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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Surface
- Workings
- Surface
- First production
- 1943
Records and references
MINING JOURNAL, INDUSTRY IN ACTION, V. 292, NO. 7505,JUNE 22, 1979, P. 485MINING MAGAZINE, WORK CONTINUES AT HEMERDON, V. 138, NO. 5MAY, 1978, P. 415. MINING MAGAZINE, PANORAMA, NEW U.K. TUNGSTEN MINE ?, V. 138,NO. 2, FEBRUARY, 1978, P. 93 & 95. MINING JOURNAL, MINING WEEK, V. 291, NO. 7479, DECEMBER 22,1978, P. 483 & 484. MINING JOURNAL, MINING WEEK, V. 288, NO. 7383, FEBRUARY 18,1977, P. 118. MINING MAGAZINE, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE WESTERN WORLD,V. 140, NO. 1, JANUARY 1979, P. 72. MINING JOURNAL, INDUSTRY IN ACTION, V. 291, NO. 7469,OCTOBER 13, 1978, P. 293. INDUSTRY NEWSWATCH, AUGUST 1979, P. 1176. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, THIS MONTH IN MINING, V. 178NO. 9, SEPTEMBER 1977, P. 342, & 48. WORLD MINING YEARBOOK, CATALOG, SURVEY & DIRECTORY NUMBER1979, WORLDWIDE MINING DEVELOPMENTS, V. 32, NO. 8, JULY 251979, P. 223.1978, WORLDWIDE MINING DEVELOPMENTS, V. 31, NO. 7, JUNE 251978, P. 240. HEMERDON-BRITAIN'S LARGEST TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT, MINING MAGAZINELONDON, OCTOBER 1979, P. 342-391. BEVAN, M. UNPUBLISHED PAPER, HEMERDON MINING & SMELTING LTD. APRIL, 1981, P. 6. NEW MINE DEVELOPMENTS, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL,JANUARY, 1982 P. 61. PLANNING PERMISSION TO MINE TUNGSTEN AND TIN AT HEMERDON,MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, WASH. DC, DECEMBER 1981. PROGRESS CONTINUES AT HEMERDON, MINING MAGAZINE, LONDON,SEPTEMBER, 1980, P. 183. MOORE, J.M., EXPLORATION PROSPECTS FOR STOCKWORKTIN-TUNGSTEN ORES IN S.W. ENGLAND, MINING MAGAZINE,FEBRUARY, 1977, P. 97-103HEMERDON MINING AND SMELTING LTD., SPECULATIVE BUY,L. MESSEL & CO., LONDON, JANUARY, 1981 P. 2. AMAX SEEKS APPROVAL FOR TUNGSTEN-TIN MINE IN HEMERDON,ENGLAND, NORTHERN MINER, OCTOBER, 1981, P. A24. BILLITON TO BUY HEMERFON STAKE, MINING JOURNAL, LONDON,DECEMBER, 1980, P. 52REPORT ON THE HEMERDON PROJECT, AMAX EXPLORATION OF U.K.,INC., OCTOBER, 1981, P. 11HEMERDON SEEKS PLANNING PERMIT, METAL BULLETIN, LONDON,OCTOBER, 1981, P. 19TIN AND WOLFRAM AT HEMERDON, MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, APRIL,1981, P. 279HEMERDON TO SEEK DEVON PERMISSION FOR MINING, FINANCIALTIMES, LONDON, OCTOBER, 1981, P. 26CANADA TUNGSTEN MINING CORP. ANNUAL REPORT 1989.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10231313 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 50.41574, -4.16446
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