Wheal Prosper (Tregothnan United Mines; New Wheal Clifford), Twelveheads, Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UKi
Regional Level Types | |
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Wheal Prosper (Tregothnan United Mines; New Wheal Clifford) | Mine (Abandoned) |
Twelveheads | - not defined - |
Chacewater | Civil Parish |
Cornwall | County |
England | Constituent Country |
UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 14' 46'' North , 5° 9' 2'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SW754433
Type:
Mine (Abandoned) - last checked 2020
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Chacewater | 1,226 (2017) | 1.3km |
St. Day | 700 (2011) | 2.6km |
Perranwell | 1,207 (2017) | 4.2km |
Ponsanooth | 967 (2017) | 5.3km |
Redruth | 42,690 (2017) | 5.4km |
Mindat Locality ID:
206563
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:206563:5
GUID (UUID V4):
949d217c-2bc0-4ed2-97b4-9ef665d422f6
A small mine, worked intermittently from 1800 to 1840. Dines notes a series of shaft dumps at a distance of 125 yards along a northeast trending line, which may have followed a lode, but no mine plans exist. In 1860, the mine was reworked as New Wheal Clifford, and in 1873, it was tried again under the name Tregothnan United Mines, but both workings were above adit only.
Between 1862 and 1870, Wheal Prosper raised 311 tons of 2.5% copper ore, 86 tons of black tin and 209 tons of arsenic. It also produced a large quantity of blende.
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
2 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
β Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 |
β Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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β | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
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 Sphalerite | ZnS |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
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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