Yarner Mine, Devon
Newton Abbot: grid reference SX782783
Notable minerals: Chalcopyrite & Pyrites.
Yarner Copper Mine worked two lodes to a depth of 150 fathoms and production totalled 2,300 tons of copper ore.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Haytor Mine (approx. 1.4 km; IRON ORE & MAGNETITE)
Smallacombe Mine (approx. 1.8 km; LIMONITE & MAGNETITE)
Atlas (approx. 2.1 km; TIN & HAEMATITE)
Silverbrook (approx. 2.6 km; SILVER-LEAD)
Crownley Parks (approx. 2.9 km; TIN)
Bagtor Mine (approx. 3.1 km; TIN)
Sigford Consols (approx. 3.3 km; TIN, COPPER & PYRITE)
Smiths Wood (approx. 3.6 km; TIN & COPPER)
Hemsworthy (approx. 4.3 km; TIN)
Owlacombe and Stormsdown (approx. 5.2 km; ARSENIC, ARSENOPYRITE, TIN & COPPER)
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