Mines in County Tyrone

County Tyrone is home to Cavanacaw, Northern Ireland's only working gold mine, developed from a deposit first identified during 1980s regional exploration and worked, in stages, between opencast and underground methods, ever since.

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MineWorkedCommodities
Cavanacaw Gold Mine from 1995 (planning permission) Gold
Coalisland Collieries 1654–By 1920 Coal, Fireclay
Curraghinalt Gold Mine 1983 (discovery)–2026 Gold
Derry Colliery, Coalisland By 1834–1970 Coal, Fireclay

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