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Wheal Alfred

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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in CornwallSites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1990Use British English from February 2023
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Wheal Alfred is the site of a former copper and lead mine and a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in west Cornwall, England, UK. The mine is located 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the town of Hayle and is also a Geological Conservation Review site. The mine is famous to geologists for its important mineral specimens such as mimetite and pyromorphite.

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Wheal Alfred Road
TR27 5FP , Guildford
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