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Pennington Iron Mines, Pennington
Pennington Iron Mines
civil parish:-   Pennington (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   iron mine
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   SD25707625 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD2576
10Km square:-   SD27
references:-   KDMRS 1979-82

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 16) 
placename:-  Pennington Iron Mines
item:-  iron ore
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.
"Pennington Iron Mines"
tramroad to railway 

evidence:-   visit log:- KDMRS 1979-82
placename:-  Pennington Iron Mines
item:-  calcitehematitekidney ore
source data:-   Notes, log book of Geological Outings, mine plans, etc, Kendal and District Mine Research Society, Kendal area, Cumbria, etc, visits made 1979-82.
Geological Outing of the Kendal and District Mine Research Society 
Log book page 18:-  "DATE - 3/6/79 SUNDAY / MAP REF - 2570/7625 / LOCATION - PENNINGTON / NAME - PENNINGTON IRON MINES / TYPE OF SITE - MINE WORKINGS / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED. / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - Nos.12 / SPECIMENS FOUND - CALCITE CRYSTALS HEMATITE (KIDNEY ORE)/ COMMENTS - very hot day."
item:-  private collection : 82
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