Loddiswell Mine, Loddiswell, South Hams, Devon, England, UKi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Loddiswell Mine | Mine (Abandoned) |
| Loddiswell | - not defined - |
| South Hams | District |
| Devon | County |
| England | Constituent Country |
| UK | Country |
This page is currently not sponsored. Click here to sponsor this page.
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 21' 4'' North , 3° 47' 51'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SX722517
Type:
Mine (Abandoned) - last checked 2022
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Loddiswell | 777 (2018) | 3.2km |
| Modbury | 1,372 (2018) | 6.3km |
| Kingsbridge | 6,116 (2018) | 7.6km |
| South Brent | 2,559 (2018) | 8.8km |
| Ivybridge | 11,851 (2018) | 9.6km |
Nearest Clubs:
Local clubs are the best way to get access to collecting localities
Local clubs are the best way to get access to collecting localities
| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| British Micromount Society, Devon and Cornwall Branch Meetings | Liskeard, Cornwall | 49km |
Mindat Locality ID:
424573
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:424573:8
GUID (UUID V4):
dbcaa478-6868-4b16-9074-d922d2d59820
Dines (1956) reported the remains of an engine house and dumps 6 miles SE of Ivybridge and 450 yards SE of Blackdown Camp. A group of silver-lead bearing lodes which in 1847 had been worked to a depth of 14 fathoms and that year raised 16 tons of lead ore. The lodes contained white quartz, barytes and silver bearing chalcocite.
The locality is now extensively overgrown and there are no obvious tips. There is one shaft collar now flooded, that has been turned into a small pond. Immediately downslope of that are the foundations of some walls and then a long, straight leat approximate 1m wide and 1.5m deep, running for at least 200m.
A clump of trees in the field 30m west of the flooded shaft hints at another shaft.
From the flooded shaft a straight furrow crosses the field to a clump of trees where there is potentially another shaft or level and some tip material. The furrow hints at driving rods, though it is marked on the current maps as a watercourse and it is wet. Further north-east again is another clump of trees around a landscaped pond that has all the look of a reservoir.
Despite looking in a number of potential heaps of tip material, other than copious amounts of milky rock quartz no other minerals were noted.
Grid ref SX72195170 located on the flooded shaft updated Oct. 2022
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
EuropeContinent
UK
- England
- Devon and Cornwall metalliferous mining districtMining District
This page contains all mineral locality references listed on mindat.org. This does not claim to be a complete list. If you know of more minerals from this site, please register so you can add to our database. This locality information is for reference purposes only. You should never attempt to
visit any sites listed in mindat.org without first ensuring that you have the permission of the land and/or mineral rights holders
for access and that you are aware of all safety precautions necessary.
References
