h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The following site describes the mines and mineralisation in the Teign Valley.

http://www.google.com.au/search?sclient=tablet-gws&hl=en&client=safari&tbo=d&q=teign+valley+museum+exmouth&oq=teign+valley+museum+exmouth&gs_l=tablet-gws.3...81330.81982.2.82854.5.5.0.0.0.0.328.328.3-1.1.0.les%3B..0.0...1ac.1.m3hjcpFxekQ&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&bpcl=38897761&biw=1024&bih=690&ech=1&psi=6IOvULK6CMbrrQe97YHICw.1353679853225.3&emsg=NCSR&noj=1&ei=6IOvULK6CMbrrQe97YHICw

Interestingly the mines include Lead (Pb), Barium (Ba), Manganese (Mg), Iron (Fe), And a few other minerals. Only one mine "might" have been Copper (Cu) - Wheal Anna Maria.

I did not realise that such a variety of minerals were mined in the area.

The mine names include a number of "Wheal" names - such as Wheal Lawrence and Wheal Exmouth, as well as Wheal Anna Maria mentioned above. Clearly the "Wheal" names were not limited to tin mines, or even copper.

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A betterr url for the Teign valley mines is below

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/downloads/directDownload.cfm?id=1881&noexcl=true&t=123%20Mineral%20investigations%20in%20the%20Teign%20Valley%2C%20De