Old copper mine (1846-1917).
Two main lodes ('Main Lode', 'South Lode') are immediately adjacent to the Hingston Down quarry.
Carpholite supposedly collected here in 1951 by Arthur Kinsbury (1906-68) are now considered unlikely and probably from Bohemia. This is one of a number of likely or definitely falsified Kingsburty localities.
Ref - G Ryback, A D Hart & C J Stanley - Journal of the Russell Society, Vol 7, Part 2, 2001
Refs.:
- 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: 913.
- Weiss, S., Green, D.H., Hooper, J.J. & Elton, N. (2007): Erzgänge und "Alpine" Klüfte: Die Mineralien des Hingston Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall. Lapis 32 (11), 13-25; 54.
References:
G Ryback, A D Hart & C J Stanley - Journal of the Russell Society, Vol 7, Part 2, 2001
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: 913.
Weiss, S., Green, D.H., Hooper, J.J. & Elton, N. (2007): Erzgänge und "Alpine" Klüfte: Die Mineralien des Hingston Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall. Lapis 32 (11), 13-25; 54.
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UK OS Grid Reference: SX409714
Map Reference: 50°31'12"N , 4°14'40"W
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