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 MineCommodityCoordinatesAssociated townCountyOwnerDatesNotesRefsBarrow MineGypsum (plaster)Barrow upon SoarLeicestershireBritish Gypsum1987–presentOutput is used for plasters, renders etc.Boulby MinePotash/Polyhalite, rock saltStaithesNorth YorkshireIsrael Chemical Limited1973–presentCononish MineGold/silverTyndrumStirlingScotgold2018–presentDeveloped in an old lead mineFauld MineGypsumTutburyStaffordshireBritish Gypsum?–presentProduct is used in cement manufactureKilroot salt mineRock saltCarrickfergusAntrimIrish Salt Mining1965–presentProduces rock salt for roads, and salt licks for animalsLochaline MineSilica sandLochalineHighlandLochaline Quartz Sand1940–20082012–presentProduces glass sandMilldam Mine (closed)Fluorspar/lead oreGreat HucklowDerbyshire1985–2023Produces around of fluorspar per yearWinsford MineHaliteWinsfordCheshireCompass Minerals1928–presentWoodsmith MinePolyhaliteWhitbyNorth YorkshireAnglo-American2017–present
Defunct or closed MineCommodityCoordinatesAssociated townCountyOwnerDatesNotesOdin Mine LeadCastletonDerbyshireRomansUnknown–1869Silver Glen SilverAlvaClackmannanshireThe Woodland Trust18th centuryThe richest deposit of native silver ever found in the British IslesClogau GoldBontdduGwyneddMidas Exploration1862–1998Dolaucothi GoldPumsaintCarmarthenshireUnknown–1938Parys MountainCopperAmlwchAngleseySygunCopperBeddgelertGwyneddUnknown–1903DrakelandsTungsten and tinPlymouthDevonWolf Minerals1918–2018
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