Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Tin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStockwork
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Geology
Host rockSlate,Granite · Hemerdon Granite;Killas
StructureGranite Emplaced In Orogenic Belt
Tectonic settingHercynian Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1917
Last production1944
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10021609
MRDS IDDE00286
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates50.40737, -4.00332
References
HEMERDON MINE - PLANNING APPLICATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TUNGSTEN AND TIN MINING OPERATION, VOL. 1: SUPPORT STATEMENT 16TH OCT. 1984.DINES, H.G., 1956, THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND, MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN, 2 VOLS., LONDON, H.M.S.O., 705 P., (ESPECIALLY PAGES 15, 53, AND 685-689).TERRELL, E., 1920, THE HEMERDON WOLFRAM-TIN MINE, THE MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 22, FEB., 1920, P. 75-87.PLANNING APPLICATION - SUPPORT STATEMENT