Gold Discovery
A seam of gold was discovered in the hill in the 1980s: overall grades of 14 grams (0.45 ozt) of gold per tonne in at least 12 quartz veins, which could produce 700,000 t (770,000 short tons) of ore — potentially over 300,000 troy oz of gold (worth over €360m). Mayo County Council elected not to allow mining.
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