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Cook's Kitchen Mine, Carn Brea and Tincroft United Mine, Carn Brea area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

From 1815 to 1897, Cook's Kitchen Mine produced 8,859 tons of black tin, 40,920 tons of 5.5% copper ore, 120 tons of arsenic and 222 tons of arsenical pyrite. It is said to have been worked for 130 years prior to 1874, and to have been one of the most productive mines in Cornwall in 1814, but there are no records of output for that year or earlier.



References:
- Dines, H.G. (1956): The metalliferous mining region of south-west England. HMSO Publications (London), Vol. 1, pp. 312-313.





UK OS Grid Reference: SW665407
Map Reference: 50°13'10"N , 5°16'25"W

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Mineral List:
Arsenopyrite
'Bitumen'
Bornite
Cassiterite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
var: Blister Copper
'Chlorite Group'
Cuprite
var: Tile ore

Fluorite
Halloysite
Hematite
Malachite
Marcasite
Marcasite
var: Lonchidite

Pyrite
Quartz
Schorl
Siderite
Talc
var: Steatite ?

Tennantite


21 entries listed. 14 valid minerals.

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