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Fee Donald Mines [Antimony Vein workings]

Strontian, Allt Feith Dhomnuill, Argyllshire.

Mine adit / shaft (Lead).

Site of old level and adjacent shaft in the 'Antimony Vein', situated above the W bank of the Allt Feith Dhomhnuill. The adit mouth is probably a narrow opening at the W end of a narrow excavated scar.

"The [Antimony] vein is from 3 to 6 ft. wide, hades at 60° to the south, and is accompanied by a basalt dyke. The infilling consists mainly of broken country-rock, with calcite, quartz, galena and blende. A level has been driven a short distance westward on this vein, and at a distance of about 15 fms from the mouth a little stoping has been done in the floor and roof." [BGS Earthwise]

See 'Fee Donald Mine' [site #750] for background info.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Shaft labelled on OS maps.

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None