St Ives Wheal Allen (Wheal Folly), St Ives, Cornwall, England, UKi
Regional Level Types | |
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St Ives Wheal Allen (Wheal Folly) | Mine (Abandoned) |
St Ives | Civil Parish |
Cornwall | County |
England | Constituent Country |
UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 12' 19'' North , 5° 30' 24'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SW498399
Type:
Mine (Abandoned) - last checked 2024
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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St Ives | 9,966 (2017) | 1.4km |
Uny Lelant | 1,056 (2017) | 5.3km |
Hayle | 8,210 (2017) | 6.5km |
Madron | 626 (2017) | 9.1km |
Marazion | 1,294 (2017) | 9.2km |
Mindat Locality ID:
221446
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:221446:0
GUID (UUID V4):
06e15409-d360-4fb8-aa42-7bd349cfdeb5
An old tin mine, which derived its name from the Allen family of St Ives who worked it around 1730. It was worked for another short period of time in 1828, under the name Wheal Folly, but the principal phase of working commenced in 1860.
All that remains of this mine are some overgrown dumps and the stack of the engine house that stands in a field northeast of Folly farm, north of the St Ives-St Just road. On the Ordnance Survey map, the mine is erroneously indicated as Wheal Mary.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
Sn | Tin | |
Sn | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
UK
- England
- Cornwall
- St Ives Mining DistrictMining District
- ⭔St Just Mining RegionRegion
- Devon and Cornwall metalliferous mining districtMining District
- Cornwall
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