Hare Hill Mine - Scottish Cave and Mine Database Site Details

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Hare Hill Mine

SE New Cumnock, S of The Knipe, N Hare Hill, Fountainhead (between Black Hill & Burnt Moss), Ayrshire.

NGR:	NS 65780 10420
WGS84:	55.36937, -4.11938
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	530 m
Geology:	Antimony
Tags:	Mine, ManMade, Archaeo
Registry:	second

Alternative Names: Knipe Mine (The), Knipes Mine (The), Fountainhead Antimony Mine

Notes: The Knipes Antimony Mine NS657104, 3 miles SSE of New Cumnock in New Cumnock parish near centre of small Knipes / Hare Hill granite mass. Vein opened in 1850s as trial but none of ore taken away (probably transport difficulties in remote location). 12-18 inch wide vein runs N-S, nearly vertical, consisting of quartz penetrated by stibnite crystals 2 ½ - 3 inches long (smaller crystals in cavities show characteristic twisted form). Occasional masses & strings of mineralup to 8 inch thick. All common oxidation products present. (cervantite, valentinite & kermesite). Doubtful records of Cinnabar (Hgs) but probably misidentified. Single specimen of jamesonite (dubious as no iron or lead from this vein).

Links and Resources:

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DGNHAS, 1973, Series III, vol. L (50), p, 2. James Williams, The Antimony, Bismuth, Molybdenum and Tungsten Minerals of South-West Scotland.
Geological Survey Memoir of Mineral Resources, vol. XV (1920), Arsenic & Antimony Ores, p. 56.
Gazetteer of Metaliferrous Mines in Scotland, p. 30.
Greg & Lettson's Mineralogy, 1858, p. 357.
Shown on 6" OS 1857 sheet 42.
BGS GeoIndex ref: 25066 (Fountainhead Antimony Mine)

This entry was last updated: 2026-01-14 00:00:49

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