Opencast including Mitchell and Sara. This mine exploited a network of ENE-trending quartz-(Ca)ssiterite veinlets within a belt of soft killas oriented in the same direction. The killas were saturated with fine-grained cassiterite. However, the mine has since been filled in. It produced a total of 531 tons of black tin between 1861 and 1913.
1878-1891 1895-1913 1928-1930
Publications (2)
- Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol2, The; 335 pages
- Palmer, Marilyn and Neaverson, Peter (1989); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 10-6 Win - Comparative Archaeology of Tin and Lead Dressing in Britain during the Nineteenth Century, The; 32 pages (316-347)
