Queen of Dart Mine, Devon
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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