Several small mines encircling the lake have operated to extract lead and copper deposits. These mining activities have resulted in the discovery of various secondary minerals, notably yellow wulfenite and pyromorphite, found in the waste material.
- 1569-1570 Elizabethans
- 1822-1825 Knott & Taylor
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Publications (3)
- (1994); CATMHS - Newsletter 040-October; 31 pages
- (2020); CATMHS - Newsletter 140-August; 48 pages
- Adams, John (2nd Ed 1995); Mines of the Lake District Fells; pp. 115
