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Snailbeach Mine, Shropshire

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Galena, sphalerite, baryte, pyromorphite and witherite on the dumps of a major lead mine.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Ordovician / Mytton Flags, lead-baryte veins

One of Europe's richest lead mines per acre.

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