Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ODIN MINE

ODIN MINE, a mine in Castleton parish, Derby; under Mam-Tor, 2½ miles W N W of Castleton. It was known to the Saxons; is still worked by levels; produces lead, yielding three ounces of silver per ton; and contains petroleum, elastic bitumen, barytes, manganese, and fluor spar.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a mine"   (ADL Feature Type: "mine sites")
Administrative units: Castleton CP/AP       Derbyshire AncC

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