Proceedings 1964 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 MembersPage 1
The Society Library4
Excursion to Pull Beck (Silurian Shales) between Ambleside & Hawkshead5
Field Meeting at the Threlkeld Microgranite7
Excursion to the Haile-Stockbridge Glacial Meltwater System10
Weekend Excursion to the Appleby District13
Excursion to the Picrite of the Dash Beck area, Skiddaw19
Field Meeting in the Cartmel District of Lancashire22
Field Meeting at Eskett Quarry, Frizington24
Glacial Evidence on the Coast between Beckermet & St. Bees25
A Note on the Literature of Cumberland and Lake District Geology27

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 MembersPage 1
Editorial3
Jonathan Otley5
Discovery and Development of the Old Mines of the Lake District9
Excursion to the Quartz Felsite Dyke of the Eskdale Granite, 16th June11
Excursion to a Glacial Overflow System South of Ennerdale, 14th July14
Camping Weekend in the Caldew Valley, 26th-28th July18
Excursion to the Carrock Fell Gabbro, 28th July19
Excursion to the Furness District od Lancashire, 15th September23
The Iron Ore Sops of Furness28
Granites and Orogeny, Dr. J. R. Harpum30
Investigating Fossil Plants, Dr. D. L. Smith32
Book Review: Portrait of the Lakes, Norman Nicholson34
Book Review: The Chemical Elements in Nature, Dr. F. H. Day35

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

EditorialPage 1
The Annual Dinner, 4th January3
The Annual General Meeting, 10th January3
Presidential Address “On the Age of the Earth”, 14th February5
Visit to Barrowmouth, 16th March19
Visit to Marchon Anhydrite Mine, 25th March19
Visit to First Limestone, Brigham, 31st March23
Field Excursion to Goldscope Mine, Newlands, 7th April25
Brief Reports of Other Activities28
The Origin of the Earth and Chemical Element29
Superficial Investigations of the Borrowdale Plumbage Mines34

Proceedings 1962 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

Excursion to the Lias Deposists near Wigton, and to the Drygill Shales at the head of Carrock Beck, 3rd JunePage 1
Excursion to the Buttermere & Ennerdale Granophyrs, 1st July3
Making Petrological Microscope Slides7
Weekend Excursion to Ambleside & Coniston, 14th-16th September10
Lecture on Mineralogy by R. H. Hewitt, 27th September15
Lecture on Chemical Natural History by Dr. F. H. Day, 22nd November17
Visit to Whitehaven Brickworks Quarry, 25th November, and to Haig Colliery, Whitehaven, 26th November19

Proceedings 1962 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

Presidential Address ‘Granite and Granitization’ (delivered by the Vice President at Workington College), 15th FebruaryPage 1
Excursion to the Haile Moor Mine, Egremont, 22nd January17
Excursion to Ullcoats Mine, Egremont, 23rd February19
Outing to St Bees and Fleswick, 17th March21
Sketch Map and Outline on the Skiddaw Granite, 1st April23
Excursion to the Skiddaw Granite, 1st April24
Excursion to the Nowlands Valley, 20th May27
Field Excursion to Yeatouse Limestone Quarry, 14th April31
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