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George and Charlotte Mine, Devon and Cornwall United Mines, Tavistock Hamlets, Tavistock District, Devon, England, UK

Childrenite
George and Charlotte Mine, Devon and Cornwall United Mines, Tavistock Hamlets, Tavistock District, Devon, England, UK

Photo: JM. Johannet

UK Grid Reference: SX454697
Latitude: 50°30'31"N
Longitude: 4°10'54"W

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George & Charlotte Mine is close to Morwellham Quay and is the classic location for the finest childrenite found in the UK. The William & Mary Mine lies on the eastern extension of the lode worked in George & Charlotte, and which together formed Devon & Cornwall United Mines. About 100 fathoms of untried ground separates the mines. Output from 1852-69 was 16,595 tons copper ore and 110 tons of Pyrite.

Morwellham Quay lies on the River Tamar, 35 km inland from Plymouth. It was the ”richest Copper Port in Queen Victoria's Empire". Vessels of up to 300 tons reached the port daily in the latter half of the 19th century, to take ore from the nearby Devon Great Consuls Mine and others.

Morwellham Quay is now a heritage centre. A tramway runs 460 metres into the adit of George and Charlotte to its underground waterwheel.

Mineral List

Anatase
Arsenopyrite
Bismuthinite

Chalcopyrite
Childrenite
'Chlorite Group'

Fluorapatite
var: Francolite
Pyrite

Siderite

10 entries listed. 8 valid minerals.

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References

Embrey & Symes (1987) "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon": 100.

The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England, Vol 2 pp 676-677, H G Dines 1956

Rocks & Minerals (1942): 17: 127.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 938.

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