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Magnetite from
Muirshiel Mine, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Muirshiel Mine, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:16759
Long-form Identifier:1:3:16759:0
GUID (UUID V4):788cfdaf-9634-4af7-9b6f-55ef21c2447c
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
12.2km (7.6 miles) Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
38.9km (24.2 miles) Sithean Sluaigh, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
53.7km (33.4 miles) Lugar Sill, East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
70.9km (44.0 miles) Hilderston Silver Mine, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
75.1km (46.7 miles) Comrie contact aureole, Comrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
76.1km (47.3 miles) Meadowfoot Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
77.6km (48.2 miles) Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
78.0km (48.5 miles) Glencrief Burn, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
78.5km (48.8 miles) Bail Hill, Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
81.2km (50.4 miles) Lochan na Lairige, Ben Lawers, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
References
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Report (issue)
and copper mineralisation in the Renfrewshire Hills, central Scotland 1 I I I 1 I INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL...and copper mineralisation in the Renfrewshire Hills, central Scotland Report No. 67 I t I D. Stephenson...sulphide mineralisation at Garbh Achadh, Argyllshire, Scotland 24 Geophysical investigations along parts of...Geochemical drainage survey of central Argyll, Scotland 51 A reconnaissance geochemical survey of Anglesey...mineralisation in Dalradian schist near Aberfeldy, Scotland; Preliminary report Investigation of polymetallic
Journal (issue)
UK Journal of Mines and Minerals Issue1Wo7 AUTUMN 1989 EDITORIAL BOARD P.J. Briscoe M.P.Cooper M.D...YourBookshelf 18 Bwlchglas Mine 20 Alpine Quartz L. Gautron 29 Muirshiel Mine 40 The Copper Trials...King Don the· 69th, the omnipotent intergalactic mine buff extraordinary has recently returned from a...to dwell on production difficulties at 2° Kelvin. Mine gases are still giving problems and production had... 7. The Lead, Zinc, Copper & Nickel Ores of Scotland by G.V. Wilson B.Sc. 1921. 8. Arsenic and Antimony
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweden (Sverige) Gladhammar mine, nickel-rich carrollite, 737 Harstig mine, Pajsberg, sarkinite, 681 Norr6...Norr6, arrojadite (hiihnerkobelite), 23o Sjo mine, Grythytte Parish, Orebro, xantharsenite, polyarsenite...Court farm, Ramsgate, Kent, chalk, i6o Tynebottom mine, Garrigill, Cumbria, arsenical marcasite, gersdorffite...illite, 857 Parc mine, Gwynedd, hydrozincite, nickeloan hydrozincite, 397 SCOTLAND Barncorkrie farm,...Thrust, Sutherland, amphibolites, 2~ i Muirshiel, Renfrewshire, calcite, baryte, 446 Rhum, Inner Hebrides
Report (issue)
of considerable interest because until 1969 tJ:ie UK was for many years the principal world producer;...exclusively at only one mine in the world, Settlingstones in Northumberland. This mine closed in 1969 and...Ltd, the owners of the mine which is the only surviving barytes mine.in the UK, are increasing the rate...their Lunehead mine. Although they have a continuing latent interest in the New Brancepeth Mine, Co Durham...in re-opening the mine are manifold. 4 SOOr-- - - ---+- KEY • Barytu mine Disused mines and important
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyroxene structures, 565 Amphibolites, Sutherland, Scotland, three groups investigated, petrography, anal...and mineralogy of weathered basalt from Morvern, Scotland, 865 BAKER (C. K.), and BLACK (P. M.), Assimilation...at Scourie, Sutherland, 37 I Basalt, weathered, Scotland, chemical, mineralogical, and textural changes...Immiscibility in tholeiites, 543 Biotite and garnet, Scotland, distribution of Fe and Mg, 155 Biotites, Italy...new amorphous copper carbonate from the Carr Boyd Mine, Western Australia, 97 BRINDLEY (G. W.), Motukoreaite--additional
Journal (issue)
IN THE SUPPLY OF QUALITY MINERAL SPECIMENS IN THE UK. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO BUY INDIVIDUAL MINERAL...01884 821724 e-mail: ian@crystalciassics.co.uk UK TS C 2 COVERPrismatichexagonalberyl to 14 mm w...Moretoncollection. TwENTY YEARS IN MINERALS David Green 9 The UK ]011rnalof Mines and Minerals publishes articles...subscriptions and advertising. TWENTY YEARS IN MINERAL SCOTLAND David Green • Gordon Todd 28 EDITOR David I...SPECIAL ISSUE The first of t\vo special editions of the UK ]oumal of 1\lli11es [.,,.Minerals celebrating t\venty
Report (volume)
was 37.6 percent, along with about 20 percent magnetite and some quartz. Mechanical concentration of the...Great Britain, especially in Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, Scotland, and in W estmoreland, Yorkshire, Derbyshire... and Devonshire, England. The Muirshiel mine in Renfrewshire, Scotland, is one of the two mines in Britain...currently being worked for barite is the Closehouse mine near Middleton in Teesdale, in the North Riding...largest barite mines, the Gasswater mine, near Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland, closed down in 1962 or 1963 after
Book
and landscapes of Scotland Second Edition DUNEDIN Geology and landscapes of Scotland Iona, looking toward...Lewisian gneiss. Geology and landscapes of Scotland Second edition Con Gillen University of Edinburgh...published by Roger Jones, Terra Publishing, Harpenden, UK in 2003 Second edition first published in 2013 by...science of the Earth Introduction The rock fabric of Scotland The rock cycle Structure of the Earth Folds, faults... vii 1 1 1 12 12 15 19 Geological regions of Scotland Introduction Geological regions Geological evolution
Book
Nortlrn·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf...sters Da,·id Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the...London; National Museums of Scotland (Royal Museum and Museum of Scotland), Edinburgh; Oxford University...rocktypeconsisting of repeated thinlayers of hematiteor magnetite, alternating withchertor shale.ManyBIFsareover1...t.1useum (NaturalHistory). NMSNati:malMuseumof Scotland(RoyalMuseuma:idt.~JSe:.rm of Scot'a:1d). Edinb
Report (edition)
British Regional Geology The Midland Valley of Scotland THIRD EDITION BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Natural...British Regional Geology The Midland Valley of Scotland THIRD EDITION By I. B Cameron, BSc, and D. Stephenson...and ice limits 40 Sequence of shorelines in SE Scotland 41 Isobases of the 11ain Late Glacial shoreline...Valley of Scotland is the narne given to the relatively low lying central part of Scotland lying between...of the region. Carboniferous lavas fonn the Renfrewshire Hills (522rn), the Kilpatrick Hills (401 rn)
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Regional geochemistry of southern Scotland and part of northern England Keyworth, Nottingham...SURVEY. 1993. Regional geochemistry of southern Scotland and part of northern England. (Keyworth, Nottingham:...are likely to become increasingly important in the UK, and no doubt in many other parts of the world, in... Midland Valley and Southern Uplands areas of Scotland, and the northern part of Northumberland. Many...exploited coalfields. The presence of mineralisation and mine spoil is thus a strong influence on the distribution
Book (edition)
LlBR-ARY WHITMAN f;OJ I l[ii • , GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND GEOLOGY OF • SECOND EDITION Edited by G....Geology of Scotland '' A Halsted Press book." Includes bibliographies and index. I. Geology-Scotland. I. Craig...ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I. THE GROWTH AND ST RUCTURE OF SCOTLAND The formation of the crystalline craton Hebridean...North-west Highlands Highland Border South of Scotland Later Ordovician Northern Belt Central Belt Silurian...Limestone Group Passage Group Coal Measures Southern Scotland Lower Border Group Middle Border Group Upper Border
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Journal (issue)
find a pegmatite a “half-mile” from the Palermo mine, in New Hampshire. It was originally identified...removal or partial change of some reference points (mine dumps, for example), or all simple reference points...unwise in this instance. Small quarry owners and mine operators are, for the most part, unfamiliar with...Stone-Moss. • CR Y ST A L L IN E L E A D , fro m the Mine. So I call it, n ot that it is clear [in o th er...The other constituents are hornblende, biotite, magnetite, apatite, zircon, orthoclase and quartz (Giles
Book (edition)
VICTORIA LIBRARY . THE GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND • THE GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND Edited by GORDON Y. CRAIG Senior...1965 PREFACE The last book on the geology of Scotland was published 120 years ago. This may seem surpr...geology. With this early impetus to the science Scotland has emerged as one of the classical geological...Undoubtedly the initiator of geological thought in Scotland was James Hutton (1726-97). He and his friends...geologist who spent much of his time travelling about Scotland. From Boue's pen came the first book on Scottish
Journal (issue)
Rear-Dump Euclids are standard equipment on hundreds of mine, quarry, and construction jobs. For moving rock...service your wire rope is capable of deliverin Many mine operators go on for years getting less than the...information on request. 1321 South Main Street MINE DEVELOPMENT & DIRECTORY ® Dial 6-8555 NUMBER...operating in hard service, rock drills and other mine machinery, motor gear—heads, etc.; excellent air-—tool... with either medium or fine to bowl. Y-9 Mine & Smelter Supply Co. Denver 17, Colo. Mines Eng
Report (issue)
LIBRARY OF T JIE • GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SCOTLAND. Pre,;, itf? Shelf /z:c': Cat.._ _ _ __ (2039)...address of the owner, the name and situation of the mine, the names of manager and under-manager, number...209 Midland and Southern Division (No. 6) 245 Scotland Division (No. 1) Northern ,, (No. 2) York and...MINES . • NOTE.-rhe letl~r M after the name of a mine me(lns thtit, the mino is one to which the Metallife:rous...Colliery, Ltd. 2 ' Ra.inlon Colliery Co., Do. Name of Mine. Conntv and No: of Division. .A.lvecoto .A.lyn
Report (issue)
address of tLe owner, the name and situation of the mine, the names of manager and under-manager, number...employed, minerals worked, &c. PAGE ,,, ... Scotland Division (No. 1) Northern ,, (No. 2) ... 41...Divisioud. 1 Th VISION, comprising the wbole of Scotland. SCOTLANI> ... ... Srn RIORARD REDrt1AYNE,...Nnme!I an,l A1l1hc~sc, of Suh-I 111Mine$. :Names »ml Add1·es~eR of ,funior 111' I118pector~...NOTE.-The letter M after the name of a mine means that the mine is one t;o which the !lf.eto.Ui£erous
Report (issue)
LIBRARY Oli' THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SCOTLAND. Press kft;. Shelf ..J:r: Cat. _ __ __ {2039) Wt...of the owner, the name and situation of the • mine, t he names of manager and under-manager, number...ES'l'Y'S SHETLAND JI INSPECTORS OF MINES () SCOTLAND UNDER NORTHERN THE COAL & METALLIFEROUS MINES...NOTE.-The letter M after the nnme of a mine means that the mine is one to which the Metalliferous Mines...mines worked under the Coal Mines .Aot Name of Mine. Abbey Coneola County and No. of Division. Owner's
Report (issue)
address of the owner, the name and situation of the mine, the names of manager and under-manager, number...Namn and Addn-"ICS ol 111.sp«IC>fl ol ll0NocS1n Mine.. A. �cArthur, 8, Hynd• bndAv,►uue"Glaagow, w....i � r:: 9 0 7. 0 < "' 0 z "' • • • (1) Scotland Divillon. Mr. j, MASTER1ON. L1sT 01' M1ic1t.�...Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto No. o.ud Nnmc of Mine. Situl\t1on, Prrson.1 Untl -M E.mpluyed. nagcr...llurlford, .\yl';birc. Bamn.uns Cont Co., Thomwoo,J Mine, Galston. Bourtrcchill Coat Co , LtJ., Dreghom.
 
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