Limonite from Ireland


Ireland
Connacht Mayo County Croagh Patrick ⓘ Lecanvey prospect	Barry Flannery Collection
Leinster Meath County Navan (An Uaimh) ⓘ Brownstown Mine	Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626
Wicklow County Avoca ⓘ Ballygahan Mine	Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626
ⓘ Ballymurtagh Mine	Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626
ⓘ Connary mine (Connorree mine)	Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626
ⓘ Cronebane Mine	Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626
ⓘ Kilmacoo Mine (East Cronebane Mine)	Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626
ⓘ Tigroney Mine (East Avoca Open Pit; St. Patrick's Mine)	Sheppard, W.A., (2007) Avoca Mine, a Volcanic Hosted Massive Sulphide Deposit in the Southwest of the European Caledonides. LiaMin Rpt 171.07, 10/10/2007 SGA Field Guide King, Robert Joseph, Evans, A. M., 1964. An occurrence of morenosite in Ireland, Mineralogical Magazine, 33 (267), p. 1110-1113
Croghan Kinshela Mountain ⓘ Gold Mines River	Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 627-634
ⓘ Ballycoog	Ixer, R. A., McArdle, P., & Stanley, C. J. (1990). Primary gold mineralization within metamorphosed iron ores, Southeast Ireland. Geol. Surv. Ire. Bull, 4, 221-6.
Lough Dan ⓘ Lough Dan mine ?	Field observation by Stephen Callaghan
Munster Cork County Castletown-Bearhaven Copper Mines Allihies ⓘ Mountain Mine	Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626
Glandore ⓘ Glandore Mine (Aghatubrid Mine; Glendore Mine)	Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Mizen Peninsula Ballydehob Audley Mines ⓘ Ballycummisk Mine	Barry Flannery (Personal Observation)
ⓘ Dhurode Mine (Carrigacat Mine)	Cornwall
Kerry County Kenmare Kenmare Mines ⓘ Ardtully Mine (Cloontoo Mine)	Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626
Killarney Lough Leane ⓘ Ross Island	Ixer, R.A. 2004. Catalogue of Petrographic Descriptions for Rock and Ore Samples, Ross Island Mine. In: O'Brien, W. ed. Ross Island - Mining, Metal and Society in Early Ireland. Bronze Age Studies 6, Department of Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway, 768pp.
Tipperary County Moyne ⓘ Lisheen mine	Bergakademie Freiberg, special exhibition, 2019.
Silvermines District ⓘ Ballygown South Mine	Barry Flannery Collection
Waterford County Bonmahon (Bunmahon) Knockmahon ⓘ Stage mine	Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626

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