Wheal Prospidnick, Sithney, Cornwall, England, UKi
Regional Level Types | |
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Wheal Prospidnick | Mine |
Sithney | Civil Parish |
Cornwall | County |
England | Constituent Country |
UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 8' 9'' North , 5° 17' 55'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SW643315
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Breage | 471 (2017) | 3.8km |
Helston | 12,184 (2017) | 4.1km |
Leedstown | 267 (2017) | 4.9km |
Porthleven | 3,059 (2017) | 5.6km |
Germoe | 175 (2017) | 6.1km |
Mindat Locality ID:
1151
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:1151:1
GUID (UUID V4):
39a5978e-7381-4972-b610-0182fe60647c
This mine produced some quantities of tin and was abandoned in the late 1860's. Some waste tips are situated in the fields slightly west of the railway line.
Ref.: B. Atkinson: Mining Sites in Cornwall, Vol. 2, Dyllansow Truran (1994)
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 |
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ 'Wolframite Group' |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
ⓘ | 'Wolframite Group' | 4.DB.30 va | |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Sn | Tin | |
Sn | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
Geochronology
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
EuropeContinent
UK
- England
- Cornwall
- Mount's Bay Mining DistrictMining District
- Devon and Cornwall metalliferous mining districtMining District
- Cornwall
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