West Wheal Owles (Cargodna Mine), Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK

Photo: J.Ralph

UK Grid Reference: SW362330
Latitude: 50°8'15"N
Longitude: 5°41'32"W

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Site of a famous Cornish mining disaster. On Tuesday Jan 10th 1893, 20 miners were drowned after, it is believed, they accidentally broke through to the flooded abandoned workings of Wheal Drea.

Mineral List

Botallackite ?
Cassiterite
Connellite
Cuprosklodowskite

Hematite
var: Specularite
Metanováčekite
Paratacamite
Quartz

Quartz
var: Jasper
Siderite
Torbernite
Tyuyamunite

Uranophane

13 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.

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