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Cononish Gold mine, Tyndrum, Stirling, Scotland, UKi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Cononish Gold mine | Mine |
| Tyndrum | - not defined - |
| Stirling | Council Area |
| Scotland | Country |
| UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
56° 25' 7'' North , 4° 46' 17'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Inveraray | 570 (2017) | 28.0km |
| Killin | 720 (2017) | 28.5km |
| Kinlochleven | 900 (2017) | 34.8km |
| Aberfoyle | 750 (2017) | 35.8km |
| Ballachulish | 650 (2017) | 36.4km |
A pyrite-rich galena-bearing quartz vein, carrying economic quantities of silver and gold.
Small scale production started by Scotgold Resources 2016.
Near Tyndrum, historic mining was undertaken primarily for lead. Alluvial gold localities have been known since at least the sixteenth century with some unconfirmed reports of in situ occurrences, but the in situ gold mineralization was not discovered until the mid-1980s.
The area comprises dominantly of Dalradian Supergroup sedimentary and volcanic rocks, deformed and metamorphosed to amphibolite-facies during the Grampian phase. The Cononish deposit is an up to 6 m thick, single, composite quartz vein (the Eas Anie Vein) located in the vicinity of the sinistral, sub-vertical Cononish Fault (sometimes known as the Eas Anie Fault). The Cononish Fault is a splay off the main Tyndrum Fault. Two main vein generations have been identified: the early generations of the Eas Anie Vein comprise Au-Ag (±Cu, Pb) mineralization, termed “A-min” and interpreted to be c. 407–410 Ma based on K-feldspar ages. This early mineralized vein system is cross-cut by “B-Min” quartz veins that carry Pb-Zn mineralization.
In situ samples
Gold particles in Eas Anie ore NN 29128 28585
Gold particles liberated from Eas Anie Vein NN 29160 28575
In situ mineralization in Allt Ghamhnain NN 22901 73415
In situ mineralization: Halliday Vein a NN 23282 73079 b
Alluvial samples
Allt Eas Anie NN 29492 28630
R. Cononish (1) NN 28992 27261
R. Cononish (2) NN 31735 28581
R. Lochy NN 24077 27934
Crom Allt NN 33023 31240
Placer at Halliday Vein NN 30390 31093
Allt Auchtertrye NN 35232 31028
Allt Ghamhnain NN 28518 35725
Glen Corallan NN 34018 35457
Probable bad coordinates for Allt Ghamhnain and Halliday Vein
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold var. Electrum | 1.AA.05 | (Au,Ag) |
| ⓘ | 1.AA.05 | Au | |
| ⓘ | Native Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Acanthite | 2.BA.35 | Ag2S |
| ⓘ | Cervelleite | 2.BA.60 | Ag4TeS |
| ⓘ | Hessite | 2.BA.60 | Ag2Te |
| ⓘ | Petzite | 2.BA.75 | Ag3AuTe2 |
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Altaite | 2.CD.10 | PbTe |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Sylvanite | 2.EA.05 | AgAuTe4 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| S | ⓘ Cervelleite | Ag4TeS |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| Ag | ⓘ Cervelleite | Ag4TeS |
| Ag | ⓘ Native Gold var. Electrum | (Au,Ag) |
| Ag | ⓘ Hessite | Ag2Te |
| Ag | ⓘ Petzite | Ag3AuTe2 |
| Ag | ⓘ Native Silver | Ag |
| Ag | ⓘ Sylvanite | AgAuTe4 |
| Te | Tellurium | |
| Te | ⓘ Altaite | PbTe |
| Te | ⓘ Cervelleite | Ag4TeS |
| Te | ⓘ Hessite | Ag2Te |
| Te | ⓘ Petzite | Ag3AuTe2 |
| Te | ⓘ Sylvanite | AgAuTe4 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold var. Electrum | (Au,Ag) |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
| Au | ⓘ Petzite | Ag3AuTe2 |
| Au | ⓘ Sylvanite | AgAuTe4 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Altaite | PbTe |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Localities in this Region
- Scotland
- Stirling
- Tyndrum
- Cononish Gold mine
- Tyndrum
- Stirling
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National ParkNational Park
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References
Pattrick, R. A. D., Boyce, A., MacIntyre, R. M. (1988) Gold-Silver vein mineralization at Tyndrum, Scotland. Mineralogy and Petrology, 38 (1) 61-76 doi:10.1007/bf01162482
[1]Chapman, Robert John, Torvela, Taija Marianne, Spence-Jones, Carl Peter, Walshaw, Richard David, McLeod, Graham William (2024) Targeting High-Grade Mineralization via a Synthesis of Compositional Profiles of Alluvial Gold with Structural and Paragenetic Models. Minerals, 14 (12). doi:10.3390/min14121236
Cononish Gold mine, Tyndrum, Stirling, Scotland, UK