Wheal Jewel (incl. Wheal Quick), St Day, Gwennap area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

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Worked from 1815 to 1853, producing 58,150 tons of copper. Several waste tips and some extremely deep and cavernous open mine shafts remain beside the St. Day-Carharrack road and in the area around Crofthandy.

References:
- (in part): Dana 7:I:381.
- Dines, H.G. (1956): The metalliferous mining region of south-west England. HMSO Publications (London), Vol. 1, pp. 408-409.
- Atkinson, B. (1994): Mining Sites in Cornwall, Vol. 2, Dyllansow Truran (Truro).

UK OS Grid Reference: SW735421
Map Reference: 50°14'5"N , 5°10'35"W

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Mineral List:

Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Cassiterite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
var: Blister Copper
Copper

Cornwallite
Cuprite
Fluorite
Galena
Malachite
Olivenite
'Petroleum' ?

Pyrite
Quartz
Sphalerite
Tennantite
Tenorite

19 entries listed. 17 valid minerals.

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