Straitsteps
Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Straitsteps is a vein running roughly north-south, just to the west of Wanlockhead.
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Different locations are listed by Mindat and Buddlepit, although they are at least close to Wanlockhead.
The 1915 maps accessible via the National Library of Scotland site unfortunately simply list each as ‘Old Shaft’.
It seems Straitsteps is a vein running roughly north-south, just to the west of Wanlockhead.
In order from North to South, we have:
- Bay Lead Mine – Straitstep Vein
- Waygate Lead Mine Shaft – Straitstep Vein
- Straitsteps Vein Mine Shaft
- Margaret’s Lead Mine Shaft – Straitstep Vein
It’s possible specimens labelled “Straitstep Mine” may be from any of these locales, and it may be best to relabel them as “Straitstep Vein”.
Further reading
- https://www.buddlepit.co.uk/mine-explorer/Database/MineDetails.html?id=Cj8J4VCnhf7j7ebGjVpCvA==
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-188618.html
If you are interested in other local specimens, we may have stock from the following nearby locales.
Dumfries and Galloway- Coatsgate Quarry, Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
- Old Glencrieff Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
- Straitsteps vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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