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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Siderite
Formula:FeCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Siderite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:109135
Long-form Identifier:1:3:109135:9
GUID (UUID V4):e4ebc51e-8a3a-4483-90ae-17627a99855f
Nearest other occurrences of Siderite
42.0km (26.1 miles) Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
43.0km (26.7 miles) Knockanroe mine, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
43.0km (26.7 miles) Ballygown South Mine, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
86.9km (54.0 miles) Castlecomer Colliery, Kilkenny County, Leinster, Ireland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
5.818 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Hector-Calumet mine, Galena Hill, Canada. 3.36 (100), 2.058 (80), 1...Occurrence: As coatings on fine-grained sphalerite and siderite in vugs; probably of secondary origin, deposited...Sphalerite, siderite, greenockite. Distribution: In Canada, in the Hector-Calumet mine, Keno-Galena...area, Yukon Territory [TL], and in the Strathcona mine, Sudbury, Ontario. In the USA, near Hanover, Grant...Los Blancos mine, Sierra de Cartagena, Murcia Province, Spain. From Ragada, Greece. At Tynagh, near Killimor
Report (issue)
regional metamorphism. Association: Quartz, siderite, stilpnomelane, greenalite (Mesabi Range, Minnesota...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Table 3. Introduction The lower Carboniferous of Ireland is host to a large number of base metal deposits...Ballyvergin Moyvoughly NewtownCashel Lisheen Silvermines Tynagh Galmoy Magcobar Ballinalack Rickardstown Courtbrown...Mineralisation in the Waulsortian (Lisheen, Silvermines, Tynagh, Galmoy) is all intimately associated with faulting...breccias are grossly concordant sheets whereas at Tynagh dolomite forms discordant barren zones. Upper parts...exhalative feature (Russell 1975; Badham 1981). At Tynagh, hematite replaces some bioclasts, and extensively
Journal (issue)
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
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
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
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)
David McCallum and Mike Wood on The Brownley Hill Mine, Alslon Moor, C umbria . Non-subscribers may like...usual oullcls. • The Mining Herilage Sociely of Ireland has jusl published a 30 page .monograph wilh 33...Geological Survey of Ireland, Beggars Bush, I Iaddinglon Road, Dublin 4, Ireland . Price £4 poslage free...specimens from another little known site, Brookwood mine in Devon . This must once have been another arsenate...Neall found another wulfenite (2217) at Kinniside mine and has at last put a name to the little silvery-brown
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...[3-Fe3+O(OH,CI) Tetragonal Significant component of siderite-calcite-Fe sulphide concretions being formed in...Greigite. As a secondary mineral at Gravel Hill mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall (C. Sparrow, pers. comm...schr6ckingerite and gypsum, on walls of a level in Geevor mine, St. Just, Cornwall (Elton and Hooper, 1992). Andradite
Journal (issue)
., 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
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Isotopes and the Origin of the Silvermines Deposits, Ireland P. G. Coomer Department of Earth Sciences, Leeds...E S / ~,,'* t ' - , ~ S H A L L E E ~ • ... / i ,MINE ~(-q.l~j~ • - ~ (abandoned) ~V~LLAGE ~ SILVERMINES...Lower Carboniferous carbonate rocks in Central Ireland in the last few years has aroused considerable...about 40 ° to the north. Samples from the Shallee Mine come from abandoned spoil heaps, and so their precise... Coomer ~ II i zone siderite I I pyrite zone I I ! I I ,~'--, siderite zone ' / ' / ""--.~,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
localsubsurface waters,and at 25øC for the Tynagh mine, Ireland, and the Matagentedeposit,Cerro de Pasco...AND H. L. BARNES agh,CountyGalway,Ireland, andthe Cerrode Pasco mine (Matagentedeposit),Peru.Studiesof...other sulfidesand sulfosalts.Barite, rhodocrosite,siderite, calcite, and of toxicmaterialsto groundwaters...ground water at Burgin mine Loveringand Morris (1965) have examinedthe The Burgin Mine, East Tintic District...Consequently,in carbonateterrains,as at the Burgin mine where carbonatedissolutionis evident, the pH under
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...crystals over 2x4 inch surface hardshell Mine, Santa Cruz County Arizona USA £ I 2 GYPSUM variety SELENITE...chalcocite) on matrix with dark grey Pyargyrite Uchuchaqua Mine, Peru £ 10 b) with 3mm crystal on lxl inch £5 FLUORITE
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
Catalog/List
DECEMBER/JANUARY 1995 1. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine, Alston, Cumberland. About 30 greyish-white pyramidal...matrix. 60x35x30mm. £58. 2. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Portugal. Nice lustrous double sided group of pale...coated in fine nicely contrasting, light brown siderite. 50x40x18mm. £28. 3. FLUORAPOPHYLLITE. Pathardy...£40. 9. BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass of yellow bindheimite... CARBJNATE-FLUORAPATITE "FRANCOLITE". Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Chilsworthy, Cornwall. A 40x30mm area of granite
Catalog/List
JULY/AUGUST 1'994 1. ANATASE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Tavistock, Devon. A greenish matrix of compact...(b) 1 xl 30x20x20mm. £4. 3. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Beira-Beixa, Portug:il. Intergrown group of pale...One side is partly intergrown with light brown siderite and a little pyrite. 5CrA35xl5mm. £28. 4. APJ\TITE...FRANCOLI'I'E) ON .f-ID1ATITE. Levant Section, Geevor Mine, St Just,. rix showing bands of massive l:>rown...7�:; ·_ · BARITE ON CHALCOPYRITE. Mount Wellington Mine, '11·,elve Heads, Cornwall. A soliq mass of tarnished
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for the Genesisof the TynaghBaseMetal Deposit,Ireland ANTHONYMARKBOAST l, Instituteof Geological Sciences...more than 600 m to the north of Introduction THE Tynagh Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag orebody is one of the an inlier of...of banded hematite and chert with intercalated Ireland (Fig. 1). The hypogeneore is hostedby a crinoidal...Geologicoutline and principalbasemetal depositsof Ireland. Ty = Tynagh;Ab = Abbeytown;Go -- Gortdrum;Ke = Keel;...A characteristicfeature of the bank structureat Tynagh is the marginaldevelopment of synsedimentaryslump
Catalog/List
140x90x20mm. £18. 3. ANTIMONITE. Xikuangshan Mine, Hunan, China. A single lead grey lustrous xl 110x9x7mn...kink. 110x9x7nm. 4. APATITE AND SIDERITE ON QUARTZ. Panasqueria Mine, Beira-Beixa, Portugal, An impressive...display specimen showing two light brown composite siderite xls 80x50mm and 50x50mm attached to two colourless...semi-transparent 240mm quartz ■xls in parallel growth. On the siderite are scattered about 30 pale grey/green hexagonal... 5. AURICHALCITE AND HEMIMORPHITE. Tecoma Hill Mine, Lucin District, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA. Beautiful
Catalog/List
CATALOGUE 107, NEW MINERALS 1077 ■■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood .Mine, Cornwall Greenish , good coating on matrix, green...II: ■ GISMONDINE Green road Quarry, Ballyclare, County Antrim Chalk')' white areas on Basalt. ½ inch £4...Zeolite 169 ■■ GONNARDITE Hillsport, Island Magee, County Antrim, N.lrelan Quite rich white radiating mass...gelatin capsule .J £5 207 ■■ KESTERITE Cligga Mine Cornwall Metallic mass in matrix, quite rich Ix...£12 Mg OH Cl 385 ■■ MIARGYRITE Mc Laughlin Mine, Napa County California black areas in quartz with red
Catalog/List
about 2x3 inch surface. Shesodonnel Co Clare Ireland £10 13. WELOGANITE single yellowish terminated...tabular twinned crystal about 1cm size ( Telino Mine, Linopolis, Minas Gerais Brazil) £25 Na Be PO4 19...19. TITANITE variety "Greenovite" (Praboma Mine, St Marcel, Aosta Italy) pink vein about 3mm wide and...CUBANITE crystal section 5mm overall size (Henderson# 2 mine, 3250 level, Chibugamu, Quebec Canada) £12 24. CUPRIAN...CUPRIAN MELANTERITE rich bluish-green mass, Lokken Mine, Trondheim Norway 25. NATNE GOLD micro grains on
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
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...Ballyvergin Moyvoughly N'town-Cashel Lisheen Silvermines Tynagh Galmoy Magcobar Ballinalack Rickardstown Courtbrown
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization in the SilverminesOrebodies,Republic of Ireland STEWART TAYLOR Mineral ResourcesDivision, ElectrolyticZinc...transcurrentfault zone in northernCounty Tipperary,Republicof Ireland. The depositscompriselower discordantzones--deposited...mineralizationoccursin a varietyof sediments(barite,pyrite, siderite)whosecompositionreflectsthe natureof the exhaledfluidsand...G THE lead-zincorebodiesexploitedby Mogul of Ireland Ltd. from 1968 to 1982 (Table 1) lie adjacent to...south of Nenagh in CountyTipperary,Republicof Ireland (Fig. 1). The deposits(Fig. 2), of sedimentaryexhalativetype
 
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