Zinc mines in Cumbria

Commodity: Zinc · Region: Cumbria

MineWorkedCommodities
Barrow Mine By the 1680s–1889 Lead, Silver, Zinc
Brownley Hill Mine worked from the early 1700s–1966 Lead, Silver, Zinc
Caplecleugh Mine 1754–1914 (further stoping to 1918) Lead, Zinc
Carrs Mine By 1679–Early 1940s Lead, Zinc
Dowgang Mine By 1773–By 1902 Lead, Zinc
Driggith Mine 17th or 18th century–1940s Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Barite
Eagle Crag Mine By 1784–1876 Lead, Zinc
Force Crag Mine 1839–1990 Lead, Zinc, Barite, Silver
Hudgill Burn Mine By 1804–1870 Lead, Zinc
Middlecleugh Mine After 1758–By 1920 Lead, Zinc
Myers Head Mine c. 1866–Late 1870s Lead, Zinc
Nenthead Mines 1737–1961 Lead, Silver, Zinc
Nentsberry Haggs Mine 19th century–1938 Lead, Zinc, Witherite
Nentsbury Mine to 108 Lead, Zinc
Rampgill Mine 1690 (Rampgill Vein discovered)–1949 Lead, Zinc
Roughton Gill Mine 12th century (earliest possible)–17th century Copper, Silver, Zinc, Barite, Lead
Sandbed Mine 18th century–1966 Lead, Copper, Zinc
Smallcleugh Mine c.1770–c.1900 Lead, Zinc
Thornthwaite Mine 1780s–Around 1920-21 Lead, Zinc
Threlkeld Quarry and Mine 1870–1982 Granite, Lead, Zinc, Barite
Yewthwaite Mine 1849–1893 Lead, Zinc

See all Zinc mines, or all mines in Cumbria.

Accessibility options

Saved in this browser and applied on every page. Colour is never the only cue on MineArchive; if links are hard to pick out, underline them or raise the contrast. For larger text, use your browser's zoom.

Contrast
Link visibility
Motion
Reading width