Chytane Mine, Chytane, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UKi
Regional Level Types | |
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Chytane Mine | Mine |
Chytane | - not defined - |
St Enoder | Civil Parish |
Cornwall | County |
England | Constituent Country |
UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 22' 4'' North , 4° 55' 51'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Saint Stephen | 2,252 (2015) | 3.4km |
Saint Dennis | 2,206 (2016) | 3.8km |
Nanpean | 2,563 (2017) | 4.4km |
Saint Columb Major | 3,170 (2017) | 7.2km |
Grampound | 537 (2017) | 7.9km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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British Micromount Society, Devon and Cornwall Branch Meetings | Liskeard, Cornwall | 34km |
Mindat Locality ID:
241061
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:241061:9
GUID (UUID V4):
7ce5c264-c18f-4507-8dc3-33ba6b847fc7
A small working for tin and china clay in the western margin of the St Austell granite. The sett included a small pit for china clay and shallow underground workings for tin, which have completely disappeared below the Melbur pit.
In 1873, the mine raised 5 tons of black tin.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 |
ⓘ Kaolinite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Kaolinite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
O | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
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
- St Austell Mining DistrictMining District
- Devon and Cornwall metalliferous mining districtMining District
- Cornwall
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