6-566: The Central Wales Orefield (also referred to as the Central Wales Mining District , Central Wales Mining Field and the Mid Wales Mining District ) is an area of Mid Wales within which various metalliferous ores are present in the local rock strata and which were worked principally for the production of lead and zinc over many centuries. Roman activity is attested with mining continuing intermittently into
12-565: A Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee was formed to allow the two local councils in the region to collaborate in areas relating to economic well-being, strategic planning and the development of regional transport policies. On 13 January 2022, the Mid Wales Growth Deal's Final Deal Agreement was signed between the Growing Mid Wales Board; containing representatives from Ceredigion County Council and Powys County Council , and
18-546: Is a region of Wales , encompassing its midlands, in-between North Wales and South Wales . The Mid Wales Regional Committee of the Senedd covered the unitary authority areas of Ceredigion and Powys and the area of Gwynedd that had previously been the district of Meirionnydd . A similar definition is used by the BBC . The Wales Spatial Plan defines a region known as "Central Wales" which covers Ceredigion and Powys. Mid Wales
24-599: Is dominated by the Cambrian Mountains , including the Green Desert of Wales . The region is sparsely populated, with an economy dependent on farming and small businesses. Parliamentary constituencies in Mid Wales include; Brecon and Radnorshire , Ceredigion , Dwyfor Meirionnydd and Montgomeryshire . The region is represented in the Senedd with an electoral region known as Mid and West Wales . In April 2021,
30-524: The early twentieth century. The large Cwmystwyth Mine operated until 1923 and the Esgair Mwyn Mine extracted ore until 1927. The main area of workings extended east from Aberystwyth towards Llanidloes and involved the extraction of ore containing lead, zinc, silver , copper , arsenic and barium . Some mineralisation and consequent mining activity is recorded as far south as the Llandovery area,
36-461: The majority of the lodes being developed along ENE-WSW oriented fault lines . The lead-zinc mineralisation appears to have been associated with a phase of the Caledonian Orogeny and affects Silurian and, to a lesser extent, Ordovician rocks in the area. Mid Wales Mid Wales ( Welsh : Canolbarth Cymru or simply Y Canolbarth , meaning "the midlands"), or Central Wales ,
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