 | | Journal (issue) | | Wolfe YEARS 1N MINERALS: IRELAND David Green• Stephen Moreton 37 PYRITE FROM THE WELSH GOLDBELT...societies, and topographic mineralogy in Britain and Ireland. We describe and illu trate (in four separate articles)...first two articles, "' hich describe Scotland and Ireland, appear here in issue 21, while the remainder will...aragonite is commonly found in caves and on the walls of mine levels. A considerable amount of research has been...many exciting new discoveries, particularly in Ireland and Scotland, where even now large tracts of land |  | | Journal (issue) | | index. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then site name. To avoid the confusion...century boundary changes in the British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act...referred to as Glamorgan. The new counties and county boroughs brought in by the Lieutenancies Act of...Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Queen's University, Belfast BT7 INN, Northern Ireland, UK (Received October 29, 1990; revised and accepted...relationships have been observed in the Carboniferous of Ireland. They include metal enrichments within black shales...Visran). 1. Introduction The Carboniferous rocks of Ireland (Fig. 1 ) contain numerous ore deposits and other...the world's largest base-metal deposits in the Zn mine at Navan (Ashton et al., 1986). The Carboniferous... Northern Ireland, UK. organic materials from one particular region in northwest Ireland. 2. Organic-metal |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINES Stephen Moreton • David Green 34 ABBEYTOWN MINE AND QUARRY Stephen Moreton • John Lawson • Robert...Fieldwork was unable to provide corroboration as the mine levels are now inaccessible and little of note remains...ation in Russell ociety ewsletter 41 (2002). Shap Quarry in Cumbria held a special fascination for Max and...WIRTH, M. M. (1989) Native silver from Red Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria.Jouma/ of the RussellSociety... WIRTH, M.M. (1995) Bavcnite from Shap granite quarry, Cumbria, England.Jo11ma/ of tl1eRussell Sociel)I6( |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | stratabound and sometimes stratiform mineralisation (Abbeytown, Navan), while a third group is associated closely...Table 3. Introduction The lower Carboniferous of Ireland is host to a large number of base metal deposits...Aherlow Mallow Gortdrum Tatestown Oldcastle Keel Abbeytown Clogherboy Ballyvergin Moyvoughly NewtownCashel...(which he interprets to be cephalopods and worms) by pyrite and barite in the Tynagh deposit. However, he also...also interprets masses of botryoidal pyrite/marcasite, several millimetres high as hydrothermal chimneys |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Queen's University, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, UK (Received October 29, 1990; revised and accepted...Queens's University, Belfast BT7 INN, N o r t h e r n Ireland, UK. of bitumens rich in a N i - C o - B i - S...a t o m i c Inclusions (wt%) (wt%) ratio 1 Abbeytown Carboniferous PbZnCumine (Hitzman, 1986) 2.1...1971) Carboniferous ZnPb mine (Andrewand Ashton, 1985 ) Devonian AgCo mine (Wilson, 1921) 8.2 87.8...PbZnC____uu mine (Taylor, 1864) 2.9 57.7 0.59 11 I2 Ty Gwyn Minera Carboniferous Cu mine (Parnell |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 128 Mineralogy of the Silvermines district, County Tipperary, Eire. (With Plates IV to VI.) B y H. N...Mines and Minerals of the Silvermines District, County Tipperary'. A recent survey of various eighteenth-...nineteenth-century workings and one modern productive lead mine near Silvermines, coupled with microscopic examination...Clare. J Shallee and Gortnadyne mines. At Shallee mine, ramifying veinlets of galena, baryte, and other...strongly fractured Devonian sandstones. A t Gortnadyne mine the copper lode consists mainly of brecciated Devonian |  | | Journal (issue) | | ., No 1. Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _ ... Specimen: 135...DIARY OF EVENTS ---------- 8 ---------PYRITE from GOAT QUARRY S l'1gham · J G Todd · D Anderson ---...J Mason -------- 42 -------MICROMINERALS from IRELAND G Ryback· S Moreton BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED...goes on "As I have myself fruitlessly visited the quarry since, ... I conclude that time 1887). Houston's...across." They also record occurrences "at Bowling quarry near Old Kilpatrick, and other localities north |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CURRAGHINALT BRINES: GOLD DEPOSIT, NORTHERN IRELAND J.j. WILKINSON? FluidProcesses andMineralization...6-7 Dundrum Business Park,WindyArbour,Dublin14,Ireland AND A. E. FALLICK Isotope Geosciences Unit,SURRC...senttextural,fluidinclusion, andisotopic datafromtheCur- pyrite, arsenopyrite, ofBi,Au-Ag,HgandPb,andelectrum (Earlset...thatnotonlydocument thepenetration ofsurface watersinto pyrite and is gold rich (93-98 at. % Au). a preexisting...(HBFZ).Thefaultzoneanditsputativeextension in Ireland thesedifferent phases ofveingrowth iscritical for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The most northerly ore deposits of Navan and Abbeytown are distinct in containing fluids of both lower...high-grade Cu and Ni mineralization. In the Navan and Abbeytown deposits, lower temperature fluids appear to have...the historic mines at Tynagh, Silvermines, and Abbeytown, anomalous concentrations of Zn and Pb are common...description of the geology and mineralization in Ireland is beyond the scope of this contribution and only...Abundant ore minerals are sphalerite, galena, and pyrite, with lesser but variable marcasite and minor chalcopyrite |  | | 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 (issue) | | minerant.org/ Titelpagina Stibnietkristallen van Herja Mine (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramures Co...worden specimens van xonotliet van de Christmas Mine, Arizona, USA, aangeboden. Meer details hierover...of St. Law MINERALIENFREUND 47(2), 05.09 rence County, New York - Part 3 : Oxbow road cut 264-275 The...Wicklow lead mines 34-42 Abbeytown mine and quarry, Ballysadare, Co. Sligo 43-47 Review of halotrichite...aquatic systems 415-429 Growth control in colloform pyrite 487-493 Aluminocerite-Ce : a new species from Baveno |  | | Journal (issue) | | EARTH SCIENCE Magazine of the ES2k Group Ireland In this Issue: Teaching Mineral Resources Co Roscommon...2000 – raising awareness of Earth science across Ireland Chairperson: Matthew Parkes; Secretary: Catherine...Ian Enlander and Enda Gallagher. Earth Science Ireland is published by Earth Science 2000, Belfast and...efficiently on behalf of ES2k and Earth science in Ireland. The reins are being picked up by Matthew Parkes...Parkes, who works for the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin, and Catherine Adamson of Queens University |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | crystals on dar~ matrix. (not radioactive) (Leonie Mine, huerbach, Oberpfal Genany) Sto 10mmf3 l/2in;; ES...Silicate pinkish massiv~ with black Allanite (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhytt2n Vastm~~l2nd,Sw2deri) Cu/2 Se 039...rnetallic spots in matrix (LookoutPass. Tooele County, Ut2h) lxl f7 ½ ins f4 478 ZIRCON Zr Si0/4 singl2...(Ti Nb 0 rich black nasses in matrix (Karnasurt Mine, Revda, Kola Peninsula, Russia) lxl E2.50 lx2 ins...PO/~ • yellowish plates on mauvEUssingit~ (UmDa Mine, Reuda, Kola Peninsula • Russia) (6a pure plate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Probert, 1983), and 471 472 BANKS ET AL. Abbeytown (Hitzman, 1986), are less extensive. The general...evaporite deposition (Fig. 1) in northwest and central Ireland (Phillips and Sevastopulo, 1986), and also in the...in sequence Possible high? Evaporite minerals in mine sequence Navan E Tynagh Silvermines E ? ? ...important host rocks to Pb-Zn mineralization in Ireland, in part grade into the massive, pure limestones...(Boyce, 1990). Mineralization Mineralization in Ireland is hosted by nonargillaceous limestones, and is |  | | 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) | | Mineralization in the SilverminesOrebodies,Republic of Ireland STEWART TAYLOR Mineral ResourcesDivision, ElectrolyticZinc...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...south of Nenagh in CountyTipperary,Republicof Ireland (Fig. 1). The deposits(Fig. 2), of sedimentaryexhalativetype |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Structures and Genesis of the Lead-Zinc-Deposit Tynagh, Ireland By D. B.IEDEL,Aachen ~) With 20 figures Zusammenfassung...km ESE of Galway in the western central part of Ireland. The deposit was discovered in 1961 b y soil- and...prospecting efforts within the central plain of Ireland. By looking for E-W-structures cutting the Lower...Limestones in the west of the central plain of Ireland. During Caledonian orogeny Lower Palaeozoic sediments...SW of Ireland. In the Tynagh region such influence was negligable. In Quarternary times Ireland was covered |  | | Book | | Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George SeYastopulo...& Jean-Claude Tanguy Minerals of Britain and Ireland A. G. Tindle The Open University T: 'XI 'Jo ~6...stage of MB! that focusing only on Britain and Ireland might be too restrictive, and that what was really...personally discovered new species to Britain and Ireland, and colleagues permitted me to record their unpublished...producers of b th tin and copp ·r. and. more recently. Ireland became a major player in world zinc produ.:tion |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | uranium in the Gortdrum stratiform copper deposit, Ireland M. J. Duane Present address: BPI Geophysics, University...Department of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland Abstract. The Gortdrum Cu-Ag-As-Sb-Hg-U orebody...transcurrent fault system in Southern County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. The deposit comprises a linear...of the carbonate-hosted base-metal deposits is Ireland, such as Navan, Tynagh, Silvermines, Gortdrum,...Uranium in carbonates & sandstones Fig. 1. Map of Ireland with main deposits and prospects. The CuAg deposits |  | Johnson, Aaron W., Shelton, Kevin L., Gregg, Jay M., Somerville, Ian D., Wright, Wayne R., Nagy, Zsolt R. (2009) Regional studies of dolomites and their included fluids: recognizing multiple chemically distinct fluids during the complex diagenetic history of Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) rocks of the Irish Zn-Pb ore field. Mineralogy and Petrology, 96 (1) 1-18 doi:10.1007/s00710-008-0038-x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | USA I. D. Somerville University College, Dublin, Ireland W. R. Wright Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson...accreted to form the basement rocks underlying Ireland. These rocks consist mainly of folded and faulted...and resulted in uplift in central and southern Ireland. In the Upper Devonian, back-arc extension resulted...during the Lower Carboniferous. Rocks in southern Ireland were deformed in a fold and thrust zone, now termed...Carboniferous and younger sedimentary rocks in Ireland is shown in Fig. 3 and a schematic section of the |  | Parnell, J., Earls, G., Wilkinson, J. J., Hutton, D. H. W., Boyce, A. J., Fallick, A. E., Ellam, R. M., Gleeson, S. A., Moles, N. R., Carey, P. F., Legg, I., Carey, P. F. (2000) Regional Fluid Flow and Gold Mineralization in the Dalradianof the Sperrin Mountains, Northern Ireland. Economic Geology, 95 (7) 1389-1416 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.95.7.1389 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Dalradian of the Sperrin Mountains, Northern Ireland J. PARNELL,† Department of Geology and Petroleum...Dundrum Business Park, Dublin 14, Republic of Ireland J. J. WILKINSON, Royal School of Mines, Imperial...Kingdom AND I. LEGG Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, 20 College Gardens, Belfast BT9 6BS, United Kingdom...(Neoproterozoic) rocks of the Sperrin Mountains, Northern Ireland. Two structures exerted a control on the location...mineralization characterized by an assemblage of electrum, pyrite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, tennantite-tetrahedrite |  | | Report (chapter) | | flow in the Lower Palaeozoic basement rocks of Ireland: implications for the genesis of Irish-type Zn-Pb...of the carbonate-hosted base metal deposits of Ireland. In the Silvermines district, Silurian greywackes...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...flow in the Lower Palaeozoic basement rocks of Ireland: implications for the genesis of Irish-type Zn-Pb |  | | Journal (issue) | | permission of the author. -3- FLUORITE Wet Grooves Mine Yorkshire . I was recently given the opportunity...specimen she had collected from the Wet Grooves Mine dumps. The Mines, situated in Yorkshire, were originally...displaying zonal growth and a profusion of inclusions of Pyrite (?) and Sphalerite. However, the features that...Merritt for information relating to the Wet Grooves Mine. Brian Prowse -4- ;; ~ SUSSEX MINERAL SHOW...superb specimen of Sphalerite from the Small Cleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. -6- .... Sussex Show - 21 |
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