 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 350 Note on the mines and minerals of the Silvermines district, Co. TipTerary. By A~RTHUa RUSS~.LL. [Read...[Read March 19, 1907.J mineral district is situated along the northern T HEbaseSilvcrmines of the Silvermine...south of the town of l~enagh in the county of Tipperary. The district is one which possesses somewhat remarkable...in co. Clare, on the west, to Toomavara in co. Tipperary, on the east. Along its course in at least two...evidently carried on at Silvermines at a very early date, the whole district being literally honey-combed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 128 Mineralogy of the Silvermines district, County Tipperary, Eire. (With Plates IV to VI.) B y H. N...sericite, and chlorite) at four mines in this district is discussed. Of particular interest are the conversion...on the Mines and Minerals of the Silvermines District, County Tipperary'. A recent survey of various eighteenth-...workings and one modern productive lead mine near Silvermines, coupled with microscopic examination of...Devonian and Carboniferous rocks bordering the Silvermines Fault, which is a complex system of maior and |  | | Report (chapter) | | flow in the Lower Palaeozoic basement rocks of Ireland: implications for the genesis of Irish-type Zn-Pb...carbonate-hosted base metal deposits of Ireland. In the Silvermines district, Silurian greywackes and mudrocks...calcite-quartz + pyrite; (2) quartz-calcite + sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, pyrite, barite; (3) ankerite-ferroan...ankerite-ferroan dolomite-quartz + sphalerite, pyrite. Vein types 2 and 3 are associated with weak to locally...equivalent) mineralizing fluid as observed at Tynagh, Silvermines, Lisheen and in the Lower Palaeozoic basement |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralization in the SilverminesOrebodies,Republic of Ireland STEWART TAYLOR Mineral ResourcesDivision, ElectrolyticZinc...Rosebery,Tasmania7470, Australia Abstract The Silvermines Pb-Zn orebodies occur in lower Carboniferous...transcurrentfault zone in northernCounty Tipperary,Republicof Ireland. The depositscompriselower discordantzones--deposited...mineralizationoccursin a varietyof sediments(barite,pyrite, siderite)whosecompositionreflectsthe natureof...G THE lead-zincorebodiesexploitedby Mogul of Ireland Ltd. from 1968 to 1982 (Table 1) lie adjacent to |  | Torremans, Koen, Kyne, Roisin, Doyle, Robert, Güven, John F., Walsh, John J. (2018) Controls on Metal Distributions at the Lisheen and Silvermines Deposits: Insights into Fluid Flow Pathways in Irish-Type Zn-Pb Deposits. Economic Geology, 113 (7) 1455-1477 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2018.4598 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Controls on Metal Distributions at the Lisheen and Silvermines Deposits: Insights into Fluid Flow Pathways in... University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland Abstract The world-class Irish Zn-Pb(-Ag) deposits...investigates metal distribution patterns at the Silvermines and Lisheen deposits to gain insights into fluid...including Navan, Lisheen, Galmoy, Tynagh, and Silvermines, containing >20 million metric tonnes (Mt) of...Rathdowney trend Rapla K ilm as tu Galmoy ??? ??? Silvermines Lisheen ne cli on let tt Li n sy Navan |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sulphate-Oxygen Isotopes and the Origin of the Silvermines Deposits, Ireland P. G. Coomer Department of Earth Sciences...stratiform lead-zinc-barite orebodies at Silvermines Co. Tipperary, allow reappraisal of previously offered...is confined to the first few hundred feet only; pyrite 8 a4 S-values progressively increase downwards...variations of 13%~occur within a single colloform pyrite structure from another stratiform orebody. It is...increased. The lack of isotopic equilibrium between pyrite and ore sulphides in the stratiform ore lenses |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Abstract The Zn-Pb (-Ba) deposits of central Ireland are hosted by Lower Carboniferous Waulsortian limestone...through the fractured basement underlying central Ireland plays an integral role in the evolution of the...deposits. The Lower Carboniferous Midlands basin of Ireland (Fig. 1) is host to five economic Zn-Pb (-Ba) deposits... 18 21 9 12 MIDLANDS BASIN 10 27 25,28 26 County Kildare Deposits 24 35 19 34 22 31 30 ough...Rosslare Complex Munster Basin 0 km 50 36 37 FIG. 1. Geological map of Ireland showing the location |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wallace Zn-Pb mineralisation in the Silvermines district, Ireland: a product of burial diagenesis Received:...to constrain the age of mineralisation at the Silvermines zinc-lead-barium deposit. The base-metal sulphides...intergrown with marine cements) was observed at Silvermines. Mineralised breccias (black matrix breccias)...hotter ore-stage homogenisation temperatures. The Silvermines deposit has been described as a classic ‘‘Irish-type’’...1984; Andrew 1986; Samson and Russell 1987). While Ireland is regarded as the type locality for this style |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | indicate that the main ore fluid at Tynagh and Silvermines was seawater that had evaporated until the salinity...discovery of the major deposits at Tynagh (1961) and Silvermines (1963), which contained 9.9 Mt and 17.7 Mt at...order of 2 km in basins adjacent to Navan and Silvermines. In addition, this model predicts an evolution...studies of the ZnPb-Ba deposits, principally Silvermines (Samson and Russell, 1987), Tynagh (Banks and...also suggested to have contained the sulfide at Silvermines (Boyce et al., 1983a). This study aims to more |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Genesisof the SilverminesZinc-Lead-BariteDeposit, Ireland: Fluid Inclusionand StableIsotopeEvidence lAIN...ionsandpossiblyboiling. Introduction central Ireland (Fig. 1). It is now widely accepted that the S...oredeposition. account of thermometric data from Silvermines and brineexplusion). Thismodelis perhapsstillthe...Large-scaleconvectionof seawaterdrivenby a lor (1984). SILVERMINES, IRELAND: FLUIDINCLUSIONS ANDSTABLE ISOTOPES B ...dolomitic mudstones (theBasal southwest-trending Silvermines faultsystem (Fig.1A Shales). andB).Theinlierconsists |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | East Iceland: beudantite, 431 Pengenna (Trewethen) mine, St. Kew: pitchsbone, oligoclase, 587 Sellatur...WALES Adamite, hiibnerite, xliv Billingham anhydrite mine, Durham: aph~hitalite(?), arsenopyrite(?), epsomite...ilsemannite(?), lepidocrocite, molybdenite(?), pyrite, sulphur, tachhydrite(?),talc, tamarugite(?), thenardite...cornubite, 1 Treburland mine, Altarnun: genthelvite, molybdenite, 921 Treore mine, St. Teath: beudantite...jamesonite, mimetite, scorodite, stibnite, 431 Tretoil mine, Lanivet: danalite, garnet, ilvaite, 921 Wheal Betsy |  | Kyne, Roisin, Torremans, Koen, Güven, John, Doyle, Robert, Walsh, John (2019) 3-D Modeling of the Lisheen and Silvermines Deposits, County Tipperary, Ireland:Insights into Structural Controls on the Formation of Irish Zn-Pb Deposits. Economic Geology, 114 (1) 93-116 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2019.4621 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Modeling of the Lisheen and Silvermines Deposits, County Tipperary, Ireland: Insights into Structural Controls...University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland Abstract Faults are important structures in the...3-D analysis and modeling of the Lisheen and Silvermines deposits within the Irish ore field, we investigate...deformation. Structural analysis of high-quality mine datasets indicates that fault segmentation is ubiquitous...structure of two Irish Zn-Pb deposits, Lisheen and Silvermines, in order to identify key structural controls |  | | Report (issue) | | mineral formed in sulfide deposits. Association: Pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, lead sulfantimonides...From Waldsassen, Bavaria, Germany. In the Salsigne mine, 15 km north of Carcassone, Aude, France. In the...From the Pezinok mine, Male Karpaty Mountains, Slovakia. In Ireland, at the Shallee and Gortnadyne mines...mines, Silvermines, Co. Tipperary. From the Ilı́maussaq intrusion, southern Greenland. An ore at the Lac...Nicolet antimony mine, South Ham, Quebec; in the Hemlo gold deposit, Thunder Bay district; and from near |  | | Journal (issue) | | Heritage and History of the Silvermines area, County Tipperary, Ireland since the 13th century E. F....Columnar Basalts. Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland © Copyright 2019 The European Federation of Geologists...purposes (e.g. the bitumen mine Škrip on the island of Brač and the coal mine Raša in Istria). The goal...excavated content in Croatia that are recognised as mine heritage sites in the framework of the EIT KIC Raw...geo-heritage sites in Croatia (after MZOE, 2019) and mine heritage sites (not legally protected) mentioned |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Table 3. Introduction The lower Carboniferous of Ireland is host to a large number of base metal deposits...Large 1986; Hitzman and Caul®eld 1992). The Irish district is similar is size to the Selwyn Basin or the...Ballyvergin Moyvoughly NewtownCashel Lisheen Silvermines Tynagh Galmoy Magcobar Ballinalack Rickardstown...Mineralisation in the Waulsortian (Lisheen, Silvermines, Tynagh, Galmoy) is all intimately associated...Waulsortian (Fig. 4b). At Lisheen, Galmoy and Silvermines, breccias are grossly concordant sheets whereas |  | | Book | | GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN IRELAND ■■ — <.d ■ /A-- 'W .. 1 Edited by CJ. Andrew... ■ Geology and Genesis of Mineral Deposits in Ireland The front cover photograph shows a general view...from the 1 : 1.000,000 map Mineral Deposits of Ireland, 1984. by M. L. Browne and C. G. R. Reid, produced... Geology and Genesis of Mineral Deposits in Ireland Edited by C. J. Andrew, R. W. A. Crowe, S. Finlay...be ordered from: GGMDI c/o Geological Survey of Ireland Beggars Bush Haddington Rd. Dublin 4 Phone: 609511 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VENT BIOTA IN THE BALLYNOE BARITE DEPOSIT, SILVERMINES, IRELAND: EVIDENCE FOR INTRACRATONIC SEA-FLOOR HYDROTHERMAL...carbonate-hosted Irish-type Zn + Pb ± Ba ± Ag deposits. The Silvermines deposits have been defined as an end member of...delicately pyritized worm tube hosted by massive pyrite and hematized filaments of apparent microbial origin...fossils such as crinoids, whose replacement by pyrite in the immediately underlying Ballynoe footwall...worm tube and host pyrite is essentially identical to that of the vent field pyrite and the main sulfide |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | for the cessation of economic mineralisation in Ireland. Keywords Diagenesis Æ Dolomite Æ Carbonate-hosted...geological setting of Zn-Pb mineralisation in Ireland is beyond the scope of this contribution and only...Waulsortian Fig. 1 Simplified geological map of Ireland, showing distribution of zinc-lead ore deposits...(Modified after CSA Ltd. and Geological Survey of Ireland Mineral Deposits Map, 2000) Limestone Formation...mineralogically simple, comprising sphalerite, galena, pyrite and marcasite with variable barite, dolomite and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens found by the late Arthur Kingsbury (I9O6-68). County references are to the old boundaries, throughout...and arsenides near the south shaft at South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, Cornwall. R. J. Davis...tennantite in limestone, at Gortdrum mine, Oola, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. BM(NH) specimens, collected by A...ochreous, at West Turf Pits mine, Grassington Moor, Yorkshire. Also, at Treore mine, St. Teath, Cornwall. A...Ganophyllite Some of the ganophyllite at Benallt mine, Rhiw, Caernarvonshire (W. Campbell Smith et al |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...by T. Moore T he S ilv e r m in es district, C o u n ty Tipperary, I r e l a n d ......................microthin coating of bomite, 5.7 cm, from the Flam beau mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin. William Larson collection;...Weardale fluorite miniature for $140, a beautiful 79 mine aurichalcite (2.75 inches) for $140, a Zambian libethenite...O. Box 65538 Tucson, Arizona 85728 The mining district surrounding the city of Guanajuato, capital of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dundrum Business Park, Windy Arbour, Dublin 14, Ireland ABSTR ACT We make the first report of fluid inclusion...comparable with inferred ore-stage fluids at the Silvermines, Tynagh, Lisheen and Navan deposits. The spread...processes involving the principal orefluid in Ireland, and thus their occurrence is believed to be a...burial origin for coarse white dolomite cements in Ireland. Paragenetically late low-Mg calcites were formed...carbonate-hosted deposits, Silvermines, Tynagh, Lisheen, Navan, Ireland. Introduction DOLOMITE matrix |  | | Report (volume) | | vein size: an example from the Guanajuato mining district (Central Mexico) Fluid flow and fracture systems...groundwater resource exploitation in southwest Ireland CONNOLLY, P. T. & COSGROVE, J. W. Prediction of...flow in the Lower Palaeozoic basement rocks of Ireland: implications for the genesis of Irish-type Zn-Pb...G. D. Carboniferous basin evolution of central Ireland - simulation of structural controls on mineralization... base metal deposits in the Rathdowney Trend, Ireland O'REILLY, B. M., READMAN, P. W. & MURPHY, T. Gravity |  | | Book | | This book describes the island of Ireland as a physical whole. Ireland has a peculiar significance in modern...In the early part of the Palaeozoic, north-west Ireland belonged with the New World and the remainder of...Telephone: 01242 714600 A GEOLOGY OF IRELAND Gweedore, County Donegal in September, looking towards...Photograph by M. C. F. Proctor A GEOLOGY OF IRELAND Edited by C. H. HOLLAND COLLEGE OF ST. PAUL AMD...Wilson Formerly: Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, Belfast; presently: Institute of Geological Sciences |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Peridotite Zone; and pyrrhotite with pentlandite, pyrite and chalcopyrite in Gabbronorite I of the Lower...sulphides from conglomerate group ore, Navan, Ireland G. J. Barker1, J. F. Menuge1, A. J. Boyce2, C....University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland (gareth.barker1@gmail.com) 2 NERC Isotope Community...world-class carbonate-hosted Navan Zn–Pb deposit, Ireland, is Europe’s leading zinc producer. The stratigraphically...stage, unaltered plumose marcasite and framboidal pyrite samples contain the lowest total abundances of |  | | Book (volume) | | stratigraphy and structure of the rocks of the district, sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic; (3) the...explain the ideas of those who have worked on it (and mine, where they differ from those readily available...a stratigraphie et la structure des roches du district (roches sédimentaires, ignées et métamorphiques);...organization differs from one to the next. In Ireland, the geology of the ore-bearing part of that island...excludes for the purposes of this Volume) Northern Ireland) is discussed briefly and short descriptions of |
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