Earth Science Conservation Review
| Glebe House, Rathmullan, Minerstown | Down |
| Site Type: | Spoil, Spoil heaps |
| Site Status: | local interest |
| Grid Reference: | J475375 |
| Google maps: | 54.26551,-5.73614 |
| Rocks | |
|---|---|
| Rock Type: | Shale, Siltstone |
| Interest | |
| 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.
| Enlander, I., Dempster, M. & Doughty, P., 2026. Glebe House, Rathmullan, Minerstown, County Down, site summary. [In] Earth Science Conservation Review. https://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/summary.php?item=553. Accessed on 2026-01-24 |
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