Mine detail: Bauxite - Ireland

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Location

Lat / long: 55.14909, -6.49752

Resource(M)

Primary: Aluminum
Ore: Bauxite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Basalt

References

MRDSW001944
DEP10068710
Reference{Deposit:: EYLES, V.A., BANNISTER, F. A., BRINDLEY, G. W., AND GOODYEAR, J., 1952, THE COMPOSITION AND ORIGIN OF THE ANTRIM LATERITES AND BAUXITES: NORTHERN IRELAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEM., 90 P.}{Deposit:: PATTERSON, E.M., 1955, THE TERTIARY LAVA SUCCESSION IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ANTRIM PLATEAU: ROYAL IRISH ACAD. PROC., V. 57, SEC. B, NO. 7, 122 P.}
ReporterBannigan, Jane L.