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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Lepidocrocite
Formula:γ-Fe3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lepidocrocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:294793
Long-form Identifier:1:3:294793:8
GUID (UUID V4):aa31046e-4649-44d1-adee-bbe0c29c4d2b
Nearest other occurrences of Lepidocrocite
43.0km (26.7 miles) Ballygown South Mine, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
65.7km (40.8 miles) Galmoy Mine, Johnstown, Kilkenny County, Leinster, Ireland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Furthermore, there are additional nongeologic resources in mine dumps, flotation tailings, and smelter residues...easy to recognize. However, the supergene ores at Tynagh and Silvermines in the Irish Midlands and some...nonsulfide Zn open-pit mine of Boleslaw, Poland. c. “Calamina” sample from the old Czerna mine, Poland. The sample...Selected Examples of European Nonsulfide Zinc Deposits Mine (district) Country Production history Style of...Dejonghe et al. (1993) Tynagh Ireland Morrissey and Whitehead (1971) Ireland Supergene oxidation and
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what was really...personally discovered new species to Britain and Ireland, and colleagues permitted me to record their unpublished...producers of b th tin and copp ·r. and.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
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
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
Catalog/List
Shortite Trona, Vashegyite,Xenotime,Pyrophyllite,Lepidocrocite,Abhurite,Manasseite,Zaj acite,Vlasovite, Foittite...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
Catalog/List
IX½ Rawhide Mine. Mohave 255 ALA!\IOSITE Rich white cruslS on matrix. £5 PbSiO/3 County. Arizona. U.S...botryoidal with possible New East Wheat Russell mine, ½x½ 501 ALLOPHANE £4 -·-· . . ALSiO £2.SO B~~.~~~~t~...grey masses '1.\ith possible Alstonite Fallowfield mine, Ix½ £4 13 ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 micros. Hexham,Northumberland....maenification there are small crystals · - · .County. A:fiZC>i:i--=a=--- 60 AMAZONITE Attractive green...grained mass in calcite Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Ix½ £2.50 Ixl £4 37 ANCYLITE Cc CeSr CO/3 ·. __
Catalog/List
brown chi ps, probably mixed with goethite and Lepidocrocite. Pure black-brown cleavage Mount Ste Hilaire... 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
Journal (volume)
and Andy Hopkirk 86 90 Linarite from Cononley Mine, Skipton, North Yorkshire John Chapman and David...material from localities such as Tynagh Mine in Co. Galway and Pendarves Mine in Cornwall (Figs 1 and 2) serves...between 4 and 5 levels on Tryphena Lode, Pendarves Mine, Cornwall. The field of view is 2.7 mm across. Jean...2 mm across, on deep blue azurite from Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway. Jean Spence collection. Photo John Chapman...specimen from Cononley Mine near Skipton in North Yorkshire. Cononley, the largest lead mine in the Craven Basin
Catalog/List
Minerals in this list; Aenigmatite,Atacamite from Ireland,Austinite, grey Calcite,pure Chrysoberyl,Coronadite...polished Labradorite.Tacharanite and Tobermorite from Ireland . Five new rocks. This catalogue cancels No 79...Greenish , sparse, acicular micros in Penbenhy Croft Mine, St cavities in quartz_________________ Hilary Cornwall...ALAMOSITE Rawhide Mine, Mohave Ixl £9 'A x A £3 1 xA Pb SiO/3_____________ County. Arizona, U.S.A £5___...Feldspar_____________ Black areas in actinolite Basinas Mine Sweden 1x1 £1.20 ALLANITE 9 Ce Y Fe SiO__________
Catalog/List
slightly crystalline masses in matrix (M~:!a~hderg,County D~~ega.l,Irel~nd) lil fl lx2 f2 023 ~!~YDBITEC2lciumSulphate...Hidalgoite_. rich matrix. (Gold Hill Hine,Tooel County, Utah, USA) lxl f2.50 lx2 ES .. 066 ASTROPHYLLITE...rich yellow masses with minor quartz.(Pershing County NevadaUSA) lXl El 057 BISMUTHINITE Bi/2 S/3 grey...bright orange red micro crystals in slag. (Cetine mine, Sienna Italy) 061 BRITHOLIT8 Ce. Ce ca Si0/4 P0/4...pure greenish Scorodite (Fe Arsenate) (Gold Hill Mine,TooeleCountyUtah) ½" size El.SO lxl f4 lx2 ED 231
Catalog/List
mass. ~x2x2" , fL?-:O 5 . ARGENTI TE . Himmelfurst Mine , Fre iberg, Saxony , Germal)Y . Lustr ous grey...Quartz. 4x?ix1i", £24.("') 7. ARSENOPYRITE. Carrock Mine , Caldbeck , Cumberland. Bright silvery flat crystals...matrix. 2x1ix1i" , £18 . 00 9. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine, Haysen , Arizona , U.S.A. TUrquoise coloured crystal... 5tx5t" , £140.00 12. BARYTOCALCITE. Nentsberry Mine , Alston Hoor , Cumberl and. Lustrous transparent...t r ix. ~x~1 ~" , £ 12 . 00 29 · CERUSSI TE. Tynagh Mine , Co. Ga lway , I r e l a:'n d. Spe cimen A:
Catalog/List
massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting...brown chips, probably mixed with Goethite and Lepidocrocite. 3mm £3 FeO"OH Cl 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South...~-------·-·-- ·· -·· 1077 ■■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black
Catalog/List
Musou.i11 label. £68. Jo BOULANGERITE. TrGsungers Mine, Endollion, Cormrnll- ··A 20x20rrm area of quartz... J . . • • • > CHllliCOSIDEl"HTE. PhoGnix Mine, Linkinhornc, Corrnol"lll. .i\ shallow 30x25mm c::-ivity...£.70. l?LUORJ1'E ;\ND SPHhLEiUTE. Loclcrir'lJ:: Mine , R]r,: Z':.J.ston . I:::-2von . A x m"\ss of fH...thout. 180x90x20mm . m:i.,"{ , .rn , LEPIDOCROCITE . GrnvGl Hi 11 Mine, Pcrr-.mporth , Corrnr.:-,11 . SO...£1 0. I I 40 . MALL-'\CHITE n.ND AZillUTE . Tynagh Hiac , Co G".lW"':Y : Trelnnd . B:=1rit2/gal2:
Catalog/List
___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...--··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker Bay, Skye...brown chips, probably mixed with Gocthite and Lepidocrocite. Small yellowish green crystals on :natrix,...- -- ·- -37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Montana U.S.A 963 ALBITE Maine USA Rich pinkish...North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety)
Catalog/List
----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban...________ __ _!LU9! .~~~ -E N1 163 GALENA Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthcad. Cumbria Cube-octahedral grey crystals
Book
associated with the Carboniferous Pb-Zn deposit at Tynagh, Ireland (see Chapter 7). Lake Superiortype ores, by...the occurrence of the other iron hydroxide, lepidocrocite, in ironstones, nor on the relative distribution...(Martinsson 1974, p. 254-258). Plans had been made to mine a million tons per year as of 1979 (Frietsch and...1978, Goldhaber and others 1978). In the Benevides mine, the U is found in a typical roll-front at the boundary...syngenetic ore in carbonate rocks, such as at Tynagh, in Ireland. A consideration of the distribution of Pb
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and vanadocrete (vanadate). Panczner 1987 Tajo Mine, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Panczner...of precursor climates between 2 and 20 Ma. lepidocrocite Al-(As) epithermal Al-(Cu) epithermal P phosphorite...Pb-Zn–Cu-AsNi -FeS carbonatehosted Galmoy Lisheen Tynagh Ireland Aitik Sweden malachite malachite carbonate...(Pb-Cu-Zn-In-Ni-Sb-W-Ag-Mo-REE-bearing orecretes) Oxicretes lepidocrocite FeS graphite shales and –quartzitehosted Sb-Au-As... Cu sedimenthosted (sandstonehosted) Kalengwa Mine, Zambia Cu-Co stratiform and vein-type REE-(Zn-PbCu)
Catalog/List
£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...£15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix some...brown chips, probably mixed with Goethite and Lepidocrocite. 3mm £3 FcO OH Cl -10 -• • ALBERTITE near Dingwall...no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine grained...£7.50 Ag Sb 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with
Catalog/List
black-brown cleavage Yakutia. Russin 5mm£2 Rawhide Mine, MohavcCounty, ½xY,£3 Arizona , US.A . l.x2 50p...group AlS0/4 Al S0/4 ✓ New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon .England Madagascar Railway cutting nearCreston...in Porphyl)·. Pure grey metallic mass San Jose Mine. Oruro, Bolivia 6x6mm £3 23 ANHYDRITE Rich white...Scotland mixture wilhChrysotile, pale grey-green ✓ County Bridge Quarry.Lizard C . ornwall massive. Stitchtitc...Variety Francolitc.rich mass of micro ✓ Holmbush Mine. Kelly Bray . Cornwall crystals over the main surface
Book (volume)
explain the ideas of those who have worked on it (and mine, where they differ from those readily available...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
Catalog/List
0 lx2 !6 il Ix _~s lxl.t4 CrystalPealc,Park County, I" !4 Col~_u_._S._A ___ _ Lnndsvcrl.qun.·ry,Evjc...Boulouris,St Raphael,France lx2 !1.50 2x20 SanJose Mine,Oruro,Bolivia 6x6mmO 2xJ!5 RicbllbilelOflinllyblucrnasscs...Grcy filfflis _;~-dolornitic marblc lntema1ional mine. Kal■d■r.Ontario,Canadt____ ----~ 2'71 IJ 514...lx2!7 Quitc aoocf covcngcofycllowCNSt on MonumentI Mine,Navajo maøix County.Arizona, U.S.A lx2 80p 2x2 CAI...lcmD A fcw(VC)· mclalliclibla on quanz. CaribooGold Mine,wdls, COS LITE _______ BritishColumbil,Clllllla
Book
Its Relationship to Mineralization in Central Ireland D.G. Jones, J.A. Plant, and T.B. Colman . . . ...assumption, which in the case of the ore deposits in Ireland is mainly based on the need of temperatures higher...the earbonate-hosted Lisheen Zn-Pb-Ag deposit in Ireland (Hitzman 1992) illustrates the essential role played...mineralization in the Silvermines area, County Tipperary, Ireland. In: Andrew CJ, Crowe RWA, Finlay S, PenneIl...(eds) Geology and genesis of mineral deposits in Ireland. Irish Assoc Econ Geol, Dublin, pp 377-417 Ashton
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...inform me that a new mineral species from the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia was to be named after me. This came as...sold off most of my mineral collection, pictures, mine plans, memorabilia etc. We spent the next few years
Report (volume)
pre-Pliocene or Pliocene land surface in County Galway, Ireland 37 McAurster, J. J. & Smiru, B. J. Geochemical...of the British Tertiary volcanic province 67 Ireland: a statistical approach to assess element behaviour...partially buried landscape karst in southern Ireland forms the subject of a palynological investigation...pre-Pliocene or Pliocene land surface in County Galway, Ireland. This volume. Davis, W. M. 1899. The geographical...trends in Early Tertiary palaeosols from northeast Ireland: a statistical approach to assess element behaviour
 
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