 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Early Permian Age of the Lisheen Zn-Pb Deposit, Ireland S. J. PANNALAL,ā ,* D. T. A. SYMONS, Department...of 290 Ā± 9 (2Ļ) Ma for Zn-Pb mineralization at Galmoy and 269 Ā± 4 (2Ļ) Ma for the Ba mineralization at...that is observed in all Carboniferous strata in Ireland. Our preferred interpretation is that the paleomagnetic...topographically driven fluid flow, either from the south of Ireland or from closer to the deposit, which was modified...Conodont color alteration indices (CAI) map of Ireland, showing the location of the Lisheen deposit and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Isotopic Composition of Sulfides at the Lisheen Mine J. J. WILKINSON,ā S. L. EYRE,* Department of Earth...within dolomite breccias. Early fine-grained sphalerite-pyrite mineralization occurs as infill of intergranular...fine-grained disseminated, massive or colloform sphalerite and galena, with minor pyrite, chalcopyrite,...in solid solution in tennantite, galena, and sphalerite. Dolomite and barite dominate the gangue, with...by replacement of clasts. Coarse crystalline sphalerite and euhedral galena crystals are generally restricted |  | | Report (chapter) | | base metal deposits in the Rathdowney Trend, Ireland G. D. S E V A S T O P U L O 1 & P. R E D M O N...1Department of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland 2 Geological and Environmental Science Department...carbonates of Lower Carboniferous (Dinantian) age in Ireland is in most deposits younger than their mainly Tournaisian-aged...younger parts of the Vis~an, later Vis6an rocks in Ireland should be considered to be potential targets for...for exploration. Exploration for base metals in Ireland during the last 40 years has led to the discovery |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | farther south (Tynagh, Silvermines, Lisheen, and Galmoy). Subeconomic prospects tend to display a narrower...prospects, operating mines at Navan, Lisheen, and Galmoy, and the historic mines at Tynagh, Silvermines...description of the geology and mineralization in Ireland is beyond the scope of this contribution and only...pervasive in the southeastern Midlands, fringing the Leinster Massif (Phillips and Sevastopulo, 1986; Hitzman...and Wilkinson, 2001). Abundant ore minerals are sphalerite, galena, and pyrite, with lesser but variable |  | Johnson, Aaron W., Shelton, Kevin L., Gregg, Jay M., Somerville, Ian D., Wright, Wayne R., Nagy, Zsolt R. (2009) Regional studies of dolomites and their included fluids: recognizing multiple chemically distinct fluids during the complex diagenetic history of Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) rocks of the Irish Zn-Pb ore field. Mineralogy and Petrology, 96 (1) 1-18 doi:10.1007/s00710-008-0038-x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dolomite (Type 1) and in ore-stage carbonates and sphalerite (Types 2 and 3). The halogen geochemistry of...USA I. D. Somerville University College, Dublin, Ireland W. R. Wright Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson...those at Navan, Tynagh, Silvermines, Lisheen and Galmoy (Hitzman and Beaty 1996). Most petrologic, geochemical...deposits at Navan, Tynagh, Silvermines, Lisheen, and Galmoy are denoted as N, T, S, L, and G, respectively...accreted to form the basement rocks underlying Ireland. These rocks consist mainly of folded and faulted |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EVIDENCE FROM THE COOLEEN ZONE, NEAR SILVERMINES, COUNTY TIPPERARYāA DISCUSSION CHRIS REEDā School of Earth...suggested for black matrix breccias elsewhere in Ireland (e.g., Hitzman et al., 1992). Specifically, we...localities outside Ireland. Mineralized breccias from Ireland have been described from Galmoy, Lisheen, Silvermines...Beaty (1996) described hydrothermal breccias from Ireland as either tabular, roughly strata-bound bodies...Waulsortian Limestone at Lisheen and Galmoy, respectively. However, at Galmoy, the breccia is known to extend |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Carbonate-Hosted Lisheen Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, County Tipperary, Ireland M. W. HITZMAN,ā Department of Geology...Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, located in County Tipperary in southeast-central Ireland, consists of a group of strata-bound...bodies at Lisheen consist of pyrite-marcasite, sphalerite, and galena with subsidiary sulfosalt minerals...containing minor sphalerite and galena through deposition of a complex assemblage of sphalerite, galena, iron...Introduction THE Lower Carboniferous carbonate rocks of Ireland contain one of the worldās major base metal provinces |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Stonepark Prospect is located in County Limerick, south-central Ireland. Multiple zones of ZnāPb mineralisation...mineralisation is composed of pyritemarcasite, sphalerite and galena with gangue Fe-dolomite and calcite...McCusker (*) : C. Reed Teck Ireland Ltd, The Murrough, Co. Wicklow, Ireland e-mail: James.mccusker@teck...Introduction The Lower Carboniferous carbonate rocks of Ireland host one of the worldās most significant ZnāPb...discoveries since the 1960s (Tynagh, Silvermines, Navan, Galmoy and Lisheen) along with a number of currently sub-economic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EVIDENCE FROM THE COOLEEN ZONE, NEAR SILVERMINES, COUNTY TIPPERARY M. J. LEEā AND J. J. WILKINSON Fluid...subeconomic satellite of the Silvermines deposit, County Tipperary. The Cooleen zone is only weakly mineralized...Andrew, 1986a), Lisheen (Hitzman et al., 1992) and Galmoy (Doyle, et al., 1992). Because these breccias,...breccias at Lisheen and rock matrix breccias at Galmoy, are spatially associated with Zn-Pb sulfides,...satellite of the Silvermines deposit, located in County Tipperary (Fig. 1), that was delineated by drilling |  | | Report (chapter) | | Carboniferous-hosted base metal mineral deposits in Ireland J. D. J O H N S T O N l*, D. C O L L E R 2, G....College, Dublin 2, Ireland 2 ERA-Maptec, 5 South Leinster Street, Dublin 2, Ireland Abstract: Explorationists...transtensional movement. The Lower Carboniferous of Ireland is host to a large number of base metal deposits...2015 BASE METAL Table 1. MINERAL DEPOSITS, IRELAND Tonnages and grades of the main Irish sediment-hosted...Moyvoughly N'town-Cashel Lisheen Silvermines Tynagh Galmoy Magcobar Ballinalack Rickardstown Courtbrown Garrycam |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Table 3. Introduction The lower Carboniferous of Ireland is host to a large number of base metal deposits...Moyvoughly NewtownCashel Lisheen Silvermines Tynagh Galmoy Magcobar Ballinalack Rickardstown Courtbrown Garrycam...the Waulsortian (Lisheen, Silvermines, Tynagh, Galmoy) is all intimately associated with faulting and...cavities in the Waulsortian (Fig. 4b). At Lisheen, Galmoy and Silvermines, breccias are grossly concordant...extensively replaces the matrix as do magnetite and sphalerite. Associated with the brecciation is the Tynagh |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geological setting. Simpliļ¬ed geological map of Ireland showing locations of main ore deposits. Insets...distribution and structural controls at the Lisheen and Galmoy mines, and the locations of the sampling traverses...and stratigraphically controlled ore deposits in Ireland that are believed to have formed largely during...06 MT contained Zn; Fusciardi et al., 2003) and Galmoy (1.35 MT Zn; Lowther et al., 2003) ore deposits...of host rocks. Simpliļ¬ed stratigraphy of LisheenāGalmoy area showing major units and the locations of breccia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zn-Pb mineralisation in the Silvermines district, Ireland: a product of burial diagenesis Received: 04 April...1984; Andrew 1986; Samson and Russell 1987). While Ireland is regarded as the type locality for this style...mineralisation at Harberton Bridge, Lisheen and Galmoy (Fig. 1) has further fuelled the debate (Hitzman...map of Ireland outlining the location of: the Rathdowney Trend, including the Lisheen and Galmoy deposits...Ballysteen Limestone (the Lower Dolomite) (Fig. 2). Sphalerite, galena and pyrite occur as open space ļ¬lling |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | systems. We have obtained zinc isotope data from 19 sphalerite samples, formed over a range of well-constrained...important controls on the zinc isotope composition of sphalerite in the ore field. We suggest that the variation...preferential incorporation of light zinc isotopes in sphalerite precipitated rapidly under disequilibrium conditions...present high-precision zinc isotope data from sphalerite crystals formed under well-constrained conditions...of chalcopyrite from Chuquicamata, a sample of sphalerite from the Lau basin, one each from Gorno and Raibl |  | Torremans, Koen, Kyne, Roisin, Doyle, Robert, GĆ¼ven, John F., Walsh, John J. (2018) Controls on Metal Distributions at the Lisheen and Silvermines Deposits: Insights into Fluid Flow Pathways in Irish-Type Zn-Pb Deposits. Economic Geology, 113 (7) 1455-1477 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2018.4598 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland Abstract The world-class Irish Zn-Pb(-Ag) deposits...subeconomic Zn-Pb deposits including Navan, Lisheen, Galmoy, Tynagh, and Silvermines, containing >20 million...signatures of layered sphalerite at Galmoy and Navan, the fundamental trigger for rapid sphalerite precipitation... lin e Rathdowney trend Rapla K ilm as tu Galmoy ??? ??? Silvermines Lisheen ne cli on let...showing the location of the Lisheen, Silvermines, and Galmoy Zn-Pb mines and the Rapla Zn-Pb prospect. The inset |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 14.4 Mt at 11.7 percent Zn and 2 percent Pb, and Galmoy, 6.7 Mt at 11.9 percent Zn + Pb. Mining activity...carrying the metals (primary fluid inclusions in sphalerite) had a salinity of between 12 and 18 wt percent...evaporite deposition (Fig. 1) in northwest and central Ireland (Phillips and Sevastopulo, 1986), and also in the...Evaporite minerals in mine sequence Navan E Tynagh Silvermines E ? ? Galmoy St George's Land ?Evaporation...important host rocks to Pb-Zn mineralization in Ireland, in part grade into the massive, pure limestones |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the southeastern Midlands in proximity to the Leinster Massif. This dolomite formed after the ļ¬rst four...for the cessation of economic mineralisation in Ireland. Keywords Diagenesis Ć Dolomite Ć Carbonate-hosted...geological setting of Zn-Pb mineralisation in Ireland is beyond the scope of this contribution and only...Waulsortian Fig. 1 Simpliļ¬ed geological map of Ireland, showing distribution of zinc-lead ore deposits...(Modiļ¬ed after CSA Ltd. and Geological Survey of Ireland Mineral Deposits Map, 2000) Limestone Formation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | upwelling of 548 Fig. 1 Simplified geological map of Ireland, showing location of those Mississippian carbonatehosted...this study (adapted from hand out map Minerals Ireland Exploration & Mining Division). The approximate...(2014) 49:547ā553 Geology of Ireland Navan Tynagh Silver mines Galmoy Lisheen Limerick Basin Iapetus...fluids in sulphides from the main Pb-Zn mines in Ireland. All contain a small but genetically significant...Irish-type deposits: Navan, Silvermines, Lisheen, Galmoy and Tynagh. The samples selected are from areas |  | | Journal (issue) | | MICROMINERALS from IRELAND part III GRyback ā¢ S ŠŠ¾reŠ½Š¾Šæ 4 2 GOLD RUSHES of IRELAND S ŠoretoŠæ 45 RO...Treolar and the High Raise vein, in the Nentsberry mine at Alston, Cumbria in January 1931, will depend...Manual of the mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland John van Voorst, London. (Facsimile reprint, w...Italy; the mottled green marble of Connemara, Ireland; and the pinkish, green-spotted marble from Tiree...well have been in the lower levels of some lead mine, now abandoned. Further information was obviously |  | Kyne, Roisin, Torremans, Koen, GĆ¼ven, John, Doyle, Robert, Walsh, John (2019) 3-D Modeling of the Lisheen and Silvermines Deposits, County Tipperary, Ireland:Insights into Structural Controls on the Formation of Irish Zn-Pb Deposits. Economic Geology, 114 (1) 93-116 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2019.4621 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Lisheen and Silvermines Deposits, County Tipperary, Ireland: Insights into Structural Controls on...University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland Abstract Faults are important structures in the...deformation. Structural analysis of high-quality mine datasets indicates that fault segmentation is ubiquitous...Irish-type deposits ā Corresponding including Tynagh, Galmoy, Kilbricken, and the Rapla prospect, are hosted...and Hitzman, 2014). Previous work completed during mine appraisal, for both research and production purposes |  | | Report (chapter) | | of the Lisheen Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Co. Tipperary, Ireland E. S H E A R L E Y , P. R E D M O N D , M. K...Parkview House, Beech Hill, Clonskeagh, Dublin 4, Ireland Abstract: The Lisheen deposit is a stratabound...rocks extending from Abbeyleix in County Laois to Thurles in County Tipperary (Figs 1 and 2). Lisheen...Rathdowney Trend. It lies 8 k m southwest of the Galmoy deposit, which was discovered in L: I Ā° / /...Kilometres 0 Towns Fig. 1. The Rathdowney Trend, Ireland. ABL, Argillaceous Bioclastic Limestone. From |  | Gagnevin, D., Menuge, J. F., Kronz, A., Barrie, C., Boyce, A. J. (2014) Minor Elements in Layered Sphalerite as a Record of Fluid Origin, Mixing, and Crystallization in the Navan Zn-Pb Ore Deposit, Ireland. Economic Geology, 109 (6) 1513-1528 doi:10.2113/econgeo.109.6.1513 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 109, pp. 1513ā1528 Minor Elements in Layered Sphalerite as a Record of Fluid Origin, Mixing, and Crystallization...Crystallization in the Navan Zn-Pb Ore Deposit, Ireland* D. Gagnevin,1 J. F. Menuge,2,ā A. Kronz,3 C. Barrie...University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum, Georg-August-UniversitƤt...Number 1, Central Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland Ltd, Isoprime House, Earl Road, Cheadle Hulme...of the minor to trace element composition of sphalerite to discriminate between possible sources of ore-forming |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pb, and 85 g/t Ag (King et al., 2002). Barite, sphalerite, galena, and iron sulfides are hosted by the...relationships. Preliminary trace-element contents of sphalerite were determined by laser ablation-inductively...disseminated subhedral crystals of light-colored sphalerite accompany the disseminated pyrite. Euhedral cubic...masses of pyrite. Minor amounts of disseminated sphalerite and zones of sulfide-cemented breccia are present...minerals are found locally within the zones. Sphalerite and/or galena, where present, typically enclose |  | Mondillo, Nicola, Wilkinson, Jamie J., Boni, Maria, Weiss, Dominik J., Mathur, Ryan (2018) A global assessment of Zn isotope fractionation in secondary Zn minerals from sulfide and non-sulfide ore deposits and model for fractionation control. Chemical Geology, 500. 182-193 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.09.033 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Al)4O10(OH)2Ā·4H2O) collected from several Zn deposits in Ireland, Belgium, Poland, Namibia, Peru, Yemen and Zambia...precursor phase (primary sphalerite or an earlier secondary phase), with primary sphalerite falling in a relatively...in which partial dissolution AC of primary sphalerite is followed by precipitation of an initial secondary...isotopic data observed for 5 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT sphalerite in the Irish ore field is likely generated by...observed that ācontinuous batch leaching of M sphalerite at pH=2 and pH=4 was characterized by a modest |  | | Report (chapter) | | Carboniferous dolomites in the south and east of Ireland C L A I R E M. M U L H A L L & GEORGE D. S E...u s e u m Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland (e-maik mulhallc@tcd, ie) Abstract: Dolomitized...occur widely in Ireland. They host the major Zn-Pb ore bodies, at Lisheen and Galmoy. Despite significant...The laterally extensive Regional Dolomite of SE Ireland, examined at Lisheen and in Co. Carlow, is likely...hosted within Carboniferous carbonate rocks in Ireland has been the subject of recent study and debate |
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Galmoy Mine, Johnstown, Kilkenny County, Leinster, Ireland