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Willemite from
Galmoy Mine, Johnstown, Kilkenny County, Leinster, Ireland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Willemite
Formula:Zn2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Willemite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Galmoy Mine, Johnstown, Kilkenny County, Leinster, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:551368
Long-form Identifier:1:3:551368:0
GUID (UUID V4):52287420-d26b-463a-997d-420de4335cad
References
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from non-sulfide zinc mineral separates IP (willemite - Zn2SiO4, smithsonite - ZnCO3, hemimorphite -...Al)4O10(OH)2Ā·4H2O) collected from several Zn deposits in Ireland, Belgium, Poland, Namibia, Peru, Yemen and Zambia...likely extent of any fractionations. We find that willemite has the greatest compositional variability, with...ā€“0.1 to +0.4ā€°). Most of the data observed on willemite, hemimorphite and hydrozincite can be explained...were measured on 28 secondary zinc minerals (willemite - PT Zn2SiO4, smithsonite - ZnCO3, hemimorphite
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hydrozincite), Zn silicates (hemimorphite, more rarely willemite or Zn-rich clays), and even more rarely true Zn...pollution. In September 2003, the Skorpion nonsulfide Zn mine in southern Namibia started its production with...the Rbā€“Sr method to directly date hydrothermal willemite formation in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia....the nonsulfide Znā€“Pb ores at Silvermines and Galmoy, Ireland, is presented by Balassone et al. The authors...Belgium. Their study shows that the genesis of the willemite orebody at Kelmis (also known as La Calamine or
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redeposition, and preservation under glacial till. The willemite-dominated mineralization at La Calamine, Belgium...possible hydrothermal origin, similar to other willemite deposits in the world. Introduction PRIOR to...collectors are also present. Group II deposits are willemite-dominated deposits in Late Proterozoic to Early...the mineralogy, with a typical prevalence of willemite. The metamorphosed nonsulfide deposits (Hitzman...and gahnite have been recorded together with willemite, may also belong to this class (Table 1). 715
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hydrozincite) and Zn silicates (hemimorphite, willemite and Zn clays), with a variable content of Pb minerals...paleoweathering in Europe. The extensive occurrence of willemite, that appears to be the first deposited nonsulfide...Belgian ā€œcalaminesā€. Most fluid inclusions in willemite (80%) and all inclusions in smithsonite are monophase...rare two-phase inclusions (liquid + vapor) in willemite display a large variation between 80 and 190Ā°...interval matching the temperature ranges of other willemite ores throughout the world, so far considered of
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involves veining and hydrofracturing. At Rogerley Mine, centimetric Simplified geological map of the Alston...showing localities studied: 1. Tynebottom Mine; 2. Smallcleugh Mine; 3. Wellheads Hush; 4. West Rigg open-cut;...open-cut; 5. Eastgate Cement Works quarry; 6. Rogerley Mine; 7. Scordale (Hilton and Merton Mines) B130 Applied...limestone. Brecciation is also seen at Tynebottom Mine. Here, angular, dark, fine-grained, silicified limestone...major factor, (e.g. the Fe deposits and Smallcleugh Mine); those where both metasomatism and open-space-filling
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constraints on Zn-Pb ore genesis in the Pend Oreille mine, Metaline district, Washington, USAā€”S.Johari Pannalal...rainfall on metals flux from the historic Beatson mine, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USAā€” Lisa L. Stillings...ancient supergene, and modern sulfates at the Questa mine, New Mexico ā€”Andrew R. Campbell and Virgil W. Lueth...massive sulfide deposit at the abandoned Valzinco mine, Virginia, USAā€” Robert R. Seal II, Jane M. Hammarstrom...Piatak, and Gregory A. Wandless The Scadding gold mine, east of the Sudbury igneous complex, Ontario: An
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the dolomite-sphalerite rhythmites of San Vicente Mine in Peru, sphalerite-fluorite-barite rhythmites of...deposit in Iran, the deeper part of the Montevecchio Mine in Sardinia, and parts of the Tsumeb deposit in...sulfide mineralization and lacks willemite mineralization. Generally, willemite is a prevailing mineral existing... hydrothermal processes (Hitzman et al., 2003). However, willemite is not a prerequisite for the identification of...travertine system, and shows no mineralization of willemite (Boni et al., 2007; Daliran et al., 2013). From
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smithsonite, hydrozincite, hemimorphite, sauconite, and willemite, markedly different from sphalerite ores, typically...was recognized for the first time in the Uberroth Mine, near Friendensville, in the Saucon Valley of Pennsylvania...zinc et dā€™aluminum hydrateā€ in the Vieille-Montagne Mine (Belgium). The mineral was definitely validated...low-temperature hydrothermal fluids, as in PreguiƧa mine, Southern Portugal (Will et al. 2014). Baileychlore...solely recognized in association with willemite in the Franklin mine, New Jersey (U.S.A.). Up to date, in
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and vanadocrete (vanadate). Panczner 1987 Tajo Mine, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Panczner...chrysocolla plancheite chalcedony hemimorphite willemite hemimorphite chrysocolla gypsum thenardite...Pb-Znā€“Cu-AsNi -FeS carbonatehosted Galmoy Lisheen Tynagh Ireland Aitik Sweden malachite malachite... Cu sedimenthosted (sandstonehosted) Kalengwa Mine, Zambia Cu-Co stratiform and vein-type REE-(Zn-PbCu)...heterogenite tenorite Kabwe Mine (Broken Zn-Pb stratabound and Hill Mine), replacement Zambia within
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uneconomic. The ED occurrence of supergene willemite is a still a debated subject. Supergene nonsulfide...anhydrous zinc silicates and oxides, such as PT willemite (Zn2SiO4), zincite (ZnO), franklinite (ZnFe2O4)...tarbuttite [(Zn2PO4(OH)] is very in the Skorpion mine (Namibia), together with chalcophanite MA ...Mondillo et al., 2011, 2014; Santoro et al., 2013a). Willemite (Zn2SiO4) occurs only in few supergene deposits...consisting of silicates or hydrosilicates such as willemite or hemimorphite are not apt to be ED measured
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ā€œcalamineā€, which is a convenient ļ¬eld term used by mine geologists to designate a mixture of Zn minerals...smithsonite, hydrozincite), Zn-silicates (e.g., willemite, hemimorphite), Zn-oxides (e.g., zincite, franklinite...deposits, related to warm ļ¬‚uids, usually contain willemite, zincite and franklinite, whereas supergene nonsulļ¬de...resource of mixed oxide and sulļ¬de at ResurrecciĆ³n mine was 30,000 t at 6.7% Zn (Grandia et al., 2003b)...and detailed maps (B: San AgustĆ­n mine Sg2; and D: San Jorge mine Sj3) of the Znā€“(Feā€“Pb) mineralized
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MINES Stephen Moreton ā€¢ David Green 34 ABBEYTOWN MINE AND QUARRY Stephen Moreton ā€¢ John Lawson ā€¢ Robert...Fieldwork was unable to provide corroboration as the mine levels are now inaccessible and little of note remains...WIRTH, M. M. (1989) Native silver from Red Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria.Jouma/ of the RussellSociety...JBF Minerals stand.PhotoRoyStarkey. UK Journal of Mine, & Minerals No. 30 - If)- Moving on to other dealers...from a limestone quarry near Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio. There was an Aladdin's Cave of pyromorphite
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al., 2008; Jacquat et al., 2008, 2009). In acid mine drainage systems and smelter-impacted soils, zinc-iron...zinc isotope composition in minerals at La Florida mine (Basque Cantabrian Basin, Spain), where very intense...nonsulfide Zn-Pb mineralization at Silvermines and Galmoy (Irish Midlands). Ore Geol. Rev. 33 (2), 168ā€“186...Coppola, V., Deionghe, L., Fedele, L., 2005. Willemite in the Belgian non-sulfide zinc deposits: A fluid...Putnis, A., 1999. A TEM study of samples from acid mine drainage systems: Metal-mineral association with
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27 San Vincente; 28 Vazante; 29 Ireland (e.g., Navan, Lisheen, Galmoy); 30 CracowĀ±Silesia; 31 Alpine district;...Arctic Proterozoic Australia Lennard Shelf Ireland Ireland Gays River Gays River East Tennessee East...Missouri Tri-State Upper Miss. Valley Avecila Mine North Appalachians North Appalachians North Appalachians...hosted by rocks of Proterozoic age (Fig. 1). The willemite deposit of Vazante, Brazil has long been considered...midcontinent, eastern United States and Canada, and Ireland. With the exception of the Lennard Shelf MVT deposits
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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 Ā·r. and. more recently. Ireland became a major player in world zinc produ.:tion
hosted in the now-eroded rocks above the Yanque mine site. Zinc-rich solution migrated through the sedimentary...remnants of galena and barite (Fig. 1). At the Yanque mine, the rock types of the lower part of the Mara Formation...zones of the Tynagh and Silvermines deposits, Ireland (Balassone et al., 2008). Zn smectite occurs in...Beltana (South Australia), the hypogene primary willemite ores (Hitzman et al., 2003) were weathered to...nonsulfide Zn-Pb mineralization at Silvermines and Galmoy (Irish Midlands): Ore Geology Reviews, v. 33, p
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hosted in the now-eroded rocks above the Yanque mine site. Zinc-rich solution migrated through the sedimentary...remnants of galena and barite (Fig. 1). At the Yanque mine, the rock types of the lower part of the Mara Formation...zones of the Tynagh and Silvermines deposits, Ireland (Balassone et al., 2008). Zn smectite occurs in...Beltana (South Australia), the hypogene primary willemite ores (Hitzman et al., 2003) were weathered to...nonsulfide Zn-Pb mineralization at Silvermines and Galmoy (Irish Midlands): Ore Geology Reviews, v. 33, p
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Vivianite Volchonskoite Voltaite Wadeite Wickmanite Willemite Willemseite Witherite Wodginite Wollastonite Woodhouseite...hanging wall. During a subsequent mining period, the mine was re-opened to recover sideritic parts of the...you look for a mine look near a mineā€. This includes the imperative ā€œif you look for a mine look for smelting...also for the chrome diopside found at Outukumpu mine, a mineral that is ļ¬rst and foremost recognized...According to the Raw Materials Group (Sweden), the world mine production in 2005 stood at 19.3 m t metal content
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Vivianite Volchonskoite Voltaite Wadeite Wickmanite Willemite Willemseite Witherite Wodginite Wollastonite Woodhouseite...hanging wall. During a subsequent mining period, the mine was re-opened to recover sideritic parts of the...you look for a mine look near a mineā€. This includes the imperative ā€œif you look for a mine look for smelting...also for the chrome diopside found at Outukumpu mine, a mineral that is ļ¬rst and foremost recognized...According to the Raw Materials Group (Sweden), the world mine production in 2005 stood at 19.3 m t metal content
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disseminating the information, the mine geologists and mine managers who have made the mine visits a rewarding experience...concentration required to achieve the break-even point for a mine in terms of revenue and costs. Any detailed exploration...Transvaal, South Africa (Palabora Mining Company Limited Mine Geological and Mineralogical Staff 1976). The complex...deposits, such as the Pb-Zn deposits of central Ireland Huray et al. 1987) and the Creede deposit in Colorado...McArthur River, Australia (Muir 1983) and Tynagh, ' Ireland (Boast et al. 1981). Russell (1983, 1986) proposed
 
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