Wheal Penrose
Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK
Wheal Penrose is a former lead zinc mine worked in between the 17th century and finally closing in 1872. Today, a small amount of dumps still exist on the site.
There is an excellent writeup on the site on the Scottish Geology Trust website linked below, far more in depth than I can write here!
Mindat lists 21 minerals from the site, including some interesting titanium minerals – anatase, brookite, and rutile could all be found at one point or another.
According to the Scottish Geology Trust writeup, the dumps still carry sphalerite and galena, and occasionally secondary minerals.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-964.html
- https://geoguide.scottishgeologytrust.org/p/gcr36/gcr36_whealpenrose
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