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Sphalerite from
Shallee Mine, Shallee Mountain, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shallee Mine, Shallee Mountain, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:195436
Long-form Identifier:1:3:195436:4
GUID (UUID V4):e091bded-0c2c-42b7-8596-cf97a210e2df
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
1.3km (0.8 miles) ā“˜Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
1.5km (0.9 miles) ā“˜Gurtnadyne Mine (Gorteenahida), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
2.2km (1.3 miles) ā“˜Ballynoe mine (Magcobar mine), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
3.1km (1.9 miles) ā“˜Knockanroe mine, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
3.6km (2.2 miles) ā“˜Ballygown South Mine, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
30.8km (19.1 miles) ā“˜Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
35.0km (21.8 miles) ā“˜Milltown Mine, Quin, Ennis, Clare County, Munster, Ireland
38.1km (23.7 miles) ā“˜Crow Hill Mine, Quin, Ennis, Clare County, Munster, Ireland
39.1km (24.3 miles) ā“˜Ballyhickey Mine, Quin, Ennis, Clare County, Munster, Ireland
39.2km (24.4 miles) ā“˜Carrahan Mine (Carrahin Mine), Quin, Ennis, Clare County, Munster, Ireland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (chapter)
flow in the Lower Palaeozoic basement rocks of Ireland: implications for the genesis of Irish-type Zn-Pb...carbonate-hosted base metal deposits of Ireland. In the Silvermines district, Silurian greywackes and mudrocks...calcite-quartz + pyrite; (2) quartz-calcite + sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, pyrite, barite; (3) ankerite-ferroan...ankerite-ferroan dolomite-quartz + sphalerite, pyrite. Vein types 2 and 3 are associated with weak to...addition, primary inclusions hosted by quartz and sphalerite commonly contain CO2 as indicated by the formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Controls on Metal Distributions at the Lisheen and Silvermines Deposits: Insights into Fluid Flow Pathways in... University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland Abstract The world-class Irish Zn-Pb(-Ag) deposits...investigates metal distribution patterns at the Silvermines and Lisheen deposits to gain insights into fluid...including Navan, Lisheen, Galmoy, Tynagh, and Silvermines, containing >20 million metric tonnes (Mt) of...signatures of layered sphalerite at Galmoy and Navan, the fundamental trigger for rapid sphalerite precipitation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
indicate that the main ore fluid at Tynagh and Silvermines was seawater that had evaporated until the salinity...discovery of the major deposits at Tynagh (1961) and Silvermines (1963), which contained 9.9 Mt and 17.7 Mt at...order of 2 km in basins adjacent to Navan and Silvermines. In addition, this model predicts an evolution...studies of the ZnPb-Ba deposits, principally Silvermines (Samson and Russell, 1987), Tynagh (Banks and...carrying the metals (primary fluid inclusions in sphalerite) had a salinity of between 12 and 18 wt percent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulphate-Oxygen Isotopes and the Origin of the Silvermines Deposits, Ireland P. G. Coomer Department of Earth Sciences...stratiform lead-zinc-barite orebodies at Silvermines Co. Tipperary, allow reappraisal of previously offered...discordant and stratiform "G" orebodies; galena-sphalerite isotope palaeotemperatures are not too consistent...favoring a syngenetie origin for the stratiform Silvermines orebodies. 156 P e t e r G. C o o m e r and...L L E E ~ ā€¢ ... / i ,MINE ~(-q.l~j~ ā€¢ - ~ (abandoned) ~V~LLAGE ~ SILVERMINES ~,~AGCOB , '~ OREBODYt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization in the SilverminesOrebodies,Republic of Ireland STEWART TAYLOR Mineral ResourcesDivision, ElectrolyticZinc...Rosebery,Tasmania7470, Australia Abstract The Silvermines Pb-Zn orebodies occur in lower Carboniferous...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wallace Zn-Pb mineralisation in the Silvermines district, Ireland: a product of burial diagenesis Received:...to constrain the age of mineralisation at the Silvermines zinc-lead-barium deposit. The base-metal sulphides...intergrown with marine cements) was observed at Silvermines. Mineralised breccias (black matrix breccias)...hotter ore-stage homogenisation temperatures. The Silvermines deposit has been described as a classic ā€˜ā€˜Irish-typeā€™ā€™...1984; Andrew 1986; Samson and Russell 1987). While Ireland is regarded as the type locality for this style
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Genesisof the SilverminesZinc-Lead-BariteDeposit, Ireland: Fluid Inclusionand StableIsotopeEvidence lAIN...-41 to -55 per mil for barite,-46 per mil for sphalerite,and-58 per mil for galena.The bā€¢80 valuesof the...ionsandpossiblyboiling. Introduction central Ireland (Fig. 1). It is now widely accepted that the S...oredeposition. account of thermometric data from Silvermines and brineexplusion). Thismodelis perhapsstillthe...Large-scaleconvectionof seawaterdrivenby a lor (1984). SILVERMINES, IRELAND: FLUIDINCLUSIONS ANDSTABLE ISOTOPES B
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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... 18 21 9 12 MIDLANDS BASIN 10 27 25,28 26 County Kildare Deposits 24 35 19 34 22 31 30 ough...Rosslare Complex Munster Basin 0 km 50 36 37 FIG. 1. Geological map of Ireland showing the location
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Modeling of the Lisheen and Silvermines Deposits, County Tipperary, Ireland: Insights into Structural Controls...University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland Abstract Faults are important structures in the...3-D analysis and modeling of the Lisheen and Silvermines deposits within the Irish ore field, we investigate...deformation. Structural analysis of high-quality mine datasets indicates that fault segmentation is ubiquitous...structure of two Irish Zn-Pb deposits, Lisheen and Silvermines, in order to identify key structural controls
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Table 3. Introduction The lower Carboniferous of Ireland is host to a large number of base metal deposits...Large 1986; Hitzman and CaulĀ®eld 1992). The Irish district is similar is size to the Selwyn Basin or the...Ballyvergin Moyvoughly NewtownCashel Lisheen Silvermines Tynagh Galmoy Magcobar Ballinalack Rickardstown...Mineralisation in the Waulsortian (Lisheen, Silvermines, Tynagh, Galmoy) is all intimately associated...Waulsortian (Fig. 4b). At Lisheen, Galmoy and Silvermines, breccias are grossly concordant sheets whereas
Book
GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN IRELAND ā– ā–  ā€” <.d ā–  /A-- 'W .. 1 Edited by CJ. Andrew... ā–  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)
Heritage and History of the Silvermines area, County Tipperary, Ireland since the 13th century E. F....Columnar Basalts. Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland Ā© Copyright 2019 The European Federation of Geologists...purposes (e.g. the bitumen mine Å krip on the island of Brač and the coal mine RaÅ”a in Istria). The goal...excavated content in Croatia that are recognised as mine heritage sites in the framework of the EIT KIC Raw...geo-heritage sites in Croatia (after MZOE, 2019) and mine heritage sites (not legally protected) mentioned
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for the cessation of economic mineralisation in Ireland. Keywords Diagenesis Ɔ Dolomite Ɔ Carbonate-hosted...geological setting of Zn-Pb mineralisation in Ireland is beyond the scope of this contribution and only...Waulsortian Fig. 1 Simpliļ¬ed geological map of Ireland, showing distribution of zinc-lead ore deposits...(Modiļ¬ed after CSA Ltd. and Geological Survey of Ireland Mineral Deposits Map, 2000) Limestone Formation...complex but mineralogically simple, comprising sphalerite, galena, pyrite and marcasite with variable barite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VENT BIOTA IN THE BALLYNOE BARITE DEPOSIT, SILVERMINES, IRELAND: EVIDENCE FOR INTRACRATONIC SEA-FLOOR HYDROTHERMAL...carbonate-hosted Irish-type Zn + Pb Ā± Ba Ā± Ag deposits. The Silvermines deposits have been defined as an end member of...field pyrite and the main sulfide ore stage of Silvermines sulfides, all having a mean value about ā€“20 per...evidence for the exhalative nature of parts of the Silvermines orebodies, and imply that mineralization had...ocean ridge and arc-related vent sites, central Ireland during the Mississippian, about 352 Ma, had a very
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...by T. Moore T he S ilv e r m in es district, C o u n ty Tipperary, I r e l a n d ......................microthin coating of bomite, 5.7 cm, from the FlamĀ­ beau mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin. William Larson collection;...Weardale fluorite miniature for $140, a beautiful 79 mine aurichalcite (2.75 inches) for $140, a Zambian libethenite...O. Box 65538 Tucson, Arizona 85728 The mining district surrounding the city of Guanajuato, capital of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dundrum Business Park, Windy Arbour, Dublin 14, Ireland ABSTR ACT We make the first report of fluid inclusion...comparable with inferred ore-stage fluids at the Silvermines, Tynagh, Lisheen and Navan deposits. The spread...processes involving the principal orefluid in Ireland, and thus their occurrence is believed to be a...burial origin for coarse white dolomite cements in Ireland. Paragenetically late low-Mg calcites were formed...carbonate-hosted deposits, Silvermines, Tynagh, Lisheen, Navan, Ireland. Introduction DOLOMITE matrix
Report (volume)
vein size: an example from the Guanajuato mining district (Central Mexico) Fluid flow and fracture systems...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
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 (volume)
stratigraphy and structure of the rocks of the district, sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic; (3) the...explain the ideas of those who have worked on it (and mine, where they differ from those readily available...a stratigraphie et la structure des roches du district (roches sƩdimentaires, ignƩes et mƩtamorphiques);...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphides from conglomerate group ore, Navan, Ireland G. J. Barker1, J. F. Menuge1, A. J. Boyce2, C....University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland (gareth.barker1@gmail.com) 2 NERC Isotope Community...world-class carbonate-hosted Navan Znā€“Pb deposit, Ireland, is Europeā€™s leading zinc producer. The stratigraphically...depositional processes in the Navan Znā€“Pb deposit, Ireland, Econ. Geol., 93, 535ā€“563. Fallick, A. E., Ashton...world-class hydrothermal base-metal orebody at Navan, Ireland, Econ. Geol., 96, 885ā€“890. Bowell, R. J., Grogan
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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 Ā·r. and. more recently. Ireland became a major player in world zinc produ.:tion
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Case Study: Apatites from the Meymac Tungsten District (French Massif Central) L. RAIMBAULT (With 3 Figures)...the Southeast Margin of the Leinster Granite, Ireland P. McARDLE and P. S. KENNAN (With 3 Figures) ....Multidata Correlation of Mineralization in Central Ireland W. E. A. PHILLIPS, A. ROWLANDS, D. W. COLLER, J...Lithogeochemical Investigations in the Navan Area, Ireland P. VAN OYEN and W. VIA ENE (With 3 Figures) . ...the Alpujarrides, Spain and the San Vicente Zn-Pb Mine, Peru L. FONTBOTE and H. GORZAWSKI (With 7 Figures)
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Volume Thirty, Number Five Articles The Mex-Tex mine, Bingham, N ew M exico............................Van Pelt. Long thought to be from the "Sapucaia mine," this speciĀ­ men and others (representing the first...quartz crystals) actually came from the Berilo Branco mine. See the article beginning on page 361.___________...California Issue Benitoite, Gold L.A. County Museum, Himalaya mine $10 v.9/#3 Kalahari rhodochrosite,
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major producing districts, or a representative district if there are many. We name the chief mining companies...supply must come not merely from one district but from a single mine. Thus the physical properties of many...eclipsing the mineral magnesite in some areas; the trona mine rather than the Solvay plant is now the main source...Japan, talc from Montana to Belgium, barite from Ireland to the US Gulf Coast, gypsum from Mexico to California...ultramafic rocks stretching from the Baie Verte district of Newfoundland though the Thetford Mines, Black
 
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