P number: | P527567 |
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Caption: | Galena from Cononish in the Tyndrum mining district, Perthshire. |
Description: | A specimen of galena from Cononish in the Tyndrum mining district. The principal veins in the area are the Hard Vein, the Clay Vein, the Tyndrum Main Vein, the Mother Reef (Barren Quartz), the Cononish and Ben Lui Veins. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7347. In the vicinity of Cononish there were two mines, the Eas Anie Mines working two veins and the Ben Lui Mine situated one third of a mile up the Allt an Lund, a tributary of the River Cononish. The veins vary from mere strings to 20 feet in thickness and the infilling usually consists of massive white quartz gangue, with occasional patches of calcite and barytes. The primary ores are galena, zinc-blende, chalcopyrites and pyrites. |
Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
Photographer: | Unknown |
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