Open-cut lead mine, east of Ruighe Raonuill, west of Bellsgrove Loch.
Working on the Strontian Main vein for barite in the 1980s obliterated the workings of the Middleshop mines. Officially described as the Strontian Barytes Mine. Now reopened as an aggregate quarry with the current name (Bellsgrove Quarry). NOT to be confused with the nearby, but different, Bellsgrove Mine and (now filled-in) Bellsgrove Open Cut. To add to the confusion Fee Donald Mine to the east is also marked on some maps a s Bellsgrove Mine.
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Publications (6)
- BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Lead Mines. Strontian.; 1 pages
- BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Map Of Surface Survey Of The Strontian Mines, June 1946. To Accompany Report [by N.C. Martin, 1946].; 1 pages
- BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Section Along The Main Vein. Whitesmith, Middleshop & Bellsgrove Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire.; 1 pages
- BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Section Along The Main Vein. Whitesmith, Middleshop & Bellsgrove Mines, Strontian, Argyllshire.; 1 pages
- BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Strontian Mines. Whitesmith, Armstrong & Bellsgrove. Longitudinal Projection.; 1 pages
- Landless, Jeremy G. (2014); Gazetteer of Metal Mines in Scotland, A; p. 58
