Mines in Leicestershire

Leicestershire's Snibston Colliery was sunk by the celebrated railway engineers George and Robert Stephenson, gave its name to the town that grew up around it, Coalville, and produced coal continuously for exactly 150 years, from 1833 to 1983.

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Mine	Worked	Commodities
Asfordby Colliery	1991–1997	Coal
Bagworth Colliery	1828–February 1991	Coal
Buddon Wood Quarry	1821–Still active	Granite
Bug and Wink Colliery	1875–25 July 1933	Coal
Califat Coal Mine	1852 (lease)–Early 1870s	Coal
Cliffe Hill Quarry	from 1868	Granite
Croft Granite Quarry	from 1868	Granite
Desford Colliery	1900 (coal from 1902)–10 February 1984	Coal
Donisthorpe Colliery	1871–12 April 1990	Coal
Ellistown Colliery	1874–1991	Coal, Fireclay, Ironstone
Groby Granite Quarry	from By 1832	Granite
Huncote Quarry	from 1848	Granite
Ibstock Colliery	from 1825	Coal, Fireclay
Longcliffe Quarry	—	Diorite
Measham Colliery	From 1500s–27 June 1986	Coal
Merrylees Drift Mine	1942 (coal from 1943)–Early 1970s	Coal
Moira Collieries	1804–1990	Coal, Fireclay
Mountsorrel Quarry	from Roman	Granite
Nailstone Colliery	1862–1967	Coal, Fireclay
New Lount Colliery	1924–July 1968	Coal, Fireclay
Nunckley Quarry	1896–1922	Granite
Snibston Colliery	1831-32 (sinking)–1983 (production)	Coal
South Leicester Colliery	From January 1876–1983 (merged with Bagworth)	Coal
Swithland Slate Quarry	Roman–1887 (Great Pit	Slate
Whitwick Colliery	1822 (sinking)–3 July 1986	Coal