Hawkmoor Mine


Copper, Tin, and Pyrite Mine
Worked from 1844 to c1900

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot



Cornwall
Gunnislake
50.532264, -4.210287
SX 4345 7261
Private Land
15m
#8,359


1900 part of Clitters United. The mine’s reported output during the period from 1852 to 1866 consisted of 3,559 tons of copper ore averaging 6% copper content. Additionally, between 1853 and 1866, 33 tons of black tin were extracted, with an additional 48 tons of pyrite produced in 1860.



1844-1867 1900-


Publications (3)

  • (1923); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXVII - Copper Ores of Devon and Cornwall; 92 pages
  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol2, The; 335 pages
  • Richardson, P.G.; NMRS (1992); British Mining 44 - Mines of Dartmoor & the Tamar Valley after 1913; ISBN 0901450 38 3; pp.133.





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