The Lowther Hills just behind the hill centre Green Lowther is Wanlockhead at 1656ft high above sea level Scotlands highest village. This range of rocks are Ordovician and this pic is slightly N/W. The gold rivers all the other side of the hills seen run from centre to the left the Mennock the richest gold river. To the right Glengonnar the poorest river for goldpanning. To the N/W runs the Wanlock water . There are quite a few gold rivers the other side of these hills but no gold rivers have yet been found this side of the hills. The rocks Im photograhing from is Silurian shale. There is some good mineralisation a few hundred yards away of galena and other minerals in quartz that is quite often red to pink.
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