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Ballinglen, Aughrim, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

Vein-type scheelite-cassiterite-sulphide mineralizations in a complex of microtonalite sheets within an area 8 km long x 1.5 km wide. The mineralization is best developed around Ballinglen, SW of Aughrim. The deposit was discovered in the 1970s by Irish Base Metals, but considered uneconomic.



References:
- O'Reilly, C., Gallagher, V., and Feely, M. (1997): Fluid inclusion study of the Ballinglen W-Sn-sulphide mineralization, SE Ireland. Mineralium Deposita 32, 569-580.





Mineral List:
'Apatite'
Arsenopyrite
Biotite
Bismuth
Calcite
Cassiterite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Cosalite ?
Epidote
Fluorite
Galena
Graphite
Kaolinite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rutile
Scheelite
'Sericite'
Sphalerite
Stannite
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Zoisite


27 entries listed. 22 valid minerals.

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