Tincroft Mine, Carn Brea and Tincroft United Mine, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

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Worked for copper from the early 18th century, the mine changed to tin in 1865 and finally ceased work in 1913. In 1896, it was amalgamated with the Carn Brea mine to form the Carn Brea and Tincroft United mine.
The mine site is largely built over, but there are remains of the man engine and compressor house.

Refs.: (in part):
Dana 6: 892
Rocks & Min.: 16:129; 62:249
P.G. Embrey, R.F. Symes: "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon", 1987, p. 43

Mineral List

Arsenopyrite Bornite Cassiterite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' Copper Cornwallite

Cuprite Fluorapatite var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite Fluorite Goethite Hematite Kaolinite Limonite 'Lithomarge'

Marcasite var: Lonchidite Olivenite Pharmacosiderite (TL) Pyrite Quartz Scorodite Siderite

Tennantite Tenorite Torbernite 'Tourmaline' Uraninite var: Pitchblende Wolframite

31 entries listed. 23 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).