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Gold from
Cononish Gold mine, Tyndrum, Stirling, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cononish Gold mine, Tyndrum, Stirling, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:163186
Long-form Identifier:1:3:163186:9
GUID (UUID V4):cb805c2f-c7ef-4c2a-b0a4-be88f4b98d14
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
39.7km (24.6 miles) Gold and Copper trial, Carr Brae, Dornie, Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
41.7km (25.9 miles) Corrie Buie veins, Meall nan Oighreag, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
44.8km (27.8 miles) Glen Almond, Meall nan Oighreag, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
47.8km (29.7 miles) Glen Lednock, Comrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
53.9km (33.5 miles) Glen Quaich [2], Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
56.6km (35.2 miles) Turrich (Turrerich), Glen Quaich (Glen Coich), Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
57.1km (35.5 miles) Calliachar Burn, Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
57.6km (35.8 miles) Keltie Burn, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
61.8km (38.4 miles) Tombuie, Loch Tay, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
71.2km (44.2 miles) Ochil Hills, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
References
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Report (chapter)
the genesis of vein gold systems: an example from the Dalradian Supergroup in Scotland NYREE J. HILL1*,...of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK 2 Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre...G75 0QF, UK 3 Scotgold Resources Limited, Upper Station, Tyndrum, Stirlingshire FK20 8RY, UK 4 Farscape...Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK 6 Geology and Petroleum Geology, Kings College...of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK *Corresponding author (e-mail: njh35@le.ac.uk) Abstract:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magmatic fluids and orogenic gold: An early magmatic fluid pulse at Cononish gold deposit? Carl Spence–Jones...magmatic fluids and orogenic gold: An early magmatic fluid pulse at Cononish gold deposit?, Ore Geology Reviews...magmatic fluids and orogenic gold: An early magmatic fluid pulse at Cononish gold deposit? Carl Spence–Jonesa...Kingdom d Scotgold Resources, Upper Station, Tyndrum, Stirlingshire FK20 8RY United Kingdom Corresponding...Significant tellurium enrichment occurs in many orogenic gold deposits but the factors causing this are little
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1080/03717453.2017.1404682 A black shale protolith for gold-tellurium mineralisation in the Dalradian Supergroup...of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; bTrace Element Speciation Laboratory (TESLA), Department...Aberdeen, UK; cScottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, East Kilbride, Glasgow, UK Downloaded...Supergroup of Britain and Ireland is mineralised by gold-tellurium vein deposits. The host succession includes...which were a source of trace elements, including gold and tellurium. LA-ICP-MS mapping of pyrite crystals
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QUIZ 3 ANOTHER CHALLENGE SMLS BARBECUE 2021 CONONISH GOLD MINE ZOOM LINKS DATES FOR YOUR DIARY MINERAL QUIZ...have no plutonium minerals; but never mind, we have gold and platinum (in attractive nuggets), wonderful...replying that their fluorite is from the West Pastures Mine, or perhaps from Permian Mississippi Valley-type...Photo 1 Black Opal cabochon (30 x40mm) Lady Luck mine, Yowah Opal Field, Queensland, Australia This was...case I damage it. Terry worked his Lady Luck Opal mine in Yowah, which at the time was barely recognised
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1080/25726838.2019.1588517 Methane in sulphides from gold-bearing deposits, Britain and Ireland John Parnell...of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; bCSIRO Mineral Resources Flagship, Australia Resources...chalcopyrite accompanying gold in the Neoproterozoic is methane-rich, but in the low-gold Munster Basin it is...for the involvement of organic species in orogenic gold mineralisation. Received 26 September 2018 Revised...for orogenic gold deposits involves the role of methane for complexing and precipitating gold (Naden and
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Compositional Studies of Alluvial Gold: An Example from the Loch Tay Area, Central Scotland Robert Chapman *, Taija...Environment, The University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK * Correspondence: r.j.chapman@leeds.ac.uk Abstract:...of 1887 gold alluvial particles from six localities to the south of Loch Tay in central Scotland were interpreted...different types of source mineralization. Populations of gold particles from each locality were grouped according...Inclusion suites provided the primary discriminant with gold from Group 1 localities showing a narrow range of
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Trai 1 s 149 er o ~d La1•1 Ve i n 133 B1rn f Sorrow Mine 150 Bun-a Burra 372 Burra BLlrra ~Jrra Bun~a ~ t...Carsaig Bay Carsphairn Iron Ore V157 158 Casteltown Mine Castle of old Wick 159 160 Castlelancl Hill Catcleugh...Chain Burn Mine 161 Chiapaval 203 Clachan Beag Mine 176 Clatteringshaws Res 434 Cnoc Cuil na Mine 162 Coatsgate...Coille-Bhraghad Mine 163 Caire Buidhe 428 Co~dstream Burn Mine -63 Colvend Mine 164 Cononish Gold Mine 385 Corrantee...Corrantee Mine -75 Corrie Buie Mines 165 Corrycharmaig 166 Corse Bu1rn 387 Crags of Cann es 425 Cr a ig
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in high nugget gold veins S. C. Dominy*1,2,3 and W. B. Edgar4,5 High nugget effect gold veins are generally... Vein-gold deposits, Grade estimation, Grade uncertainty Introduction High nugget effect gold vein deposits...are often characterised by the presence of coarse gold which leads to sampling challenges (Dominy et al...Platten, 2007; Dominy and Minnitt, 2012). High nugget gold veins are one of the most difficult of mineralisation...Approaches to reporting grade uncertainty in high nugget gold veins challenges in the evaluation and integration
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mining in the UK. The first plaque depicts a Victorian boy who is just leaving the mine after a long shift...years of age he has probably been working in the mine for about 6 years. Underfed and in ill-fitting clothes...New Underground Observatory Open for Research The UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow had its virtual...giga battery factory to be built somewhere in the UK. And that’s only the beginning because energy storage...renewable sources. That raises a little problem for the UK and Europe in general: they have no homegrown sources
Report (chapter)
NG12 5GG, UK 2 British Geological Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA, UK Abstract:...massive sulphide, and mesothermal and epithermal gold mineralization is shown to reflect the presence...massive sulphid6-(VMS) base-metal mineralization and gold mineralization formed. The regional geochemical...et al. 1995) but not in the Grampian Terrane of Scotland. In the Monadhliath Mountains, a basementcover...and east of the Portsoy Lineament in northeast Scotland it included intrusion, at c. 470Ma, of layered
Book
TX@O)NNS= ~ GOLD ie a ee PTE Eee aa Gold has been an important part of Scottish heritage for millennia...leisure panners can still be seen at the popular ‘gold’ resorts of Wanlockhead in the Leadhills of Dumfriesshire...coinage or repairs to the royal regalia. Mining for gold in the Leadhills ceased in the 1620s during the...has only been worked on a small scale since then. Gold fever was rife in Victorian Britain with stories...glamorising the rags-to-riches stories of the Californian gold rush of the late 1840s and the Australian Ballarat
Book
TT ISH OLD "FRUIT OFTHENATION re o a 2 Gold has been an important part of Scottish heritage for...leisure panners can still be seen at the popular ‘gold’ resorts of Wanlockhead in the Leadhills of Dumfriesshire...coinage or repairs to the royal regalia. Mining for gold in the Leadhills ceased in the 1620s during the...has only been worked on a small scale since then. Gold fever was rife in Victorian Britain with stories...glamorising the rags-to-riches stories of the Californian gold rush of the late 1840s and the Australian Ballarat
Book (edition)
Gold Occurrences in the UK A Gold Prospector's Guide LEE GARY PALMER MSc Published in the United...United Kingdom by: Gold Productions 40 Archers Ave Irvine, Ayrshire KA11 2GB Scotland UK Content copyright©...First printed November 2019 Printed and bound in Scotland by Brown Brothers, Irvine, Ayrshire First Edition...Contents Acknowledgements Notable Nuggets of the UK Preface Gold The Word The Element Origin Locations Information...Wales - Flintshire Scotland South West Scotland - Dumfries & Galloway South West Scotland - Lanarkshire South
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SF/98/1 Multidataset analysis for the development of gold exploration models in western Europe J A Plant and...organisations and staff British Geological Survey, UK AG Gunn M Holder B Leveridge GE Norton KE Rollin...G Ortiz F Ribera FTornos Riofinex North, Bristol, UK D Cliff CJ Morrisey University of Barcelona, Spain...17462 Multidataset analysis for the development of gold exploration models in western Europe . ,. Editors:...1998. Multidata~t analysis for the development of gold exploration models in western Europe. British Geological
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Malcolm’s Donation to SMLS A Renaissance in Mining in the UK? 2022 AGM Chairman & Treasurer’s reports Journal...Diaries Devon Gems A Renaissance of Mining in the UK? In Search of Gem Corundum Dates for your Diary New...Field trips across the UK and around the world; The best one-day mineral show in the UK; not just a mineral...mineral market, but talks, displays, gold panning and UV fluorescent mineral displays and a mineral tombola...paved the way for us to seek our favoured “crock of gold”. Of course we owe a vote of thanks to those inspired
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Analysis of Alluvial Gold Grains to the Understanding of Complex Local and Regional Gold Mineralization: A...Mineral Services, Hartburn, Kirkcudbright DG6 4XS, Scotland, United Kingdom K. HARRINGTON, Glencar Mining...of the Iapetus suture host gold mineralization in North America, Scotland, and Ireland. To date, commercial...terrane of Canada. In Scotland and Ireland, regional analysis of the types of gold mineralization has been...bedrock gold occurrences available for study. However, there are a large number of alluvial gold localities
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4th January 2013 at the University of Leicester, UK. Downloaded by [RMIT University Library] at 08:39...University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9EZ, UK The increasing global focus on strategic rare metals...University of Exeter, Tremough, Penryn, TR10 9EZ, UK *Corresponding author, email J.C.Andersen@exeter...from the northern margin of Dartmoor (the Red-a-Ven mine), the greisen vein systems at Redmoor and Cligga...University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn TR10 9EZ, UK *Corresponding author, email kelloandy@yahoo.com
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Farquharson Mineral Collection-page 11 CONTENTS 3 UK mining update 18 Christmas cheer for BMS Member(s)...Obituary Michael (Mike) Peel Bayley Hemerdon Ball Mine update 16 24 27 31 OFFICERS - CONTACT DETAILS...at Easter to join the Northern Mine Research Society for a week of mine exploration, sight-seeing and...Micromount Society I 0th anniversary edition of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals in 199 1, and was a...Mike, Neil and I made a number of joint trips to Scotland and one of these, in the summer of 1994 is recorded
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Economic Geology, v. 106, pp. 359–380 Atypical Gold Mineralization in an Orogenic Setting— The Bohaun...Nottingham, UK NG12 5GG 2 Omagh Minerals Limited, 56 Botera Upper Road, Omagh, County Tyrone, UK BT78 5LH...5LH Abstract The Bohaun gold deposit in County Galway, western Ireland, is located in the Caledonian...ite with minor sulfides, hematite, rare visible gold, with a high silver content (up to 41 wt %), and...an allochthonous terrane, is typical of orogenic gold deposits. However, an orogenic association for the
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95, 2000, pp. 1389–1416 Regional Fluid Flow and Gold Mineralization in the Dalradian of the Sperrin Mountains...Gardens, Belfast BT9 6BS, United Kingdom Abstract Gold vein mineralization occurs in the metamorphosed...distinguishes four phases of vein quartz in the Curraghinalt gold prospect. Fluid inclusion studies and stable isotope...process resulted in precipitation of the main phase of gold mineralization characterized by an assemblage of...extensive fluid-flow event. The relative abundance of gold at the Curraghinalt and Cavanacaw prospects is thought
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Grade control geological mapping in underground gold vein operations S. C. Dominy*1,2,3 and I. M. Platten4...drive appropriate estimation strategies and mining. Gold veins show features relating to erratic grade distribution...Keywords: Underground gold vein operations, Grade control, Geological mapping, Mine sampling Overview Ore...the mine economics in the short- and mediumterms. Grade control is essential for efficient mine operation... Grade control strategy is intimately linked to mine size and mining method. Vein systems typically contain
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Constraints on the development of orogenic style gold mineralisation at Mineral de Talca, Coastal Range...Mineral de Talca is a rare occurrence of Mesozoic, gold-bearing quartz vein mineralisation situated within...of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK e-mail: dah29@le.ac.uk N. H. S. Oliver Holcombe Coughlin...Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada M. P. Rovardi Kinross Gold Corporation, 25 York Street, 17th Floor, Toronto...Enterprise Technology Park, East Kilbride G75 0QF, UK focussed fluid flow, and an array of NW–SE-trending
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