Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondarySilver
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR LENSES (STACKED LENSES)
Ore controlPale Beds (Dolomitic Limestones)
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Conglomerate Group & Visean Upper Dark Limestone;Pale Beds (Contain Orebodies);Muddy Limestone;Red Beds
StructureGently Sw-Plunging Anticline With A Core Of Devonian Red Beds, Fault Striking Ene, Dipping South
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1977
Discovery year1970
Identification
Deposit ID10079610
MRDS IDW029649
Alternate namesTara, An Uaimh
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates53.64909, -6.68094
References
DOWNES, K. 1977 (CONFID.REPORT) MAJOR BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF IRELAND.- INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH & STANDARS.WORLD MINING AUGUST 1977 PP 42-44MINING MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 1977 PP.300-318BURTON, C. 1977 (CONFID. REPORT) JJRS.O'BRIEN, M.V., AND ROMER, D.M., 1971, TARA'S ZINC-LAD DISCOVERY AT NAVAN, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, APRIL, 1971, P. 81-82.MENZIE AND MOSIER, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-206.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, AUGUST, 1976, P. 135.KENNEDY, ALAN, 1989, TARA MINE RE-EQUIPS FOR RAISED PRODUCTIVITY: MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL, 1989, P. 262-268.KENNEDY, 1989, P. 262.