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Carclaze Old Tin Pit, Carclaze China Clay Pit (Baal China Clay Pit), Carluddon, Treverbyn, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK
UK Grid Reference: SX024548
Latitude: 50°21'33"N
Longitude: 4°46'42"W
Latitude: 50°21'33"N
Longitude: 4°46'42"W
The grid reference marks the south wall of the old pit, which has been left standing in the southern part of the modern china clay pit.
Mineral List
| Cassiterite Kaolinite | Nontronite Opal | Quartz 'Tourmaline' |
6 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.
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References
- Henwood, W.J. (1843): On the Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 5, 1-386.
- Dines, H.G. (1956): The metalliferous mining region of south-west England. HMSO Publications (London), Vol. 2, pp. 538-539.
- Bristow, C.M. (2008): Late 18th and early 19th century forays into economic geology – some little known Franco-German papers describing Carclaze Old Tin Pit, near St. Austell, Cornwall. Geoscience in South-West England 12, part 1.
- Dines, H.G. (1956): The metalliferous mining region of south-west England. HMSO Publications (London), Vol. 2, pp. 538-539.
- Bristow, C.M. (2008): Late 18th and early 19th century forays into economic geology – some little known Franco-German papers describing Carclaze Old Tin Pit, near St. Austell, Cornwall. Geoscience in South-West England 12, part 1.
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