Cononish gold mine (lecture)
Room 639, James McCune Smith Learning Hub University Avenue, Glasgow, United KingdomRachael Paul MSc, Senior Geologist, ScotGold
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Founded 1858
Rachael Paul MSc, Senior Geologist, ScotGold
Tours of the Fossil House and the quarry and activities for children
A chance to look at rocks and fossils, chat informally to others, ask questions about geology and find out what's happening locally
Short presentations by society members
Carboniferous, Permo-Carboniferous and Palaeogene igneous rocks, columnar-jointed sandstone, Dalradian slates, schists and grits, along with the Highland Boundary Fault and Highland Border Complex.
Tours of the Fossil House and the quarry and activities for children
A chance to look at rocks and fossils, chat informally to others, ask questions about geology and find out what's happening locally
Devonian sedimentary rocks and igneous structures, Clyde Plateau Lavas, glacial erratics, beach pebbles and post-glacial landscape features
A chance to look at rocks and fossils, chat informally to others, ask questions about geology and find out what's happening locally
Tours of the Fossil House and the quarry and activities for children
A chance to look at rocks and fossils, chat informally to others, ask questions about geology and find out what's happening locally
Details to be confirmed.
A visit to the Museum of Lead Mining with a tour underground to the eighteenth century Lochnell Mine. We are also going out to pan for gold in the local streams.
Tours of the Fossil House and the quarry and activities for children
Exploring the igneous complexes that were formed in the final stages of the closure of the Iapetus Ocean in the Silurian period.
Tours of the Fossil House and the quarry and activities for children
