Nancegollan

aka Great Worthy, Wheal, Pengelly Great Work and Nancegollan, or Florence United


Tin Mine

Worked from 1882

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot



Cornwall
Nancegollan
50.14405, -5.304738
SW 6398 3234
Private Land
103m
#8,313


Operational between 1853 and 1870, this mine made several attempts at productivity but remained largely unproductive. Records show only 6 tons of black tin output in 1854. The narrow lodes were believed to contain cassiterite, wolfram, pyrite, and fluorspar, but they weren’t rich enough to sustain deep mining operations. A pumping engine house still stands on the sett at SW640324.


Publications (2)

  • (1923); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol I - Tungsten & Manganes Ores; 93 pages
  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages





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