Aberdaunant Mine, Llanidloes, Powys, Wales, UKi

Regional Level Types
Aberdaunant Mine	Mine (Abandoned)
Llanidloes	- not defined -
Powys	County
Wales	Country
UK	Country

A mine connected with the Van lode, situated a mile and a quarter to the east of the Gwestyn Mine. Worked between 1800 and 1810 by Jones, Herbert, and Britton, and then by Mr. Ridge who sold it to The Van United Lead Mining Company, Limited of London in 1868.
In the valley floor some buildings are still to be seen beside the footpath amongst the trees 50m east of the tip. The tip here is small but there is an extensive level area of crushed sand and what may have been settling ponds. This tip produces only small pieces of galena but large amounts of cerussite with traces of other minerals.
A little way up the surprisingly steep hillside is a small tip of crushed grey rock associated either with an open cut or an adit. The open cut may simply be an artifact of the position of the tip on the hillside but no entrance to a level is apparent.
The tips at the top of the hillside are extensive and every piece of rock appears to have a trace of silvery galena. Amongst the rocks are pieces of galena up to as big as 2 adult fists and the galena exhibits a very distinct cubic form. These tips also contain quite abundant pyromorphite though the quality is poor. At the very top of the site is an open gunnis with an adit portal.
Across the field at the crest of the hill shown on the 1887 Ordnace Survey Map (see under photos) is a feature marked as a quarry. This however lies on the apparent trend of the lode up the hillside and whilst only a shallow cut in the surface and only approximately 1m wide some of the rubble does exhibit galena.

Localities in this Region

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

References