· Today we are going to begin our look at some more Lochaber landmarks. Our first landmark is the Lochaline Silica Sand Mine at Lochaline, Morvern. The mine was opened in 1940 following the German
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This was known locally as the ‘Relief Pier’ and now called the ‘Lochaline Old Pier’. It was begun in 1843 by John Sinclair, a local landowner who founded the Village of Lochaline. It was financed by The Highland Relief Board to provide work for thirty-one Morvern families who were victims of the Potato Famine and the infamous Highland
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Lochaline (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Àlainn) is the main village in the Morvern area of Highland, Scotland.It is situated at the mouth of Loch Aline, on the northern shore.Lochaline is connected with Fishnish on the Isle of Mull by ferry. Geology There has been a silica sand mine in Lochaline since 1940 when it was opened to replace sources of silica lost
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Survey of Private Collections. View two mens stood beside waggons transporting silica sand to the surface at the Lochaline mine, Highland. c. 1945. Item Level. On-line Digital Images. SC 1072316. Survey of Private Collections. Scanned copy of view of boat being loaded with processed silica sand for transfer.
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Lochaline was the only silica sand mine (as opposed to an open quarry) in Britain and the most northerly extraction site. (2) It was the only source in Britain suitable for high grade
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Lochaline Silica Sand Mine Subterranea Britannica Lochaline Silica Sand Mine is the only underground silica sand mine in the UK and extracts silica of 99.8% purity from a five metre sequence.The sand is used for the manufacture of high quality glass for optical
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· Lochaline Quartz Sand Ltd. (LQS) was born as a joint venture between the Italian mining company Minerali Industriali and the global glass producer NSG. The company owns and operates the
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At Lochaber Geopark going to see Europe’s only underground sand mine. The silica-rich sand formed in tropical seas and was subsequently capped, and therefore preserved, by basalts from the island of Mull 30 million years later. This working underground mine has a lot of history, with it being worked pre and post World War.
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· Industry and Agriculture: Featured today are three photographs from the Lochaline Silica Sand Mine, Lochaline, Morvern. The mine was opened in 1940 following the German invasion of France and with it
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: The Oban TimesDiego Zurolo. Lochaline Mine, Morvern PA80 5LQ. T 01967421324 E [email protected]. www.lochalinequartzsand.co.uk. Lochaline Quartz Sand Limited (LQS Ltd) is a mining company based in Lochaline, Argyll & Bute. LQS Ltd is producer of a high quality silica sand and makes two main products: LQS85 Silica Sand and LQS500
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· “The reopening and refurbishm ent of the original Lochaline sand mine coupled with this latest venture and a highly committed workforce means we can look forward to the future with confidence.” The company received £100,000 backing from development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), which is being used to buy
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Today we are going to begin our look at some more Lochaber landmarks. Our first landmark is the Lochaline Silica Sand Mine at Lochaline, Morvern. The mine was opened in 1940 following the German
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Lochaline is connected with Fishnish on the Isle of Mull by ferry. Geology There has been a silica sand mine in Lochaline since 1940 when it was opened to replace sources of silica lost because of World War II. [1]
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MORE. lochaline silica sand reopening Xinhai Mining. 07/12/2012· Lochaline Silica Mine reopening Coal Mines, collieries, drifts Lochaline mine in Scotland Lochaline Quartz Sand Ltd. Lochaline Quartz Sand Ltd. 019 67 421324 [email protected] Lochaline Quartz
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· A silica sand mine was located near the village of Lochaline, on the Morvern peninsula, and lay on the eastern shore of the inlet to Loch Aline, a sea loch. The mine was operated by Tarmac Ltd until the latter part of 2008, when it was finally closed. The mine had provides supplies of some of the purest silica sand found in the UK, used
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· Happily, the mine re-opened in 2012, under a joint venture between Nippon Sheet Glass (the parent of Pilkington Glass) and the Italian firm Minerali Industriali. Product is processed on site before being
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Glass production remains a prominent downstream use for UK-excavated silica sand. Figures for 2018 show 29% of the sands went into glass manufacture, 30% for horticulture and leisure uses, 5% for foundries and 36% for other industrial applications such as water filtration and rail braking material. In the UK, there is an almost total reliance
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Lochaline sand mine shut down in 2008 but reopened in 2012 under new ownership. More information on visiting the area can be found here. Download the Coast app. This deposit of silica sand proves invaluable
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: The Oban TimesSeptember 11 2021, 6:00 am. An excavator at work deep in the Locahline quartz sand mine. The booming global satellite industry is among new sectors helping sustain the
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· The mine opened in 1940 after Britain lost access to continental supplies of silica sand, which was used to make periscopes, binoculars and gunsights. The first team of men to work in the mine
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Lochaline was the only silica sand mine (as opposed to an open quarry) in Britain and the most northerly extraction site. (2) In September 1940 three lorries were used to transport sand from a mine opened in the cliff face just N of the burn near NM 6792 4482.
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· Lochaline mine in Scotland was closed in 2008 by Tarmac. It mines extremely high quality silica sand by underground methods. It has just been announced that it will reopen in the near future, supplying sand
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Welcome to Lochaline, a hidden gem nestled on the breathtaking Morvern peninsula. Surrounded by beauty, In recent history Lochaline was identified as having a large deposit of high quality silica sand. For over 80 years the mine has been extracting this very
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LO/1993/590 granted on 01 April 1998 in respect of the Lochaline Silica Sand Mine. The applicant seeks to extend the timescale for working of the mine for a further 20 years. 1.2 The mine at Lochaline was opened in 1940 and was worked until 2008. In
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Pilkington has re-opened a sand mine in a Scottish village to export up to 100,000/t of sand a year. Lochaline Quartz Sand is a joint venture between Pilkington and Italian mining company Gruppo Minerali Maffei (GMM). Pilkington had previously sourced sand from
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It has been extracted by the Lochaline Sand Mine since the Second World War. The board describes the industrial uses of the silica, as well as the workings of the mine. Look out for fossils on the shoreline, such as Gryphaea ( Devil's toe nail), a genus of fossil oysters, extant around 200 million years ago.
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Diego Zurolo. Lochaline Mine, Morvern PA80 5LQ. T 01967421324 E [email protected]. www.lochalinequartzsand.co.uk. Lochaline Quartz Sand Limited (LQS Ltd) is a mining company based in Lochaline, Argyll & Bute. LQS Ltd is producer of a high quality silica sand and makes two main products: LQS85 Silica Sand and LQS500
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Lochaline Quartz Sand Ltd. owns and operates the silica sand mine in Lochaline, Morvern, in the West Highlands of Scotland. The main product of Lochaline Mine is LQS85, a high quality silica sand with low iron content and exceptional whiteness, unique among UK sand sources. The sand is particularly suited for production of top quality flint
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Welcome to new Chamber member Lochaline Quartz Sand Limited! Lochaline Quartz Sand Limited (LQS) is a mining company based in Lochaline, Argyll & Bute Lochaber Chamber of Commerce ·
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