| Alum |
7 |
North Yorkshire, Dorset, Renfrewshire |
c. 400 BC–1940 |
Background → |
| Anhydrite (CaSO4) |
4 |
Cumbria, East Sussex, Stockton-on-Tees |
1860–present |
Background → |
| Anthracite |
23 |
Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire |
1600–1976 |
Background → |
| Antimony (Sb) |
1 |
Dumfries and Galloway |
1788–1922 |
Background → |
| Aplite |
1 |
Devon |
1874–2012 |
Background → |
| Arsenic (As) |
40 |
Cornwall, Devon, Cumbria |
1401–1991 |
Background → |
| Ball Clay |
1 |
Dorset |
1701–1999 |
Background → |
| Barite (BaSO₄) |
55 |
Cumbria, Shropshire, Derbyshire |
1000–present |
Background → |
| Barytocalcite |
1 |
Cumbria |
1859–1895 |
Background → |
| Bauxite |
1 |
County Antrim |
1866–1945 |
Background → |
| Bluestone |
1 |
Pembrokeshire |
c. 3000 BC |
– |
| Brick Clay |
9 |
Shropshire, Cambridgeshire, Devon |
1588–1995 |
Background → |
| Calcite (CaCO₃) |
4 |
Derbyshire |
1280–1981 |
Background → |
| Cannel Coal |
9 |
Greater Manchester, Flintshire, Fife |
1653–present |
Background → |
| Celestine (SrSO₄) |
1 |
South Gloucestershire |
1880–1994 |
Background → |
| Chalk |
23 |
East Riding of Yorkshire, Essex, Bedfordshire |
AD 43–present |
Background → |
| Chert (SiO₂) |
3 |
North Yorkshire, Derbyshire |
1832–1961 |
Background → |
| China Clay (Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄) |
9 |
Cornwall, Devon, County Fermanagh |
1715–present |
Background → |
| China Stone |
1 |
Cornwall |
1870–1965 |
Background → |
| Chromite (FeCr2O4) |
1 |
Shetland Islands |
1817–1944 |
Background → |
| Chrysotile (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4) |
1 |
Anglesey |
1839–1926 |
Background → |
| Coal |
1411 |
County Durham, South Yorkshire, Greater Manchester |
1201–present |
Background → |
| Cobalt (Co) |
7 |
Cheshire, Cornwall, Clackmannanshire |
c. 2500 BC–1926 |
Background → |
| Copper (Cu) |
195 |
Cornwall, Cumbria, Devon |
c. 2500 BC–present |
Background → |
| Coprolite |
1 |
Suffolk |
1842–1880 |
Background → |
| Diatomite |
1 |
Highland |
1886–1961 |
Background → |
| Diorite |
2 |
Leicestershire, Warwickshire |
from 1876 |
Background → |
| Feldspar |
1 |
County Fermanagh |
1850–1940 |
Background → |
| Fireclay |
88 |
County Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear |
1301–2020 |
Background → |
| Firestone |
3 |
Surrey |
AD 601–1961 |
Background → |
| Flagstone |
4 |
North Yorkshire, Orkney |
1854–present |
Background → |
| Flint (SiO₂) |
9 |
West Sussex, Norfolk, Berkshire |
c. 4300 BC–1930 |
Background → |
| Fluorspar (CaF₂) |
56 |
County Durham, Derbyshire, Northumberland |
1101–present |
Background → |
| Freestone |
16 |
Wiltshire, Dorset, Angus |
AD 1–present |
Background → |
| Fuller's Earth |
1 |
Surrey |
1583–1996 |
Background → |
| Ganister (SiO₂ (>90%)) |
8 |
County Durham, Cumbria, North Yorkshire |
1760–1959 |
Background → |
| Gold (Au) |
23 |
Gwynedd, Cornwall, County Tyrone |
c. 2500 BC–present |
Background → |
| Granite |
29 |
Leicestershire, Cornwall, Devon |
1701–present |
Background → |
| Graphite (C) |
2 |
Cumbria |
1401–1891 |
Background → |
| Gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O) |
13 |
Cumbria, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire |
1301–present |
Background → |
| Hearthstone |
4 |
Surrey |
AD 601–1961 |
Background → |
| Iron (Fe) |
110 |
Cumbria, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire |
c. 2500 BC–present |
Background → |
| Ironstone |
92 |
North Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Blaenau Gwent |
1160–2003 |
Background → |
| Jet |
1 |
North Yorkshire |
1840–1920 |
Background → |
| Lead (Pb) |
377 |
Derbyshire, Cumbria, North Yorkshire |
c. 2500 BC–present |
Background → |
| Limestone (CaCO₃) |
87 |
Dorset, Somerset, Derbyshire |
c. 2500 BC–present |
Background → |
| Manganese (Mn) |
8 |
Devon, Gwynedd, Cumbria |
1420–1945 |
Background → |
| Marble |
1 |
Highland |
1703–1913 |
Background → |
| Micaceous Haematite (Fe₂O₃) |
2 |
Devon |
1797–1969 |
Background → |
| Mineral Black (C) |
1 |
Devon |
1760–1969 |
Background → |
| Mudstone |
3 |
Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Fife |
1883–1985 |
Background → |
| Nickel (Ni) |
3 |
Cornwall, Dumfries and Galloway, West Lothian |
1606–1913 |
Background → |
| Ochre |
5 |
Cardiff, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire |
c. 2500 BC–present |
Background → |
| Oil Shale |
9 |
Fife, West Lothian, Dorset |
c. 400 BC–1990 |
Background → |
| Polyhalite (K2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O) |
2 |
North Yorkshire |
1970–present |
Background → |
| Porcellanite |
2 |
County Antrim |
c. 3800 BC–c. 2500 BC |
– |
| Potash (KCl) |
1 |
North Yorkshire |
1970–present |
Background → |
| Pyrite (FeS₂) |
9 |
Cornwall, Conwy, Derbyshire |
1561–1991 |
Background → |
| Rhyolite |
2 |
County Antrim, Pembrokeshire |
c. 3000 BC–1997 |
Background → |
| Salt (NaCl) |
14 |
Cheshire, Worcestershire, County Antrim |
c. 600 BC–present |
Background → |
| Sand and Gravel |
3 |
Wrexham, South Lanarkshire |
1927–present |
– |
| Sandstone |
23 |
North Yorkshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Cardiff |
1001–present |
Background → |
| Sarsen Stone |
1 |
Buckinghamshire |
1901–1950 |
Background → |
| Serpentine |
1 |
Cornwall |
1855–1893 |
Background → |
| Silica Sand (SiO₂) |
6 |
Bedfordshire, Highland, Isle of Wight |
1561–2012 |
Background → |
| Silver (Ag) |
76 |
Cornwall, Cumbria, Ceredigion |
c. 2500 BC–2023 |
Background → |
| Slate |
111 |
Gwynedd, Cumbria, Cornwall |
1101–present |
Background → |
| Talc (Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂) |
3 |
Shetland Islands, Cornwall |
c. 2000 BC–present |
Background → |
| Tin (Sn) |
136 |
Cornwall, Devon |
1180–present |
Background → |
| Tungsten (W) |
19 |
Cornwall, Devon, Cumbria |
1401–2018 |
Background → |
| Umber |
1 |
Northumberland |
from 1882 |
– |
| Uranium (U) |
3 |
Cornwall |
1698–1945 |
Background → |
| Whinstone |
18 |
Northumberland, North Yorkshire, County Durham |
1660–present |
Background → |
| Witherite (BaCO3) |
7 |
Northumberland, Cumbria, County Durham |
1000–1981 |
Background → |
| Zinc (Zn) |
92 |
Cumbria, Ceredigion, Cornwall |
c. 2500 BC–2023 |
Background → |
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