Smith, R.T.; Norton, G.E.; Walker, A.S.D.; Kimbell, G.S.; Gibberd, A.J.G.; McMillan, A.A.. 1996 Mineral investigations in the Northumberland trough : part 5, The Kirkbean area, south-west Scotland. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 65pp. (WF/MR/96/023, Mineral Reconnaissance Programme open file report 23) (Unpublished)
Exploration for carbonate-hosted base-metal mineralisation on the North Solway coastal belt was
undertaken in 1992-93 as part of a broader scale MRP investigation of a 70 km strike length of Lower
Carboniferous rocks at the northern margin of the Solway-Northumberland Basin. The project area
was selected partly on the basis of its similarities with the tectonosedimentary environment of the
Lower Dinantian central Irish basin which hosts several major stratabound lead-zinc deposits, and the
presence of geochemical base-metal anomalies coincident with basin margin structures. Two of the
most important criteria for the formation of major SEDEX Irish-style deposits, the presence of major
syn-depositional basin margin faults and a geothermal system over a zone of high heat flow in the
crust (Andrew, 1993), are recognised in the north Solway area. The presence of mafic lavas and
possible associated mineralising hydrothermal activity are considered to further increase the economic
potential of the area.
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