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Ledmore

Prospect in Highland, United Kingdom with commodities Calcium, Marble, Dimension
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023281
MRDS ID I000093
Record type Site
Current site name Ledmore

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -5.16399, 57.89908 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR ULLAPOOL IN NORTHEAST SCOTLAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Highland(province)

United Kingdom(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
United Kingdom Highland

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF ULLAPOOL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -5.16399, 57.89908
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact With Igneous Intrusion.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATIONS ARE PLANNED TO PRODUCE 100,000 T OF PRODUCT A YEAR. ABOUT 80,000 T SHOULD BE AMENABLE AS FILLER FOR USE IN PAPER MILLS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE PROVEN RESERVES IN 1990.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CAPITAL EXPENDITURE IS ESTIMATED AT 1.5 MILLION POUNDS (ENGLISH). OPERATING COSTS SHOULD BE LESS THAN 30 POUNDS PER TONNE. PRODUCTION IS PLANNED FOR LATE 1990.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1990, ANGLO PACIFIC TARGETS INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: V. 314, NO. 8061, P. 205

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, 1990, V. 314, NO. 8061, P. 205

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL HIGH QUALITY MARBLE DEPOSITS OCCUR ADJACENT TO A MAJOR IGNEOUS INTRUSION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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