This fifth paper on Scottish mineral Geological Conservation Review (GCR) sites details those of highest conservation value for hydrothermal veins and associated mineral assemblages. The GCR sites are both large and small reflecting variations in past economic mining and extraction history. During the long mining histories, and after, the sites have yielded new mineral species and a new metal. From the largest ore field for lead, zinc and copper 80 or so minerals have been recognised, including nine new species, one of which was established as the first sulphite, scotlandite. Elsewhere gold and silver were also extracted. For some veins the country rocks were analysed to determine whether they provided the vein elements for primary and secondary minerals, and sometimes dated. Two sites exhibit polymetallic mineralisation, i.e., five elements in the mineral assemblages. In one site veins in close proximity to a sanukitoid pluton received signature elements from the intrusion. Veins in various areas formed in faults, fractures and shears which became conduits for ground waters reacting with vein minerals. Oxygen in the water reacted with lead, zinc and copper minerals and in the presence of CO₂ and SO₄ supergene mineral assemblages formed in appropriate alkalinities. It is therefore possible to establish paragenetic sequences and calculate stability fields for specific assemblages. Alkalinities and formation temperatures may also be obtained through fluid inclusions studies and isotope analysis.

这份关于苏格兰矿物地质保护评论 (GCR) 遗址的第五篇论文详细介绍了热液脉和相关矿物组合具有最高保护价值的那些。GCR 场地大小不一，反映了过去经济采矿和开采历史的变化。在漫长的采矿历史和之后，这些地点产生了新的矿物种类和新金属。从最大的铅、锌和铜矿田中，已识别出 80 种左右的矿物，其中包括 9 个新物种，其中一个被确定为第一个亚硫酸盐，即苏格兰石。在其他地方也提取了金和银。对于某些矿脉，分析了围岩以确定它们是否为原生矿物和次生矿物提供了矿脉元素，有时还确定了日期。两个地点表现出多金属矿化，即，矿物组合中的五种元素。在一个靠近 sanukitoid pluton 的地点的静脉接收到来自入侵的特征元素。不同地区的脉在断层、裂缝和剪切中形成，成为地下水与脉状矿物反应的管道。水中的氧气与铅、锌和铜矿物发生反应，并且在 CO ₂和 SO ₄的存在下，在适当的碱度下形成了表生矿物组合。因此，可以建立共生序列并计算特定组合的稳定性场。碱度和地层温度也可以通过流体包裹体研究和同位素分析获得。