Pendeen Consols Mine

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Pendeen Consols was a mine in the St Just district. It produced tin and copper between 1858 and 1870.

It is mentioned by Kelly's Directory as working in 1856. Pendeen Consols Copper and Tin Mines, St. Just, Cornwall. The depth of this mine is 40 fathoms. A steam-engine has been erected.

Minerals from this mine - Brochantite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite
var: Blister Copper, Connellite, Devilline, Fluorapatite var: Francolite, Hematite, Malachite, Pyrite, Quartz, var: Chalcedony, Schorl, Siderite

Very little remains of the mine as Pendeen Lighthouse and its car park were built over the site. The former mine's dumps are on the cliffs close to the lighthouse.

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