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Chalcopyrite from
Abbeytown Mine & Quarry, Ballysadare, Sligo County, Connacht, Ireland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Comments:Small crystals on calcite.
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite5 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Abbeytown Mine & Quarry, Ballysadare, Sligo County, Connacht, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:371678
Long-form Identifier:1:3:371678:6
GUID (UUID V4):7687c14b-3bf5-4d94-8ba3-0c8e43de53c4
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
4.9km (3.0 miles) Aughamore Quarry (Maye Quarry; "Achenmore Quarry"), Aughamore, Sligo County, Connacht, Ireland
10.5km (6.5 miles) Creggaconnell Quarry, Rosses Point, Sligo County, Connacht, Ireland
81.5km (50.6 miles) Garrycam deposit (Keel Mine), Keel, Ballymahon, Longford County, Leinster, Ireland
84.7km (52.6 miles) Cavanacaw (Kearney trench; Kearney gold structure), Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
95.7km (59.5 miles) Sheeffry Mine (Tawnycrower Mine; Sheefry Mine; Sheffry Mine), Mayo County, Connacht, Ireland
98.2km (61.0 miles) Dooros-4, Dooros Mines, Cornamona, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
98.3km (61.1 miles) Dooros Mines, Cornamona, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
98.3km (61.1 miles) Dooros-1, Dooros Mines, Cornamona, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
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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
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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...ation in Russell ociety ewsletter 41 (2002). Shap Quarry in Cumbria held a special fascination for Max and...WIRTH, M. M. (1989) Native silver from Red Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria.Jouma/ of the RussellSociety... WIRTH, M.M. (1995) Bavcnite from Shap granite quarry, Cumbria, England.Jo11ma/ of tl1eRussell Sociel)I6(
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for the cessation of economic mineralisation in Ireland. Keywords Diagenesis Æ Dolomite Æ Carbonate-hosted...geological setting of Zn-Pb mineralisation in Ireland is beyond the scope of this contribution and only...Waulsortian Fig. 1 Simplified geological map of Ireland, showing distribution of zinc-lead ore deposits...(Modified after CSA Ltd. and Geological Survey of Ireland Mineral Deposits Map, 2000) Limestone Formation...minor quartz. Additional sulphides, such as chalcopyrite, tennantite and other sulphosalts also occur
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5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...golden-yellow nodule, A/20. ANALCIME. Enderby Quarry. Leicestershire. This specimen is more interesting...2.5x2x1.25", £4.00 1. ANALCIME/NATROLITE. Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white to...75x1", £7.50. 2. ANALCIME/NATROLITE/CALCITE. Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white, large...5x2x1", £10.00 6. ANDRADITE GARNET. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devonshire. A vitreous brownishgreen
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...2015 BASE METAL Table 1. MINERAL DEPOSITS, IRELAND Tonnages and grades of the main Irish sediment-hosted...Aherlow Mallow Gortdrum Tatestown Oldcastle Keel Abbeytown Clougherboy Ballyvergin Moyvoughly N'town-Cashel
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