conclusion

Conclusion
While the orogenic gold model (Groves et al. 1998) fits for some gold deposits in the Caledonides, we suggest it does not fit mineralisation in the Tyndrum area. Based on the assumption gold mineralisation is all part of the same system and of comparable age to Cononish; mineralisation occurs significantly post -regional metamorphism. This work supports the hypothesis of a late magmatic-related origin advocated by Curtis et al. (1993), Tanner (2012) and Rice et al. (2013); the Tyndrum gold veins and in this case wider mineralisation is an intrusion-driven mineralising system, most likely related to Caledonian granites. Work is ongoing to further constrain age relationships of these mineralising events.

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