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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 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 16) placename:- Pennington Iron Mines item:- iron ore |
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| 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 |
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| evidence:- | visit log:- KDMRS 1979-82 placename:- Pennington Iron Mines item:- calcite; hematite; kidney ore |
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| 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 Image © see bottom of page |
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