Members Area Launch
It is finally here! The Cumberland Geological Society has a website members area. If you are a member and have opted to receive the newsletter via email you will have received an email with login instructions.
Presently you can access:
- Present and past Proceedings (these are being added over the next days)
- Magazine Subscriptions
- Council Papers
- Present and past newsletters
Coming soon:
- Past Lecture recordings (where permission to record was granted)
- Local Geology Questions and Answers
If you are a member who receives updates via post, or we’ve not sent joining instructions, and wishes to access all this new content please Contact Us.
Summer Event List 2022 Published
Minutes of Council Meeting 7th March 2022
Proceedings 1963 Part 2
These proceedings ran from 1962 to 2019 before being replaced by our newest publication The Cumberland Geologist. Each Proceedings has been digitized and made searchable.
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed within the Proceedings are solely the author’s and do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of the website or its affiliates. Localities visited may no longer be accessible. Rules regarding collection of fossil and mineral samples mentioned in the publication may have changed.
Contents
| List of Members | Page 1 |
| Editorial | 3 |
| Jonathan Otley | 5 |
| Discovery and Development of the Old Mines of the Lake District | 9 |
| Excursion to the Quartz Felsite Dyke of the Eskdale Granite, 16th June | 11 |
| Excursion to a Glacial Overflow System South of Ennerdale, 14th July | 14 |
| Camping Weekend in the Caldew Valley, 26th-28th July | 18 |
| Excursion to the Carrock Fell Gabbro, 28th July | 19 |
| Excursion to the Furness District od Lancashire, 15th September | 23 |
| The Iron Ore Sops of Furness | 28 |
| Granites and Orogeny, Dr. J. R. Harpum | 30 |
| Investigating Fossil Plants, Dr. D. L. Smith | 32 |
| Book Review: Portrait of the Lakes, Norman Nicholson | 34 |
| Book Review: The Chemical Elements in Nature, Dr. F. H. Day | 35 |
Proceedings 1963 Part 1
These proceedings ran from 1962 to 2019 before being replaced by our newest publication The Cumberland Geologist. Each Proceedings has been digitized and made searchable.
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed within the Proceedings are solely the author’s and do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of the website or its affiliates. Localities visited may no longer be accessible. Rules regarding collection of fossil and mineral samples mentioned in the publication may have changed.
Contents
| Editorial | Page 1 |
| The Annual Dinner, 4th January | 3 |
| The Annual General Meeting, 10th January | 3 |
| Presidential Address “On the Age of the Earth”, 14th February | 5 |
| Visit to Barrowmouth, 16th March | 19 |
| Visit to Marchon Anhydrite Mine, 25th March | 19 |
| Visit to First Limestone, Brigham, 31st March | 23 |
| Field Excursion to Goldscope Mine, Newlands, 7th April | 25 |
| Brief Reports of Other Activities | 28 |
| The Origin of the Earth and Chemical Element | 29 |
| Superficial Investigations of the Borrowdale Plumbage Mines | 34 |