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Force Crag

Unknown in United Kingdom with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182828
MAS/MILS ID 4120100014
Record type Site
Current site name Force Crag

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -3.13083, 54.61572 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

United Kingdom(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
United Kingdom

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE GIVEN FOR KESWICK. THE MINES ARE LOCATED AT BRAITHWAITE NEAR KESWICK. EXPLORATION WORK IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF REOPENING THE MINE. THE MINE HAD BEEN WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM THE 1840S UNTIL 1966.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -3.13083, 54.61572
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Force Crag Mines (U. K.) Ltd..
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE WESTERN WORLD,

  • Deposit

    JANUARY 1979, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, THIS MONTH IN MINING, V. 178

  • Deposit

    NO. 4, APRIL 1977, P. 146, 150.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, INDUSTRY IN ACTION, V. 290, NO. 7439, MARCH

  • Deposit

    17, 1978, P. 194.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING YEARBOOK, CATALOG, SURVEY & DIRECTORY NUMBER

  • Deposit

    V. 31, NO. 7, JUNE 25, 1978, P. 240.

  • Deposit

    NIGHTINGALE, WM. G., MINING INTERNATIONAL YEAR BOOK, 1978

  • Deposit

    FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED, 1978, P. 250.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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