Park Valley Mine (Park Mine; Wheal Maria), Spreyton, West Devon, Devon, England, UKi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Park Valley Mine (Park Mine; Wheal Maria) | Mine |
| Spreyton | Civil Parish |
| West Devon | Borough |
| Devon | County |
| England | Constituent Country |
| UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 46' 32'' North , 3° 49' 32'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SX713990
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bow | 1,095 (2018) | 2.8km |
| Zeal Monachorum | 413 (2018) | 5.1km |
| North Tawton | 1,630 (2018) | 5.7km |
| Copplestone | 1,253 (2018) | 6.8km |
| South Zeal | 912 (2018) | 8.2km |
Mindat Locality ID:
61409
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:61409:1
GUID (UUID V4):
431e1916-b06d-49fd-8a00-426223fd9ab4
Generally known as Park Valley Mine, but shown as Wheal Maria on the Devon OS map, sheet 66SW.
Lead ore was found here in 1848 whilst quarrying stone, a number of farmers then provided funds to work the lode and, within a few months, 10 tons of ore was raised from an adit driven on lode at a depth of 5 fathoms. However, whilst increasing in value, the lode was found to dip into the adjoining property, whose owner refused permission to work it, and the project was reluctantly abandoned.
A further approach to the adjacent land owner was made in 1878 and, apparently being mellowed by the passing of time, a 21 year lease was obtained and the mine was worked with apparent success, a report later in 1878 recording a homely little concern with rich solid veins of lead ore many inches wide and 4 tons of ore in the adit waiting to be raised.
Note:
In the first edition of Dines (1956), this mine is confused with Wheal Tamar, Callington District. This is corrected in the 1994 reprint.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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