Atlas Mine, Devon
Bovey Tracey: grid reference SX778762
Notable minerals: Cassiterite & Limonite.
Situated half a mile west of Ilsington, near Ashburton, this tin mine worked three tin lodes: Warren's Lode, White's Lode and South Lode from Sarl's Shaft and White's Shaft. and two iron ore lodes.
Mining historian H. G. Dines states that the mine produced 60 tons of black tin in 1890-93 and 1901-02; and 1,300 tons of brown haematite in 1864.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Smallacombe Mine (approx. 0.3 km; LIMONITE & MAGNETITE)
Haytor Mine (approx. 1.0 km; IRON ORE & MAGNETITE)
Sigford Consols (approx. 1.2 km; TIN, COPPER & PYRITE)
Silverbrook (approx. 1.3 km; SILVER-LEAD)
Crownley Parks (approx. 1.4 km; TIN)
Smiths Wood (approx. 1.5 km; TIN & COPPER)
Bagtor Mine (approx. 1.6 km; TIN)
Yarner (approx. 2.1 km; COPPER, PYRITE & ARSENOPYRITE)
Owlacombe and Stormsdown (approx. 3.1 km; ARSENIC, ARSENOPYRITE, TIN & COPPER)
Union Mine, Ashburton (approx. 3.1 km; TIN & PYRITES)
Mining Database
Dig a little deeper into Devon's mining history
Maps
Be safe and prepared with the latest maps from the Ordnance Survey
Walking Dartmoor
Walk Dartmoor in easy bite-sized chunks
Mining Database
Dig a little deeper into Devon's mining history
Maps
Be safe and prepared with the latest maps from the Ordnance Survey