Mine detail: Wheal Jane

Previously called 'Wheal Jane Tin Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 50.24906, -5.11448

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Copper, Silver, Tin, Zinc
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1966

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1971

Geology

References

MAS4120100003
DEP10255582
Reference{Deposit:: EVANS,R.K.1969.REBUILDING CORNWAL* TIN INDUSTRY.E/MJ.NOV.1}{Deposit:: 86.}{Deposit:: 1976 E/MJ INT.DIR.OF MINING&MINERAL PROCESSING UNITS.N.V.197}{Deposit:: 230.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING.FEB.1976.THIS MONTH IN WORLD MINING.EUROPE.UK.}{Deposit:: LLOYD,L.A.&P.JACKSON.NEW METHODS OF ANALYSIS&REOVERY REVITAL}{Deposit:: DORMANT BRITISH TIN MINE.E/MJ. FEB.1973.PP.76-79.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING.NOV.1971.WHEAL JANE,BRITIA* LARGEST&LATEST TI}{Deposit:: GOES ONSTREAM.PP.62-65.}{Deposit:: SOUTH AFRICAN MIN.ENG.JOUR.CONSOLIDATED GOLD FIEL* R-10,00}{Deposit:: CORNISH TIN MINE.V.80.NO.3990. JULY 25,1969.PP.183-187.}
ReporterBoyle, Ed