: lead/copper mine, type locality
Renowned mine, type locality for caledonite/leadhillite-group species, well documented on mindat.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Open workings, remote terrain
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