 | | Glebe House, Rathmullan, Minerstown, Co.Down, June 1997. |
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| Site Type: | Spoil, Spoil heaps | | Site Status: | local interest | | Council area: | Newry, Mourne & Down District Council | | Grid Reference: | J475375 | | Bing maps: | 54.26551,-5.73614 | | Google maps: | 54.26551,-5.73614 | | Rocks |
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| Rock Type: | Shale, Siltstone | | Interest |
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| Minerals: | Barytes, Dolomite, Galena | | Other interest: | hydrothermal vein |
| Summary of site: |
| The spoil heaps at Glebe House are clear evidence of the mine, long abandoned, which appears to have worked a vein and fault crush zone containing a matrix of barite (barium sulphate) with small amounts of lead ore (galena). The host rock in which the veins occur is part of the Hawick Group of the Silurian period. |
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