Roughton Gill Mine
Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Allerdale, Cumbria, England
Roughton Gill mine was a lead and silver mine which produced many great mineral specimens including numerous copper and lead ores including calcite, cerussite, cuprite, hemimorphite, malachite, mimetite, and pyromorphite.
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The area around Roughton Gill is very popular with hikers, and is well worth a walk if you’re in the area – there are numerous hills and valleys, waterfalls, and old mines to look at.
Further reading:
- Mindat lists 68 mineral specimens.
- Historic England’s archeological survey of Roughton Gill Mine and Silver Gill Mine.
If you are interested in other classic British locales we may have stock from the following locales.
British locales
I have only included the pieces attributed to specific places; not simply 'Weardale' for example.
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Angus, Scotland Bridgend, Wales Ceredigion, Wales
- Bwlch Glas Mine, Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales
- Cwmystwyth Mine, Cwmystwyth, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales
- Great South Tolgus, Tarewaste, Cornwall
- Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall
- Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Cornwall
- Melbur China Clay Pit, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall
- Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall
- Restormel Royal Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall - formerly Trinity Mine
- South Caradon Mine, St Cleer, Cornwall
- Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall
- West Wheal Jewel, St Day, Cornwall
- Wheal Cock, St Just, Cornwall
- Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall
- Wheal Wrey, St Ive, Cornwall
- Brandy Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria
- Carrock Mine, Caldbeck Falls, Cumbria
- Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Falls, Cumbria
- Eskett Quarry, Copeland, Cumbria
- Florence-Ullcoats Mine, Egremont, Cumbria
- Goose Green Mine, Frizington, Cumbria
- Kinniside Mine, Copeland, Cumbria
- Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria
- Mowbray mine, Frizington, Cumbria
- Old Brandlehow Mine, Keswich, Cumbria
- Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, uk
- Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Falls, Cumbria
- Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Alston, Cumbria.
- Drakelands Mine, Sparkwell, Devon
- Hemerdon Mine, Sparkwell, Devon
- High Down Quarry, West Buckland, Devon
- New England Quarry, Yealmpton, Devon
- Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland, Devon
- Coatsgate Quarry, Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
- Old Glencrieff Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
- Chipping Sodbury Quarry - formerly Hampstead Farm Quarry
- Hampstead Farm Quarry, now Chipping Sodbury Quarry
- Breedon Hill Quarry, Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire
- Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire
- New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton under Bardon, Leicestershire
- Newhurst Quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire
For the rest of our British stock, see below.