Silver

Symbol	Ag

This is a short overview. For the background — history, value over time and notable mines — see Silver →

Occurs in: Hydrothermal Deposits, Veins and Lodes →

A precious metal usually recovered as a by-product of lead (galena often carries silver) or copper smelting, historically separated by cupellation. Used for coinage, tableware and jewellery.

Mines

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Mine	Region	Worked
Alva Silver Mine (Silver Glen)	Clackmannanshire	1712–1716
Ballacorkish Mine	Isle of Man	Before 1819–1895
Barrow Mine	Cumbria	By the 1680s–1889
Bere Alston Silver-Lead Mines	Devon	1292–mid-16th century
Bog Mine	Shropshire	1730s–1924
Botallack Mine	Cornwall	1500s–1895
Bradda Head Mines	Isle of Man	Bronze Age–1904
Brandelhow Mine	Cumbria	By 1560s–early 1891
Brandon Walls Mine	County Durham	1801–1903
Brownley Hill Mine	Cumbria	worked from the early 1700s–1966
Bwa-Drain Mine	Ceredigion	1867–1876
Bwlch Glas Mine	Ceredigion	1880s–1923
Castell Carn Dochan Mine	Gwynedd	1862-63–1904 or 1905
Charterhouse Roman Mines	Somerset	49 AD–1878
Cligga Head	Cornwall	pre-1825–1945
Combe Martin Silver Mines	Devon	1292–1880
Cononish Mine	Stirling	1988–September 2023
Creggan Silver-Lead Mines	County Armagh	1852–1869–70 (reworked 1910–11)
Cwm Rheidol Mine	Ceredigion	1698–1917
Cwmsymlog Mine	Ceredigion	1585–1901
Cwmystwyth Mines	Ceredigion	Bronze Age–1950
Dirtlow Rake Mine	Derbyshire	at least 17th century–20th century
Dolcoath Mine	Cornwall	1720s–1920
Driggith Mine	Cumbria	17th or 18th century–1940s
Dylife	Powys	1640–1901
East Wheal Rose	Cornwall	1812 (discovery)–1886
Esgair Mwyn Mine	Ceredigion	1746–1994
Force Crag Mine	Cumbria	1839–1990
Foxdale Mines	Isle of Man	1724–1911
Frank Mills Mine	Devon	1847–1880
Glasdir Mine	Gwynedd	From c. 1852 (surface)–1915
Glengonnar	South Lanarkshire	1239–1940
Goldscope Mine	Cumbria	1564–late 19th century
Great Crinnis Mine	Cornwall	By 1809–c. 1881
Great Laxey Mine	Isle of Man	1780s–1929
Greenside Mine	Cumbria	1825–1962
Halkyn Mountain	Flintshire	Bronze Age–1987
Hartsop Hall Mine	Cumbria	By 1684–1942
Herland Mine	Cornwall	worked from at least 1726–1874
Herodsfoot Mine	Cornwall	Early 1700s–1884
Hilderston Silver Mine	West Lothian	1606 (royal operation from 1608)–1870
Holmbush Mine	Cornwall	Probably early 1600s–1892
Keld Heads Mine	North Yorkshire	From the 12th century–c.1884 (closure)
Leadhills	South Lanarkshire	1239–1938
Llanfair Lead and Silver Mine	Ceredigion	c. 1760–1862
Llywernog Mine	Ceredigion	1742 (vein discovered)–1891 (lead)
Logaulas Mine	Ceredigion	from From mid-18th century
Mulreesh Lead Mines	Argyll and Bute	1360–1900
Nenthead Mines	Cumbria	1737–1961
New Consols Mine	Cornwall	From the 19th century–1953
North Laxey Mine	Isle of Man	1856–1897
Parys Mountain	Anglesey	Bronze Age–1904
Priddy (St Cuthbert's) Lead Works	Somerset	AD 49 (Roman)–1908
Redmoor Mine	Cornwall	1700–1945
Rimington Lead Mines	Lancashire	Later 16th century–1885
Roughton Gill Mine	Cumbria	12th century (earliest possible)–17th century
Silver Gill Mine	Cumbria	1020-1200–Late Elizabethan period
Silverbrook Mine	Devon	1852–1850s
Snaefell Mine	Isle of Man	1856–1908
Snailbeach Mine	Shropshire	1781–1955
South Hooe Mine	Devon	13th century–1885
Strontian Mines	Highland	1725–1991
Tankerville Mine	Shropshire	From early 19th century–1911-13
Trelogan Mine	Flintshire	c. 1694–1911
Tyddyn Gwladys Mine	Gwynedd	Before 1862 (lead and zinc)–1887-89
Tyndrum Mines	Stirling	1741 (vein discovered)–1926
Van Mine	Powys	1862–1922
Wanlockhead	Dumfries and Galloway	13th century–1934
West Chiverton Mine	Cornwall	1846–1886
West Crinnis Mine	Cornwall	1855–1859
Wheal Baddon	Cornwall	1842–1872
Wheal Betsy	Devon	1740–1877
Wheal Jane	Cornwall	1861–1991
Wheal Mary Ann	Cornwall	1845–c. 1875
Woodhead Mine	Dumfries and Galloway	1838–1873
Ystrad Einion Mine	Ceredigion	18th century–1903