Deer Hills

Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Deer Hills is a small area of the Caldbeck Fells mining area that contains several small workings for baryte.

The site was known to produce several uncommon minerals too, including carminite, susannite and mattheddleite.

Specimens from this locale may also be labelled as

  • Deer Hills Baryte Mine
  • Short Grain
  • Trial on Deer Hills

 

 

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