Mines with Sedimentary Ironstones

19 linked mines · Geology: Sedimentary Ironstones

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
Blairhall Colliery	Fife	1870s–May 1969	Coal, Ironstone	(historical documentary reference) Begun in the 1870s for blackband ironstone as much as for coal.
Boothen Colliery	Staffordshire	from By the 1860s	Coal, Ironstone	(historical documentary reference) Coal seams alternate with the blackband and clayband ironstones that fed the Shelton furnaces.
Carnbroe Colliery	North Lanarkshire	from From 1854	Coal, Iron	(well documented example) Worked the Airdrie Blackband Ironstone at 98 fathoms along with the Splint Coal.
Claxby Ironstone Mine	Lincolnshire	1868–1885	Ironstone	(well documented example) The ore is made up of small oolitic grains and yields between 28 and 33 per cent iron.
Corby Ironstone Quarries	Northamptonshire	From 1881–1970s-80s	Iron	(well documented example) A shallow, laterally extensive bed worked by opencast quarrying over a very large area.
Desborough Ironstone Quarries	Northamptonshire	1859–By late 1960s	Iron	(historical documentary reference) Northampton Sand ironstone raised from open-cast pits.
Eston Ironstone Mines	North Yorkshire	From August 1850–September 1949	Iron	(well documented example) Worked the Cleveland ironstone, a bedded marine deposit of ooliths and shelly debris rich in iron carbonate, chiefly in the Main Seam.
Fauldhouse Colliery	West Lothian	By 1855–c. 1896	Coal, Ironstone	(historical documentary reference) Thin coals are interleaved with clayband and blackband ironstones.
Fawler Ironstone Mine	Oxfordshire	1850s–By 1884	Iron	(historical documentary reference) Worked the Marlstone Rock Formation, an Early Jurassic ironstone.
Frodingham Ironstone Mines	Lincolnshire	1859–1981 (underground working)	Iron	(well documented example) The Frodingham Ironstone of the Lower Lias averages about 25 per cent iron and was worked because it lay shallow and in bulk.
Glendon Ironstone Quarries	Northamptonshire	1863–31 December 1979	Iron	(historical documentary reference) Northampton Sand ironstone quarried from beneath overburden stripped by dragline from 1950.
Grinkle Mine	North Yorkshire	1875–1930 (site abandoned 1934)	Iron	(historical documentary reference) Worked the main Cleveland ironstone seam from 1875.
Grosmont Ironstone Mines	North Yorkshire	1836–1891/92	Iron	(well documented example) Worked the Pecten seam of the Cleveland ironstone, exposed by a railway cutting in 1836.
Irthlingborough Ironstone Mine	Northamptonshire	1915 (quarrying)–1965	Iron	(well documented example) Worked the Northampton Sand Ironstone, a Middle Jurassic bed of ooidal ironstone.
Kilton Mine	North Yorkshire	1875 (sinking from 1873)–2 February 1963	Iron	(historical documentary reference) Worked the Cleveland Main seam for the Teesside furnaces.
Loanhead (Ramsay) Colliery	Midlothian	c.1850–1965 (abandoned 1966)	Coal, Iron	(historical documentary reference) Worked first for blackband ironstone and then for house and steam coal.
Loftus Mine	North Yorkshire	1859–1958	Iron	(historical documentary reference) A drift mine working Cleveland ironstone from 1859.
North Skelton Mine	North Yorkshire	1865–17 January 1964	Iron	(well documented example) Worked the Cleveland Main seam of Jurassic ironstone from a shaft.
Rutland Ironstone Quarries	Rutland	1882–1973 (last ore to Corby 1980)	Iron	(historical documentary reference) A low-grade bedded Jurassic ironstone.

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