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Wheal Verrant (Wheal Verran), Goldsithney, Perranuthnoe, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK

UK Grid Reference: SW547306
Latitude: 50°7'26"N
Longitude: 5°25'56"W
A small tin mine just east of Goldsithney, which is now completely built over. Dines suggests that it once may have been part of the neighbouring Wheal Caroline.

The mine sold 3 tons of black tin in 1905 and was still working on a small scale in 1907.

References

- Dines, H.G. (1956): The metalliferous mining region of south-west England. HMSO Publications (London), Vol. 1, p. 180.
- A.K. Hamilton Jenkin: Annotations to Ordnance Survey map, scale 1:10,000, sheet 75NW.

Mineral List

Cassiterite


1 entry listed. 1 valid mineral.

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