West Wheal Jewel
St Day, Cornwall, UK
West Wheal Jewel is a mine near St Day, which produced copper ores of various kinds.
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It is also known as Tolcarne Mine, or North Wheal Damsel. It shouldn’t be confused with Wheal Jewel, another nearby mine.
West Wheal Jewel also produces several radioactive minerals – the copper uranate minerals Autunite and Torbernite, and the uranium oxide mineral Uranitite.
The mine was operated between 1832 and 1854.
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