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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Petroleum var: Bitumen
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bitumen data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1230459
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1230459:2
GUID (UUID V4):69baeb6b-752e-4837-a916-e0830111bff1
Nearest other occurrences of Bitumen
97.3km (60.5 miles) Moneen Quarry, Castlebar, Mayo County, Connacht, Ireland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Report (chapter)
systems which pass through the source rock, large bitumen veins which usually originate close to the source...settings Fracture-hosted bitumens Solid veins of bitumen (A in Fig. 1) occur in successions which have very...the first fluids to enter the fractures: solid bitumen veins generally show FromPARNELL,J. (ed.), 1994...hydrothermal fluid circulation B intraformational bitumen G ~. C overpressuring / Fig. 1. Schematic...suspended (coeval) in the bitumen. Examples of early authigenic quartz suspended in bitumen from Utah (Monson
Catalog/List
Order Only Minerals principally from FRANCE and IRELAND. All the min~rals were collected by me personally...Barytes, with some minor Malachite. (Tynagh, Loughrea, County Galway, Eire) 1 x l l 2p. 1 x 2 30p. 2 x 2...2 x 4 20p. lb. 20p. (inciuding Granite) 15. BITUMEN, exact species undetermined. Shining black tarry...its fine lustre. Selected pieces. (Tynagh, Loughrea, County Galway, Eire) 1 x 2 Z0p. 2 x 2 40p. 2 x 4...with pretty iridescence; green, reddish, etc. (County Cork, Eire) 1 x 1 5p. 1 x 2 1 Op. 2 x 2 20p. lb
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)
Queen's University, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, UK (Received October 29, 1990; revised and accepted...Queens's University, Belfast BT7 INN, N o r t h e r n Ireland, UK. of bitumens rich in a N i - C o - B i - S...locations of bitumens listed in Table 1. Samples of bitumen are commonly small ( < 1 g) and the determination...metalliferous inclusions are clearly metal-enriched. Bitumen samples from Carboniferous-hosted ore deposits...in the ore deposits. For comparative purposes, bitumen samples were also collected from some localities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Queen's University, Belfast BT7 INN, Northern Ireland, UK (Received October 29, 1990; revised and accepted...Carboniferous of Ireland. They include metal enrichments within black shales, bitumen nodules, bituminous...Visran). 1. Introduction The Carboniferous rocks of Ireland (Fig. 1 ) contain numerous ore deposits and other...the world's largest base-metal deposits in the Zn mine at Navan (Ashton et al., 1986). The Carboniferous...limestones. In addition, migrated carbonaceous matter (bitumen, pyrobitumen) is recorded from several of the ore
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 (article/letter/editorial)
sulphides from gold-bearing deposits, Britain and Ireland John Parnell a , Sam Spinksb and Nigel Blameyc...samples from goldbearing deposits in Britain and Ireland are anomalously rich in methane. Chalcopyrite samples...This was tested using deposits from Britain and Ireland (Figure 1) by assessing if the compositions of...Neoproterozoic of Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Munster Basin of southwest Ireland, and widely distributed deposits...gold; Caledonides; cold crush gases; Britain; Ireland a wide range of host lithologies and redox environments
Catalog/List
crystals on dar~ matrix. (not radioactive) (Leonie Mine, huerbach, Oberpfal Genany) Sto 10mmf3 l/2in;; ES...Silicate pinkish massiv~ with black Allanite (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhytt2n Vastm~~l2nd,Sw2deri) Cu/2 Se 039...rnetallic spots in matrix (LookoutPass. Tooele County, Ut2h) lxl f7 ½ ins f4 478 ZIRCON Zr Si0/4 singl2...(Ti Nb 0 rich black nasses in matrix (Karnasurt Mine, Revda, Kola Peninsula, Russia) lxl E2.50 lx2 ins...PO/~ • yellowish plates on mauvEUssingit~ (UmDa Mine, Reuda, Kola Peninsula • Russia) (6a pure plate
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Navan carbonate-hosted base metal deposit, Ireland: Nd and Sr isotope evidence for deep hydrothermal...the giant carbonate-hosted Navan Zn–Pb deposit, Ireland, and for rocks from which Navan metals may have...University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland e-mail: j.f.menuge@ucd.ie low to have been imparted...mineralisation . Irish-type . Nd–Sr isotopes . Navan . Ireland Introduction Irish-type ore deposits (Hitzman...in a midto late Chadian carbonate succession in County Carlow (Nagy et al. 2005). The combined C and O
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
Catalog/List
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...BITUMEN rich black treacle like mass in Limestone. (Near
Catalog/List
an shale, some with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2...C315 single 1/2 ins NATIVE ARSENIC rich (Kusa Mine, near ,Bau, lx2 f.5 •2x2 EIO crystal, across. ...pinkish masses filling·small (Lockout Pass,Tooele County, Utah, USA) lem C319 BUSTAMITE excellent rich...of Chalcopyrite. (16 level, Sim.ms Lade, Geevor Mine ,Cornwall) size reflects the area of botryoidal...80 lxl f.9 platy qrey-brown 5mm f.2.50 coverage Mine, small crystals of brown Devon) copper coloured
Catalog/List
black masses i n green A c t i n o l i t e (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan Sweden) lx1 £1.10 010ALMANDINE F...mass. (Tushar Mts, near Marysville, P i l u t e County Utah, USA) lx1 £ 1 . 6 0 • 0 11 THAUSITE Mg Phosphate...Muscovite red micaeous masses on matrix (Praborna Mine,St Marcel, Val d ' Aosta I t a l y ) lx1 70p 1 x...crystalline masses in matrix (Mullaghderg,County Donegal, Ireland) 1x2 £2 022 ANGLESITE P b Sulphate rich...i c h fawn massive. Xrayed material. (Sjogruvan Mine, Grythyttan , Sweden) lx1 £1.50 1 x 2 £3 2 x 2 £6
Catalog/List
South Larvik near CITE 13ratthagcn, ANAL 1098 Ojucla Mine, Mapimi, Mexico ADAMITE 88 Unusual rich yellow vitreous...cleavage Ti0/2 Mn S 1.5cm£4 5mm£2 ANATASE Virtuous Lady mine,Devon 26 ALBITE Kragcro Norway 6 single dark blue...Ca Y Al Fe SiO 2x2 £12 lx2 £6 Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U,S_A ANCYLITE Cc Rich pinkish fine...ANDALUSITE Ultcvis,Norlh Sweden ALLANITE Ce Dastnas Mine Sweden J 009 variety VTR.IDCNE (Mangan rich variety)...Brittany, France ALLOPllANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 52 501 Rich pinkish mass in dark
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 (issue)
Pentireglaze mine, St. Minver, Cornwall with crystals to 32mm. Specimen from the collection of the County Museum...single crystal I 0 mm in length from Force Crag mine, Braithwaite, Cumbria (See Mineral News). Figure...Quartz crystal 40 mm"in length from South Crafty mine, Cornwall. Manchester Museum specimen purchased...crystals to 5 mm on pyromorphite. from Force Crag mine, Braithwaite, Cumbria. Figure 4. Synchysite rosettes...recently from St. Peters Mine near Allenheads, orchumberland. In the 1930's this mine produced some of the
Catalog/List
fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10...masses in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE...MINERAL !I dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 up to 1.5cm £7
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
unmetamorphosed Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous) Tynagh MECS-IF (Schultz, 1966). Siderite generally contains...Non-ferriferous and Weakly Ferriferous Minerals and Bitumen Comment: Minerals are listed in approximate order...apatite and/or collophane Apa anthophyllite Ant Bit bitumen Cal calcite authigenic chert, including coarsely...1959. Geology of the Lake Mary quadrangle, Iron County, Michigan. U.S. Geol. Surv., Bull., 1077, 112 pp...the Nimba itabirite and associated rocks, Nimba County, Liberia. Econ. Geol., 69: 80--92. Berggren, W
Journal (issue)
MINES Stephen Moreton • David Green 34 ABBEYTOWN MINE AND QUARRY Stephen Moreton • John Lawson • Robert...Fieldwork was unable to provide corroboration as the mine levels are now inaccessible and little of note remains...WIRTH, M. M. (1989) Native silver from Red Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria.Jouma/ of the RussellSociety...JBF Minerals stand.PhotoRoyStarkey. UK Journal of Mine, & Minerals No. 30 - If)- Moving on to other dealers...from a limestone quarry near Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio. There was an Aladdin's Cave of pyromorphite
Catalog/List
Rich wh ite crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Moh ave County, ½ x ½ Arizona, U.S.A £3 Kragero Norway...Bastnas Mine Sweden Jx2 £6 2 x2 £1.20 2x2 £1 2 Ix ! £4 l x2 £8 New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon...masses in qu artz, under Flux Canyon.Santa Cruz County, ½ x ½ magn ificati on there are small crystals...£ 16 2x3 £25 l x l £3 San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales l x2 £1.5 0 6x6mm £3... Rich fawn sheaves in silvery schist Kaveltorp Mine Sweden Jx2 £ I l.x2 £2.5 0 l x2 £1.20 2x2 £2
Catalog/List
Greenish, sparse, acicular micros in Penberthy Croft Mine, St 1cm £4 s AGARDITE Y Ca Cu As_O_O_H_____c_a_v_iti_e'-s-'in'-'-...215 69 3 11 Rich white crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Mohave ½x½£3 _P_b_S_iO_13 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Hornblende ALLANITE Black areas in actinolite Bastnas Mine Sweden lxl £1.20 CeYFeSiO Quite attractive blue-grey...Grey veins in and on matrix, some with Fallowfield mine, Ix½ ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 Alstonite micros. Hexharn...SO/4 OH magnification there arc small crystals County, Arizona -------------"'--------'-'--'----'--____;;
Catalog/List
Ca)(Ti Nb) 0 rich black masses in matrix (Karnasurt Mine, Revda, Kola Peninsula, Russia) 1½1 £2.50 lx2 ins...PO/ 4 yellowish plates on mauve Ussingite: (Umba Mine, Reuda, Kola Peninsula Russia) (6mm pure plate £3)...pyromorphite like micro's on matrix. (Moctezuma Mine, Sonora, Mexico) 1cm £4.50 039 BERZELIANITE Cu/2...silvery spots 1n 1cm matrix (HiliTop Mine. Organ Mountains Dona Anna County, New Me xic o) H 21 S B;!.t.n...Scorodite (Fe Arsenate) h) (Gold Hill tline,'i'ooele County U�a ½ n size £1.50 lxl E� lx2 £8 114 CREASEYITE
Catalog/List
confused with Calcite. (Tested material) {Huaron Mine, Peru) location. c.s.s.R) easily 1x2 t:5.00 ...quartz crystals. ~trod:mi~J material. (South Crofty Mine, Cornwall Engl2,nd)-:1;-x½ to 1~i4. B798 BERYL...blue 1cm high. (North Edna Lake, æwtooth B799 BITUMEN, black lustrous treacle level. 3outh Crofty, Cornwall...rarer Felspars. Heights, Menlo Park, 83.ntaclara County, 1x1 t4.oo 1x1l ~7 2x1~ t12.oo B804 CHALCOALUMITEwi...wi th quartz and rock. Qui te pieces. (Talnotry Mine, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland) 1x1 c4.oo B806 rich
 
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