Editing Cold Pike (section)

==Geology==

The fell top is composed of [[dacite]] [[lava]] flows with the [[volcaniclastic]] [[sandstone]]s and [[tuff]]s of the Blisco Member outcropping to the south.<ref name="BGS">[[British Geological Survey]]: 1:50,000 series maps, ''England & Wales Sheet 38'': BGS (1998)</ref>

The main Red Tarn path was originally made to serve Red Crag Mine.  This consists of a series of pits and trial borings for [[iron]], concentrated about {{convert|300|yard|m}} north of the tarn.  It was worked from 1860 to 1875 but never achieved commercial success.<ref name="adams">Adams, John: ''Mines of the Lake District Fells'': Dalesman (1995) {{ISBN|0-85206-931-6}}</ref>