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High Stennerskeugh Mine, Ravenstonedale
High Stennerskeugh Mine
locality:-   Stennersheugh
civil parish:-   Ravenstonedale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   copper mine (?) 
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   NY74800125
1Km square:-   NY7401
10Km square:-   NY70
references:-   KDMRS 1979-82
evidence:-   visit log:- KDMRS 1979-82
placename:-  High Stennerskeugh Mine
item:-  malachite; azurite; copper pyrites; galena
source data:-   Notes, log book of Geological Outings, mine plans, etc, Kendal and District Mine Research Society, Kendal area, Cumbria, etc, visits made 1979-82.
Geological Outing of the Kendal and District Mine Research Society 
Log book page 6:-  "DATE - MONDAY 16/4/79 (EASTER HOLIDAYS) / MAP REF - (No.1 7480 0125) ... SHEET 91 1:50000 / LOCATION - KIRKBY STEPHEN MOORS / NAME - (No.1) HIGH STENNERSKEUGH MINE ... / TYPE OF SITE - MINE WORKINGS / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - No.55 / SPECIMENS FOUND - SMALL MALACHITE AND AZURITE PIECES + PIECES OF COPPER PYRITES AND GALENA / COMMENTS - NICE WARM DAY. ONLY SMALL SPOIL HEAPS AND DEPRESSIONS NOW VISIBLE. VERY WORTHWHILE VISIT."
Log book page 27:-  "DATE - 19/8/79 / MAP REF - / LOCATION - / NAME - / TYPE OF SITE - / WORKING OR DISUSED - / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 5 / SPECIMENS FOUND - / COMMENTS - NICE FINE DAY."
otherwise:-  "AS PAGE 6"
item:-  private collection : 82
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