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West Wheal Damsel (Wheal Spinster), Wheal Damsel United Mines, Carharrack, Gwennap area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

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Worked from 1852 to 1874, producing 29,150 tons of copper. The site is marked by a large shaft burrow on the slope of Carn Marth.



References:
- Dines, H.G. (1956): The metalliferous mining region of south-west England. HMSO Publications (London), Vol. 1, p. 398.
- Atkinson, B. (1994): Mining Sites in Cornwall, Vol. 2, Dyllansow Truran (Truro).





 UK OS Grid Reference: SW724415
Map Reference: 50°13'44"N , 5°11'29"W

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Mineral List:
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [Dines, H.G. (1956): The metalliferous mining region of south-west England. HMSO Publications (London), Vol. 1, p. 398.]
  		•  Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Dines, H.G. (1956): The metalliferous mining region of south-west England. HMSO Publications (London), Vol. 1, p. 398.]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [Dines, H.G. (1956): The metalliferous mining region of south-west England. HMSO Publications (London), Vol. 1, p. 398.]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Dines, H.G. (1956): The metalliferous mining region of south-west England. HMSO Publications (London), Vol. 1, p. 398.]


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