Camborne Consols, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UKi
Regional Level Types | |
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Camborne Consols | Mine (Built Over) |
Camborne | Civil Parish |
Cornwall | County |
England | Constituent Country |
UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 12' 52'' North , 5° 17' 19'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SW654402
Type:
Mine (Built Over) - last checked 2019
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Camborne | 22,500 (2012) | 0.6km |
Four Lanes | 1,416 (2017) | 3.7km |
Redruth | 42,690 (2017) | 5.0km |
Portreath | 963 (2017) | 5.1km |
North Country | 773 (2017) | 5.4km |
Mindat Locality ID:
194403
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:194403:0
GUID (UUID V4):
ecabf32f-87d8-49c6-b49e-fdf8c4706db2
This mine worked lodes under eastern Camborne town. The northern and western boundary of the sett were North Parade and Stray Park Road, respectively. To the east and south, it was adjoined by Dolcoath and Stray Park Mines. The main shafts were Engine Shaft, located 225 yards ESE of the junction of Trelowarren Street and Centenary Street, and Martin's Shaft, located 200 yards further ENE. This area is now completely built over.
From 1854 to 1875, Camborne Consols produced 1,180 tons of 6.8% copper ore, 170 tons of black tin, 4 tons of pyrite and 200 tons of arsenic.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
β Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
β Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 |
β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
β | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | β Cassiterite | SnO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
As | Arsenic | |
As | β Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
Sn | Tin | |
Sn | β Cassiterite | SnO2 |
Geochronology
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
EuropeContinent
UK
- England
- Cornwall
- Camborne-Redruth and St Day Mining DistrictMining District
- Devon and Cornwall metalliferous mining districtMining District
- Cornwall
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