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South Wheal Frances, South Frances United Mines, Basset Mines, Illogan, 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 | Cuprite var: Chalcotrichite Libethenite Pseudomalachite Pyrite | Quartz var: Amethyst 'Tourmaline' |
15 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.
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Updated Mineral Entry: ArmstrongiteFrom Vik Vanrusselt, 22nd May 2013 11:58:22