| P number: | P527901 |
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| Caption: | Concretionary ironstone from Lecht, Tomintoul, Banffshire. |
| Description: | The old mine at Lecht or Leicht, is situated about five and a half miles east-south-east of Tomintoul in Banffshire and was worked for ironstone and manganese ore. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7677. The ironstone ore specimen has a concretionary form of iron oxide, probably goethite. The specimen is oxidized, showing typical orange and yellow colours. The mine works a vein that outcrops in several places. The mine was first worked in 1730 by the York Building Company and then later in 1840 by Cookson of Newcastle who mined the manganese ore. The latter sunk a shaft 70 or 80 feet deep and built a mill powered by water power from a dam and mill lade. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 180.45 KB; 1000 x 665 pixels; 85 x 56 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 176 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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