Mines in Staffordshire

Staffordshire's mining history splits between the ancient copper workings of Ecton Hill in the Manifold Valley — one of only two confirmed Bronze Age copper mines in England, and Britain's deepest mine by the 18th century — and the coalfields of the Potteries, where Chatterley Whitfield grew into one of the most complete surviving deep collieries in Europe before its closure.

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Mine	Worked	Commodities
Aldridge Colliery	13 February 1874–1930	Coal, Ironstone
Amington Colliery	1862–1951	Coal, Fireclay
Apedale Colliery	By 1855, possibly earlier–1998	Coal
Berry Hill Colliery	1840s–1960	Coal, Iron
Bincliff Lead Mines	17th century–1885	Lead
Birchenwood Colliery	About 1891–About 1932	Coal
Boothen Colliery	from By the 1860s	Coal, Ironstone
Boyles Hall Colliery	Late 18th century–1896	Coal
Brereton Colliery	By at least 1814–July 1960	Coal, Fireclay, Ironstone
Brown End Quarry	Mid 18th century–1960s	Limestone
Bunker's Hill Colliery	from 1853	Coal
Burley Pit	from By 1878	Coal
Bycars Colliery	By 1816–1915	Coal, Ironstone
Caldon Low Quarry	Before 1776–Still active	Limestone
Cannock Chase No. 4 Pit	—	Coal
Cannock Chase No. 8 Colliery	1868–1962	Coal
Cannock Old Coppice Colliery	1865 (disputed–1946	Coal
Cannock and Leacroft Colliery	1874–1967	Coal
Chatterley Whitfield Colliery	1750–1976	Coal
Conduit Colliery	By 1861–1951	Coal
Diglake Colliery	1870 (earlier pit 1733 to c. 1850)–June 1905	Coal
East Cannock Colliery	1876–1957	Coal
Ecton Copper Mines	Bronze Age–1891	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Far Green Colliery	from By 1859	Coal
Fauld	From the 19th century–Still active	Gypsum
Fenton Park Colliery	1728–c. 1879–c. 1879	Coal, Ironstone
Florence Colliery	1874–1990s	Coal
Foxfield Colliery	Early 1880s (company formed 1893)–1965	Coal
Great Wyrley Colliery	Working by 1872 (1806 per museum)–1925	Coal, Ironstone
Grove Colliery	1852–1952 (coal winding ended 1930)	Coal
Hammerwich Colliery	from 1849	Coal
Harriseahead Colliery	By 1831–July 1939	Coal
Hem Heath Colliery	1924–October 1993	Coal
Holditch Colliery	1912–1989 or 1990	Coal, Ironstone
Hollinswood Colliery	—	Coal
Holly Bank Colliery	c. 1850 (as Essington Wood)–December 1952	Coal, Ironstone
Jamage Colliery	By 1894–140	Coal
Kemball Colliery	1876–November 1963	Coal
Leycett Colliery	By 1860–21 September 1957	Coal
Lillydale Colliery	About 1856–1922	Coal
Littleton Colliery	From 1877 (sinking)–3 December 1993	Coal
Minnie Pit	1881–April 1930	Coal
Mossfield Colliery	By 1889–1963	Coal
New Haden Colliery	By 1901–1943	Coal
Parkhall Colliery	c. 1850s–1962	Coal
Racecourse Colliery, Hanley	c. 1870–1941	Coal, Ironstone
Rookery Colliery	1828–1947	Coal
Silverdale Colliery	1830–December 1998	Coal, Ironstone
Sneyd Colliery	Early 19th century–July 1962	Coal, Fireclay, Ironstone
Stafford Colliery	1873–January 1969	Coal, Ironstone
Talk o' th' Hill Colliery	—	Coal
Thorswood Mines	from Late 17th century	Lead, Copper, Zinc
Ubberley Colliery	By 1836–1900 (abandoned by 7 September 1904)	Coal
Victoria Colliery, Biddulph	From 1857–28 July 1982	Coal, Ironstone
Walsall Wood Colliery	1874–1964	Coal
West Cannock Colliery	1869–1982	Coal
Wimblebury Colliery	By 1894–813	Coal, Ironstone
Wolstanton Colliery	1920–1986	Coal
Wyrley No. 3 Colliery	1896–June 1963 (merged with Mid Cannock)	Coal