Wheal Prosper, South Phoenix Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UKi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Wheal Prosper | Mine |
| South Phoenix Mine | Mine |
| Minions | Village |
| Linkinhorne | Civil Parish |
| Cornwall | County |
| England | Constituent Country |
| UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 30' 50'' North , 4° 27' 11'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SX261712
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pensilva | 1,663 (2017) | 3.0km |
| Liskeard | 9,237 (2017) | 6.7km |
| Dobwalls | 1,418 (2017) | 7.7km |
| Menheniot | 782 (2017) | 8.7km |
| Callington | 5,786 (2017) | 10.0km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| British Micromount Society, Devon and Cornwall Branch Meetings | Liskeard, Cornwall | 7km |
Mindat Locality ID:
233694
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:233694:0
GUID (UUID V4):
d95c6b31-19dc-4241-9d53-287a0027b6e1
A small tin mine which was started around 1830. In 1836, it was amalgamated with other small mines in the area to form the Cornwall Great United Mines. After this group was dissolved a few years later, it lay idle until 1847, when it was amalgamated with the nearby Greenhill Mine to form South Phoenix Mine. Between 1888 and 1892, the Wheal Prosper section raised 309 tons of black tin, more than two thirds of the total tin production of South Phoenix Mine during that period of time.
Wheal Prosper section contains three ESE-trending lodes that are close together and occupy fault fissures at the contact between granite in the south and killas overlying a depression in the granite surface to the north. The most northerly of these lodes, Wheal Prosper No. 1 Lode, was opened up from Wheal Prosper Shaft to a depth of 60 fms below surface, and from a crosscut adit that was driven from the valley to the south below Minions village and meets the lode 30 fms east of Wheal Prosper Shaft at 10 fms below surface. New Shaft, 120 yards west of Wheal Prosper Shaft, extends only a short way below adit. Except for the bottom level at 50 fms below adit, which extends only 10 fms each way from the shaft, the lode was developed on a length of 100 fms on all levels, but only one third of the blocked out ground was removed and stopes are only on the upper levels. When the workings were prospected in 1907-1908, bunches of rich ore were encountered in a few isolated places, but the average grade of the lode was poor. Wheal Prosper No. 2 Lode was worked at a small scale from crosscuts driven from the workings on No. 1 Lode, while No. 3 Lode appears to have not been worked at all.
The grid reference marks the location of Wheal Prosper Shaft.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
| Sn | Tin | |
| Sn | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
Geochronology
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
EuropeContinent
UK
- England
- Cornwall
- Liskeard Mining DistrictMining District
- Devon and Cornwall metalliferous mining districtMining District
- Cornwall
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