| P number: | P001488 |
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| Old photograph number: | D01635 |
| Caption: | Queyhouse Talc Quarry, near east coast of Loch of Cliff, Unst, Shetland. Working face in a talc quarry. A dumper truck exits via an access road. To the right, a pump is seen extracting water from the quarry floor. |
| Description: | Queyhouse Talc Quarry, near east coast of Loch of Cliff, Unst, Shetland. Working face in a talc quarry. A dumper truck exits via an access road. To the right, a pump is seen extracting water from the quarry floor. The quarry is situated within the talc belt along the western margin of the Main Serpentinite Block. The quarry has been in operation since 1945 and produces about 9,000 tons per annum. The whole of the Unst production is processed by the Yate Mills Limited at their plant at Yate, Gloucestershire, which is designed for drying, grinding and air classifying. It is later milled and ground to 300 mesh. |
| Date taken: | 01/01/1973 |
| Photographer: | Pulsford, J.M. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 460600 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 1211700 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 395.87 KB; 1000 x 997 pixels; 85 x 84 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 264 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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