Great Caradon

aka Great Caradon Consols or Penharget

Lead and Copper Mine
Worked from c1860 to c1876

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot



Cornwall
Pensilva
50.511088, -4.402822
SX 2973 7068
Private Land
164m
#8,270


Operated on an east-northeast-trending copper lode, intersected by a north-south-trending lead lode. The location is identifiable by a sizable dump situated in a field to the west of Penharget.


Publications (2)

  • Bird, Richard H. (1970); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 04-4 Oct - Mineral Fields of Derbyshire and Cornwall - A Brief Comparison, The; 12 pages (312-323)
  • Shambrook, H.R.; NMRS (1982); British Mining 20 - Caradon & Phoenix Mining Area, The; ISBN 0 901450 22 7; pp.1,4,21.





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