West Cornwall - Geology
Saveall's Lode / Cape Cornwall (S17)
At the back of Priests Cove , Cape Cornwall , is a granite killas junction .
Between the Mylor Slates and the Carn Gloose fine grained Granite is 'Savealls Lode', a mineralised Fault .
Savealls Lode is a 60 cm wide vein of quartz - tourmaline - hematite - cassiterite rising above the
Gated Adit of the St Just United Mine.
'Little Bounds' Mine worked the Saveall's Lode ,
becoming part of St Just United Tin and Copper Mining Company - closed 1889.
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Cape Cornwall is to the West of St Just in Gallery 17
Ref: 3312
Date: 15/05/2016
Location: SW 3526 3162