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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:294794
Long-form Identifier:1:3:294794:5
GUID (UUID V4):0c7fe0dc-bc4c-4301-8852-242f03831681
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
65.7km (40.8 miles) Galmoy Mine, Johnstown, Kilkenny County, Leinster, Ireland
84.8km (52.7 miles) Clements Mine (Carrowgarriff Mine), Maam Bridge, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
97.3km (60.5 miles) Moneen Quarry, Castlebar, Mayo County, Connacht, Ireland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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now-closed Harborside mine and nearby Rosier mine, Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine. It is, however...sparingly in ores of the Tucson mine in the Leadville district of Lake County, Colorado (Eckel 1997). In Arizona...from two localities. One is at Bisbee, Cochise County, where it has been identified widely throughout...vesicles in the Turtle Mountain area of Graham County (Bideaux, Williams, and Thomssen 1960). The most...microcrystals is the 3 Metals mine in the Weepah district of Esmeralda County. Utah boosts two specimen-quality
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index. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then site name. To avoid the confusion...century boundary changes in the British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act...referred to as Glamorgan. The new counties and county boroughs brought in by the Lieutenancies Act of...Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R
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., No 1. Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _ ... Specimen: 135...J Mason -------- 42 -------MICROMINERALS from IRELAND G Ryback· S Moreton BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED...Manual of the mineralogy of Great Britain (Ind Ireland Van Voorsc, London. HEDDLE, M.F. (1887) On the...(Telephone 0872 223227). August 2nd: Visit to Dufron Mine, Dufton, near Appleby. Meet at Dufton Village municipal...01-4171-680). October 4th: Visit to Force Crag Mine, Keswick. Meet at Braithwaite Church, by Coledale
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Structures and Genesis of the Lead-Zinc-Deposit Tynagh, Ireland By D. B.IEDEL,Aachen ~) With 20 figures Zusammenfassung...Zusammenfassung Aus der Lagerst~itte Tynagh werden zahlreiche sediment~ire, diagenetische und organogene...den Kreuzungspunkt der E - W verlaufenden North Tynagh Fault mit dieser N-S-Struktur gebunden. Die A u...and organic origin oceuring in the Pb-Zn-deposit Tynagh are presented. Different facts suggest the presence...fluids is located at the cross of the E - W North Tynagh Fault and this postulated N-S-structure. The environment
Book
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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found in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland that are not included in Greg and...on minerals collected by A. de Hailer at Tynagh mine, Ireland, unpublished except in newsletters (Bulletins...Greigite. As a secondary mineral at Gravel Hill mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall (C. Sparrow, pers. comm...(-<3mm), with schr6ckingerite and gypsum, on walls of a level in Geevor mine, St. Just, Cornwall (Elton and...Dearman, 1966). Antimony Sb Trigonal From Pengenna mine, St. Kew, Cornwall; Hannaford, near Barnstaple,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
concentrations indicate that the main ore fluid at Tynagh and Silvermines was seawater that had evaporated...prompted by the discovery of the major deposits at Tynagh (1961) and Silvermines (1963), which contained...Russell, 1987), Tynagh (Banks and Russell, 1992), and from Ballinasloe, close to Tynagh (Wilkinson and...evaporite deposition (Fig. 1) in northwest and central Ireland (Phillips and Sevastopulo, 1986), and also in the...Possible high? Evaporite minerals in mine sequence Navan E Tynagh Silvermines E ? ? Galmoy St George's
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Post-Carboniferous pre-Quaternary karstification in Ireland David P. Drew* and Gareth LI. Jones" DREW, D. P...Post-Carboniferous pre-Quaternary karstification in Ireland. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 111...111, 345-353. Almost a half of the island of Ireland is underlain by limestones of which a high proportion...have been significant over extensive areas of Ireland and for considerable periods of geological time...College Dublin. Ireland "Conodcue International, Dundrum Business Park, Dublin 14, Ireland 1. INTRODUCTION
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USA I. D. Somerville University College, Dublin, Ireland W. R. Wright Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson...metal sulfide deposits including those at Navan, Tynagh, Silvermines, Lisheen and Galmoy (Hitzman and Beaty...Midlands. The locations of ore deposits at Navan, Tynagh, Silvermines, Lisheen, and Galmoy are denoted as...accreted to form the basement rocks underlying Ireland. These rocks consist mainly of folded and faulted...grabens. During the Lower Devonian, the Leinster and Galway Granites and numerous other granitic plutons were
Catalog/List
a protected cavity, on 2x2.5 inch Axinite. Obira mine, Oita prefecture, Kyrushu Island Japan £15 BARITE...masses in quartz, manganese matrix Fort Lismeenagh, County Limerick, was in the Borland collection, bought...CASSITERITE a very rich piece, nearly p from S.Crofty Mine Cornwall,, Seager collection small 2x4 inch £10...(Hingston Down, Cornwall) 2x2 I believe this is the mine rather than the quarry itself. £6 CELESTITE dark...zig-zag effect on one part, 360 level South Crofty Mine, Cornwall small 2x3 Seager collection £ 17 • GARTRELLITE
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
Catalog/List
Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...green stock label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section... SW.18 Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]...Corpus Christi Lode. SW.43 Botallackite - Levant Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 368 346]. 130 fathom level...Lode. Ex N.Carruth. SW.A8 Cassiterite - Pendarves Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1986. Ex N.Hubbard. SW.G12
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Waulsortian-hosted deposits farther south (Tynagh, Silvermines, Lisheen, and Galmoy). Subeconomic...Lisheen, and Galmoy, and the historic mines at Tynagh, Silvermines, and Abbeytown, anomalous concentrations...description of the geology and mineralization in Ireland is beyond the scope of this contribution and only...are observed in the Munster basin in southern Ireland where Variscan deformation and metamorphism have...31 0 km 50 FIG. 1. Simplified geologic map of Ireland showing localities mentioned in the text (numbered)
Book
This book describes the island of Ireland as a physical whole. Ireland has a peculiar significance in modern...In the early part of the Palaeozoic, north-west Ireland belonged with the New World and the remainder of...Telephone: 01242 714600 A GEOLOGY OF IRELAND Gweedore, County Donegal in September, looking towards...Photograph by M. C. F. Proctor A GEOLOGY OF IRELAND Edited by C. H. HOLLAND COLLEGE OF ST. PAUL AMD...Wilson Formerly: Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, Belfast; presently: Institute of Geological Sciences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lower Carboniferous pyrite mounds at Tynagh and Silvermines in ireland, have affinities to Parah'inella,...the major Carboniferous sulphide orebodies in Ireland. Pyritic sulphide microbialites also grew over...between the environments of deposition at: (A) Tynagh (Derry et al., 1965), (B) Silvermines (Boyce et...deposit that has most exhalative characteristics, Tynagh, through to the deposit with the least, Lisheen...is mirrored by the increase in Zn:Pb from ~ 1 at Tynagh, ~ 3 at Silvermines, 4 at Navan to 6 at Lisheen
Catalog/List
Tellurium down one side small 2x3 inch (Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Mexico) £25 BERYL translucent colourless...CHALCANTHITE rich blue mass on lx2 matrix (Majuba Mine, Nevada USA) £6 STRONTIANITE yellowish. strongely...crystalline areas in white Barytes. (Whitesmith mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland) lxl £5 lx2 £10...2x4 inch surface hardshell Mine, Santa Cruz County Arizona USA £ I 2 GYPSUM variety SELENITE small 2x2...chalcocite) on matrix with dark grey Pyargyrite Uchuchaqua Mine, Peru £ 10 b) with 3mm crystal on lxl inch £5 FLUORITE
Report (issue)
12 (SO4 )1.71 (OH)6.98 • 3.18H2 O. (2) Glücksrad mine, Germany; partial analysis. Polymorphism & Series:...mineral formed in the dump from a hydrothermal copper mine (Chessy, France); precipitated from vadose waters...district, Arizona, USA). Association: Devilline, gypsum, calcite (Chessy, France); chrysocolla, malachite...Lyon, Rhône, France. In the Tynagh mine, near Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland. From Vezzani, Corsica, France...Glücksrad mine, near Oberschulenberg, Harz Mountains, Germany. From near the Childs-Aldwinkle mine, Copper
Catalog/List
calcite or matrix 935 ■ MILLOSEVICHITE Scholler Mine, Kladno, Czech Republic. Rich yellow-grey spongy...-·-·-- !'lo_9_ _ _ _ _ 285 ■■ NATIVE GOLD La Farolla mine, Copiapo, Chile one or two spots on 2cm matrix _£7_..._ _ _ _ __ ~ - / ~ : i E.RTRANDITE ____ .Gclc~~~Mine, G~~e~~;i~;Val~d~~~;: srazitcolourless micro crystals... - --- ----- ----- - -- 73 ■■ BRAUNITE Praborna Mine, St Marcel ,Piedmont, Italy 849 ■ OPAL Carlaze Pit...----- - - ------- ----- 1001 ■■ BRUCITE N'chwaning Mine, Kuruman, S. Africa Creamy to pale green ,rich foliated
Book
photograph by Alan Spain, showing the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare Pelican Books Pelican Geography and Environmental...Studies Editor: Peter Hall Geology and Scenery in Ireland After graduating in Geography at Reading University...1957. He has held university teaching posts in Ireland, East Africa and Australia and has also been a... 0 Miles 25 50 • GEOLOGY AND SCENERY IN IRELAND -J. B. \VI-II 'l'TOW • PENGUIN BOOKS • Penguin...Plateau 26 3. Lough Neagh and the Bann Lowlands 42 4. County Londonderry and North Tyrone 53 5. Donegal 67 6
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to decline through the end of the year. U.S. zinc mine production rose slightly in September to 50,600...metals. Group forecasts in metric tons were: LIAO Mine output .......... . Metal output .......... . Consumption...3,J.«,000 3;797,000 3,359,000 3,5"4,000 ZINC Mine output .......... . Metal output .......... . Consumption... . Manganese Market Guide adcUtions: The Amapa mine in Brazil is owned 51 % by the Antunes group and...the second month in a row to 363,864 tons. World mine production dropped sharply to 319,498 tons as the
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lhc RMS Collcclion Mineral Collccling Trip lo Ireland Jeandandyile Mineral Collecling in lhc Caldhcck...ruined lhe spcci111en. Had lhis specimen have been mine I, 100, would have left ii as it was. It i s 1101...coronadite, psilomclane and quart?. from Dry Gill Mine, Caldbcck Fells. Paul Wallace's mixitc from Penberthy...ecrussite and lcadhillitc from No.2 level dump, Red Gill Mine, Caldbcck Fells. Following the announcement of the...I A LCOl'YRITE MOTTR,\ �1 1 TE �,orrR A M I T E GYPSUM GYPSlJ�I l'YROMOR PI IITE llARITE M,\LACIIITE SIDERITE
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Geology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland 3 Department of Geological Sciences, University...in the Milford Borehole, GSI-91-25, from County Carlow, Ireland, has revealed an unusual sequence of shallow...coeval with similar evaporite-bearing rocks in County Wexford that are developed on the southern margin...lithostratigraphic correlation; Lower Carboniferous; Ireland 1. INTRODUCTION Identifying evaporative environments...adjacent to the Leinster Massif in southeastern Ireland. Evaporative sedimentation in this area was observed
Catalog/List
Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl £5 1x2 £10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS...sections in matrix with Eudialyte.Rare not Rich (Umba Mine,Lovozero Massif,Kola Russia) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 239...silvery areas in matrix with Tellurite. (La Bambolla Mine Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico) lxl £10 14 x 54 ins £5...yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE
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matrix hl !3 5 AGARDITE (Ce) r ...fe green micro's Mine, Wolf;_n, West Germany) 'h ins f.3. 60 6 ALBITE...mas'= (Tushar Mts, ne2r ~1.:w 7;·1il.le F'ilut·e County, Utah, U.S.A) 1x1 fl.30 lx2 f?.40 15 AMAZ0NITE...rich yellow masses with minor quartz. County, NevadaU.S.A) lxl BOp 55 BINDHEIMITE quite rich...yellow pea size masses &crusts on Quartz (les Anglais Mine, Massiac,Brouse France) lxl 60p 1x2 fl.10 56 BIOTITE...61 BORNITE rich purple mass in matrix.(Gortdrum Mine, Tipperary S.Ireland) location closed. lxl 50p 1x2
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refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National Grid Reference...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland...Waterbank mine Waterbank mine Milltownquany Waterbank mine Wh.Fortune Lyme Regis Dry GIii mine Roughtongill
 
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