Union Mine, Ashburton Mine, Devon
Ashburton: grid reference SX768733
Not to be confused with the mine of the same name near Peter Tavy, Tavistock. Wheal Union was part of the larger Owlacombe and Stormsdown Mine and is situated two miles southwest of Ilsington.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Owlacombe and Stormsdown (approx. 0.3 km; ARSENIC, ARSENOPYRITE, TIN & COPPER)
West Beam Mine (approx. 0.4 km; TIN & PYRITES)
Smiths Wood (approx. 1.6 km; TIN & COPPER)
Whiddon (approx. 1.6 km; COPPER, TIN & MANGANESE)
Sigford Consols (approx. 1.9 km; TIN, COPPER & PYRITE)
Bagtor Mine (approx. 2.6 km; TIN)
Crownley Parks (approx. 2.7 km; TIN)
Druid Mine (approx. 2.8 km; COPPER & TIN)
Devon and Cornwall Umber Works (approx. 2.9 km; UMBER)
Atlas (approx. 3.1 km; TIN & HAEMATITE)
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