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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcociteā“˜2 photos of Copper associated with Chalcocite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:195456
Long-form Identifier:1:3:195456:2
GUID (UUID V4):4ba23d66-8895-453c-ab6e-8db5eb2d3f6b
Nearest other occurrences of Copper
72.1km (44.8 miles) ā“˜Limerick meteorite, Limerick County, Munster, Ireland
72.8km (45.2 miles) ā“˜Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
5AB, Northern Ireland AND E I L E E N FARLEY Geological Section, National Museum of Ireland, 7-9 Merrion...occurrences in Ireland more recent than the Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland of Greg and...known from the British Isles, about 360 occur in Ireland. Forty of these Irish minerals are listed here...exploration of metalliferous deposits in the Republic of Ireland. Indeed, about half the entries in the list below...(1986) Geology and genesis of mineral deposits in Ireland, Irish Association for Economic Geology, Dublin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Greek words for both its major element (copper) and its typical morphology (leaflike). This attractive...compared to other copper arsenates that occur in the supergene weathering zones of copper-bearing ore deposits...now-closed Harborside mine and nearby Rosier mine, Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine. It is, however...sparingly in ores of the Tucson mine in the Leadville district of Lake County, Colorado (Eckel 1997). In Arizona...from two localities. One is at Bisbee, Cochise County, where it has been identified widely throughout
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...where they are host to small Variscan syntectonic copper deposits (Allihies, Carbery, Reilly 1986). In the
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mineral & lapidary society SMLS Field Trip To Ireland Journal 210 - November/December 2007 SUSSEX...We plan to visit a range of quarries, mines and mine dumps. There is the possibility of underground collecting...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)
., No 1. Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _ ... Specimen: 135...J Mason -------- 42 -------MICROMINERALS from IRELAND G RybackĀ· S Moreton BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED...to quicksilver and the amethyst; and Venus, to copper and the emerald. Several gnomes are busy in search...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Structures and Genesis of the Lead-Zinc-Deposit Tynagh, Ireland By D. B.IEDEL,Aachen ~) With 20 figures Zusammenfassung...Zusammenfassung Aus der Lagerst~itte Tynagh werden zahlreiche sediment~ire, diagenetische und organogene...den Kreuzungspunkt der E - W verlaufenden North Tynagh Fault mit dieser N-S-Struktur gebunden. Die A u...and organic origin oceuring in the Pb-Zn-deposit Tynagh are presented. Different facts suggest the presence...fluids is located at the cross of the E - W North Tynagh Fault and this postulated N-S-structure. The environment
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NORTHGATE BASE-METAL COUNTY GALWAY, A PRELIMINARY DEPOSIT IRELAND GEOLOGICAL AT TYNAGH, STUDY D. R. DERRY...lead-zinc-silverore at Tynagh, County Galway, is the first completelynew ore body found in Britain or Ireland for over...repetitionsof previously-knowndeposits)found in Britain or Ireland for over 100 years. Secondly,the secondaryor residualpart...unusual. The location,near the village of Tynagh, County Galway, 40 air miles northeastof Shannonairport...of Dublin, and 36 miles by road from the port of Galway, was one of a number of areasrecommended by Mr
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Irish Ice Sheet sector dynamics as indicated by the Tynagh mineral deposit erratic assemblages Mark F.V. Tarplee...derived and dispersed from the Tynagh mineral deposit, SE County Galway, Ireland have been mapped in order...extending for up to 5.75 km east (0958) of the Tynagh orebody composite source, in-line with other, local...conļ¬guration of ice ļ¬‚ow indicators both in the Tynagh area and surrounding region. It is possible that...Erratic train Ice ļ¬‚ow dynamics Irish Ice Sheet Tynagh mineral deposit 1. Introduction Accurate reconstructions
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
Catalog/List
crystalline areas in white Barytes. (Whitesmith mine, Strontian, Argyllshire,Scotland) lxl Ā£5 lx2 Ā£10...matrix , also some blue Cyanotrichite (Salsigne Mine, France) 2x2 Ā£38 TOURMALINE pale blue clear terminated...crystal about 20mm high and 4m across. Santa Rosa Mine,ltambacuri, Minas Gerias, Brazil Ā£12 GALENA octahedral...5mm size, with minor quartz and pyrite. ( Huaron Mine, cerro de Pasco,Peru) 2.5xl.5 Ā£10 PECTOLITE white...collection, in Andrew Seager's collection) Alaska mine in what was then N.Rhodesia Ā·Ā£5 CHROMITE rich black
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
concentrations indicate that the main ore fluid at Tynagh and Silvermines was seawater that had evaporated...prompted by the discovery of the major deposits at Tynagh (1961) and Silvermines (1963), which contained...Russell, 1987), Tynagh (Banks and Russell, 1992), and from Ballinasloe, close to Tynagh (Wilkinson and...evaporite deposition (Fig. 1) in northwest and central Ireland (Phillips and Sevastopulo, 1986), and also in the...Possible high? Evaporite minerals in mine sequence Navan E Tynagh Silvermines E ? ? Galmoy St George's
Thesis/Dissertation
STUDY OF BASE METAL OCCURRENCES IN WEST-CENTRAL IRELAND by JOHN ANGUS GREIG A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE...Lead Isotope Study of Base Metal Occurrences Ireland", submitted by John Angus Greig in partial fulfilĀ¬...localities in west-central Eire. include the Mogul, Tynagh and Gortdrum mines. These All except 4 deposits...Consolidated Mogul Mine .. Tynagh Mine . Gortdrum Mine . 13 17 20 Riofinex Mine . Minor Base Metal...Carboniferous stratigraphy and ore horizons at Mogul, Tynagh, Gortdrum and Riofinex mines 1966) Fig. 1 3
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
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
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...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...Dearman, 1966). Antimony Sb Trigonal From Pengenna mine, St. Kew, Cornwall; Hannaford, near Barnstaple,
Catalog/List
Afghanistan. 29x29x26mm. Ā£32 1 ARSENOPYRITE Yaogangxian Mine, Cheng Zhu, Hunan Province, China. Crystals to 23mm...Weardale, County Durham. Crystals to 11mm. 84x73x70mm. Ā£58 3 NATROLITE& MESOLITE Camlough, County Antrim...Antrim, Northern Ireland. 61x57x53mm. Ā£24 5 COBALTO DOLOMITE & KOLWEZITE, Kakanda,Zaire. Crystals to 8mm...Okurusu Mine, Naimiba. Crystals to 25mm. 52x51x42mm. Ā£72 9AZURITE Tynagh Mine, County Galway, Ireland. RW...SPHALERITE & DOLOMITE, Silvermines, Co. lipperary, Ireland. RW Barstow green label. Galena crystals to 12mm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Average 48.86 18.02 0.54 31.68 clude the Brewer mine, SouthCarolina (Bell et al., 1980), someother gold...and the Aubrey mine, Cartersville district, Georgia (Robert Laurence,pers. commun., Ireland, which isa stratabound...(Boastet al., equilibration.For example,in the Tynagh deposit, 1981). On the other hand,enargitehasalsobeen...and Skinner,B. J., 1971,Studiesof sulfosalts of copper. I. Phases andphaserelationsin the systemCu-As-S:ECON...efor the genesis of the Tynagh basemetal v. 66, p. 901-918. deposit,Ireland: ECON.GEOL.,v. 76, p. 27-55
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
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...of 12% combined Z n - P b (Table 1). Vein-hosted copper ores in red beds are abundant in the south of the...deposits occur in the hanging walls of normal faults. Copper deposits at Aherlow, Mallow and Ballinalack are
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...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...pieces with very few crystals showing. (Glandore, County Cork, Eire) approx, Ā½x Ā½75p. 1 x 1 Ā£ 1. 30. 25
Journal (issue)
the slderite box epfmorph from lho Virtuous lady mine. Devon I am in the proces.s of reading Mick Cooper's...And in Class 11, for which this year's theme was "Copper Minerals", we were treated to six excellent presentations...Bulgaria in 2006 , from the depths of the Druzbha mine near Madan. Also collected from Bulgaria, but from...(by Peter Moore) was a drill core, collected in Ireland, that presented an attractive cluster of dolomite...as cassiterite, were included from the Hemerdon Mine in Devon. Overall this made up a display of 14 specimens
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
Journal (issue)
NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe YEARS 1N MINERALS: IRELAND David Greenā€¢ Stephen Moreton 37 PYRITE FROM...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...aragonite is commonly found in caves and on the walls of mine levels. A considerable amount of research has been...many exciting new discoveries, particularly in Ireland and Scotland, where even now large tracts of land
 
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