Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: slate

An old level into an abandoned slate mine, adjacent to the active Thrang Quarry, Chapel Stile in the English Lake District. The abandoned mine worked beautifully figured green slate - mostly waterlain volcanic tuff of the Seathwaite Fell Formation in the Borrowdale Volcanic Group (Ordovician).

The active slate quarry at Chapel Stile, Great Langdale, in the English Lake District. The quarry works beautifully figured green slate - mostly waterlain volcanic tuff of the Seathwaite Fell Formation in the Borrowdale Volcanic Group (Ordovician).

Rusting mining equipment and a slate retaining wall in the side of an old level into an abandoned slate mine, adjacent to the active Thrang Quarry, Chapel Stile in the English Lake District. The abandoned mine worked beautifully figured green slate - mostly waterlain volcanic tuff of the Seathwaite Fell Formation in the Borrowdale Volcanic Group (Ordovician).

An old level into an abandoned slate mine, adjacent to the active Thrang Quarry, Chapel Stile in the English Lake District. The abandoned mine worked beautifully figured green slate - mostly waterlain volcanic tuff of the Seathwaite Fell Formation in the Borrowdale Volcanic Group (Ordovician).

Abandoned and flooded slate quarry near Holme Fell in the Lake District National Park. I had accidentally set my camera to 'sepia' mode, but I like the effect it produced.

Abandoned and flooded slate quarry near Holme Fell, in the Lake District National Park. I had accidentally set my camera to 'sepia' mode, but I like the effect it produced.

Evening sun over the waste tips around the old slate quarries near Chapel Stile See where this picture was taken. [?]