Carrock Fell

Producer in United Kingdom with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206749
MAS/MILS ID 4120100031
Record type Site
Current site name Carrock Fell

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -2.73083, 54.66571 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

United Kingdom(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
United Kingdom

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE GIVEN FOR PENRITH, CUMBRIA, ENGLAND. ORE IS EXTRACTED FROM THREE MAIN VEINS, THE HARDING, SMITH AND EMERSON. RESERVE FIGURES ARE FROM WORK DONE IN 1943, THE ARTICLE STATES HOWEVER, (MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH 1977) THAT RESERVES ARE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME BECAUSE LITTLE ORE HAS BEEN EXTRACTED SINCE 1943.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -2.73083, 54.66571

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Carrock Fell Mining Co. Ltd.
    Year 1978

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Total resources 50000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1 wt-pct Tungsten Major 0

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1978 ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY

  • Deposit

    OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, MCGRAW-HILL,

  • Deposit

    1978, P. 283.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, CARROCK FELL, U.K. TUNGSTEN MINE WITH AN

  • Deposit

    INTERESTING HISTORY IS AGAIN PRODUCING CONCENTRATES,

  • Deposit

    V. 136, NO. 3, MARCH 1977, P. 169-175.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, INDUSTRY IN ACTION, V. 291, NO. 7471.

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 27, 1978, P. 332.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, PANORAMA, NEW U.K. TUNGSTEN MINE?, V. 138,

  • Deposit

    NO. 2, FEBRUARY 1978, P. 93, 95.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, YEARBOOK, CATALOG, SURVEY & DIRECTORY NUMBER

  • Deposit

    1978, WORLDWIDE MINING DEVELOPMENTS, V. 31, NO. 7, JUNE 25

  • Deposit

    1978, P. 240.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, HIGHLIGHTS, V. 125, NO. 1, JULY 1971,

  • Deposit

    P. 51.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-APR-1995 Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.