Mining copper & tin

[Cmitchell]

Hi folks,

I've often cycled the length of the Manifold Track in Derbyshire (the old railway track - used to move the mined metals or the metal ore[not quite sure]) and am wondering why copper and tin tend to exist in the same areas and therefore tend to get mined together.

I'm watching the series called COAST at the moment and again a mine (think it was somewhere near Land's End)has been mentioned that was a rich source of Tin AND Copper

Cheers for now

Mitchell : )

[gumboil]

I don't know the reason for the first part of your question, but I think the second part of your question may be answered here:

http://www.landsendarea.co.uk/trails/levant.ht m

The website doesn't appear to suggest why the two elements are found together in the Levant mine, so I think it could have been more enlightening.

[Opiates]

It's the creators doings. It was meant to be this way. I never knew they were found in the same regions, this is enlightening stuff!!

I watched a programme on google video about something similar. About Alchemists etc. Something or other.

It suggested that although the sword had to be made from both elements to give its properties, to enable us to shape it and have the strength it does, and not be affected by its low melting point if it were made from copper alone etc, it had to be made from copper and added tin, like 15% (tin) of the original copper amount, This is melted and tin is boiled down and added, to the power of fifteen the strength is amazing. The two compliment each other.

Copper + Tin = STEEL.

Wow, this makes sense, why they are found together.

Am well pleased. One more reason to have unshakeable conviction that God has created everything, counted the numbers of all things and made our existence.

Laky. x

[Cmitchell]

In response to your answer Laky Opiates, I was asking how come these two natural resources exist together i.e. how come a "copper thread" will almost always be found near a "tin thread" (in Geology terms). To say "it's the creators doing" isn't the kind of answer I'm looking for.

Incidentally Copper + Tin does not equal STEEL

Copper & Tin makes the alloy called BRONZE
It is Iron & Carbon that make STEEL
STAINLESS STEEL is an alloy of Iron, Carbon, Chromium, Nickel & Manganese (so Tin does not even come into the equation there!)

To Gumboil, Many thanks for your answer and link, though as you can still see I'm still perturbed by this.
Thanks again : )