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Dylife lead mines, Powys

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: galena, sphalerite, cerussite.

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

Why this spot

Remote 19th-century lead-zinc mine high in the Cambrian Mountains

Documented Welsh mining heritage site with extensive dumps.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts, deep stopes

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