⛏ Hermerdon Ball mine

United Kingdom · Europe · 50.41°N, 4.01°W

Hemerdon Mine, also known as Hemerdon Ball Mine, Hemerdon Bal Mine and (briefly) previously as Drakelands Mine is a tungsten and tin mine. It is located 11 km northeast of Plymouth, near Plympton, in Devon, England. It lies to the north of the villages of Sparkwell and Hemerdon, and adjacent to the large china clay pits near Lee Moor. The mine had been out of operation since 1944, except for the brief operation of a trial mine in the 1980s. Work started to re-open it in 2014, but it ceased activities in 2018. It hosts the fourth largest tungsten deposit in the world.

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Country	United Kingdom
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	50.41°N, 4.01°W · view on map

Hermerdon Ball mine is located in United Kingdom, in Europe.

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