Site 1: Cornish Lithium

Cornish Lithium

TreLith Processing site, St Dennis, Cornwall, PL26 8DY

Materials 

Kaolin - hydrated aluminium silicate

Iron stained Kaolin - hydrated aluminium silicate, iron oxide

Granite -  quartz & feldspar

Views of the site from viewing platform, notice exposed cream coloured kaolin clays 

Iron stained mine water runoff

Iron stained kaolin cliffs

Heaps of exposed kaolin in the quarry

Freshly dug kaolin and organic matter, with iron stained water (sample taken of kaolin)

Left: Diamond drilling bit used to prospect for lithium deposits, with granite core used to pinpoint areas deep in the stratigraphy that contain high levels of lithium (dark grey specks in granite sample) Right: Earliest remnants of mining activity, circa 1800s 

Birds eye view of quarry and infilled pit