Hobboys Mine, Balleswidden Mine, St Just, Cornwall, England, UKi
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Hobboys Mine | Mine |
Balleswidden Mine | Mine |
St Just | Civil Parish |
Cornwall | County |
England | Constituent Country |
UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 7' 21'' North , 5° 39' 22'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SW387312
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
69540
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:69540:3
GUID (UUID V4):
38e2da22-1927-4c58-9c53-6d93eadf4358
The middle section of Balleswidden Mine.
The site is marked by extensive, heavily overgrown dumps and a chimney besides the road leading into St Just, just west of the Leswidden concrete works.
In 1837, 1841 and from 1873 to 1878, Hobboys Mine produced 52 tons of black tin.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
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
UK
- England
- Cornwall
- St Just Mining DistrictMining District
- ⭔St Just Mining RegionRegion
- Devon and Cornwall metalliferous mining districtMining District
- Cornwall
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