Mine detail: Silvermines

Previously called 'Mogul'

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Location

Lat / long:

52.78245, -8.231

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form:	BEDDED AND VEINS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1968

Geology

Host rock:	Dolomite Breccia;Muddy Limestones;Dolomite
Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	In Hanging Wall Of Major Ene Trending Normal Fault
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization & Formation Of Pyrite, Arsenopyrite

References

MRDS	W018892
DEP	10073081
Reference	{Deposit:: MORRISSEY, C. J., DAVIS, G. R., STEED G. M., 1971, MINERALIZATION IN THE LOWER CARBONIFEROUS IN CENTRAL IRELAND; TRANS. INST. MIN. METALL. V 80 P. B 174 - 185}{Deposit:: LAWLOR, J. F., 1970, GENESIS OF MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN CARBONATE SEDIMENTS AT SILVERMINES, IRELAND; DISS. ABSTR. INTL. V 31 NO. 5 P. 2766 B}{Deposit:: COOMER, P. G., ROBINSON, B. W., 1976, SULPHUR AND SULPHATE - OXYGEN ISOTOPES AND THE ORIGIN OF THE SILVERMINES DEPOSITS, IRELAND; MINERAL. DEPOSITA V. 11, NO. 2, P. 155 - 169}{Deposit:: MENZIE AND MOSIER, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-206.}{Production:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1976, P. 516}{Reserve-Resource:: TOTAL DEPOSIT SIZE FROM MENZIE AND MOSIER, 1985.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.