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⇱ Marcasite from Burtree Slits, Cowshill, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK


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Marcasite from
Burtree Slits, Cowshill, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK

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Locality type:Vein
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Burtree Slits, Cowshill, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:229717
Long-form Identifier:1:3:229717:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
4.6km (2.9 miles) Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
5.2km (3.3 miles) Slitt Mine, Westgate, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
5.4km (3.4 miles) Middlehope Burn, Westgate, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
5.9km (3.7 miles) Harthope Head Quarries, St. John's Chapel, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
8.1km (5.0 miles) Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
8.8km (5.5 miles) Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
10.2km (6.3 miles) Tynehead Mine, Garrigill, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
10.8km (6.7 miles) Whiteheaps Mine, Hunstanworth, County Durham, England, UK
11.7km (7.2 miles) Calvert Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
11.9km (7.4 miles) Great Sulphur vein, Garrigill, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
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