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Sandstone from
Aherlow, Limerick County, Munster, Ireland


Classification
Type:Sandstone
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sandstone data
Locality Data:Click here to view Aherlow, Limerick County, Munster, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1106373
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1106373:1
GUID (UUID V4):201e3ba5-9c1b-4f01-9a19-e55ef0c13c77
Nearest other occurrences of Sandstone
76.1km (47.3 miles) Thomastown (Grennan), Kilkenny County, Leinster, Ireland
References
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Thickest developments of the sequences are in the Limerick Province and the Midlands province. The sequence...Table 3. Introduction The lower Carboniferous of Ireland is host to a large number of base metal deposits...base metal deposits Deposit Host Tonnage Navan Aherlow Mallow Gortdrum Tatestown Oldcastle Keel Abbeytown...is widespread throughout the southern half of Ireland as the Cork Red Marble (Shearley 1989) and equivalent...copper-rich deposits in the south (Munster Basin and south Limerick Province) to zincrich deposits in
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Carbonate-Hosted Tullacondra Cu-Ag Deposit, Mallow, Ireland Andressa A. Silva 1, * , Pedro Cordeiro 2 , Sean...Carbonate-Hosted Tullacondra Cu-Ag Deposit, Mallow, Ireland. Minerals 2021, 11, 560. https://doi.org/10.3390/...University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland; sean.johnson@icrag-centre.org Boliden Mineral...Distillery Fields, North Mall, T23 N73K Cork, Ireland; p.meere@ucc.ie (P.A.M.); r.unitt@ucc.ie (R.U.)...other underexplored deposits such as Tullacondra, Aherlow, and Ballyvergin. These deposits indicate that
Report (chapter)
extensional subsidence in the Munster Basin (SW ireland) and Old Red Sandstone fluvial dispersal systems...Department o f Geology, University College Cork, Ireland, and Geologisches Institut, ETH-Zentrum, 8092 Zfirich...the palinspastically restored MidLate Devonian Munster Basin has been used to appraise quantitatively...quantitatively extensional subsidence and Old Red Sandstone (ORS) stratigraphic geometries. One-dimensional decompaction...faults during late Famennian time. The ORS of the Munster Basin is dominated by two large-scale transverse
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to A. M. Evans' Discussion: Mineralization in Ireland- Some Unanswered Questions M. J. Russell University...certainly right in suggesting that the Gortdrum, Aherlow and Mallow copper deposits belong to the same metallogenic...larger Irish lead + zinc ore deposits. In fact at Aherlow there is what appears to be an exhalalive chert...of manganese in the Waulsortian Limestones near Aherlow similar in tenor to the manganese aureole surrounding...zonation from lead + zinc in the centre and north of Ireland to copper in the south alluded to by Dr Evans may
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uranium in the Gortdrum stratiform copper deposit, Ireland M. J. Duane Present address: BPI Geophysics, University...Department of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland Abstract. The Gortdrum Cu-Ag-As-Sb-Hg-U orebody...transcurrent fault system in Southern County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. The deposit comprises a linear...of the carbonate-hosted base-metal deposits is Ireland, such as Navan, Tynagh, Silvermines, Gortdrum,...1. Map of Ireland with main deposits and prospects. The CuAg deposits Gortdrum (Go), Aherlow (Ah), Bunmahon
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in Cu-polymetallic and Zn–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...as the Carboniferous Zn–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 chalcopyrite–tennantite occurs along pressure...Cu-polymetallic deposits of Ireland, and the penecontemporaneous Zn–Pb deposits of Central Ireland may be because
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...hanging walls of normal faults. Copper deposits at Aherlow, Mallow and Ballinalack are in compressional structures...LHa~on/Allenwood r.~ rn i Boston Hill '~-~ • 200 Limerick P r o v i n c e • Lisheen • ,I,I Basin DuncormLck
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stratigraphy of the Pallaskenry Borehole, County Limerick, Ireland Ian D. Somerviiie Department of Geology...4, Ireland and Gareth Li. Jones Conodate, 5 Kennington Crescent, Templeogue, Dublin 72, Ireland The...The Pallaskenry Borehole, Co. Limerick, Ireland provides an almost complete Courceyan (Dinantian) succession...succession from Old Red Sandstone facies up to Waulsortian limestones, A revised lithostratigraphical nomenclature...defined which can be recognized throughout the Limerick Province. Biostratigraphical correlations are
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
Report (chapter)
sedimentation from the Galtymore Formation (Devonian), Ireland R. A. Carruthers S U M M A R Y: The G altymore...(Devonian) of the G altee Mountains, southern Ireland can be reconstructed by the coupling of field relationships...the northern, fault-controlled, margin of the Munster Basin. Northern sequences, close to the basin margin...foot of alluvial fans. The Munster Basin is a large area of southern Ireland (Fig. 1) characterized by...by a relatively thick Old Red Sandstone succession (Naylor & Jones 1967). The major part of the basin-fill
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the wooded valleys and the Old Red Sandstone highlands of Munster. Even the featureless stretches of...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 IRISH SEA \!in KLOW Limerick PER,~RY ?J ,t~/411';.- LIMERICK WEXFORD Tralee Blasket Islands
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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
Report (volume)
Department of Geology, University College, Dublin, Ireland 1996 Published by The Geological Society London...Carboniferous-hosted base metal mineral deposits in Ireland SHEARLEY, E., REDMOND, P., KING, M. & GOODMAN,...of the Lisheen Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, Co. Tipperary, Ireland HOLLIS, C. & WALKDEN, G. The use of burial diagenetic... H. E. A. Late Vis6an buildups at Kingscourt, Ireland: possible precursors for Upper Carboniferous bioherms...systems and coastal zone sedimentation in northwest Ireland Carbonate platforms and ramps RIZZI, G. & BRAITHWAITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Stratiform Zn-Pb-Ag Massive Sulfide Deposits in Ireland through Numerical Modeling of Coupled Deformation...data from stratiform massive sulfide deposits in Ireland. The advantage † Corresponding author: e-mail,...peripheral to a depocenter, the South Munster basin in southern Ireland (SMB, Fig. 1; Hitzman and Large, 1986)...inversion, which was more pronounced in the South Munster basin, and the degree of deformation diminishes...Wilkinson et al., FIG. 1. Geology map of southern Ireland, showing locations of major PbZn-Ag deposits. B
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...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...submerged,late TournaisianWaulsortianmudbank bar (Ireland) Ltd. barite open pit (Barrett, 1975; complexof
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mountains are covered in a survey which embraces Ireland as well as Scotland, England and Wales. A consequence...National Park 20 43 61 78 99 Ireland-General, Leinster and Munster I2I Connacht and Ulster Scotland-General...So The Lake District National Park Ireland-Leinster and Munster lreland-Connacht and Ulster Southern...Rock Climbing in the British Isles (Wales and Ireland) by W. P. Haskett Smith and H. C. Hart; Chapman... The works of C. W. Wall and R. L. Praeger on Ireland, and the Scottish Mountaineering Club guidebooks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Isotopes and the Origin of the Silvermines Deposits, Ireland P. G. Coomer Department of Earth Sciences, Leeds...Lower Carboniferous carbonate rocks in Central Ireland in the last few years has aroused considerable......." .- LOWER ":': . LIMESTONES ~'~~:"% SANDSTONE" 2o 0 "q~.,..4.4...~ . 36"- " -~- : 73fd.--:...ocean. The AbbeytownTynagh- SilverminesGortdrum-Aherlow deposits do all fall on a single northsouth line...authors are indebted to Mogul of Ireland Ltd. and Magcobar of Ireland Ltd. both for their cooperation
Journal (issue)
the ES2k Group ISSN 1753-5271 EARTH SCIENCE Ireland www.habitas.org.uk/es2k Issue 3 Spring 2008 ...±10 million years Conservation update Bears in Ireland Our built heritage Rare mineral My story And more...2000 – raising awareness of Earth science across Ireland Chairperson: Paul Lyle; Secretary: Kirstin Lemon...Marie Cowan and Enda Gallagher. Earth Science Ireland is published by Earth Science 2000, Belfast and...Exploration drilling is likely to restart in Northern Ireland shortly. Mancon Energy Inc, a Canadian operating
Journal (issue)
the Semingtonbypass,Wiltshire. Wiltshire is not a county generally know for its minerals. A few large gypsum...Roy Starkey,photo DavidGreen. Across the sea in Ireland, quartz once again makes an appearance this time...there have their origins in South America not Ireland. Amethyst does occur on Achill, however, and features...specimens from Greystone Quarry are the finest from the county. (XRD) Figure23. Dundasitein radiatingspraysof...vanadinite and wulfenite which are otherwise rare in the county. It has the first Cornish occurrences of descloizite
Journal (volume)
Nickeliferous Magnetic Pyrites at Tiernakill,near Maum, county of Galway. By the Rev. Samuel Haughton, F. R. S...associated Minerals from Ross Hill, near Maum , county of Galway. By James Apjohn, M. D., Professor of...the Drift Gravel of Ireland, On the Wolfhill and Modubeagh Coal-fields, Queen's County. By George M'Dowell...District extending from Dungarvan to Annestown, county of Waterford. By W. B. Brownrigg, S.T. C.D., and...[Plate II.), On some Additions to the Yellow Sandstone Flora of Donegal. By the Rev. Sa muel Haughton
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THB ROYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND. VOL. XV . - PART III. III. V . - PART VOL. (NEW...Palæontology of County Dublin . By William Hellier Baily , F .G .S ., of the Geological Survey of Ireland , . On...the Geological Survey of Ireland, . Note on a new Geological Map of Ireland. By Professor Hull, F.R...Geological Survey of Ireland, . . 104 The Old Red Sandstone (so- called ) of Ireland' in its relations...of the Southern and Western parts . 118 3, of Ireland. By G . H . Kinahan , M . R . I.A ., & c. With
Report (volume)
groundwater resource exploitation in southwest Ireland CONNOLLY, P. T. & COSGROVE, J. W. Prediction of...flow in the Lower Palaeozoic basement rocks of Ireland: implications for the genesis of Irish-type Zn-Pb...G. D. Carboniferous basin evolution of central Ireland - simulation of structural controls on mineralization... base metal deposits in the Rathdowney Trend, Ireland O'REILLY, B. M., READMAN, P. W. & MURPHY, T. Gravity...in the field at Annagh Head, Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland. He is believed to have been washed from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(0~" DEVONIAN ROCKS) and the OLD RED SANDSTONE of SOUTH IRELAND and NOREH DEVOn'. By J. BEEr~ JUK~, ESQ...Upper .Pal~eozoic Rocks of the Southern portion of Ireland. 1. Wcxford. a. Red Sandstones and Conglomerates...Head. 3. Waterford. 4. Extent of the Old Red Sandstone north and west of Waterford. t a. The Kiltorcan...Section. b. The Comeragh Mountains. 5. Old Red Sandstone of North Cork, South Waterford, and South Kerry...of the Old Red Sandstone. General Conclusions on the Rocks of the South-west of Ireland. Sudden Changes
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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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organization differs from one to the next. In Ireland, the geology of the ore-bearing part of that island...excludes for the purposes of this Volume) Northern Ireland) is discussed briefly and short descriptions of...doing. For Great Britain (again excluding Northern Ireland), the tin-tungstencopper deposits of Cornwall are...detail here are located in the following countries: Ireland England Scotland 3 7 1 Wales Norway Sweden 1...references concerned with deposits in Great Britain and Ireland. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In any work such as this, much
 
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