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.
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