Mine detail: Navan

Previously called 'TaraAn Uaimh'

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Location

Lat / long:

53.64909, -6.68094

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR LENSES (STACKED LENSES)
Discovery year:	1970

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1977

Geology

Host rock:	Conglomerate Group & Visean Upper Dark Limestone;Pale Beds (Contain Orebodies);Muddy Limestone;Red Beds
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Gently Sw-Plunging Anticline With A Core Of Devonian Red Beds, Fault Striking Ene, Dipping South

References

MRDS	W029649
DEP	10079610
Reference	{Deposit:: DOWNES, K. 1977 (CONFID.REPORT) MAJOR BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF IRELAND.- INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH & STANDARS.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING AUGUST 1977 PP 42-44}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 1977 PP.300-318}{Deposit:: BURTON, C. 1977 (CONFID. REPORT) JJRS.}{Deposit:: *RIEN, M.V., AND ROMER, D.M., 1971, TAR * ZINC-LAD DISCOVERY AT NAVAN, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, APRIL, 1971, P. 81-82.}{Deposit:: MENZIE AND MOSIER, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-206.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, AUGUST, 1976, P. 135.}{Deposit:: KENNEDY, ALAN, 1989, TARA MINE RE-EQUIPS FOR RAISED PRODUCTIVITY: MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL, 1989, P. 262-268.}{Production:: KENNEDY, 1989, P. 262.}
Reporter	Krauss, Ulrich H., Bolm, Karen S.