Zinc ore and mines | Minerals and mines | Foundations of
Zinc ore amp; mines | Iron ore, ochre amp; mines | Coal mining. Zinc ore and mines Mineralisation. The lead, zinc and copper veins on Mendip were deposited by hot mineralising fluids (typically between 50 and 150 #176; C) rising up from depth and depositing various minerals as they cooled. The source of the fluids were the deep sedimentary basins either side of the Mendips. As the Carboniferous