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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Dolomiteā“˜2 photos of Chalcocite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Copperā“˜2 photos of Chalcocite associated with Copper at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:294804
Long-form Identifier:1:3:294804:1
GUID (UUID V4):c318b7f9-30c1-4a1a-8e19-08dae5b71820
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
42.0km (26.1 miles) ā“˜Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
42.1km (26.1 miles) ā“˜Shallee Mine, Shallee Mountain, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
42.6km (26.5 miles) ā“˜Gurtnadyne Mine (Gorteenahida), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
65.7km (40.8 miles) ā“˜Galmoy Mine, Johnstown, Kilkenny County, Leinster, Ireland
72.8km (45.2 miles) ā“˜Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
83.6km (52.0 miles) ā“˜Denison deposit, Aherlow, Limerick County, Munster, Ireland
References
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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...vesicles in the Turtle Mountain area of Graham County (Bideaux, Williams, and Thomssen 1960). The most...microcrystals is the 3 Metals mine in the Weepah district of Esmeralda County. Utah boosts two specimen-quality
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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...exhalative feature (Russell 1975; Badham 1981). At Tynagh, hematite replaces some bioclasts, and extensively
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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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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
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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...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...Cu-polymetallic deposits of Ireland, and the penecontemporaneous Znā€“Pb deposits of Central Ireland may be because
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localsubsurface waters,and at 25ĆøC for the Tynagh mine, Ireland, and the Matagentedeposit,Cerro de Pasco...AND H. L. BARNES agh,CountyGalway,Ireland, andthe Cerrode Pasco mine (Matagentedeposit),Peru.Studiesof...ground water at Burgin mine Loveringand Morris (1965) have examinedthe The Burgin Mine, East Tintic District...Consequently,in carbonateterrains,as at the Burgin mine where carbonatedissolutionis evident, the pH under...constantand the calculatedactivity of Pcoā€¢of the mine water equalto 10-a'saand 10-ĆøJ, HzCOaat 10-]'94
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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
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uranium in the Gortdrum stratiform copper deposit, Ireland M. J. Duane Present address: BPI Geophysics, University...Department of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland Abstract. The Gortdrum Cu-Ag-As-Sb-Hg-U orebody...transcurrent fault system in Southern County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. The deposit comprises a linear...carbonate-hosted base-metal deposits is Ireland, such as Navan, Tynagh, Silvermines, Gortdrum, Ballinalack...Uranium in carbonates & sandstones Fig. 1. Map of Ireland with main deposits and prospects. The CuAg deposits
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calcite or matrix 935 ā–  MILLOSEVICHITE Scholler Mine, Kladno, Czech Republic. Rich yellow-grey spongy...-Ā·-Ā·-- !'lo_9_ _ _ _ _ 285 ā– ā–  NATIVE GOLD La Farolla mine, Copiapo, Chile one or two spots on 2cm matrix _Ā£7_..._ _ _ _ __ ~ - / ~ : i E.RTRANDITE ____ .Gclc~~~Mine, G~~e~~;i~;Val~d~~~;: srazitcolourless micro crystals... - --- ----- ----- - -- 73 ā– ā–  BRAUNITE Praborna Mine, St Marcel ,Piedmont, Italy 849 ā–  OPAL Carlaze Pit...----- - - ------- ----- 1001 ā– ā–  BRUCITE N'chwaning Mine, Kuruman, S. Africa Creamy to pale green ,rich foliated
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JULY/AUGUST 1'994 1. ANATASE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Tavistock, Devon. A greenish matrix of compact...(b) 1 xl 30x20x20mm. Ā£4. 3. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Beira-Beixa, Portug:il. Intergrown group of pale...FRANCOLI'I'E) ON .f-ID1ATITE. Levant Section, Geevor Mine, St Just,. rix showing bands of massive l:>rown...7ļæ½:; Ā·_ Ā· BARITE ON CHALCOPYRITE. Mount Wellington Mine, '11Ā·,elve Heads, Cornwall. A soliq mass of tarnished...Intergrown mass of reddishĀ·ironstained BARITE, Sharkharn Mine, Brixharn, le hernatite matrix.Ā·Ā· cockScomb barite
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beforehand. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1995 1. ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. V-shaped cavity in limonitic...5. APATITE (VAR FRANCOLITE). Simms Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall. Cellular matrix lined with lustrous...60x50x45mm. Ā£22. 7. AURICHALCITE AND HEMIMORPHITE. 79 Mine, Hayden, Arizona, USA. A 50x20nan cavity in veinstone...U.V. 70x60x25mm. Ā£12. 9. AZURITE. West Caradon Mine, St Clear, Cornwall, in veinstone matrix. 30x2Qx20mm... 130x80x40mm. Ā£65. 11, BORNITE. Cooks Kitchen Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Several shallow cavities in
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Tellurium down one side small 2x3 inch (Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Mexico) Ā£25 BERYL translucent colourless...CHALCANTHITE rich blue mass on lx2 matrix (Majuba Mine, Nevada USA) Ā£6 STRONTIANITE yellowish. strongely...crystalline areas in white Barytes. (Whitesmith mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland) lxl Ā£5 lx2 Ā£10...crystals over 2x4 inch surface hardshell Mine, Santa Cruz County Arizona USA Ā£ I 2 GYPSUM variety SELENITE...black plate, (like chalcocite) on matrix with dark grey Pyargyrite Uchuchaqua Mine, Peru Ā£ 10 b) with
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wolframite. VGRF. SC. Ā£12.00 22 GALENA, Foxrock Mine, Glendasan, Co. Wicklow, Eire. Heavy XR.XN. RWB...RWB. VGRF. Ml. Ā£12.00 24 GALENA, Ballinafunshoge Mine, Glenmalura, Co. Wicklow, Eire. R. XN. RWB. RF....Cornwall. MA. P. RWB. RF. C. Ā£12.00 27 GALENA. Coombe Mine. South Molten. Devon. V. fine grained heavy XR....C Ā£14 00 28 NATIVE SILVER & SMALTITE, O'Neil Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. Heavy R V stuff. RWB....XR MA. RWB. GRF. M. Ā£14 00 30 KESTERITE, Cigga Mine. St Agnes, Cornwall. Rare* Dark grey metallic MA
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140x90x20mm. Ā£18. 3. ANTIMONITE. Xikuangshan Mine, Hunan, China. A single lead grey lustrous xl 110x9x7mn...4. APATITE AND SIDERITE ON QUARTZ. Panasqueria Mine, Beira-Beixa, Portugal, An impressive display specimen... 5. AURICHALCITE AND HEMIMORPHITE. Tecoma Hill Mine, Lucin District, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA. Beautiful...50x50x40ram. Ā£28. 7., BARITE. Wilsons Stope, Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria. An interesting "hedgehog" group...circular banding. 60x50x20mm. Ā£9. 9. BARITE. Parkside Mine, Egremont, Cumberland. A single terminated pale
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matrix hl !3 5 AGARDITE (Ce) r ...fe green micro's Mine, Wolf;_n, West Germany) 'h ins f.3. 60 6 ALBITE...mas'= (Tushar Mts, ne2r ~1.:w 7;Ā·1il.le F'ilutĀ·e County, Utah, U.S.A) 1x1 fl.30 lx2 f?.40 15 AMAZ0NITE...rich yellow masses with minor quartz. County, NevadaU.S.A) lxl BOp 55 BINDHEIMITE quite rich...yellow pea size masses &crusts on Quartz (les Anglais Mine, Massiac,Brouse France) lxl 60p 1x2 fl.10 56 BIOTITE...61 BORNITE rich purple mass in matrix.(Gortdrum Mine, Tipperary S.Ireland) location closed. lxl 50p 1x2
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
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the slderite box epfmorph from lho Virtuous lady mine. Devon I am in the proces.s of reading Mick Cooper's...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... getting deeper into a mine first of all relies on getting access to the mine, many of which are now
Catalog/List
Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 ā€“ Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite ā€“ Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...green stock label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section... SW.18 Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]...Corpus Christi Lode. SW.43 Botallackite - Levant Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 368 346]. 130 fathom level...Lode. Ex N.Carruth. SW.A8 Cassiterite - Pendarves Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1986. Ex N.Hubbard. SW.G12
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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 Ā½ 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/~ ā€¢ yellowish plates on mauvEUssingit~ (UmDa Mine, Reuda, Kola Peninsula ā€¢ Russia) (6a pure plate
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orange brown crusts on Hidalgoite (Gold Hill Mine Tooele County Utah USA) lxl f2.5O lx2 f5.OO 2x2 flO C263...purple-brown crystalline masses (Colebrook Hill Mine,Roseberry, Tasmania) lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 2x2 f6.OO...black to dark brown masses (Monumnt No 2 Mine Apache County 1/2 x 1/2 f3.5O lxl f5 C266 DEFERNITE 37...C269 CHABAZITE good covering location. (Ramsley Mine lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 of glassy micros Devon) 2x2 f6... C273 COLORADOITE Mine, Cripple C274 DIAMOND good yellow cubic (Wishasha Mine Zaire) f6 C275 DIOPTASE
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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
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sulphides from gold-bearing deposits, Britain and Ireland John Parnell a , Sam Spinksb and Nigel Blameyc...samples from goldbearing deposits in Britain and Ireland are anomalously rich in methane. Chalcopyrite samples...This was tested using deposits from Britain and Ireland (Figure 1) by assessing if the compositions of...Neoproterozoic of Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Munster Basin of southwest Ireland, and widely distributed deposits...gold; Caledonides; cold crush gases; Britain; Ireland a wide range of host lithologies and redox environments
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an shale, some with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2...C315 single 1/2 ins NATIVE ARSENIC rich (Kusa Mine, near ,Bau, lx2 f.5 ā€¢2x2 EIO crystal, across. ...pinkish masses fillingĀ·small (Lockout Pass,Tooele County, Utah, USA) lem C319 BUSTAMITE excellent rich...of Chalcopyrite. (16 level, Sim.ms Lade, Geevor Mine ,Cornwall) size reflects the area of botryoidal...80 lxl f.9 platy qrey-brown 5mm f.2.50 coverage Mine, small crystals of brown Devon) copper coloured
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Library] at 03:41 01 August 2012 Olivenite TSUMEB MINE, TSUMEB, OSHIKOTO REGION, NAMIBIA H ydrothermal...specimen of olivenite from the worldfamous Tsumeb mine in Namibia, where attempts at specimen mining have...Mountain states. In the copper mines of Houghton County, Michigan, where primary arsenides have provided...from Hinsdale County, Colorado, and from the Blackbird and Nickel Plate mines in Lemhi County, Idaho. In...assemblages from the Black Pine mine in the Phillipsburg area of Granite County (Waisman 1992). Olivenite is
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efor the genesis of the Tynagh basemetal v. 66, p. 901-918. deposit,Ireland: ECON.GEOL.,v. 76, p. 27-55...The Northgate base-metal deposit at Tynagh, County Galway, Ireland--A discussion:ECON. GEOL., v. 61, ...argentitc CuaS*, FeSa,pyrite MnSa, hauerite chalcocite Au2S NiS2, vaesite MoSa,molybdenite WSa,tungstenitc
 
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