Great Retallack


Lead, Zinc, Silver, and Iron Mine

Worked from 1854 to 1880

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot


Cornwall
Mount
50.361196, -5.106619
SW 7914 5587
Private Land
70m
#8,294

Including North Retallack. Operated along the Perran Iron Lode, located approximately 300 yards east of Treamble Mine. The site of Engine Shaft is indicated by the provided grid reference. According to Hamilton Jenkin, the engine house, which remained standing as of 1953, was deliberately destroyed in 1956. Presently, there are no remnants of the mine’s workings. From 1858 to 1880, the mine yielded 10,826 tons of iron ore, 11,639 tons of zinc ore, 198 tons of 75% lead ore, and 600 ounces of silver.

AM1094B AM4151

Publications (3)

  • (1919); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol IX - Iron Ores - Durham, East Cumb., North Wales, Derbyshire, IOM, Bristol, Somerset, Devon & Cornwall; 96 pages
  • (1921); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXI - Lead, Silver and Zinc: Cornwall, Devon, Somerset; 88 pages
  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages

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