Sigford Consols Mine, Devon
Bovey Tracey: grid reference SX774751
Notable minerals: Cassiterite & Chalcopyrite.
Sigford Consols lies about a mile southwest of Ilsington, near Bovey Tracey on the east bank of the River Lemon. Quite a small tin mine it worked on a continuation of the lode from Smith's Wood Mine about a quarter of a mile away to the south.
There are no records of output.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Smiths Wood (approx. 0.4 km; TIN & COPPER)
Atlas (approx. 1.2 km; TIN & HAEMATITE)
Bagtor Mine (approx. 1.3 km; TIN)
Crownley Parks (approx. 1.3 km; TIN)
Smallacombe Mine (approx. 1.5 km; LIMONITE & MAGNETITE)
Silverbrook (approx. 1.7 km; SILVER-LEAD)
Union Mine, Ashburton (approx. 1.9 km; TIN & PYRITES)
Owlacombe and Stormsdown (approx. 1.9 km; ARSENIC, ARSENOPYRITE, TIN & COPPER)
West Beam Mine (approx. 2.0 km; TIN & PYRITES)
Haytor Mine (approx. 2.0 km; IRON ORE & MAGNETITE)
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