West Wheal Frances, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UKi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| West Wheal Frances | Mine (Abandoned) |
| Basset Mines | Group of Mines |
| Carnkie | Village |
| Carn Brea | Civil Parish |
| Cornwall | County |
| England | Constituent Country |
| UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 12' 21'' North , 5° 15' 49'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SW672391
Type:
Mine (Abandoned) - last checked 2023
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Four Lanes | 1,416 (2017) | 1.8km |
| Camborne | 22,500 (2012) | 2.5km |
| Redruth | 42,690 (2017) | 4.1km |
| North Country | 773 (2017) | 5.2km |
| Portreath | 963 (2017) | 6.3km |
The site has been used for landfill and apart from the 2 engine houses has been completely sterilised. April 2023.
This mine was eventually incorporated into the Basset group of mines.
An engine house stands at Smith's Shaft (SW672391) and another at Daubuz Shaft.
From this point on down the Red River, which flows past Dolcoath and out to the sea at Godrevy a great many tin streaming works were run successfully of the waste that escaped from the mines along its course. In fact, looking at the ordnance survey maps of the 1880s shows that almost every yard of the river between West Wheal Frances and Bell Lake Marsh several miles downstream of Dolcoath was one stream works after another. In his book Tin Mining and Smelting in Cornwall, D.B. Barton notes that the stream works were mostly far more profitable than the mines as they had none of the deep mining and ore stamping costs.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities6 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' |
| ⓘ Cuprite Formula: Cu2O |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ 'Tourmaline' Formula: AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Cuprite | 4.AA.10 | Cu2O |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Tourmaline' | - | AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| B | Boron | |
|---|---|---|
| B | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
| O | ⓘ Cuprite | Cu2O |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Cuprite | Cu2O |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Sn | Tin | |
| Sn | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
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Localities in this Region
- England
- Cornwall
- Carn Brea
- Carnkie
- Basset Mines
- West Wheal Frances
- Basset Mines
- Carnkie
- Carn Brea
- Cornwall
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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West Wheal Frances, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK