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1. www.cornwalldevonmineralspecimens.co.ukCornwall & Devon Minerals

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   Offering for sale quality antique and contemporary minerals specimens from Cornwall and Devon UK also mining related books.

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     Wheal Hazard, Botallack, Cornwall. A good coverage of well...

   • Hamilton Jenkin annotated maps

     This cd contains a full set of Hamilton Jenkin maps of...

   • Hamilton Jenkin 'Mines of Devon

     Hamilton Jenkin 'Mines of Devon - Cornwall & Devon Minerals

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   • CASSITERITE

     Cassiterite from the Blue Hills Mine, St. Agnes, Cornwall....

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3. www.cornishmining.org.uk › geology-rocks-mineralsCornish Mining WHS - Geology, Rocks and Minerals

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   The history of mining in Cornwall and west Devon stretches back into prehistory when the region was uniquely placed to supply the tin vital for the production of bronze and pewter in Britain. Explore how mining in Cornwall and West Devon began.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mining_in_Cornwall_and_DevonMining in Cornwall and Devon - Wikipedia

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   Mining in Cornwall and Devon, in the southwest of Britain, is thought to have begun in the early-middle Bronze Age with the exploitation of cassiterite. Tin, and later copper, were the most commonly extracted metals. Some tin mining continued long after the mining of other metals had become unprofitable, but ended in the late 20th century.

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     Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (UNESCO/NHK)

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     An Introduction to the Cornwall and West Devon Mining landscape

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     Minerals of Cornwall, England, by Martin Held

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6. www.cornishmining.org.uk › conservation › managingCornish Mining WHS - Management Plan

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   The World Heritage Site Management Plan, for the period 2020-2025, is the second since inscription of the mining landscape of Cornwall and west Devon as a World Heritage Site (WHS), by UNESCO in 2006.

7. nmrs.org.uk › mines-map › metalCornwall & Devon Mines - Northern Mine Research Society

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   Cornwall & Devon. These counties are rich in a variety of metal ores, and are the UK’s only source of tin. It was found in veins associated with five major granite intrusions (Land’s End, Carnmenellis, St Austell, Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor) and eleven small ones (St Michael’s Mount, Tregonning-Godolphin, Carn Brea, Carn Marth, St Agnes ...

8. www.ccmm.org.ukCornish Chamber of Mines and Minerals

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   The Cornish Chamber of Mines and Minerals - advancing, promoting, encouraging and protecting the mining interests of Cornwall and Devon.