Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formBEDDED AND VEINS
Ore controlFault Control
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Dolomite Breccia;Muddy Limestones;Dolomite
StructureIn Hanging Wall Of Major Ene Trending Normal Fault
AlterationDolomitization & Formation Of Pyrite, Arsenopyrite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1968
Identification
Deposit ID10073081
MRDS IDW018892
Alternate namesMogul
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates52.78245, -8.231
References
MORRISSEY, C. J., DAVIS, G. R., STEED G. M., 1971, MINERALIZATION IN THE LOWER CARBONIFEROUS IN CENTRAL IRELAND; TRANS. INST. MIN. METALL. V 80 P. B 174 - 185LAWLOR, J. F., 1970, GENESIS OF MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN CARBONATE SEDIMENTS AT SILVERMINES, IRELAND; DISS. ABSTR. INTL. V 31 NO. 5 P. 2766 BCOOMER, P. G., ROBINSON, B. W., 1976, SULPHUR AND SULPHATE - OXYGEN ISOTOPES AND THE ORIGIN OF THE SILVERMINES DEPOSITS, IRELAND; MINERAL. DEPOSITA V. 11, NO. 2, P. 155 - 169MENZIE AND MOSIER, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-206.MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1976, P. 516TOTAL DEPOSIT SIZE FROM MENZIE AND MOSIER, 1985.