Latitude: 52°49'58"N
Longitude: 8°53'34"W
Victorian era lead-zinc mine worked from 1834-1854. An engine house and several flooded shafts are still visible today. The mine reached a maximum depth of 54m where considerable technical difficulties with groundwater were met. Mining was only undertaken in the summer months where the water table would be at a low.
Mine tips were removed in 1983, sparse blocky calcite is all that remains.
R399763
ITM 539845 676123
References
Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 834pp.: 396.
Cole, G.A.J. - Memoir of Localities of Minerals of Economic Importance and Metalliferous Mines in Ireland. (p. 15, 119)
External Links
http://maps.epa.ie/MineDocs/Appendix%205%20Site%20Reports/Clare%20Pb/Kilbricken%20Site%20Report.pdf - EPA Report on Kilbricken Mine
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