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Ballygown South Mine, Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Latitude: 52°47'20"N
Longitude: 8°14'5"W
Victorian era ''calamine'' workings. The walls of the furnace building remain with adjacent limonite-rich spoil heaps. There is also a nearby engine house and a moderately sized albeit partially flooded opencast pit.

Irish grid ref: R840710

Situation June 2005:
Spoil heaps still remain intact however the mineralized spoil is becoming increasingly difficult to find. The vast majority of spoil has oxidised beyond specimen grade material and is seldom worth picking up.
Having said that diligent digging will sometimes produce hemimorphite.

References

Barry Flannery (personal observations June 2005)

Mineral List

Anglesite
Arsenopyrite
Baryte
Calcite
Cerussite
Coronadite ?
Dolomite
Dundasite
Galena
Goethite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hydrohetaerolite ?
Hydrozincite
Illite
Lepidocrocite
Limonite
Marcasite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Sauconite
Siderite
Smithsonite
Sphalerite


26 entries listed. 25 valid minerals.

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