West Beam Mine Mine, Devon
Ashburton: grid reference SX764734
West Beam Mine is the former name of Owlacombe Mine, itself part of the Owlacombe and Stormsdown Mine. It is situated two miles southwest of Ilsington, to the north of Ashburton.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Union Mine, Ashburton (approx. 0.4 km; TIN & PYRITES)
Owlacombe and Stormsdown (approx. 0.7 km; ARSENIC, ARSENOPYRITE, TIN & COPPER)
Whiddon (approx. 1.5 km; COPPER, TIN & MANGANESE)
Smiths Wood (approx. 1.6 km; TIN & COPPER)
Sigford Consols (approx. 2.0 km; TIN, COPPER & PYRITE)
Bagtor Mine (approx. 2.4 km; TIN)
Crownley Parks (approx. 2.6 km; TIN)
Druid Mine (approx. 2.6 km; COPPER & TIN)
Devon and Cornwall Umber Works (approx. 2.9 km; UMBER)
Atlas (approx. 3.1 km; TIN & HAEMATITE)
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