Talk:Wheal Gorland

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Wrong reference

Since 1988 the site has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest because of the variety and quality of lead and copper minerals that have been found in the mine dumps,^[1] though a condition summary compiled on 1 May 2009 reported the site as 100% destroyed.^[2]

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^ "SSSI information for Wheal Gorland". Natural England. Retrieved 2009-06-20. (Click on "View Citation" to access the report in pdf format)
^ "SSSI condition summary". Natural England. Retrieved 2009-06-20.

I've copied this sentence to here as the reference linked to the SSSI introduction page on the Natural England website and not to the SSSI condition summary. Did not want to delete it in case someone could provide a correct reference. Will update article to the 2011 conditon summary as it states the site is ″Unfavourable declining″ because of encroachment by vegetation. Jowaninpensans (talk) 16:40, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mea culpa. It's a fine example of the perils of not using WebCite for archiving web pages. I distinctly remember this reference because it was so unexpected - 100% destroyed, but still an SSSI! It did link to the condition summary (check the url), but the website has evidently been reorganised. I've searched the depths of my PC and the Internet Archive, but can't find a copy. But still, since Natural England has in retrospect considered that was too harsh a verdict (or maybe an error), an update/correction would be appropriate. Thanks for spotting this. —SMALL JIM 17:40, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Kernowite

I notice the article contains a redlink for Kernowite. If anybody with some geological chops would find it useful for creating that article, here's a link to a BBC report on the mineral's recent discovery. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-55396421 {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.56.237 (talk) 06:14, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "SSSI information for Wheal Gorland". Natural England. Retrieved 2009-06-20. (Click on "View Citation" to access the report in pdf format)

[2] "SSSI condition summary". Natural England. Retrieved 2009-06-20.

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