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Minnesotaite from
Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Minnesotaite
Formula:Fe32+Si4O10(OH)2
Comments:Minor constituent of Lower Carboniferous cherty ironstones as aggregates of fibres up to 0.15 mm long, associated with stilpnomelane and hematite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Minnesotaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:681055
Long-form Identifier:1:3:681055:9
GUID (UUID V4):2a4c3176-ca75-42f6-b8ab-f51e019d869a
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
5AB, Northern Ireland AND E I L E E N FARLEY Geological Section, National Museum of Ireland, 7-9 Merrion...occurrences in Ireland more recent than the Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland of Greg and...known from the British Isles, about 360 occur in Ireland. Forty of these Irish minerals are listed here...exploration of metalliferous deposits in the Republic of Ireland. Indeed, about half the entries in the list below...(1986) Geology and genesis of mineral deposits in Ireland, Irish Association for Economic Geology, Dublin
Report (issue)
(Fe 2+; Mg)3 Si4 O10 (OH)2 Minnesotaite ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data:...and in the Blue Bell mine, Riondel, British Columbia, Canada. In the Mamatwan mine, near Kuruman, Cape...Murcia Province, Spain. From Tynagh, near Killimor, Co. Galway, Ireland. At The Lizard, Cornwall, England...J.W. (1944) The composition and structure of minnesotaite, a common iron silicate in iron formations.... and S.W. Bailey (1982) The superlattice of minnesotaite. Can. Mineral., 20, 579{584. (4) Kager, P.C
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LOWER CARBONIFEROUS CHERTY AT TYNAGH, RICHARD W. IRONSTONES IRELAND SCHULTZ CONTENTS. PAGE Abstract................................... Geologyof the Tynagh Iron Formation............................................. Generalaspectsof the origin of the Tynagh Iron Formation ................ Basic theory ........................... Classification of the Tynagh ironstones.................................. Concluding................................... ABSTRACT The Tynagh Iron Formation was discoveredduring drill-exploration
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Juan Carlos 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 ·r. and. more recently. Ireland became a major player in world zinc produ.:tion
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associated with the Carboniferous Pb-Zn deposit at Tynagh, Ireland (see Chapter 7). Lake Superiortype ores, by...ankerite), silicate (greenalite, stilpnomelane, minnesotaite), and sulfide (mostly pyrite). In different...stilpnomelane Minnesota Labrador Western Australia minnesotaite Minnesota Labrador Western Australia 0.56 0...considerable Fe3+ (Eggleton and Chappell1978); and minnesotaite, an iron talc (Table 2-3). Structural details...stilpnomelane are thought to be primary, and minnesotaite a product of very low-grade metamorphism (Ayres
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silicates include greenalite, stilpnomelane, minnesotaite and grfinerite, the first three of which occur...unmetamorphosed Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous) Tynagh MECS-IF (Schultz, 1966). Siderite generally contains...hematite Ma martite Mc marcasite Mg magnetite Mn minnesotaite No nontronite Po pyrrhotite Py pyrite Sd siderite...1959. Geology of the Lake Mary quadrangle, Iron County, Michigan. U.S. Geol. Surv., Bull., 1077, 112 pp...the Nimba itabirite and associated rocks, Nimba County, Liberia. Econ. Geol., 69: 80--92. Berggren, W
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Palmyra COSP Dalmellington COSP Dairy Clayband MECS Tynagh SCOS Tuyun SCOS Namur SVOP Constanze-Lahn-Dill...classifiedtypes. Common morphosed Mississippian Tynagh MECS-IF minerals include hematite, magnetite, greenalite...in thesemineralstypisiderite,stilpnomelane, minnesotaite, grunerite,py- cally alternate with recrystallizedchert...has examined COSP-IF ironstoneat the La Chapacoal mine near pected. Precambrian coalis similarlyscarce(TyIer...Israel Program Sci. Translation [Jerusalem], Iron County, Michigan: U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 1077, 266 p
Catalog/List
Greenish, sparse, acicular micros in Penberthy Croft Mine, St 1cm £4 s AGARDITE Y Ca Cu As_O_O_H_____c_a_v_iti_e'-s-'in'-'-...215 69 3 11 Rich white crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Mohave ½x½£3 _P_b_S_iO_13 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Hornblende ALLANITE Black areas in actinolite Bastnas Mine Sweden lxl £1.20 CeYFeSiO Quite attractive blue-grey...Grey veins in and on matrix, some with Fallowfield mine, Ix½ ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 Alstonite micros. Hexharn...SO/4 OH magnification there arc small crystals County, Arizona -------------"'--------'-'--'----'--____;;
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reasons for the approach taken Mineral deposit or mine? A genetic model as the basis for exploration The...many geologists who have given their time during mine visits and responded to our queries. We have benefited...Decline Doline A downward inclined tunnel into a mine or potential ore body. A funnel-shaped depression...shaft excavated upwards for connecting levels in a mine or ore body. Ripping The removal of overburden...of the problems which face the mine geologist. The function of the mine geologist varies considerably
Book (volume)
explain the ideas of those who have worked on it (and mine, where they differ from those readily available...organization differs from one to the next. In Ireland, the geology of the ore-bearing part of that island...excludes for the purposes of this Volume) Northern Ireland) is discussed briefly and short descriptions of...doing. For Great Britain (again excluding Northern Ireland), the tin-tungstencopper deposits of Cornwall are...detail here are located in the following countries: Ireland England Scotland 3 7 1 Wales Norway Sweden 1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ilmenite martite marcasite magnetite maghemite minnesotaite nontronite iron-rich phosphates other than vivianite...and commonly is transected by coarser-grained minnesotaite and stilpnomelane (Klein, 1983). Metamorphism...Metamorphism is not necessary for production of either minnesotaite or stilpnomelane because both occur in an unmetamorphosed...Carboniferous (Mississippian) cherty iron formation in Ireland (Schultz, 1966). Metamorphism typically is necessary...oxygenated seawater. The Mississippian Tynagh MECS-IF of Ireland accumulated on and near a carbonate bank
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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)
Journal (volume)
0.2 38 0.1 15 0.1 32 1.2 27 0.3 24 0.6 minnesotaite from Pahtavaara and he suggested that the barrandite...dioxide concentration. With the exception of minnesotaite the iron silicates occur together with tbe minerals...R. M. (1949) A suggested origin for the Shelby County, Alabama, limonite ores. Econ. Geol. 44, pp. 278-...(1964) The Vulcan iron formation at the Grovcland mine, Iron Mountain, Michigan. Econ. Geol. 59, pp. 1094-...of Precambrian band cd iron deposits, Rio Arriba County, Ne\\" Mexico . Econ. Geol. 65, pp. 105- 205. MAGNUSSON
Report (issue)
exploration, and assessment of abandoned mine lands and mine-site remediation. This compilation presents...smelting. For example, the environmental signature of a mine site may include metal contents and suites in minedrainage...readily soluble secondary salts associated with mine waste. The "environmental effects" of mineral deposits...including, for example, the environmental effects of a mine drainage on a river into which the drainage flows...release of metals into the environment from solid mine or mineral processing wastes. Although the relative
Book (edition)
communities to be plunged into unemployment because a mine or mines have become unprofitable, a need to earn...for, and hence the price of, the mine product, well in advance of mine development. A useful recent discussion...producers have spent vast sums of money on exploration, mine development and production but have paid too little...minerals (based on Noetstaller 1988). Prices are ex-mine or processing plant The role of the firm Average...in the form of prospectors, consultants and small mine operators. The owner may of course have quite a
Report (issue)
post-depositional processes in uranium ores at the Stanleigh mine, Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada.....................botryoids at a 350 Ma fossil warm spring at the Tynagh mine, Ireland: (A) The top surface (field of view measures...revealing bubbles. (C) A natural chemical garden from Tynagh comprising pyrite spires embedded in barite (photographed...exhalative sulfide constructs at the Tynagh and Silvermines orebodies in Ireland (Fig. 4A–C) (Boyce et al., 1983;...1989, 1994). Although the iron sulfide mounds at Tynagh and Silvermines resulted from acidic solutions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Miargyrite Microlite Millerite Mimetite Minasragreite Minnesotaite Mirabilite Molybdenite Molybdite Monazite Monetite...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 mine”. This includes the imperative “if you look for a mine look for smelting...also for the chrome diopside found at Outukumpu mine, a mineral that is first and foremost recognized...According to the Raw Materials Group (Sweden), the world mine production in 2005 stood at 19.3 m t metal content
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Miargyrite Microlite Millerite Mimetite Minasragreite Minnesotaite Mirabilite Molybdenite Molybdite Monazite Monetite...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 mine”. This includes the imperative “if you look for a mine look for smelting...also for the chrome diopside found at Outukumpu mine, a mineral that is first 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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On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187
Book (edition)
Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver...Lake Co., Breckenridge(*), Summit Co., Ground Hog mine(*), Gilman Co., Silverton and Telluride, San Juan...Ledge mine, Nevada Co., Jamestown, Tuolumne Co., Colorado quartz mine, Mariposa Co., Bonanza mine, Trinity...Nelson, Westland, Otago, and Southland. Emperor mine, Vatukuola, Fiji. Mt. Kare, Papua New Guinea. In...localities in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador; Morro Velho mine, Nova Lima, MG, Brazil. sm DI:90, R:321, P&J:281
Report (issue)
must know not only in which direction a particular mine opening should be extended to continue in an ore...changing as the advance of technology permits us to mine or process minerals that were once too low in grade...technologic advances will make it profitable to mine resources that would be much too costly to produce...are at least a few prematurely deserted mills and mine installations built on the expectation of finding...deposits and production continues from a single mine at an annual rate of 5-10 thousand tons. The extent
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base of the Complex (Vermaak, 1976). At the Atok mine, platinoid minerals tend to occur at the boundaries...and ore de¬ posits of the Jerome area, Yavapai County, Arizona: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 308, 185...Rye, D. M., and Rye, R. O., 1974, Homestake gold mine; I. Stable isotope studies: Econ. Geol., v. 69,...E., 1976, The Merensky Reef at the Atok platinum mine and its environs: Econ. Geol., v. 71, p. 249-260...Mannard, G. W., 1975, The geology of the Kidd Creek Mine: Econ. Geol., v. 70, p. 80-89. 41 ORE-FORMING
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block I experienced recently when visiting a gold mine in virtually unmetamorphosed ground. A fault cuts..."common sense" observations described from the gold mine with the chert and the organic matter. Another potent...Alterations of Conglomeratic Uranium Ores, Pronto Mine, Ontario, Canada E.Wm. Heinrich (With 1 Figure)...Observations on Ore Rhythmites of the Trzebionka Mine, Upper Silesian-Cracow Region, Poland L. Fontbote...the Cobaltite-Gersdorffite Series from the Raipas Mine, Finnmark, Norway F.M. Vokes and G.S. Strand (With
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Lower Carboniferous cherty ironstones a t Tynagh, Ireland. Econ. Geol., 61: 311-342. Schwartz, R.M. and... Lower Carboniferous cherty ironstones at Tynagh, Ireland. Econ. Geol., 61: 311-342. Stockwell, C.H....16: 21022121. Bartley, M.W., 1948.Steep Rock Iron Mine. In: M.E. Wilson (Editor), Structural Geology of...1972. Origin of the Mormon Mesa Caliche, Clark county, Nevada. Bull. GBol. SOC.Am., 83: 143-156. Hay...425 m drill core section of iron-formation, Helen Mine, Michipicoten area, extending from the basal felsic
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deposit, ore deposit, mineral occurrence, prospect, mine, reserves and resources are familiar, but more rigorous...because the samples examined were collected from a mine depth of about 100 m. The d18OH2O trend reflects...pages that follow, I draw from an earlier book of mine (Pirajno 1992), augmented by more recent data from...from a kaolinitic precursor: evidence from the Geco Mine, Manitouwadge, Ontario. Econ Geol 78:422–437 Stanton...Zaaiplaats mineralisation styles. Sketch based on Mine handout and Pollard et al. (1988) zone. The lenticular
 
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