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Tin has been mined in the county of Cornwall for centuries although there is hardly any more of it to be mined and iron used to be mined in various parts of Britain but that has also been used up.
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∙ 11y agoA huge range of minerals can be found but those below are produced in significant commercial quantities (figures for 2010). Minerals excluded would include gold, silver & tin.
thousand tonnesENERGY MINERALSCoal: Deep-mined 7,390Coal: Opencast 10,426Coal: Other (a) 600Oil: Onshore 941Oil: Offshore 57,106Gas: Onshore (oil equivalent) 88Gas: Offshore (oil equivalent) 5 7,036CONSTRUCTION MINERALSAggregates 155,903of which: Land-won sand & gravel 47,167of which: Marine-dredged sand & gravel 14,533of which: Crushed rock 94,203Clay & shale for construction 769Cement raw materials (limestone & chalk, clay & shale) (GB) 10,056Clay & shale and Fireclay (for bricks) (GB) 3,788Gypsum. natural (b) 1,700Slate 695Building (dimension) stone (GB) 2,100NDUSTRIAL. AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL MINERALS Limestone / dolomite / chalk (Industrial use) (GB) 6,764Limestone / dolomite / chalk (Agricultural use) (GB) 1,795Brine I Rock salt 6,666Potash (refined potassium chloride) 700Silica (Industrial) sands 4,070Kaolin (china clay) (b) 1,000Ball clay b) 1,000Fluorspar 26Barytes 34Peat (thousand m3) 1,004Other minerals (calspar, lead ore, iron ore, china stone, talc, chert, flint) 4UK Landmass 202,986UK Continental Shelf 128,675TOTAL 331,661
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patrick crowley
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The North sea just off Shetland isles.
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no
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England is a country, it can be found in the British Isles
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