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Temporary exposure at former Killin Youth Hostel

12:22 Mar 22 2015 Former Killin Youth Hostel, now Highland Park housing development

Description

Impure marble (Loch Tay Limestone): calcite; epidote; quartz.

Metabasite: clinoamphibole; quartz; plagioclase; biotite; garnet; apatite; opaques.

Relationship between the two lithologies obscured by jackhammer dust.

Samples obtained in summer 2014 - thin sections examined in March 2015. Sections held by David Chew, Dept of Geology, Trinity College Dublin.

Additional Data

Status of the site/exposure:	Now built over
County or district:	Stirling
Ordnance Survey Sheet no:	Explorer 378
National Grid Reference(s):	NN57053385
BGS 1:50k sheet no:	Killin 46E
Date of record:	Mar 20 2015
System/Period of rocks/sediments:	Neoproterozoic
Group/Formation/Bed name:	Dalradian - Argyll Gp
Width of observation (m):	10
Height of observation (m):	3
Submitted by:	Ken Chew
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