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Binner Downs Mine, Leedstown, Crowan, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK

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Worked from 1819 to 1838, producing 51,000 tons of copper. The widespread dumps and shafts cover the fields east of the B3302 road south of Leedstown.
Ref.: B. Atkinson: Mining Sites in Cornwall, Vol. 2, Dyllansow Truran (1994)





 UK OS Grid Reference: SW613338
Map Reference: 50°9'19"N , 5°20'31"W

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Mineral List:
  		•  Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: [Dines, H.G: The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England, Vol II, pp 194]
  		•  Celestine
    SrSO
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Chalcocite
    Cu
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [Dines, H.G: The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England, Vol II, pp 194]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Dines, H.G: The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England, Vol II, pp 194]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [Dines, H.G: The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England, Vol II, pp 194]
  		•  Copper
    Cu
    Reference: [Dines, H.G: The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England, Vol II, pp 194]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Dines, H.G: The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England, Vol II, pp 194]
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Dines, H.G: The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England, Vol II, pp 194]
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Dines, H.G: The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England, Vol II, pp 194]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Dines, H.G: The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England, Vol II, pp 194]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Dines, H.G: The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England, Vol II, pp 194]
  		•  Tenorite
    CuO
    Reference: [Dines, H.G: The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England, Vol II, pp 194]


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