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| Hartley Mines, Hartley | ||
| Hartley Mines | ||
| locality:- | Hartley Fell | |
| civil parish:- | Hartley (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | lead mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | NY80300800 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY8008 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY80 | |
| references:- | KDMRS 1979-82 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Old Lead Mine / Old Shafts / ..." |
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| evidence:- | visit log:- KDMRS 1979-82 placename:- Hartley Mine item:- flourspar; galena; barytes; malachite; fossil; copper ore (?) |
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| source data:- | Notes, log book of Geological Outings, mine plans, etc, Kendal
and District Mine Research Society, Kendal area, Cumbria, etc,
visits made 1979-82. Geological Outing of the Kendal and District Mine Research Society Log book page 14:- "DATE - 20/5/79 SUNDAY / MAP REF - 8030/0800 / LOCATION - HARTLEY. (ABOVE HARTLEY QUARRY) / NAME - UNKNOWN. / TYPE OF SITE - MINES. / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED. / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 17 / SPECIMENS FOUND - CRYSTALS OF FLOURSPAR. PIECES OF GALENA &BARYTES, WITH SOME MALACHITE STAINING SOME FOSSILS WERE ALSO FOUND. / COMMENTS - EXTENSIVE SPOIL HEAPS DOTTED ABOUT OVER A WIDE AREA IN GILLS AND STREAMS." Log book page 23:- "DATE - SUNDAY 8/7/79 / MAP REF - 8030/0800 / LOCATION - HARTLEY (ABOVE HARTLEY QUARRY (sic) / NAME - UNKNOWN / TYPE OF SITE - MINES / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 17 / SPECIMENS FOUND - SMALL CRYSTALS OF FLOURSPAR AND PIECES OF BARYTES (SOME WITH COPPER STAINING) &GALENA / COMMENTS - COOL DAY, SOME SLIGHT DRIZZLE. NO LEVELS LEFT OPEN TO ENTER, EXCEPT ONE SMALL TRIAL (12' LONG 6'-7' HIGH 8' WIDE) EXTENSIVE SPOIL HEAPS OVER A WIDE AREA." Log book page 82:- "DATE - 15/3/81 (SUNDAY) / MAP REF - / LOCATION - / NAME - HARTLEY MINES / TYPE OF SITE - / WORKING OR DISUSED - / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 49 / SPECIMENS FOUND - / COMMENTS - AS 20/5/79 &8/7/79. + QUITE A NUMBER OF SLIDES WERE TAKEN OF THE AREA." item:- private collection : 82 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | mine drawing:- KDMRS 1979-82 placename:- Hartley Mine |
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| source data:- | Geological Outing of the Kendal and District Mine Research Society to Hartley Mines,
Hartley click to enlargeKMR27.jpg "HARTLEY MINE" item:- private collection : 82 Image © see bottom of page |
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