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Bannerdale Mine, Mungrisdale
Bannerdale Mine
site name:-   Bannerdale Crags
locality:-   Bannerdale
civil parish:-   Mungrisdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   lead mine
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   NY33542945 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3329
10Km square:-   NY32
references:-   Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931 6


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CDR45.jpg (taken 12.8.2015)  
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CDR51.jpg  Level,
(taken 12.8.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 57 5) 
placename:-  Bannerdale Mine
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"Bannerdale Mine (Lead) / Level"


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CDR52.jpg  Level,
(taken 12.8.2015)  
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CDR53.jpg  Level,
(taken 12.8.2015)  
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CDR54.jpg  Level,
(taken 12.8.2015)  
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CDR55.jpg  Level,
View out.
(taken 12.8.2015)  


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CDR46.jpg  Building,
(taken 12.8.2015)  
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CDR47.jpg  Building,
(taken 12.8.2015)  
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CDR48.jpg  Building,
(taken 12.8.2015)  
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CDR49.jpg  Building,
(taken 12.8.2015)  
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CDR50.jpg  Building,
(taken 12.8.2015)  

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On Bannerdale Crag. Worked in mid 19th century?
Galena and blende in a matrix of quartz, baryte, and rock. There is some graphite, black lead, higher up.

Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931 6

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