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Carn Camborne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UKi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Carn Camborne Mine | Mine (Built Over) |
| Beacon | Village |
| Camborne | Civil Parish |
| Cornwall | County |
| England | Constituent Country |
| UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 12' 26'' North , 5° 17' 17'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SW654394
Type:
Mine (Built Over) - last checked 2019
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Camborne | 22,500 (2012) | 0.9km |
| Four Lanes | 1,416 (2017) | 3.5km |
| Redruth | 42,690 (2017) | 5.4km |
| Portreath | 963 (2017) | 5.9km |
| North Country | 773 (2017) | 6.0km |
Carn Camborne Mine worked two NE-trending lodes, known as North and South lodes, on the northwestern slopes of Camborne Beacon. The southwestern boundary of the sett is marked by the Camborne-Beacon road; to the east and north, it is adjoined by Wheal Harriett, and the Camborne Vean and Stray Park mines setts, respectively. The grid reference marks the site of Western Shaft, which is shown on the 1906 Ordnance Survey map just northeast of the Camborne-Beacon Road. The area is now built over; the former mine workings are completely obscured.
From 1862 to 1879, Carn Camborne Mine produced 6,310 tons of 5% copper ore, 115 tons of black tin, 40 tons of arsenical pyrite and 72 tons of arsenic.
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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
2 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| 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
- Rheno-Hercynian BeltOrogenic Belt
EuropeContinent
UK
- England
- Cornwall
- Camborne-Redruth and St Day Mining DistrictMining District
- Devon and Cornwall metalliferous mining districtMining District
- Cornwall
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