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Dolomite from
Ballygown South Mine, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Comments:Commonly found lining vugs in limestone boulders. Generally quite oxidised.
Habit:Rhombs
Colour:White,iron stained, grey
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite2 photos of Dolomite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Sphalerite1 photo of Dolomite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ballygown South Mine, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:551371
Long-form Identifier:1:3:551371:0
GUID (UUID V4):e50e7860-8e6b-4d46-b6e0-8769bc460cad
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Knockanroe mine, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
1.4km (0.9 miles) Ballynoe mine (Magcobar mine), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
2.3km (1.5 miles) Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
29.9km (18.6 miles) Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
38.0km (23.6 miles) Lisheen mine, Moyne, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
42.9km (26.7 miles) Galmoy Mine, Johnstown, Kilkenny County, Leinster, Ireland
43.0km (26.7 miles) Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
53.9km (33.5 miles) Courtbrown Zn-Pb deposit, Askeaton, Limerick County, Munster, Ireland
71.8km (44.6 miles) Renville (Rinville) Mine, Renville, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
74.2km (46.1 miles) Tullacondra Cu-Ag Deposit, Mallow, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
350 Note on the mines and minerals of the Silvermines district, Co. TipTerary. By A~RTHUa RUSS~.LL. [Read...[Read March 19, 1907.J mineral district is situated along the northern T HEbaseSilvcrmines of the Silvermine...and a half miles south of the town of l~enagh in the county of Tipperary. The district is one which possesses...in co. Clare, on the west, to Toomavara in co. Tipperary, on the east. Along its course in at least two...evidently carried on at Silvermines at a very early date, the whole district being literally honey-combed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
128 Mineralogy of the Silvermines district, County Tipperary, Eire. (With Plates IV to VI.) B y H. N...sericite, and chlorite) at four mines in this district is discussed. Of particular interest are the conversion...on the Mines and Minerals of the Silvermines District, County Tipperary'. A recent survey of various eighteenth-...workings and one modern productive lead mine near Silvermines, coupled with microscopic examination of...Devonian and Carboniferous rocks bordering the Silvermines Fault, which is a complex system of maior and
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 Flam­ 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)
East Iceland: beudantite, 431 Pengenna (Trewethen) mine, St. Kew: pitchsbone, oligoclase, 587 Sellatur...WALES Adamite, hiibnerite, xliv Billingham anhydrite mine, Durham: aph~hitalite(?), arsenopyrite(?), epsomite...cornubite, 1 Treburland mine, Altarnun: genthelvite, molybdenite, 921 Treore mine, St. Teath: beudantite...jamesonite, mimetite, scorodite, stibnite, 431 Tretoil mine, Lanivet: danalite, garnet, ilvaite, 921 Wheal Betsy...bindheimite, 664 Geevor mine, Pendeen, St. Just-inPenwith: uraninite, 654 Levant mine, St. Just-in-Penwith:
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)
Furthermore, there are additional nongeologic resources in mine dumps, flotation tailings, and smelter residues...Tynagh and Silvermines in the Irish Midlands and some of 600 Km Dublin Irish District London Berlin...Brussels Warsaw La Calamine Polish District Paris Vienna Alpine District Reocin Madrid Rome Thassos Cartagena...Cartagena Iglesias District Athens Laurion FIG. 1. Location of most important nonsulfide zinc deposits...nonsulfide Zn open-pit mine of Boleslaw, Poland. c. “Calamina” sample from the old Czerna mine, Poland. The sample
Journal (issue)
Cooper COVER:BARYTE: I 05 x 47mm crystal on dolomite. Frizington, Cumbria. Liverpool Museum collection...D. Freier ------22 ------MICRO MINERALS FROM IRELAND BOARD 0.1. Green G. Ryback • S. JJ/oreto11 S...Society Symposium a conference weekend at the Peak District Mining Museum in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. That...Figure 3. CALEDONITE (0.25mm) on LINARITE: Red Gill mine Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. R.S.W. Braithwaite Collection...the rare ban·um zeoliteham1otomeat Pen-y-Cl1111 Mine is thoughtto be only the third locali!J•forthe mineral
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
Report (issue)
Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy Cal and Kerith...cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve Neely collection...1867. ·thsonian Smithsonite First Oxide Zone, Tsu Mine, Tsumeb, Nami 10cm tall Brent Lockhart coll Joe...curring in the oxidized zone of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, had compositions covering the...reasons for this palette. Beginning on page Antler Mine Smithsonite? Many comprehensive smithsonite collections
 
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