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Furzehill Mine (East Tamar Mine; incl. Whitsam Down Mine), East Tamar Consols, Bere Alston Mines, Bere Ferrers, West Devon, Devon, England, UKi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 28' 4'' North , 4° 12' 14'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SX436655
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bere Alston | 2,164 (2018) | 1.9km |
| Calstock | 790 (2017) | 3.2km |
| Buckland Monachorum | 779 (2018) | 6.0km |
| Gunnislake | 4,044 (2017) | 6.3km |
| Saltash | 15,566 (2017) | 6.6km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| British Micromount Society, Devon and Cornwall Branch Meetings | Liskeard, Cornwall | 19km |
The most northerly shaft was Gourd’s, which reached 46fms below adit, but the exact location of this and the other 5 shafts: Smith’s, Engine, Caroline’s, Chalotte’s and Church Lane, is unknown.
Dines H.G. 1956
A substantial shaft collar can be seen in the copse from the roadside. A track into the copse has been graded with dump material which has large quantities of blue fluorite, some green, some white. A piece of matrix containing pyrite, galena and sphalerite did not test positive for silver content greater than 0.05%.
Amagamated together with Whitsam and Lockridge mines under the name of East Tamar Consols in 1845.
East Tamar Mine
As with a lot of old mines there is a degree of confusion in the literature.
Hamilton Jenkin (1974) notes that this was one of four mines on the eastern crosscourse running southwards from Buttspill Mine (Lockridge, Furzehill, East Tamar and South Tamar), but does not provide a specific locality for it. Also, that in the 1840s East and South Tamar were worked in concert by the Berealston Mining Company, but that due to excessive extravagance, the company soon failed.
Dines (1956) considers that East Tamar was another name for Furzehill Mine. As a separate location has not been identified elsewhere for East Tamar Mine, for convenience, they are grouped together here.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
8 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Anglesite Formula: PbSO4 Colour: Colourless Description: "In fine glassy colourless crystals, in geodes of decomposed galena." (Greg & Lettsom, 1858) References: |
| ⓘ Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS References: |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| ⓘ | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| Pb | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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- Rheno-Hercynian BeltOrogenic Belt
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UK
- England
- Callington and Tavistock Mining DistrictMining District
- Devon and Cornwall metalliferous mining districtMining District
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Furzehill Mine, East Tamar Consols, Bere Alston Mines, Bere Ferrers, West Devon, Devon, England, UK