Earth Science Conservation Review
| Curraghinalt Burn, near Gortin | Tyrone |
| Site Type: | Stream section |
| Site Status: | ESCR |
| Grid Reference: | H571865 |
| Google maps: | 54.72371,-7.1138 |
| Rocks | |
|---|---|
| Rock Age: | Carboniferous, Precambrian |
| Rock Type: | Psammite |
| Interest | |
| Minerals: | Gold, Pyrite, Quartz |
| Other interest: | hydrothermal vein |
Summary of site:
This is the site of an important gold find made in 1983. The gold occurs associated with pyrite (iron sulphide) and lesser quantities of other minerals in a series of quartz veins in the Mullaghcarn Formation (part of the Southern Highland Group of ancient Dalradian rocks). The mineralization, by high temperature fluids, happened in a phase of mountain building called the Variscan Orogeny during the Carboniferous period, around 320 million years ago.
| Enlander, I., Dempster, M. & Doughty, P., 2026. Curraghinalt Burn, near Gortin, County Tyrone, site summary. [In] Earth Science Conservation Review. https://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/summary.php?item=521. Accessed on 2026-04-15 |
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