| Location: | Ireland, Europe |
| Lat / long: | 52.78245, -8.231 |
| dep_id: | 10073081 |
| mrds_id: | W018892 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc, Lead |
| Minor mineral: | Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Galena, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Barite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | BEDDED AND VEINS |
| model: | 208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb |
| alteration: | Dolomitization & Formation Of Pyrite, Arsenopyrite |
| ore_ctrl: | Fault Control |
| Reporter: | Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_unit: | Dolomite Breccia;Muddy Limestones;Dolomite |
| hrock_type: | Limestone,Dolomite |
| Structure: | In Hanging Wall Of Major Ene Trending Normal Fault |
| Year first produced: | 1968 |
| References: |
- 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.
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