Site is located in Ordovician volcanic rocks and features an east-west striking vein of barytes mineralisation.
The workings include a run-in level at SO 2985 9718, which is collapsing at the surface. To the west, there is an inclined shaft with stoping up to the surface, now blocked by debris, along with a connecting narrow level from the north at SO 2975 9717. Additional trial workings exist above the stoped-out area and north of the stream running through the mine sett.
Traces of earthwork tramway beds lead from the stoped area and the run-in level, indicating former transport routes. Processing features include numerous heaps of crushed rock debris near the shaft, with remnants of low stone walls from unidentified buildings. A small reservoir at SO 2974 9715 may have been used in a washing process.
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Publications (7)
- (1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol II - Barytes and Witherite; 136 pages
- (1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXIII - Lead & Zinc: Pre-Carboniferous Shropshire & North Wales; 111 pages
- Burt, R., Waite, P. & Burnley, R. (1990); Mines of Shropshire and Montgomeryshire (Mineral Statistics), The
- Holding, S. R. (1992); Survey of the Metal Mines of South Shropshire, A; Shropshire Caving and Mining Club Account : 12 : 28
- Pearce, A.J. (1994); Calcot Mine, Site Visit
- Shaw, Michael (2009); Lead, Copper and Barytes Mines of Shropshire, The
- Shropshire Caving and Mining Club (1979); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 07-4 Oct - An Attempt to Save the Snailbeach Mining Area from Land Reclamation; 4 pages (208-211)
