英国的工业矿物分布于全国,其有利条件就是不列颠岛的矿产品能为矿床附近适当范围内的许多大工业提供原料。总计年产量约三亿吨,其中三分之一强为砂和砾石,而大量的是白垩、石灰石、粘土(用于水泥、砖瓦工业)、碎石、耐火粘土和高岭土,这些均采用露采。部分或全部用地采取得的则有重晶石、球土、萤石、石膏、钾碱、盐、硅砂、板岩和建筑石材。现摘要简介如后。球土球土见于英格兰西南部,有三处。波文、 Industrial minerals in the United Kingdom are distributed throughout the country, with the advantage that mineral resources from the British Isles can feed many of the large industries in the proper vicinity of the deposit. Total annual production is about 300 million tons, of which more than a third are sand and gravel, while the bulk is chalk, limestone, clay (used in cement, brick and tile), gravel, refractory clay and kaolin, all of which use dew Mining. Barite, globe, fluorite, gypsum, potash, salt, silica sand, slate and building stones are harvested in part or in whole. The summary is as follows. Globeball is found in southwestern England with three locations. Bowen,