1	-	Van Breemen, O., Aftalion, M., & Johnson, M. R. W. (1979). Age of the Loch Borrolan complex, Assynt, and late movements along the Moine Thrust Zone. Journal of the Geological Society, 136(4), 489-495. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.136.4.0489

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1416362

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1416362:5

GUID (UUID V4):

835a3cd0-b972-4c5d-a6f0-1a6ba380b1c7

Nearest other occurrences of Zircon

5.3km (3.3 miles)

ⓘ Loch Ailsh Complex, North， West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK

28.8km (17.9 miles)

ⓘ Stac Fada impactite, Assynt, North， West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK

29.2km (18.1 miles)

ⓘ Conamheall, Wester Ross， Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK

33.8km (21.0 miles)

ⓘ Badcall, North， West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK

44.7km (27.8 miles)

ⓘ Ben Hope, North， West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK

48.6km (30.2 miles)

ⓘ Cnoc nan Cuilean Intrusion, Loch Loyal Complex, North， West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK

48.8km (30.3 miles)

ⓘ Head of Allt Graad, Kiltearn, Loch Glass, Cromarty Firth, Highland, Scotland, UK

49.3km (30.7 miles)

ⓘ Beinn Laoghal, Loch Loyal Complex, North， West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK

53.3km (33.1 miles)

ⓘ Achnasheen, Wester Ross， Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK

53.6km (33.3 miles)

ⓘ Glensgaich, Wester Ross， Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK

References

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Miller, J. A., & Brown, P. E. (1965). Potassium–argon age studies in Scotland. Geological Magazine, 102(2), 106-134. doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800057459

Parsons, I. (1965). The sub-surface shape of part of the Loch Ailsh intrusion, Assynt, as deduced from magnetic anomalies across the contact, with a note on traverses across the Loch Borralan complex. Geological Magazine, 102(1), 46-58. doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800053863

Woolley, A. R. (1965). The Loch Borralan alkaline igneous complex (Doctoral dissertation, Royal Holloway, University of London).

Brown, P. E., Miller, J. A., & Grasty, R. L. (1968). Isotopic ages of late Caledonian granitic intrusions in the British Isles. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 36(3), 251-276. doi.org/10.1144/pygs.36.3.251

Woolley, A. R. (1970). The structural relationships of the Loch Borrolan complex, Scotland. Geological Journal, 7(1), 171-182. doi.org/10.1002/gj.3350070110

Parsons, I. (1972). Comparative petrology of the leucocratic syenites of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Geological Journal, 8(1), 71-82. doi.org/10.1002/gj.3350080107

Woolley, A. R., Symes, R. F., & Elliott, C. J. (1972). Metasomatized (fenitized) quartzites from the Borralan Complex, Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine, 38(299), 819-836. doi.org/10.1180/minmag.1972.038.299.06

Woolley, A. R. (1973). The pseudoleucite borolanites and associated rocks of the south-eastern tract of the Borralan complex, Scotland. British Museum (Natural History), Mineralogy, 2, 285-333.

Matthews, D. W., & Woolley, A. R. (1977). Layered ultramafic rocks within the Borralan Complex, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 13(3), 223-236. doi.org/10.1144/sjg13030223

Martin, R. F., Whitley, J. E., & Woolley, A. R. (1978). An investigation of rare-earth mobility: fenitized quartzites, Borralan Complex, NW Scotland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 66(1), 69-73. doi.org/10.1007/BF00376086

Van Breemen, O., Aftalion, M., & Johnson, M. R. W. (1979). Age of the Loch Borrolan complex, Assynt, and late movements along the Moine Thrust Zone. Journal of the Geological Society, 136(4), 489-495. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.136.4.0489

Notholt, A. J. G., Highley, D. E., & Harding, R. R. (1985). Investigation of phosphate (apatite) potential of Loch Borralan igneous complex, northwest Highlands, Scotland. Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Section B. Applied earth science, 94, 58-65.

Thirlwall, M. F., & Burnard, P. (1990). Pb-Sr-Nd isotope and chemical study of the origin of undersaturated and oversaturated shoshonitic magmas from the Borralan pluton, Assynt, NW Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 147(2), 259-269. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.147.2.0259

Young, B. N., Parsons, I., & Threadgould, R. (1994). Carbonatite near the Loch Borralan intrusion, Assynt. Journal of the Geological Society, 151(6), 945-954. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.151.6.0945

Searle, M. P., Law, R. D., Dewey, J. F., & Streule, M. J. (2010). Relationships between the Loch Ailsh and Borralan alkaline intrusions and thrusting in the Moine Thrust zone, southern Assynt culmination, NW Scotland. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 335(1), 383-404. doi.org/10.1144/SP335.18

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	Relationships between the Loch Ailsh and Borralan alkaline intrusions and thrusting in the Moine Thrust...zone, southern Assynt culmination, NW Scotland M. P. Searle, R. D. Law, J. F. Dewey and M. J. Streule...Relationships between the Loch Ailsh and Borralan alkaline intrusions and thrusting in the Moine Thrust...Thrust zone, southern Assynt culmination, NW Scotland M. P. SEARLE1*, R. D. LAW2, J. F. DEWEY3 & M. J. STREULE1...Sciences, Oxford University, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, UK 2 Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg
	Stephenson, D., Bevins, R. E., Millward, D., Highton, A. J., Parsons, I., Stone, P., Wadsworth, W. J. (1999) Chapter 7: Late Ordovician to mid-Silurian alkaline intrusions of the North-west Highlands of Scotland. In Caledonian Igneous Rocks of Great Britain (Geological Conservation Review Series - Geological Conservation Review No. 17. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. p.345-394.	Book (chapter)
	Caledonian Igneous Rocks of Great Britain Compiled and edited by D. Stephenson British Geological Survey...Edinburgh P. Stone British Geological Survey, Edinburgh and W.J. Wadsworth University of Manchester, Manchester...mid-Silurian alkaline intrusions of the North-west Highlands of Scotland Introduction INTRODUCTION If 9...alkaline igneous plutonic complexes and a suite of associated dykes and sills of late Caledonian age occur...parallel to the Moine Thrust in the NW Highlands of Scotland (Figure 7.1). This alkaline magmatism represents
	Thompson, R. N., Fowler, M. B. (1986) Subduction-related shoshonitic and ultrapotassic magmatism: a study of Siluro-Ordovician syenites from the Scottish Caledonides. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 94 (4) 507-522 doi:10.1007/bf00376342	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Contrib Mineral Petrol (1986) 94:507-522 9 Springer-Verlag...Springer-Verlag 1986 Subduction-related shoshonitic and ultrapotassic magmatism: a study of Siluro-Ordovician syenites...Caledonides R.N. Thompson and M.B. Fowler Department of Geology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London...London, SW7 2BP, UK Abstract. Syenites are important or predominant components of several plutonic complexes...complexes, emplaced between 456 and 415 Ma along the N W margin of the Caledonian orogenic belt, adjacent
	*Gunn, A. G., Styles, M. T. (2002) Platinum-group element occurrences in Britain: magmatic, hydrothermal and supergene. Applied Earth Science, 111 (1) 2-14 doi:10.1179/aes.2002.111.1.2*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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	Fowler, M.B., Kocks, H., Darbyshire, D.P.F., Greenwood, P.B. (2008) Petrogenesis of high Ba–Sr plutons from the Northern Highlands Terrane of the British Caledonian Province. Lithos, 105 (1) 129-148 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2008.03.003	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, UK Drostestrasse...Geosciences Laboratory, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK A R T I C L E I N F O Article history: Received...granites and syenites is intruded into the Caledonian terrane of the Northern Highlands of Scotland. Volumetrically...considerable range of compositions from ultramaﬁc and maﬁc to granitic and syenitic. Most intrude Proterozoic Moine...are exposed within the Moine Thrust Zone in the west, beyond which lies the Archaean Lewisian foreland
	Shaw, M. H., Gunn, A. G., Rollin, K. E., Styles, M. T. (1994) Platinum-group element mineralisation in the Loch Ailsh alkaline igneous complex, north-west Scotland. Mineral Reconnaissance Programme Report 131. British Geological Survey	Report (issue)
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	Johnstone, G. S., Mykura, W. (1989) British Regional Geology, Scotland: The Northern Highlands (4th ed.) Geological Survey and Museum	Report (edition)
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	*(2010) The Moine Supergroup of NW Scotland: insights into the analysis of polyorogenic supracrustal sequences. Special Publication, 335. Geological Society of London. 233-254 doi:10.1144/sp335.11*	Report (chapter)
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	com/locate/lithos Cobalt and precious metals in sulphides of peridotite xenoliths and inferences concerning...School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK Hunterian Museum...Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK School of Geosciences, University of...of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 12 February 2015...2015 Available online 12 November 2015 Keywords: North Atlantic Craton Mantle xenolith Cobalt PGE Sulphide
	*(1979) Deformation in the Caledonides of England, Ireland and Scotland. Special Publication, 8. Geological Society of London. 163-186 doi:10.1144/gsl.sp.1979.008.01.17*	Report (chapter)
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Zircon from Loch Borralan Complex, Assynt, North， West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK

Zircon from
Loch Borralan Complex, Assynt, North， West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK