Okehampton: grid reference SX561912

Notable minerals: Axinite, Cassiterite, Galena & Garnet.

Situated alongside the West Okement River southwest of Okehampton, Forest Mine worked copper, tin and arsenic. It was also known as Wheal Forest and was one of three mines working a broken line of what De la Beche referred to in 1839 as tin lodes that ran across Homerton and Longstone Hills. However, these are now considered to be a sulphide-rich mineralised bed, rather than being true lodes, and the minerals present are largely the copper, iron and arsenic suphides. Whilst the early workings of Forest mine are unknown, the mine was restated in 1855 under the name of Okement Consols, the sett being claimed to have previously developed to 30 fathoms and to have five copper lodes and one of lead, but working was soon abandoned. Although restarted again with its original name in 1870, nothing further is reported, and the mine was clearly unsuccessful.

The exact location is unsure but is thought to be now covered by the Meldon Rservoir.