Teign Mine Mine, Devon
Exeter: grid reference SX849864
Also known as Doddiscombsleigh Mine and Scanniclift Copse this was a small manganese mine located on the east bank of the River Teign about two miles east of Bridford. Its workings stretched from Scanniclift Copse in the southwest to an area just south of Woodah Farm in the southeast.
There are no records of production.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Bridford (approx. 1.9 km; BARYTES)
Bennah (approx. 2.2 km; SILVER-LEAD)
Birch Aller (approx. 2.4 km; LEAD)
Aller (approx. 2.9 km; SILVER-LEAD & MANGANESE)
Wheal Exmouth and Adams (approx. 3.0 km; SILVER-LEAD & ZINC)
Wheal Exmouth (approx. 3.6 km; LEAD, SILVER & ZINC)
Lawrence (approx. 4.2 km; COPPER & LEAD)
Frank Mills Mine (approx. 4.7 km; LEAD, SILVER, IRON, BARYTES & FLUORSPAR)
Great Rock Mine (approx. 5.4 km; MICACEOUS HAEMATITE)
South Exmouth (approx. 5.9 km; SILVER-LEAD, COPPER & MANGANESE)
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