# List of mines in the United Kingdom

This list of mines in the United Kingdom is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. This list does not include collieries (which are given at List of coal mines in the United Kingdom). For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.

## Operational

| Mine | Commodity | Coordinates | Associated town | County | Owner | Dates | Notes |
| Barrow Mine | Gypsum (plaster) | 52°44′38″N 1°07′23″W﻿ / ﻿52.744°N 1.123°W﻿ / 52.744; -1.123 | Barrow upon Soar | Leicestershire | British Gypsum | 1987–present | Output is used for plasters, renders etc. |
| Boulby Mine | Potash/Polyhalite, rock salt | 54°33′11″N 0°49′26″W﻿ / ﻿54.553°N 0.824°W﻿ / 54.553; -0.824 | Staithes | North Yorkshire | Israel Chemical Limited | 1973–present | |
| Cononish Mine | Gold/silver | 56°25′05″N 4°46′12″W﻿ / ﻿56.418°N 4.770°W﻿ / 56.418; -4.770 | Tyndrum | Stirling | Scotgold | 2018–present | Developed in an old lead mine |
| Fauld Mine | Gypsum | 52°51′07″N 1°43′55″W﻿ / ﻿52.852°N 1.732°W﻿ / 52.852; -1.732 | Tutbury | Staffordshire | British Gypsum | ?–present | Product is used in cement manufacture |
| Kilroot salt mine | Rock salt | 54°43′41″N 5°44′53″W﻿ / ﻿54.728°N 5.748°W﻿ / 54.728; -5.748 | Carrickfergus | Antrim | Irish Salt Mining | 1965–present | Produces rock salt for roads, and salt licks for animals |
| Lochaline Mine | Silica sand | 56°32′28″N 5°46′26″W﻿ / ﻿56.541°N 5.774°W﻿ / 56.541; -5.774 | Lochaline | Highland | Lochaline Quartz Sand | 1940–2008 2012–present | Produces glass sand |
| Milldam Mine | Fluorspar/lead ore | 53°17′56″N 1°44′13″W﻿ / ﻿53.299°N 1.737°W﻿ / 53.299; -1.737 | Great Hucklow | Derbyshire | | 1985–2023 | Produces around 150,000 tonnes (170,000 tons) of fluorspar per year |
| Winsford Mine | Halite | 53°12′32″N 2°31′08″W﻿ / ﻿53.209°N 2.519°W﻿ / 53.209; -2.519 | Winsford | Cheshire | Compass Minerals | 1928–present | |
| Woodsmith Mine | Polyhalite | 54°26′06″N 0°37′23″W﻿ / ﻿54.435°N 0.623°W﻿ / 54.435; -0.623 | Whitby | North Yorkshire | Anglo-American | 2017–present | |

## Defunct or closed

| Mine | Commodity | Coordinates | Associated town | County | Owner | Dates | Notes |
| Odin Mine | Lead | 53°20′54″N 1°48′06″W﻿ / ﻿53.34823°N 1.80168°W﻿ / 53.34823; -1.80168 | Castleton | Derbyshire | Romans | Unknown–1869 | |
| Silver Glen | Silver | 56°09′30″N 3°47′07″W﻿ / ﻿56.1583°N 3.7852°W﻿ / 56.1583; -3.7852 | Alva | Clackmannanshire | The Woodland Trust | 18th century | The richest deposit of native silver ever found in the British Isles |
| Clogau | Gold | 52°45′42″N 3°57′53″W﻿ / ﻿52.7618°N 3.9647°W﻿ / 52.7618; -3.9647 | Bontddu | Gwynedd | Midas Exploration | 1862–1998 | |
| Dolaucothi | Gold | 52°02′42″N 3°57′00″W﻿ / ﻿52.045°N 3.950°W﻿ / 52.045; -3.950 | Pumsaint | Carmarthenshire | | Unknown–1938 | |
| Parys Mountain | Copper | 53°23′10″N 4°20′38″W﻿ / ﻿53.386°N 4.344°W﻿ / 53.386; -4.344 | Amlwch | Anglesey | | | |
| Sygun | Copper | 53°01′06″N 4°04′52″W﻿ / ﻿53.0183°N 4.081°W﻿ / 53.0183; -4.081 | Beddgelert | Gwynedd | | Unknown–1903 | |
| Drakelands | Tungsten and tin | 50°24′36″N 4°00′36″W﻿ / ﻿50.410°N 4.010°W﻿ / 50.410; -4.010 | Plymouth | Devon | Wolf Minerals | 1918–2018 | |