Wheal Whitleigh Mine, Devon
Plymouth: grid reference SX483598
Whitleigh is a silver-lead mine situated about a mile southeast of Tamerton Foliot, near Derriford in northern Plymouth. There are no records of output.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Cann Mine (approx. 4.2 km)
Borringdon Consols (approx. 4.7 km; LEAD, SILVER, ZINC, ARSENOPYRITE & COPPER)
Lopes Mine (approx. 4.7 km; COPPER)
Maristow (approx. 5.2 km; SILVER-LEAD)
Lopwell (approx. 5.4 km; SILVER-LEAD)
Shaugh Mine (approx. 5.8 km; IRON)
Park Valley (approx. 5.9 km; SILVER-LEAD)
Wood Mine (approx. 6.3 km; SILVER-LEAD)
South Tamar (approx. 6.5 km; LEAD, SILVER & FLUORITE)
Sidney Mine (approx. 6.8 km; TIN & ARSENIC)
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