Week Mine Mine, Devon
Lydford: grid reference SX451811
A Manganese mine situated to the southwest of Lydford in West Devon. The manganese silicate Rhodonite is found here.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Whitstone (approx. 1.4 km; MANGANESE & Ochre)
East Chillaton (approx. 1.6 km; MANGANESE)
Chillaton and Hogstor (approx. 2.3 km; MANGANESE)
West Friendship, Mary Tavy (approx. 3.7 km; COPPER)
Coryton (approx. 4.8 km; MANGANESE)
Wheal Grace (approx. 4.9 km; COPPER, PYRITE & Blende)
Wheal Conquer (approx. 4.9 km; LEAD)
Collacombe (approx. 5.0 km; COPPER, SIVER-LEAD, TIN, wolfram, fluorspar and zinc)
Wheal Carpenter (approx. 5.9 km; LEAD, SILVER, COPPER & ZINC)
Wheal Betsy (approx. 5.9 km; LEAD & SILVER)
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