Ausewell Wood Mine, Devon
Ashburton: grid reference SX728710
A copper mine working two parallel lodes trending north. It is situated about 2 miles northwest of Ashburton.
There are no records of output.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Holne Chase Mine (approx. 0.7 km; TIN & GOLD)
Druid Mine (approx. 1.9 km; COPPER & TIN)
Queen of Dart (approx. 2.3 km; COPPER)
Wrey Consols (approx. 2.9 km; COPPER)
Whiddon (approx. 3.1 km; COPPER, TIN & MANGANESE)
Devon and Cornwall Umber Works (approx. 3.3 km; UMBER)
Brookwood (approx. 3.6 km; COPPER)
Runnaford Coombe (approx. 4.0 km; COPPER, TIN & PYRITE)
West Beam Mine (approx. 4.3 km; TIN & PYRITES)
Union Mine, Ashburton (approx. 4.6 km; TIN & PYRITES)
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