Buckden Gavel Level

Part of Buckden Gavel Mine

Lead Mine

Worked from 1803 to 1883

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot

	Yorkshire Dales
	Buckden
	54.199084, -2.069863
	SD 9554 7815
	Open Access
	527m
	#14,005

Description

The area hosts beds of small yet exceptionally lustrous hemimorphite crystals, alongside yellow, grey, and brown beds of smithsonite. Additionally, there are small but impeccably formed specimens of barytocalcite, measuring up to 2 mm in size.

History

1803-1804 Robert Higgs & Co. 1812-1825 Bernard Lodge & Co. 1835-1850 Tennant & Co. 1849 John Harrison & John Hillery 1851 Francis Hargreaves 1851-1852 Lodge & Co. 1853-1858 Buckden Gavel Co. 1860-1872 Charles Lodge & Co. 1873 Ber

External Links

https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA143765

Publications (1)

BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Gavel Lead Mine Near Buckden; 1 pages

Buckden Gavel Mine

Sites within 2km (28)

Buckden Gavel Dressing Floor - 42m
Buckden High Smelt Mill - 158m
Gin Shaft - 979m
Hard Rake Quarry - 1,013m
Buckden Gavel Mine - 1,087m
Moorcock Feather Vein - 1,135m
Level - 1,169m
Coatnook Vein - 1,186m
Gavel - 1,191m
Coatework - 1,203m
Smithy Shaft - 1,212m
Level - 1,230m
Level - 1,269m
Gill Head - 1,273m
Level - 1,283m
Level - 1,286m
Blew Groves - 1,297m
Allan Shaft - 1,325m
Taylor Rake - 1,370m
Bishopdale High Level - 1,520m
Bishopdale Mine - 1,543m
Moorhen Nest Vein - 1,616m
Bishopdale Gavel Mine - 1,735m
Slant Gate Head Vein - 1,768m
Privey Vein - 1,773m
Buckden West Lane Quarry - 1,927m
Bishopdale Low Level - 1,929m
Blackstone Quarry - 1,939m