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West Wheal Basset (Wheal Haste), South Frances United Mines, Basset Mines, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Malachite
West Wheal Basset, South Frances United Mines, Basset Mines, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Photo: De Nul, Richard

UK Grid Reference: SW682397
Latitude: 50°12'40"N
Longitude: 5°14'57"W

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Thomas's engine house by road near Piece (SW 6815 3970).

Ref.:
- Rocks & Min.: 17:127; 18:73
- Golley & Williams, 1995, 21 - "Cornish Mineral Reference Manual".

A stamps engine house stands above one of the finest surviving nineteenth century tin dressing floors in the world.

The West Basset Mine Stamps (SW 6815 3970) constructed by the Tuckingmill Foundry, date to 1875. The remains of the dressing floors show three different phases - settling and buddling (1875), additional buddle floor (1892), and the installation of Frue vanners (1906).

The site is listed by English Heritage as "Grade II" [buildings of nationally important and of special interest].

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Arsenopyrite
Autunite
Cassiterite
Chalcocite

Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite

Langite
Malachite
Pyrite
Quartz

Torbernite
'Tourmaline'

14 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

England
- Cornwall
  - Camborne - Redruth - St Day District
    - Illogan
      - Basset Mines
        South Frances United Mines
        West Wheal Basset (Wheal Haste)
        Wheal Charmer

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