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Gortdrumite from
Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gortdrumite
Formula:Cu24Fe2Hg9S23
Comments:Extremely rare, found in association/similar conditions (dolomite vugs) with cinnabar.
Habit:Lath like crystals, similar to stibnite
Colour:Grey
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Extremely Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tennantite Subgroup2 photos of Gortdrumite associated with Tennantite Subgroup at this locality.
Dolomite1 photo of Gortdrumite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Gortdrumite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Cinnabar1 photo of Gortdrumite associated with Cinnabar at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gortdrumite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:97237
Long-form Identifier:1:3:97237:2
GUID (UUID V4):13fcb381-955d-4d44-8001-144ea86c795a
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PP. 35-6 Gortdrumite, a new sulphide mineral containing copper and mercury, from Ireland G. M. STEEO...dolomitized limestones from the Gortdrum Orebody of County Tipperary, Ireland. It has an empiricalformula...9~ and the VHNlo hardness range 186 to 230. THE Gortdrum orebody lies in basal Carboniferous sedimentary... 36 G.M. TABLE I. Electron probe analyses of gortdrumite S: Fe Cu Hg Total 1 2 3 16.93 2.08 38.35...TABLE II. X-ray powder diffraction pattern for gortdrumite 4 Atomic proportions on the basis of five atoms
Report (issue)
Gortdrumite Cu18 FeHg6 S16 (?) c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...c = 24.10 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Gortdrum deposit, Ireland. 4.58 (100), 3.38 (70), 2.88 (50), 2.78...39.6 21.0 (3) Total 99.11 99.5 (1) Gortdrum deposit, Ireland; by electron microprobe, average of four...dolomite, barite. From the Gortdrum deposit, near Tipperary, Co. Tipperary, Ireland [TL]. For the type locality...locality, the Gortdrum deposit, Ireland. Type Material: The Natural History Museum, London, England
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...list includes two new species, gobbinsite and gortdrumite. A glossary of Irish minerals is being prepared
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Magazine, August 2018, Vol. 82(4), pp. 853–861 Gortdrumite, Cu24Fe2Hg9S23, from Leogang, Salzburg, Austria:...ABSTR ACT The crystal structure of the mineral gortdrumite, a rare copper-mercury-iron sulfide, was solved...and 1 Fe) occur in the crystal structure of gortdrumite. Mercury cations link two sulfur atoms in a linear...Fe)6Hg2S5 as reported previously. K E Y WO R D S : gortdrumite, crystal structure, chemical composition, Cu-sulfides...Cu-sulfides, Leogang, Austria. Introduction GORTDRUMITE was defined as a new mineral species with the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
see WILLIAMS,S. A., 37 CHANNELISLANDS,Sark's Hope mine, silver mineralization, 539 Chloritoid, Spitsbergen...Gunnislake, Fe-rich roscherite, 81; Penberthy Croft mine, wroewolfeite, 240; DERBYSHIRE, South Pennines,...minerals in basalts, 21; DEVON, Devon Friendship mine, wroewolfeite, 240 Epigenite, species status, 411...Scotland, geochem, study, 1 Gobbinsite, 567 Gortdrumite, Ireland, new mineral, 35 Goyazite-crandallite series...I~NNAN, P. S., tourmalinites from Belgium and SE Ireland, 236 Kimberlites, melilite in, 404; South Africa
Book
description of the species nominates Socrates mine, Sonoma County, California, as the type locality. The NHM... Aerugite (Neotype) BM 1963,00481 South Terras mine, St-Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England R.J. Davis...34. Afwillite (Cotype) BM 1925,00080 Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa J. Parry and F. E. Wright...277. Agardite (Cotype) BM 1978,00024 Bou Skour mine, Bou Azzer, Jbel Sarho, Morocco J.E. Dietrich, M...199. Apachite (Cotype) BM 1980, 00532 Christmas Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA F.P. Cesbron & S.A. Williams
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
name is for the locdity, the Argut PIane. Maine mine, near Autun, France. Optically biaxial, positive...fergusonite-(Ce)and fergusonite-(Nd).G.Y.C. Gortdrumite* Steed, G. M. (1983)Gortdrumite, a new sulphide mineral containing...containing copper and mercury, from Ireland. Min. Mag., 47, 3536. Electron microprobe analyses of four grains...dolomite-barite vein in the Gortdrum ore body of County Tipperary, Ireland. The grains are strongly anisotropic...and lannonite. two new fluosulphates from Catron County, New Mexico. Min. Mag., 47, 37-40. 407 Microchemical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
republika) The occurence of cinnabar with microscopis gortdrumite at the Vrančice deposit near Příbram (Czech Republic)...djurleite and galena in calcite gangue was found at mine dump from the 16th century at the Vrančice deposit...low-temperature (< 100 oC) conditions. Key words: gortdrumite, cinnabar, djurleite, chemical composition, X-ray...dosud byl zjištěn pouze vedle typové lokality (důl Gortdrum, Monrad Co. Irsko - Steed 1983) na výskytech ve...cuprobismutite, pavonite and aikinite series from the Rozália mine, Hodruša-Hámre, Slovakia. Can. Mineral. 50, 325-340
Journal (issue)
D. Freier ------22 ------MICRO MINERALS FROM IRELAND BOARD 0.1. Green G. Ryback • S. JJ/oreto11 S...Figure 3. CALEDONITE (0.25mm) on LINARITE: Red Gill mine Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. R.S.W. Braithwaite Collection...the rare ban·um zeoliteham1otomeat Pen-y-Cl1111 Mine is thoughtto be only the third locali!J•forthe mineral...recorded from the Benallt Mine, Rhiw, Gwynedd (Smith & Bannister, 1944}and Cwm Orog Mine, Llangynog, Powys (Russell...\fachynlleth, and was for a rime the most productive lead mine in what was then Montgomeryshire. Discovered around
Book
GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN IRELAND ■■ — <.d ■ /A-- 'W .. 1 Edited by CJ. Andrew... ■ Geology and Genesis of Mineral Deposits in Ireland The front cover photograph shows a general view...from the 1 : 1.000,000 map Mineral Deposits of Ireland, 1984. by M. L. Browne and C. G. R. Reid, produced... Geology and Genesis of Mineral Deposits in Ireland Edited by C. J. Andrew, R. W. A. Crowe, S. Finlay...be ordered from: GGMDI c/o Geological Survey of Ireland Beggars Bush Haddington Rd. Dublin 4 Phone: 609511
Journal (issue)
stream sediment survey of the area around Carrock Mine (Appleton and Wadge, 1976) shows three, roughly...resembles the quartz in the tungsten veins at Carrock mine, being very coarse and greasy with few cavities...associated with the Skiddaw Granite near Carrock Mine, Cumbria. Mineral Reconnaissance Programme. Report...Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland. John van Voorst, London . ix, 483pp. [facsimile...the Lake District of Cumbria including Wanthwaite mine (Young., 1987); Nether Row Brow (Young et ai, 1992)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
US-TX01 Weishanite (Au,Ag)1.2Hg0.8 CN03 386 360 Gortdrumite Cu18FeHg6S16 AT05, IE01, US-NV03 385 39 Leadamalgam...the New Almadén mine in Santa Clara County and the New Idria mine in San Benito County (two of the world’s...literature. For example, the Hg mining district of Pike County, Arkansas, is hosted in Carboniferous sediments...massive and drusy quartz from the Socrates mine, Sonoma County, California; (b) cinnabar (HgS), RRUFF 070532...070463, with malachite and calcite, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. in the famous deposits of Broken Hill
Journal (issue)
finest known specimens of the very rare minerals gortdrumite and donharrisite. INTRODUCTION The Almadén mining...shown on a 1555 woodcut map of Spain by Sebastien Munster, from his Cosmographie Universelle, published Basel...level of the underground mine was refurbished to accommodate visitors, showing mine workings dating from...village of Almadenejos we find: The Vieja Concepción mine. Here it is possible to visit part of the historic...(dating from 1755 to 1757). The Nueva Concepción mine. The Baritel de San Carlos (San Carlos shaft house)
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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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during mining and milling, are introduced into mine concentrates and mill products. Often they have...acanthite and altered argentopyrite. Tynebottom Mine, North Pennines, Britain le galena. Cabagal effect...x 80, air 2d Pyrite, sphalerite and galena. Ireland This section is tarnished. Sphalerite (light grey...sphalerite and carborundum grit. Settlingstones Mine, North Pennines, Britain Islands. Britain A dried...greenstone belts. Some gold and platinum group mine- Volcanic peridotite This class where the nickel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
529. As blue spherulitic aggregates at the Arhbar mine, Bou-Azzer district, Morocco. Monoclinic. Optically...given. Composition Cu2AsO4(OH )- 6H20. Named for the mine. [A.M. 68, 1038.] Arsendeseloizite. P. Keller and...809. Crystals up to 8 mm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito Co., California, are orthorhombic, pseudotetragonal...A black monoclinic mineral from the Kornerupine mine near Lasamba Hill, Kwale dist., S. of Voi, Kenya...1983. Chemic der Erde, 42, 77. At the Clara mine and on the mine dumps at Neubulach, Black Forest, Germany
Book (edition)
Quadrangle, Green River Formations, near Dragon, Uintah County. Utah, USA. 63. 930-937, Science 223, 1075-1076..., Poudrene quany, Moni Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. New Mins. (1997), CM32, 843-854...Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the...about 47 miles southwest of Green River, Emery County, Utah, USA, 41. 82-90, 49, 1578-1602 (str.) Aulunite...104(3). 326-328 □ Achavnlitc, FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza
Book (edition)
Group, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, London. Geological Press, Beijing (in Chinese)...TL(CuFe),Se, Chatkalite Mawsonite Bukovite Gortdrumite Hematite 99 536 336 508 572 582 367 71 49) 429...Sb)6S32 606 113 174 109 Cuprite 3-3 6-5 5-5 Gortdrumite Hematite a-Fe203 Hollandite N Mgriite Chameanite...26-28 25-28 26-27 30-40 19 22-24 23-27 24-25 Gortdrumite Cinnabar Hollandite Maghemite Galkhaite 28-31...1 Provenance ate 31.0 Santa Rete Lucia fosto mine, cco La Luz, ON eh GW 5 —— WTIC (Zeiss, 314) Monochromator
Book (edition)
Group, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, London. lsaenko, M.P., Borishanskaya,. S.S. &...27-29 25-28 23-27 Chatkalite Mawsonite Bukovite Gortdrumite Hematite 27-31 27-32 27-35 27-41 28 28-38 ...CU2FeSnS4 71 572 124 530 125 26-30 481-485 3-3 Gortdrumite (Cu,Fe )6Hg2Ss 210 26-30 26-32 483-483 Hematite...16-25 13-21 13 11 7 4 13-14 11-13 9-10 8-9 Gortdrumite Cinnabar Hollandite Maghemite Galkhaite 28-31...Monoclinic (pseudo-cubic) Provenance Santa Lucia mine, La Luz, Guanajuato, Mexico 21°00'N,101°16'W Standard
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variety amethyst, sceptre habit, Denny Mountain, King County, Washington, U.S.A. / Photo by Ken Mayer Production...1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©
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K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 •nH20, ® Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=...*21120, Mon. Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(
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Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald
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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
 
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