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Odin Mine, Castleton, Derbyshire

Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: galena, barite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: ancient lead mine dumps

One of Britain's oldest documented lead mines with fluorite, galena, barite and calcite on the dumps.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Open workings, unstable dumps, roadside

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