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River Carnon Wheal Jane Mine hydrochemistry data

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
Topic
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Licence
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Summary

Trace metal mobilisation data (pH, ALK, Na, K, Ca, Mg, Li, SO4, Si, Be, Mn, Fe, Zn, Cu, Al,Sr, Be, Ba, Y,Co, Ni, B, Rb, Y, Cd, Sb, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Nd, Pb, Th, U) for the River Carnon, the River Fal (downstream) and its estuary in Cornwall following discharge of highly polluted water from the Wheal Jane mine. In January 1992, there was a major pollution incident involving highly acidic wastes. CEH, in conjunction with the University of Reading monitored the River Carnon between September 1992 and April 1994, to examine the water quality.

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
24 July 2026
Harvest GUID
5609a35a-c360-4125-b122-1fa1475e0e2d
Extent (Latitude)
50.931° to 49.871°
Extent (Longitude)
-5.379° to -4.162°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2013-06-30
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Responsible party
(owner, author, pointOfContact, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng