Appendix 1

Materials Mined and Quarried in the South West

Metal ores

• Iron ore
• Copper ore
• Zinc ore
• Lead ore
• Tin ore
• Silver ore
• Tungsten ore
• Gold ore
• Bauxite (aluminium ore)
• Chromium ore
• Manganese ore
• Molybdenum ore

Petroleum and natural gas

• Crude petroleum
• Natural gas

Coal, lignite and peat

• Coal
• Lignite
• Peat

Other mining and quarrying

• Igneous rock
• Granite and marble
• Gypsum
• Slate
• Common clays and shales
• Fireclay, clays and shale
• Kaolin (China clay)
• Barytes
• Sulphur
• Asbestos
• Strontium minerals
• Sandstone
• Limestone/dolomite
• Chalk
• Operation of gravel and sand pits
• China clay waste
• Ball clay
• Fullers Earth (bentonite)
• Potash
• Salt
• Natural asphalt
• Talc

Source: BGS, 2002