| Location: | Ireland, Europe |
| Lat / long: | 53.14912, -8.38098 |
| dep_id: | 10073082 |
| mrds_id: | W018895 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Lead, Zinc, Silver |
| Minor mineral: | Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Cadmium, Peat |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Mimetite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Albite, Barite, Bournonite, Calcite, Chlorite, Geocronite, Marcasite, Millerite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siegenite |
| orebody_fm: | BOAT SHAPED (SECONDARY ORE) IRREGULAR (PRIMARY ORE) |
| model: | 208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb |
| alteration: | Dolomitization Of Wallrock |
| conc_proc: | Solution And Retransport Has Enriched Upper Orebody Sulphides And Oxides |
| ore_ctrl: | Fault Control |
| Reporter: | Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_unit: | Waulsortian Reef Limestone |
| hrock_type: | Limestone |
| Structure: | Caledonian Fold Belt, North Tynagh Fault Forms - The Orebod* Southern Boundary |
| Year first produced: | 1965 |
| disc_yr: | 1961 |
| discr: | Irish Base Metals Ltd |
| References: |
- 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.
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