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Wheal Jane, the Glossary

Wheal Jane is a disused tin mine near Baldhu and Chacewater in West Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.^[1]

29 relations: Acid mine drainage, Arsenic, Baldhu, Camborne School of Mines, Carnon River, Chacewater, Consolidated Mines, Copper, Cornwall, Devon Great Consols, Environmental impact assessment, Falmouth, Cornwall, Geevor Tin Mine, Granite, Great County Adit, Groundwater, International Tin Council, Mining in Cornwall and Devon, Ore, Ore genesis, Outline of Cornwall, Rio Tinto (corporation), Robert Hunt (scientist), Settling basin, Silver, South Crofty, Tin, World War II, Zinc.
Mines in Cornwall
Tin mines in Cornwall

Acid mine drainage

Acid mine drainage, acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD), or acid rock drainage (ARD) is the outflow of acidic water from metal mines and coal mines.

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Arsenic

Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As and the atomic number 33.

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Baldhu

Baldhu (Bal Du, meaning black mine) is a village and parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Camborne School of Mines

Camborne School of Mines (Scoll Balow Cambron), commonly abbreviated to CSM, was founded in 1888. Wheal Jane and Camborne School of Mines are History of Cornwall.

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Carnon River

The Carnon River (Avon Carnon) is a heavily polluted river in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Chacewater

Chacewater (Dowr an Chas) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK.

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Consolidated Mines, also known as Great Consolidated mine, but most commonly called Consols or Great Consols was a metalliferous mine about a mile ESE of the village of St Day, Cornwall, England. Wheal Jane and Consolidated Mines are Industrial archaeological sites in Cornwall and tin mines in Cornwall.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Devon Great Consols

Devon Great Consols was a copper mine near Tavistock in Devon.

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Environmental impact assessment

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is the assessment of the environmental consequences of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action.

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Falmouth, Cornwall

Falmouth (label) is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Geevor Tin Mine

Geevor Tin Mine (from Whel an Gever, meaning "mine of the goats"), formerly North Levant Mine is a tin mine in the far west of Cornwall, England, between the villages of Pendeen and Trewellard. Wheal Jane and Geevor Tin Mine are Industrial archaeological sites in Cornwall and tin mines in Cornwall.

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Granite

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

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Great County Adit

The Great County Adit, sometimes called the County Adit, or the Great Adit was a system of interconnected adits that helped drain water from the tin and copper mines in the Gwennap area of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. Wheal Jane and Great County Adit are History of Cornwall and Industrial archaeological sites in Cornwall.

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Groundwater

Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.

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International Tin Council

The International Tin Council (ITC) was an organisation which acted on behalf of major tin producers and consumers to control the international tin market.

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Mining in Cornwall and Devon

Mining in Cornwall and Devon, in the southwest of Britain, is thought to have begun in the early-middle Bronze Age with the exploitation of cassiterite. Wheal Jane and Mining in Cornwall and Devon are History of Cornwall.

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Ore

Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals concentrated above background levels, typically containing metals, that can be mined, treated and sold at a profit.

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Ore genesis

Various theories of ore genesis explain how the various types of mineral deposits form within Earth's crust.

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Outline of Cornwall

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cornwall: Cornwall – ceremonial county and unitary authority area of England within the United Kingdom.

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Rio Tinto (corporation)

Rio Tinto Group is a British-Australian multinational company that is the world's second largest metals and mining corporation (behind BHP).

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Robert Hunt (scientist)

Robert Hunt (6 September 1807 – 17 October 1887) was a British mineralogist, as well as an antiquarian, an amateur poet, and an early pioneer of photography.

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Settling basin

A settling basin, settling pond or decant pond is an earthen or concrete structure using sedimentation to remove settleable matter and turbidity from wastewater.

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Silver

Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂erǵ'')) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheal_Jane