Rock, Wheal

aka Old Carn Brea Mine or South Carn Brea


Copper, Arsenic, and Tin Mine

Worked from 1819 to 1877

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot

Nov 6th, 2024 by aricooperdavis


Cornwall
Carn Brea
50.2204933, -5.2449641
SW 6862 4065
Private Land
201m
#8,723

<1819 ..1836.. 1847-

Between 1856 and 1877, South Carn Brea Mine produced 845 tons of black tin, 3,550 tons of 10 per cent copper ore and 4 tons of arsenic.

Publications (2)

  • (1839); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset; 729 pages
  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages

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