The sand and gravel resources of the country around Kinross, Tayside Region : description of 1:25,000 sheets NO 00 and 10, and parts of NT 09 and 19

The geological maps of the Institute of Geological Sciences, sixty-three boreholes and twenty shallow pits sunk for the Industrial Minerals Assessment Unit, together with pre-existing borehole information and data from sand and gravel workings, form the basis of the assessment of sand and gravel resources around Kinross, mostly in Tayside, Central and Fife regions. All deposits in the area which might be potentially workable for sand and gravel have been investigated and a simple statistical method used to estimate the volume. Where possible the reliability of the volume estimates is given at the symmetrical 95 percent probability level. The 1:25 000 map is divided into six resource blocks, which contain between 2.O and 11.4km2 of potentially workable sand and gravel. The geology of the deposits is described and the mineral - bearing area, the mean thickness of overburden and mineral, and the mean grading are stated. Detailed sample point data are given. The geology, the outlines of the resource blocks and the position of sample p points used in the assessment are shown on the accompanying resource map.