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South Wheal Frances, South Frances United Mines, Basset Mines, Troon-Lanner area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

This mine was eventually incorporated into the Basset group of mines.
Ref.: Golley & Williams, 1995, 38 - "Cornish Mineral Reference Manual"; Rocks & Min.: 17:130; P.G. Embrey, R.F. Symes: "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon", 1987, p. 45

Large group of impressive buildings at Marriot's Shaft (open and circular), including engine house, dry, stamps, boiler houses, etc. Nearby are other engine houses. Dumps largely removed and grassed-over.





Mineral List:
Arsenopyrite
Bornite
Cassiterite
Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Copper
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Libethenite
Pseudomalachite
Pyrite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
'Tourmaline'


15 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.

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