MineArchiveMines with Anticlines and Synclines
17 linked mines · Geology: Anticlines and Synclines
Listed only where MineArchive's own research gives a reasonable evidential basis for the connection — not every mine where this geology might plausibly apply.
| Mine | Region | Worked | Commodities | Connection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apedale Colliery | Staffordshire | By 1855, possibly earlier–1998 | Coal | (historical documentary reference) The seams lay at around forty degrees in the folded North Staffordshire coalfield. |
| Arkwright Colliery | Derbyshire | 1938–April 1988 | Coal | (well documented example) Drifts were driven into the Top Hard near where the Brimington anticline brings it close to the surface. |
| Bilston Glen Colliery | Midlothian | From 1952 (sinking)–1989 | Coal | (well documented example) The shafts were placed to meet the seams where they flatten out in the trough of the Midlothian syncline, below the steep dips of its flanks. |
| Burrow Farm Mine | Somerset | 1860 (shaft sunk)–1883 | Iron | (historical documentary reference) The lodes lie in Morte Slates folded into the Brendon anticline and syncline. |
| Camerton Colliery | Somerset | 1781–1950 | Coal | (historical documentary reference) The Somerset Coal Measures were tightly folded, fractured and faulted by the Variscan earth movements. |
| Canonbie Colliery | Dumfries and Galloway | 1854–1922 | Coal | (historical documentary reference) The measures dip south into the Solway syncline beneath later cover. |
| Dolaucothi Gold Mines | Carmarthenshire | c. 70 AD–1938 | Gold | (well documented example) Gold occurs in quartz veins along the Cothi Anticline; the richest deposit was the 'Roman Lode' saddle reef. |
| Eastern United Colliery | Forest of Dean | 1910–30 January 1959 | Coal | (well documented example) Monoclinal folding lost the seams in the main headings, and they were recovered only by driving long cross dipples. |
| Foxes Bridge Colliery | Gloucestershire | 1855–10 August 1930 | Coal | (historical documentary reference) The Forest of Dean coalfield sits in a shallow syncline, so its workings drain into one another. |
| Foxyards Colliery | West Midlands | By 1855–After 1880 | Coal, Fireclay | (well documented example) The Dudley and Sedgley anticline throws the measures up steeply; beside the Wren's Nest the Thick Coal is nearly vertical. |
| Longannet Colliery | Fife | 1969–2002 | Coal | (historical documentary reference) The seams occupy the Leven Syncline, which extends south beneath the Firth of Forth. |
| Minnie Pit | Staffordshire | 1881–April 1930 | Coal | (historical documentary reference) An old shaft at Miles Green was sunk into the Bullhurst rearers, where the seam climbs steeply back to the surface. |
| New Rock Colliery | Somerset | 1819–September 1968 | Coal | (historical documentary reference) Lower and Middle Coal Measures coals could be worked only in the southern part of the Radstock Syncline. |
| Pensford Colliery | Somerset | 1909–1955 | Coal | (well documented example) Sunk in 1909 to work the deeper seams of the Pensford syncline. |
| Roslin Colliery | Midlothian | c. 1876–1969 | Coal | (historical documentary reference) Worked the Coal Measures of the Midlothian basin, a syncline. |
| Speedwell Colliery | Bristol | Worked from the early 18th century–1936 | Coal | (historical documentary reference) Worked seams found by Handel Cossham's survey of the northern edge of the Kingswood anticline. |
| Tower Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | From c. 1805–2008 | Coal | (historical documentary reference) Worked seams folded into the broad Cynon Valley syncline. |
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