2012

SX6880 : Vitifer Mines

taken 12 years ago, 4 km SSW of Lettaford, Devon, England

Vitifer Mines
Vitifer Mines
A long extraction following a lode in the Dartmoor granite. The site has been well picked over by mineral collectors, it taking a while to find some cassiterite. Plenty of micaeous hematite, tourmaline intruded granite and other minerals.

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SX6880, 48 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ashley Dace   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 13 May, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 31 August, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 6874 8085 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:36.7532N 3:51.3943W
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