Carclaze


Tin Mine

Worked from ancient to 1877

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot

Dec 26th, 2024 by BertyBasset



Cornwall
St. Austell
50.35989, -4.7780528
SX 0250 5480
Private Land
183m
#7,812


Initially, this site operated as an opencast tin mine but later transitioned to extracting china clay. The provided grid reference indicates the southern wall of the former tin mine pit, which remains intact within the southern portion of the current china clay pit.



ancient -1852 1852-1877



Publications (1)

  • (1839); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset; 729 pages





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