Smiths Wood Mine, Devon
Bovey Tracey: grid reference SX772748
Notable minerals: Cassiterite.
A small mine situated in Smith's Wood about 1.25 miles southwest of Ilsington, near Bovey Tracey on eastern Dartmoor. The mine worked a number of E-W trending lodes from a single shaft.
There are no records of output.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Sigford Consols (approx. 0.4 km; TIN, COPPER & PYRITE)
Bagtor Mine (approx. 1.4 km; TIN)
Crownley Parks (approx. 1.4 km; TIN)
Atlas (approx. 1.5 km; TIN & HAEMATITE)
Union Mine, Ashburton (approx. 1.6 km; TIN & PYRITES)
Owlacombe and Stormsdown (approx. 1.6 km; ARSENIC, ARSENOPYRITE, TIN & COPPER)
West Beam Mine (approx. 1.6 km; TIN & PYRITES)
Smallacombe Mine (approx. 1.8 km; LIMONITE & MAGNETITE)
Silverbrook (approx. 2.0 km; SILVER-LEAD)
Haytor Mine (approx. 2.3 km; IRON ORE & MAGNETITE)
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