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Wheal Frementor Wolframite Mine (United Kingdom)


Parish; Gulworthy

Description by ICLOK

Mined for Copper, pyrites and lead 1800 to 1909 and re-worked 1913 t0 1925. Output 155,000T Copper 14,700T Arsenic, 1,120T Lead, 5000T Pyrites, some tin. 1/4 mile from Mary Tavy. Wheelpits, dumps, arsenic processing site.

Underground;
COLLAPSES-
Skip shaft has run, but passable. Massive collapse beyond winze/ skip shaft. No through route from adit to stope. Through trips not possible. Might be possible to clear. Tamarmole.

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Last updated April 10th 2009 by ICLOK

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Other location/mapping information:

Latitude: 50.5318
Longitude: -4.23214
Landranger grid reference: SX419726
Easting: 241900
Northing: 072600

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Wheal Frementor Wolframite Mine belongs to the Tamar Valley region.