Other Mineral Extraction
| Name | Opened | Closed | Gauge | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Circle Industries Ltd. Kilvington Gypsum Works | after 1979 | 3 ft (914 mm) | Newark, England | Locomotive-worked railway. | |
| British Gypsum Mines Ltd. Gotham Works | after 1979 | 2 ft 2 in (660 mm) | Gotham, Nottinghamshire, England | Underground locomotive-worked railway. | |
| British Gypsum Mines Ltd. Mountfield Works | 1945 | after 1966 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Mountfield, England | Inclined adit and works railway. |
| British Steel Corporation Beaumont Fluor Mine | after 1979 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Allenheads, England | Underground locomotive-worked fluor mine. | |
| British Steel Corporation Blackdene Fluor Mine | after 1979 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Ireshopeburn, England | Underground locomotive-worked fluor mine. | |
| British Steel Corporation Blanchland Fluor Mines | after 1979 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Ireshopeburn, England | Underground locomotive-worked fluor mine. | |
| Hagdale Chromate Railway | 1907 | 1937 | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | Isle of Unst, Scotland | Remote line hauling chromate from quarries to a pier on Balta Sound. Worked by gravity and horse-power. |
| J. Parish Loam works | 1849 | 1957 | 4 ft (1,219 mm) | Erith, England | Steam locomotive hauled railway moving loam for metal casting molds. |
| Laporte Industries Ltd. Ladywash Mine | after 1987 | 18 in (457 mm) | Eyam, England | Underground fluorite mine with locomotive worked railway | |
| Laporte Industries Ltd. Sallet Hole Mine | after 1987 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Stoney Middleton, England | Underground fluorite mine with locomotive worked railway | |
| Laporte Industries Ltd. Watersaw Rake Mine | after 1987 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Stoney Middleton, England | Underground mine with battery electric locomotive worked railway | |
| Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway | 1890 | 1915 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Isle of Skye, Scotland | Remote line hauling "diatomic earth" which is used as a polishing agent. Steam worked for a short while. |
| Raasay Railway | 1880s | 1918 | ? | Isle of Skye, Scotland | Remote line hauling Wolframite ore which is used in steel making. |
| Scropton Tramway | 1889 | 1949 | 3 ft (914 mm) | Scropton, England | Steam hauled tramway serving Gypsum mines south of Scropton station. |
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