Old Castle an Dinas

aka Royalston Mine


Tin Mine

Worked from 1836 to 1873

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot



Cornwall
St. Columb Major
50.418401, -4.887068
SW 9500 6160
Private Land
153m
#8,724


A group of open-cast pits is situated on an east-west porphyritic (elvan) dyke south of the summit of Castle-an-Dinas. While two of the pits have been filled, one remains with a depth of 40 feet. Between 1870 and 1873, the mine yielded 24 tons of black tin. Although prospected in the 1970s, the values were deemed too erratic for further development. This site represents a cassiterite dissemination deposit. Also adit.



1836-1837 1851-1852 1870-1873


Publications (2)

  • (1929); Castle and Dinas, Geat Weser Ores Letter; 1 pages
  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol2, The; 335 pages





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