Trevascus Mine, Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK

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Worked from 1837 to 1842, producing 1190 tons of copper and 110 tons of tin. A shaft and some overgrown burrows are located north of Trenoweth Farm, about 0.5 mile NW of Carnhell Green.
Ref.: B. Atkinson: Mining Sites in Cornwall, Vol. 2, Dyllansow Truran (1994)

UK OS Grid Reference: SW611380
Map Reference: 50°11'35"N , 5°20'51"W

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Mineral List:

Actinolite

☐Ca

(Mg,Fe

)

(Si

)(OH)

Reference:

[Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]

Arsenopyrite

FeAsS - (Fe

0.90

0.10

)AsS

Reference:

[Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]

'Axinite'

Reference:

[Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]

Beudantite

PbFe

[(OH)

|SO

|AsO

]

Reference:

[No reference listed]

'Bitumen'

Reference:

[Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]

'Chalcedony'

Reference:

[Embrey & Symes, 1987, 97 - "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon"]

Trevascus Mine, Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
© Ian Jones

Chalcopyrite

CuFeS

Reference:

[P Haas collection]

Trevascus Mine, Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
© Peter Haas

Dolomite

CaMg(CO

)

Reference:

[Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]

Fluorite

CaF

Reference:

[Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]

Galena

PbS

Reference:

[Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]

Siderite

FeCO

Reference:

[Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]

Sphalerite

(Zn,Fe

Reference:

[Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]

Tennantite

(Cu,Ag,Fe,Zn)

Reference:

[Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]

13 entries listed. 10 valid minerals.

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