Steering back on topic :tongue: answer probably best if listed, so, to start (ignoring tourist mines and purely as sites where resource being physically extracted):

Milldam Fluorspar

Fauld Gypsum

Marbleagis/Silver Seal Gypsum

Barrow-on-Soar Gypsum

Kirby Thore Gypsum

Boulby Salt/Potash

Winsford Salt

Foss Baryte

Honister Slate

Hartham Park/Pickwick Freestone

Park Lane Freestone

Limpley Stoke Freestone

Westwood Freestone (technically active?)

Elm Park Freestone (possibly mothballed?)

Jordans Portland Stone

Bowers Portland Stone

Perryfields Portland Stone

Clearwell Iron Ochre/Pigment?

Collyweston Slate

Carrickfergus Salt

Cavanacaw Gold

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Steering back on topic :tongue: answer probably best if listed, so, to start (ignoring tourist mines and purely as sites where resource being physically extracted):

Milldam Fluorspar

Fauld Gypsum

Marbleagis/Silver Seal Gypsum

Barrow-on-Soar Gypsum

Kirby Thore Gypsum

Boulby Salt/Potash

Winsford Salt

Foss Baryte

Honister Slate

Hartham Park/Pickwick Freestone

Park Lane Freestone

Limpley Stoke Freestone

Westwood Freestone (technically active?)

Elm Park Freestone (possibly mothballed?)

Jordans Portland Stone

Bowers Portland Stone

Perryfields Portland Stone

Clearwell Iron Ochre/Pigment?

Collyweston Slate

Carrickfergus Salt

Cavanacaw Gold

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Add - Ayle colliery at Alston

This was the situation 20 years ago:

http://www.wcms.org.uk/cgi-bin/wcmsarchive.pl?archid=british_mines_and_quarries_apr1999 

The Geevor Adit worked for years with a nut and bolt keeping the wittle childwen out. Due to it being an active mine, it now has more chains on it than Mr T.

However, the local caving club have access. Which is rather strange, since they have no business in there under the regs either (outside of their nomination by the mine to perform essential tasks)

I digress.

I think Foss and Lochaline are the only two still working in Scotland.

There was talk of reopening the gold mine at Tyndrum but I can't see that going ahead. Sullom Mine in Shetland is still working as a quarry but all of the underground workings have been untopped as far as I can tell.

Hi Simon.
I am surprised that you think that there should be more ‘traditional ‘ mines rather than quarries or open pit mines!
In my opinion the only thing that prevents open pit mines in the U,K. Is NImbyism., Way back in the late 1960”s I can remember the late Ivor Brown insisting that the only future for mining in the U.K., was open pit methods.
He told me at that time an overburden of around 200 -250 ft could easily be taken out and unlike deep mining all the mineral can be extracted. Since leaving it in the roof was a complete waste, and also, opencasting was a lot safer!

Hi Blober,
Do you reckon there is that much mineral, in the U.K.?