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| Staveley Mine, Over Staveley | ||
| Staveley Mine | ||
| civil parish:- | Over Staveley (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | lead mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | NY45760172 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4501 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY40 | |
| SummaryText:- | workings here and further east and south east | |
| references:- | Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire)::
ISBN 0 85206 931 6 |
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| evidence:- | probably descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) item:- geology |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the
mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be
visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the
district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick,
Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur
Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49,
latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes. goto sourcePage 160:- "... a small quantity of galena, with green and yellow phosphate of lead, which has been got near Staveley; ..." |
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East side of River Kent. Lead vein, galena, discovered 1755. Abandoned by 1895. |
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| Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire)::
ISBN 0 85206 931 6 |
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