Mine detail: Tynagh Pb, Zn, Cu, Ag Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

53.14912, -8.38098

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Cadmium, Peat
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Mimetite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Albite, Barite, Bournonite, Calcite, Chlorite, Geocronite, Marcasite, Millerite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siegenite
Orebody form:	BOAT SHAPED (SECONDARY ORE) IRREGULAR (PRIMARY ORE)
Discovery year:	1961

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1965

Geology

Host rock:	Waulsortian Reef Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Caledonian Fold Belt, North Tynagh Fault Forms - The Orebod * Southern Boundary
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization Of Wallrock

References

MRDS	W018895
DEP	10073082
Reference	{Deposit:: DOWN, R. F., TURNER, JAMES, 1970, CONCENTRATION OF OXIDE ORES AT TYNAGH; IN RAUSCH D. O., MARIACHER, B. C., AIME. SYMP. PB - ZN, V 1 P 710 - 31, 950 - 1}{Deposit:: DERRY, D. R., CLARK, G. R., GILLATT, N., 1965, THE NORTHGATE BASE - METAL DEPOSIT AT TYNAGH, COUNTY GALWAY, IRELAND; ECON. GEOL. V 60 P. 1218 - 1237}{Deposit:: MORRISSEY, C. J., DAVIS, G. R., STEED, G. M., 1971, MINERALIZATION IN THE LOWER CARBONIFEROUS OF CENTRAL IRELAND; TRANS. INST. MIN. METALL. V 80 P. B 174 - 185}{Deposit:: MENZIE AND MOSIER, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-206.}{Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 4-14-77, P. 26.}{Deposit:: 1961 GEOCHEM IRISH BASE METALS - ANOMALY FOUN}{Production:: NORTHERN MINER 4-14-77, P. 26}{Reserve-Resource:: 1976 ESTIMATE FROM NORTHERN MINER, 1977. DEPOSIT SIZE ESTIMATE FROM MENZIE AND MOSIER, 1985.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.