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Pyrite from
Mountain Mine, Allihies, Castletown-Bearhaven Copper Mines, Cork County, Munster, Ireland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mountain Mine, Allihies, Castletown-Bearhaven Copper Mines, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:9046
Long-form Identifier:1:3:9046:9
GUID (UUID V4):8375593f-8681-48c2-a223-dd8d800c15b4
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
24.3km (15.1 miles) ā“˜Dhurode Mine (Carrigacat Mine), Mizen Peninsula, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
28.7km (17.8 miles) ā“˜Brow Head Mine (Mullavoge Mine), Mizen Peninsula, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
29.5km (18.3 miles) ā“˜Rock Island Quarry, Crookhaven, Mizen Peninsula, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
33.6km (20.9 miles) ā“˜Rooska Mine, Sheeps Head Peninsula, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
40.8km (25.3 miles) ā“˜Ballycummisk Mine, Audley Mines, Ballydehob, Mizen Peninsula, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
44.9km (27.9 miles) ā“˜Caher West Mine (Shanagarry Mine), Kenmare Mines, Kenmare, Kerry County, Munster, Ireland
53.6km (33.3 miles) ā“˜Muckross Mine, Killarney, Kerry County, Munster, Ireland
55.1km (34.2 miles) ā“˜Ross Island, Lough Leane, Killarney, Kerry County, Munster, Ireland
80.8km (50.2 miles) ā“˜Lady's Well Mine, Dunmore, Clonakilty, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
99.0km (61.5 miles) ā“˜Ballybunnion, Kerry County, Munster, Ireland
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphosed red beds: evidence from the Munster Basin, Ireland Samuel C. Spinks, John Parnell, David Bellis...metamorphosed red beds: evidence from the Munster Basin, Ireland, Ore Geology Reviews (2015), doi: 10.1016/j...metamorphosed red beds: evidence from the Munster Basin, Ireland IP T Samuel C. Spinks1, 2*, John Parnell1...and metasedimentary terranes. The Munster Basin of southern Ireland is a good study area for sedimentary...ore-grade biogenic sediment-hosted copper and remobilized vein-hosted copper sulfides, which are prospective
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in Cu-polymetallic and Znā€“Pb mineralisation in Ireland: constraints from lead isotopes Received: 10 January...Abstract Devonian red bed-hosted deposits in SW Ireland occur either as low-grade stratiform disseminations...bornite and djurleite, or as major quartz veins with copper-polymetallic deposits. Pb isotopic ratios vary...as the Carboniferous Znā€“Pb deposits of Central Ireland. It is suggested that the lead in both areas has...implications for the timing of the Variscan orogeny in SW Ireland. Because chalcopyriteā€“tennantite occurs along pressure
Report (chapter)
magmatism in the Munster Basin, SW Ireland M. P R A C H T Geological Survey of Ireland, Beggars Bush,... Dublin 4, Ireland (e-mail: prachtm @tec. irlgov.ie) Abstract: The following paper is intended as a review...review of the magmatism in the Munster Basin and an initial attempt to link it with the basin's history...evolution and inversion of the Devono-Carboniferous Munster Basin magmatic activity was widespread, although...evolution. On the western Beara Peninsula in SW Ireland alone, more than 160 sheet-like intrusions, a wide
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Table 3. Introduction The lower Carboniferous of Ireland is host to a large number of base metal deposits...are host to small Variscan syntectonic copper deposits (Allihies, Carbery, Reilly 1986). In the south,...(which he interprets to be cephalopods and worms) by pyrite and barite in the Tynagh deposit. However, he also...also interprets masses of botryoidal pyrite/marcasite, several millimetres high as hydrothermal chimneys...widespread throughout the southern half of Ireland as the Cork Red Marble (Shearley 1989) and equivalent
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Abstract The Zn-Pb (-Ba) deposits of central Ireland are hosted by Lower Carboniferous Waulsortian limestone...through the fractured basement underlying central Ireland plays an integral role in the evolution of the...deposits. The Lower Carboniferous Midlands basin of Ireland (Fig. 1) is host to five economic Zn-Pb (-Ba) deposits...Earth Science and Engineering, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington... 18 21 9 12 MIDLANDS BASIN 10 27 25,28 26 County Kildare Deposits 24 35 19 34 22 31 30 ough
Journal (issue)
YEARS IN MINERALS David Green 9 The UK ]011rnalof Mines and Minerals publishes articles of interest to mineralogists...Wolfe YEARS 1N MINERALS: IRELAND David Greenā€¢ Stephen Moreton 37 PYRITE FROM THE WELSH GOLDBELT...celebrating t\venty years in minerals UKJournal of Mines & Minerals No. 21 -1- TWENTY YEARS IN MINERALS...societies, and topographic mineralogy in Britain and Ireland. We describe and illu trate (in four separate articles)...first two articles, "' hich describe Scotland and Ireland, appear here in issue 21, while the remainder will
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JOĀ· AUTUMN'" WINTER 1991 u K journal of mines & minerals CONTENTS issue no. I OĀ·autumn-winter...D. Freier ------22 ------MICRO MINERALS FROM IRELAND BOARD 0.1. Green G. Ryback ā€¢ S. JJ/oreto11 S...S.K. Howell ------28 ------STE-MARIE-AUX-MINES 1991 D.M. Schofield EDITORIAL M.P. CooperĀ· D.!. Grem...CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS (0909) 476906 l'KJournal of Mines & 1\lincr~lsNo. 10 -\- 1991 GUEST EDITORIAL The...C'i.rcnJ rhc1r \\Jffll ~rtidc\. IĀ· K Journal of Mines & Mineral, No. 10 -2- rhJnk, UJ all the mcmhc"
Book
GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN IRELAND ā– ā–  ā€” <.d ā–  /A-- 'W .. 1 Edited by CJ. Andrew...Deposits in Ireland The front cover photograph shows a general view of some of the Tara Mines Ltd. facilities...mining at a rate of 2,500.000 tonnes per annum, Tara Mines Ltd. produces approximately 350,000 tonnes of zinc...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
Book
LOCALITIES IN THE United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. BY K TOWNSHEND M. HALL, F.G.S. LONDON : EDWARD...of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland, by ROBERT P. GREG, F.G.S., and WILLIAM G. LETTSOM...of Mineral Substances hitherto dis covered in Ireland, by Sir CHARLES L. GIESECKE, F.G.S. 1832. A Catalogue
Journal (issue)
FRONT COVER: Vanadinite, probably from High Pim mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Orangybrown...Leicestershire, England R.J. King 15 Lead-zi nc-copper-arsenic-baryte mineralization from Clevedon, near...Botallackite from Dooneen mine, Allihies, County Cork, Republic of Ireland S. Moreton and P. Aspen Cinnabar...friend or foe? R .E. Starkey 37 Abandoned metal mines: a unique mineralogical and microbiological resource...and D. B. Johnson 40 The botanical interest of mine spoil heaps - the lichen story 0. W Purvis 45
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
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 Ā·r. and. more recently. Ireland became a major player in world zinc produ.:tion
Book
France, and Morocco 127 1985 - Bedford United Mine 140 1986 - 1989 More Foreign Travel 154 1990...David Lloyd laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction I was born in Bristol on...Tungsten Mine, at Plympton, Devon, followed by an attempt to rework the famous Tsumeb Mine in Namibia...first property in Southern Spain, in the small mountain village of Competa, 16 km from the coast, not...inform me that a new mineral species from the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia was to be named after me. This came as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SEND THEM I N . ALABAMAā€”A bed of brassy-yellow pyrite several feet thick extends northeast for several...also present. "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."ā€”on label. ARKANSASā€”In the...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U.S.) that has been opened up...Minerals of California," pub. by the State Div. of Mines. The former lists a locality in Washoe Co., Nev...(west of the city). That would be in Jefferson County."ā€”letter datedā€”June 31, 1956, from Marie Kennedy
Report (issue)
Age copper mining in Counties Cork and Kerry, Ireland. Jackson 9 B. JovanoviƩ Primary copper mining...the production of copper. 31 B. Rothenberg and A. Blanco Freijeiro Ancient copper mining and smelting... Towards a model of chemical modification of copper from ores to metal. and J. Frangaix H-G. V.... Virdis and M.L. Ceruti P.T. Craddock Early copper smelting techniques in Sinai and 103 in the Negev...investigations. Investigations on copper ore, prehistoric copper slag and copper ingots from Sardinia. 135
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Variscan Front, Ross Island, southwest Ireland PAUL A. M. NEX1*, JUDITH A. KINNAIRD2y and ROBERTA...thrust; Variscan; Munster Basin; Ireland 1. INTRODUCTION The tectonics of southwest Ireland are dominated...has deformed the Upper Palaeozoic rocks of the Munster Basin. A major Variscan thrust fault, the Killarneyā€“Mallow...(1999), although they consider that in southwest Ireland the deĢcollement is a blind thrust that does not...seen elsewhere in the Munster Basin. The major faults that characterize the Munster Basin, such as the KMF
Journal (volume)
varieties), from Bohill quarry, Dundrod, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, collected in 1978. The lower spray...2007 PAPERS Zoned oxidation deposits in Tynebottom Mine, Garrigil1, Cumbria Trevo r F. Bridges and David...Tankardstown mine, Co. Waterford, Treland Stephen Moreton 10-17 Geology and mineralogy of Pike Law Mines, Newbiggin...minerals at the Conlig-Whitespots Lead Mines, County Down, Northern Ireland Norman R. Moles 40-46 Buttgenbachite...and 1. Ike Wilson 52-54 Powellite from Benallt mine, Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd: a first Welsh occurrence
Book
region, Co. Clare, Ireland The Geology of the Burren region, Co. Clare, Ireland Ā­Ā­Ā­Ā­Ā­Ā­Ā­Ā­Ā­Ā­Ā­Ā­Ā­Ā­Ā­Ā­ by...The Burren Connect Project, Clare County Council, Ennistymon, County Clare. This publication was compiled...Hennessy Sources of Map Data: Ordnance Survey Ireland data reproduced under OSi License number 2010/zised...Ordnance Survey Ireland and Government of Ireland copyright. Ā© Ordnance Survey Ireland, 2010 The Geology...Geology of the Burren region, Ireland This book was compiled as part of the NEED (Northern Environmental
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
uranium from Carboniferous black shales in west Ireland T āŽ Joseph G.T. Armstronga, , John Parnella...study, Carboniferous shales on the west coast of Ireland are found to have higher than average shale concentrations...This has implications for the remediation of acid mine drainage seeps, where phosphate-rich jarosite phases...(Se), arsenic (As), molybdenum (Mo), uranium (U), copper (Cu) and tellurium (Te). These elements are either...The most common example of this is sedimentary pyrite mineralisation (FeS2), where the reaction of detrital
Report (chapter)
of the Munster Basin: evidence from the Foilcoagh Bay Beds, Sherkin Formation, SW County Cork, Ireland...of the Munster Basin: evidence from the Foilcoagh Bay Beds, Sherkin Formation, SW County Cork, Ireland...University College Cork, Cork, Ireland Abstract: The Munster Basin of southern Ireland contains a thick... The recognition of a marine influence in the Munster Basin at an early stage in its history has several...the development of the east-west-trending South Munster Basin may have commenced much earlier than previously
Report (issue)
. MINES AND MINERALS. MINERAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED KINGDO M OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, WITH...1888. PREP.A.RED BY HER MAJESTY'S INSPECTORS OF MINES By direction of the Secretary of State for the...distribution - 7 Details of the Mineral Produce of Ireland shown separately - 104 Diagram showing the fluctuations...with List of Na.mes and Addresses of Inspectors of Mines, of luspP,Ctors assisting, of Clerks of Mineral...British Isles, showing the Coal and 1\ietalliferous Mines Inspection Districts - 11 O APPENDIX. PRODUCTION
Journal (issue)
mineral & lapidary society SMLS Field Trip To Ireland Journal 210 - November/December 2007 SUSSEX...Collecting We plan to visit a range of quarries, mines and mine dumps. There is the possibility of underground...collecting at two locations ( Nizna Slana - mercury mine and Vysna Boca - sulphosalts of Cu and Bi ). Signing...l FIELD TRIP TO IRELAND May 2007 Introduction. The decision to collect in Ireland in May 2007 was made...2007 field trip programme. SMLS had never been to Ireland and it seemed like a good idea at the time! In-house
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS...index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between 1992 and 2000. Information...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
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pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This... yellow, gray, from a small mountain southeast of Gurley, Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals...crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizonaā€”A letter received from Paul O. Drury...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr. Drury contained
Catalog/List
Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, Ā£3 ( b) IxhaJ...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl Ā£5 1x2 Ā£10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS...sections in matrix with Eudialyte.Rare not Rich (Umba Mine,Lovozero Massif,Kola Russia) lxl Ā£4 1x2 Ā£7.50 239...silvery areas in matrix with Tellurite. (La Bambolla Mine Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico) lxl Ā£10 14 x 54 ins Ā£5...S/3 visible dark grey-red areas in matrix with pyrite. (Peru) lxl Ā£3.50 1x2 Ā£6.00 1 238 BISMUTITE Bi
 
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