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Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold

Also reported: Cerussite, pyromorphite, linarite, hydrozincite, baryte.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Lower Palaeozoic greywackes, lead veins

Scotland's highest village; Museum of Lead Mining offers gold panning.

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