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Roy Morton
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13 years ago

#21

Is that ore price or metal price Mike? and how old?
cos that works out at £2,700 / cwt. 😮
You can guess where I'm thinking of :angel:

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mikebee62
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13 years ago

#22

Hi Roy,
I can guess exactly where you are thinking lol 😉 , Thats metal price not ore and a couple of months ago !!!, The only problem would be how to sell it !!!, Have to hope Hemerdon gets going next yeaar , they are planning to ship to the continent by container from Plymouth, I was told this a couple of months ago by the UK project manager 😉

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Minegeo
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13 years ago

#23

Tungsten ores are sold and priced in "tonne units" or 100'ths of a tonne. Tungsten concentrates must exceed 65% WO3 and current uses prefer scheelite (for the APT - Ammonium paratungstate process to tungsten metal) to the wolframite series (huebnerite-ferberite) normally used as a direct steel making additive.

Current market for a tonne unit of tungsten concentrate is around US$300 - somewhat higher than when Carrock worked in the 1970's when a tonne unit was around US$25 !! Carrock still contains a significant inferred resource below the No. 2 Level although no drilling has been completed to confirm this potential.

This issue that closed Carrock under Minworth was the lack of area for a tailings management facility and that problem would still remain, but suprising nobody has thought of exploratory drilling yet!?!

mikebee62
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13 years ago

#24

"Minegeo" wrote:
Tungsten ores are sold and priced in "tonne units" or 100'ths of a tonne. Tungsten concentrates must exceed 65% WO3 and current uses prefer scheelite (for the APT - Ammonium paratungstate process to tungsten metal) to the wolframite series (huebnerite-ferberite) normally used as a direct steel making additive.

Current market for a tonne unit of tungsten concentrate is around US$300 - somewhat higher than when Carrock worked in the 1970's when a tonne unit was around US$25 !! Carrock still contains a significant indicated resource below the No. 2 Level although no drilling has been completed to confirm this potential.

This issue that closed Carrock under Minworth was the lack of area for a tailings management facility and that problem would still remain, but suprising nobody has thought of exploratory drilling yet!?!

Very Interesting , thanks for the information , I do remember the tails dam was a bit cramped !!!.
A very interesting mine, and the only tungsten deposit outside of Devon and Cornwall as far as I am aware !! :smartass:

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Roy Morton
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13 years ago

#25

Strewth! at $300 / Tonne unit, that works out close to $1.00 / ounce!..... well 85.7cents anyway.
Now where did I put that pick?............

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mikebee62
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13 years ago

#26

"Roy Morton" wrote:
Strewth! at $300 / Tonne unit, that works out close to $1.00 / ounce!..... well 85.7cents anyway.
Now where did I put that pick?............

Somewhere near Perranporth, by any chance Roy Lol ???? :angel:

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Peregrine
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13 years ago

#27

Hi Peregrine here
I will photograph the next time I go
does anybody know who actually owns the mine?. It is gated and shut but when I went the gate was not locked as such. There are photos of the gate it must have been fitted for about 3yrs. There are at least two other adits and a surface stope (shaft) to enable entry
I worked at carrock for 2weeks salvaging about 23 yrs ago, I have a friend down here in Burnley who owns a coal mine wanted to buy a crusher from Carrock and that was my involvement

Ladder from Waterfall Vein on to Emerson Vein cross cut