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UK Major Mining Regions

This page allows you to view UK mines and quarries by major mining region.

If you are looking for a mine this is a good place to start, alternatively use the search page.

Select a mining region of the UK

Click on the region name to view the mines in that region.

North West England
Lake District (Baryte / Coal / Copper / Fluorite / Graphite / Lead / Manganese / Slate / Wolframite)
Alston Moor (Coal / Fluorite / Lead / Zinc)
Manchester & Poynton Coalfields (Coal)
Alderley Edge Copper Mines (Copper)
Furness Peninsula (Copper / Iron / Limestone / Salt / Sand/Gravel / Sandstone)
 
North East England
West Yorkshire (Clay / Coal / Ganister / Iron / Limestone / Sand/Gravel / Sandstone)
Durham Dales (Baryte / Fluorite / Lead / Limestone)
Yorkshire Dales (Coal / Lead)
Northumberland Dales (Baryte / Lead)
Cleveland and East Yorkshire (Alum Shale / Anhydrite / Coal / Iron / Jet / Lead / Limestone / Potash / Salt / Whinstone)
Durham & Northumberland Coalfield (Coal)
 
Midlands
South Yorkshire (Clay / Coal / Sand/Gravel / Sandstone)
Lincolnshire (Gypsum / Iron / Limestone / Sand/Gravel / Sandstone)
Northamptonshire (Iron)
Leicestershire (Coal / Slate)
Oxfordshire (Chalk / Limestone)
Nottinghamshire (Coal / Gypsum / Sand/Gravel)
Staffordshire (Clay / Coal / Copper / Lead)
Shropshire (Baryte / Calcite / Clay / Coal / Copper / Fluorite / Jet / Lead / Limestone / Silver / Witherite / Zinc)
Derbyshire (Blue John / Fluorite / Iron / Lead / Limestone)
Warwickshire (Clay / Coal / Granite / Limestone)
West Midlands (Clay / Coal / Limestone)
 
South East England
Middlesex (Chalk)
London (Chalk)
East Sussex (Flint / Gypsum / Iron / Limestone / Sandstone)
Surrey (Chalk / Clay / Iron / Other Rock / Sand/Gravel / Sandstone)
Norfolk (Chalk / Flint / Oil Shale / Sand/Gravel)
Suffolk (Chalk / Flint)
Hampshire (Other Rock)
Buckinghamshire (Chalk / Clay / Flint)
Essex (Chalk)
Hertfordshire (Chalk)
Bedfordshire (Clay / Other Rock)
Cambridgeshire (Chalk / Coal)
Berkshire (Chalk)
Kent (Chalk / Clay / Coal / Flint / Gypsum / Iron / Sand/Gravel / Sandstone)
West Sussex (Chalk / Flint / Iron / Sand/Gravel)
 
South West England
Somerset (Coal / Copper / Iron / Lead / Ochre)
West Devon (Granite / Iron / Manganese / Ochre / Umber)
East Cornwall & Kit Hill (Copper / Iron / Lead / Slate / Silver / Sulphur / Tin / Wolframite)
the Bath-stone mines etc. (Limestone)
Dorset (Clay / Limestone / Marble / Sand/Gravel / Sandstone)
Teign Valley (Clay / Granite / Iron / Lead / Silver / Zinc)
Caradon District (Copper / Lead / Silver / Tin / Wolframite)
North and East Devon (Copper / Granite / Iron / Lead / Ochre / Silver)
Helston - Wendron (Copper / Tin / Wolframite)
St Agnes - Newquay (Copper / Lead / Tin / Zinc)
Camborne and Redruth (Arsenic / Copper / Tin)
Central Cornwall (Arsenic / Copper / Granite / Lead / Silver / Tin / Zinc)
the Tavy Valley (Arsenic / Copper / Iron)
Dartmoor (Copper / Granite / Iron / Tin / Wolframite)
Forest of Dean (Coal / Iron / Limestone / Ochre)
Tamar Valley (Copper / Lead / Silver / Tin)
St. Just and West Cornwall (Copper / Tin)
South Goucestershire & Bristol Coalfield (Coal / Limestone / Sandstone)
Coombe Martin (Lead / Silver / Zinc)
Mounts Bay - Breage (Copper / Tin)
 
North Wales
Denbigh/Dinbych (Slate)
Northern Arfon (Slate)
Nantlle & Cwm Gwyrfai (Slate)
Blaenau & Northern Merioneth/Meirionnydd (Slate)
Metal mines of North Wales (Copper / Gold / Iron / Lead / Manganese / Zinc)
Clwyd (Coal / Lead / Limestone / Other Rock / Zinc)
Dolgellau Goldbelt (Gold)
 
Mid Wales
Corris & Southern Merioneth/Meirionnydd (Slate)
Metal Mines of Mid Wales (Gold / Lead / Silver / Zinc)
 
South Wales
South Wales (Coal / Copper / Ganister / Iron / Slate / Silica)
 
Scotland
South West Scotland (Antimony / Arsenic / Baryte / Chrome / Clay / Coal / Copper / Gold / Granite / Graphite / Iron / Lead / Limestone / Manganese / Marble / Nickel / Oil Shale / Other Rock / Sand/Gravel / Sandstone / Slate / Silica / Silver / Whinstone / Witherite / Zinc)
Central Scotland (Antimony / Baryte / Clay / Coal / Copper / Granite / Iron / Lead / Limestone / Oil Shale / Other Rock / Sand/Gravel / Sandstone / Slate / Silver / Whinstone / Witherite / Zinc)
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North West England

Lake District
Alston Moor
Manchester & Poynton Coalfields
Alderley Edge Copper Mines
Furness Peninsula

North East England

West Yorkshire
Durham Dales
Yorkshire Dales
Northumberland Dales
Cleveland and East Yorkshire
Durham & Northumberland Coalfield

Midlands

South Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
Northamptonshire
Leicestershire
Oxfordshire
Nottinghamshire
Staffordshire
Shropshire
Derbyshire
Warwickshire
West Midlands

South East England

Middlesex
London
East Sussex
Surrey
Norfolk
Suffolk
Hampshire
Buckinghamshire
Essex
Hertfordshire
Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
Berkshire
Kent
West Sussex

South West England

Somerset
West Devon
East Cornwall & Kit Hill
the Bath-stone mines etc.
Dorset
Teign Valley
Caradon District
North and East Devon
Helston - Wendron
St Agnes - Newquay
Camborne and Redruth
Central Cornwall
the Tavy Valley
Dartmoor
Forest of Dean
Tamar Valley
St. Just and West Cornwall
South Goucestershire & Bristol Coalfield
Coombe Martin
Mounts Bay - Breage

North Wales

Denbigh/Dinbych
Northern Arfon
Nantlle & Cwm Gwyrfai
Blaenau & Northern Merioneth/Meirionnydd
Metal mines of North Wales
Clwyd
Dolgellau Goldbelt

Mid Wales

Corris & Southern Merioneth/Meirionnydd
Metal Mines of Mid Wales

South Wales

South Wales

Scotland

South West Scotland
Central Scotland
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