Fee Donald Mines [Level Vein workings]

NGR:	NM 86224 66565
WGS84:	56.74157, -5.49726
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	Not recorded
Geology:	Lead
Tags:	Mine, Adit, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, SAM
Registry:	second

Site of old lead mine shafts & adits on the Level (aka Red) Vein. Given coordinates are labelled as a shaft on OS maps.

"The Level Vein is seen crossing the burn about 250 yds. upstream from the Smiddy Vein. It is associated with a basalt dyke, and consists of broken country-rock, a little calcite and small strings and crystals of galena. Open-cast workings and levels have been driven short distances on both sides of the burn." [BGS Earthwise]

Links and Resources:

Site 750: Fee Donald Mine
Argyllshire, Sheet XVIII (includes: Ardgour; Ardnamurchan), Survey date: 1872 Publication date: 1875. - View
BGS Earthwise: Lead and zinc ores of Scotland Area II. Islay, Loch Fyne, Strontian, Loch Sunart and others in Argyllshire. From: Wilson, G.V. with contibutions by J.S. Flett. The lead, zinc, copper and nickel ores of Scotland. Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol. XVII: Edinburgh : HMSO, 1921.
Pastmap, OS 10k background mapping.

This entry was last updated: 2026-07-08 16:59:22

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