| Locality type: | Deposit |
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| Species: | Chalcopyrite |
| Formula: | CuFeS2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chalcopyrite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Courtbrown Zn-Pb deposit, Askeaton, Limerick County, Munster, Ireland |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 642202 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:642202:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e3f39c83-004d-4053-a3b6-5f670b3a0449 |
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| 22.8km (14.1 miles) | ⓘKilbricken Mine (Kilbreckan Mine), Quin, Ennis, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
| 24.1km (15.0 miles) | ⓘBallyhickey Mine, Quin, Ennis, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
| 27.3km (17.0 miles) | ⓘCarrahan Mine (Carrahin Mine), Quin, Ennis, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
| 28.8km (17.9 miles) | ⓘBallyvergin Mine, Quin, Ennis, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
| 42.8km (26.6 miles) | ⓘSheshodonnell East Mine, Carran, The Burren, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
| 44.2km (27.4 miles) | ⓘMogouhy Mine (Sladoo Mine; Castletown Mine), Carran, The Burren, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
| 47.9km (29.8 miles) | ⓘBallybunnion, Kerry County, Munster, Ireland |
| 50.6km (31.5 miles) | ⓘShallee Mine, Shallee Mountain, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland |
| 51.1km (31.8 miles) | ⓘMallow deposit, Mallow, Cork County, Munster, Ireland |
| 51.4km (31.9 miles) | ⓘTullacondra Cu-Ag Deposit, Mallow, Cork County, Munster, Ireland |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | evidence for an epigenetic origin of the Courtbrown Zn±Pb deposit, Ireland Received: 5 July 2000 / Accepted:...Abstract Mineralisation at the Courtbrown deposit in south-western Ireland is concentrated in the basal...Waulsortian and Ballysteen Limestones in the Courtbrown area (from oldest to youngest): non-luminescent...correspond to an approximate early Chadian age for the Courtbrown area. Pressure-shadows around sphalerite further... Therefore, the base-metal mineralisation at Courtbrown is epigenetic, and the age of mineralisation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sources for lead in Cu-polymetallic and Zn–Pb mineralisation in Ireland: constraints from lead isotopes Received:...Abstract Devonian red bed-hosted deposits in SW Ireland occur either as low-grade stratiform disseminations...major quartz veins with copper-polymetallic deposits. Pb isotopic ratios vary according to the style of mineralisation...terms of fluid flow homogenising the wide spread of Pb isotope ratios from the disseminated sulphides. This...data. Major quartz veins show a clustered array of Pb isotopic ratios and it is suggested that the bulk |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dolomitisation and mineralisation in the Irish Zn-Pb orefield Received: 25 October 2002 / Accepted:...lithification of Carboniferous carbonate sediments hosting Zn-Pb mineralisation in the Irish orefield occurred at...for the cessation of economic mineralisation in Ireland. Keywords Diagenesis Æ Dolomite Æ Carbonate-hosted...Models for the genesis of the carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb deposits of the Irish orefield remain controversial...description of the geological setting of Zn-Pb mineralisation in Ireland is beyond the scope of this contribution |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Æ Malcolm W. Wallace Zn-Pb mineralisation in the Silvermines district, Ireland: a product of burial diagenesis...mineralisation at the Silvermines zinc-lead-barium deposit. The base-metal sulphides post-date planar dolomite...tonnage of about 160 Mt at an average grade of 7.2% Zn and Pb, the Lower Carboniferous carbonate sequence of...Irish Midlands is host to one of the worlds major Zn-Pb ore-fields (Banks et al. 2002) (Fig. 1). Currently...temperatures. The Silvermines deposit has been described as a classic ‘‘Irish-type’’ deposit, and has been used |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Implications for the Genesis of Sediment-Hosted Zn-Pb Deposits J. J. WILKINSON† CODES, University of Tasmania...complexity observed in other intracratonic basin-hosted Zn-Pb(-Ba) ore districts. This includes the coexistence...Silvermines, and Abbeytown, anomalous concentrations of Zn and Pb are common in the lower part of the Waulsortian...description of the geology and mineralization in Ireland is beyond the scope of this contribution and only...with lesser but variable marcasite and minor chalcopyrite, tennantite, and other sulfosalts. Orebodies |  | | Report (volume) | | Carboniferous dolomites in the south and east of Ireland 393 Index 407 This page intentionally left...Lower Carboniferous Waulsortian Limestones of Ireland. Systems using oxygen, carbon and strontium isotopes...Sevastopulo are also engaged with the Carboniferous of Ireland driven, like others, by the relationship of dolornitization...of the Bahamas (Cenozoic), western Canada and Ireland (Palaeozoic), and Israel (Mesozoic) probably formed...regionally extensive dolostones of the Carboniferous of Ireland that are petrographically and geochemically very |
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