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White Mines, Murton
White Mines
locality:-   Murton Fell
civil parish:-   Murton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   NY74402262
1Km square:-   NY7422
10Km square:-   NY72
references:-   KDMRS 1979-82


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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 10 9) 
placename:-  White Mines
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.

evidence:-   visit log:- KDMRS 1979-82
placename:-  White Mines
item:-  barytesgalenafloursparhematitemanganese orearagonite
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 83:-  "DATE - SUNDAY 29/3/81 / MAP REF - (NY72) 7440/2260 / LOCATION - MURTON / NAME - WHITE MINES. / TYPE OF SITE - MINES / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED. / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 50. / SPECIMENS FOUND - BARYTES, GALENA SMALL CRYSTALS OF FLOURSPAR, HAEMATITE, MANGANESE, &ARAGONITE. / COMMENTS - WARM, SUNNY, BUT WINDY DAY. LARGE SPOIL HEAPS WITH TWO LEVELS STILL OPEN, BUT BLOCKED BY ROOF FALLS AFTER 15YDS-20YDS IT APPEARS FROM PHYSICAL EVIDENCE THAT THERE WERE POSSIBLY FOUR LEVELS IN ALL, ONE OF WHICH WAS POSSIBLY A DRAINAGE LEVEL."
item:-  private collection : 82
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