History
small outcrop gale, known as Primrose Pit, was active between 1878 and 1902. During its limited period of operation, it produced a modest quantity of ochre.
Publications (3)
(1927); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol X 2nd Ed - Iron Ores - Hematites of Forest of Dean, South Wales; 115 pages
Oldham, Tony (1998); Mines of the Forest of Dean; 86 pages
Sibly p 39
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