Brundholme Mine

aka Glenderaterra Mine

Lead, Zinc, and Barytes Mine
Worked from 1872 to 1921

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot

Apr 9th, 2025 by BertyBasset



Lake District
Threkeld
54.6351814, -3.091089
NY 2967 2722
Open Access
290m
#15,766


Brundholme Mine and Blencathra Mine operated on a modest scale, exploiting two lead/copper veins. From these mines, minerals such as cerussite, chalcopyrite, pyromorphite, chrysocolla, baryte, and galena have been reported.



  • 1872-1880 Colonel Watson
  • 1908-1909 Brundholme Mining Co. Ltd
  • 1910-1915 Brundholme Mining Syndicate Ltd
  • 1916 W.F. Crosse
  • 1918-1921 Brundholme & Newland Mines


Publications (5)

  • (1990); CATMHS - Newsletter 026-April; 24 pages
  • Adams, John (2nd Ed 1995); Mines of the Lake District Fells; pp. 100-102
  • Eastwood T. (1921); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXII - Lead & Zinc: Lake District; 65 pages
  • NMRS (1971); Memoirs Vol2, No.1; p.18.
  • Wilson G.V., Eastwood T., Pocock R.W., Wray D.A. & Robertson T. (1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol II - Barytes and Witherite; 136 pages





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