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Queen of Dart Mine, Devon

Principal ores: COPPER

Ashburton: grid reference SX733688


Despite its imposing name, Queen of Dart was a small copper mine located about a mile and a half southwest of Ashburton.

The only record of output is of 408 tons of 4% copper ore in 1856.

Other nearby mines and their main ores

Wrey Consols (approx. 1.7 km; COPPER)

Brookwood (approx. 2.0 km; COPPER)

Ausewell Wood (approx. 2.3 km; COPPER)

Holne Chase Mine (approx. 2.9 km; TIN & GOLD)

Druid Mine (approx. 3.0 km; COPPER & TIN)

Kings Wood (approx. 3.1 km; COPPER & URANIUM)

Devon and Cornwall Umber Works (approx. 3.3 km; UMBER)

Runnaford Coombe (approx. 3.3 km; COPPER, TIN & PYRITE)

Whiddon (approx. 4.1 km; COPPER, TIN & MANGANESE)

West Beam Mine (approx. 5.6 km; TIN & PYRITES)

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