Meath
Producer

Tara-Navan

Meath, Ireland
LeadZinc
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Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsBarite, Calcite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1978
Discovery year1969
Identification
Deposit ID10206886
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates53.65739, -6.73091
References
CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, NORTERN MINER PRESS, TORONTO, CAN.JULY 1973, PP 316-317CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, NORTHERN MINER PRESS, TORONTO, CANJULY 1976, P.282.BYRNE, B-, DOWLING, D. AND ROMER D. OF TARA EXPLORATION CO.PAPER PRESENTED AT SYMPOSIUM ENTITLED "THE GENESIS OFBASE METAL DEPOSITS IN IRELAND, NOV 1971 GALWAY MEETINGOF THE IRISH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONMINING MAGAZINE, JAN 1972, TARA'S NAVAN DEPOSIT, P 25.WORLD MINING, JULY 1972, WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD MINING,IRELAND. TARA HAS 51,945,000 TONS OF GOOD GRADE ZN-PR OREIN SIGHT AT NAVAN FOR 20 YEARS OF MININGE/MJ NOV 1973, TARA HUGE ZN-PB RESERVES TARGETED FOR MININGIN 1975 PP. 152-154WORLD MINING, MARCH 1974, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WORLD MINING,EUROPE, IRELANDMETALS SOURCEBOOK, AUG 12, 1974, ITEM B3831.MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH 1975, MINING LEASE AGREED FOR TARA'SNAVAN PB-ZN DEPOSIT IN IRELANDE/MJ, APRIL 1975, IRELAND AND TARA EXPLORATION AGREE ONMINING MAGAZINE, JULY 1975, TARA-IRELAND'S MAJOR PB/ZNPROSPECT STILL INVOLVED IN LEASE TALKS PP 14-19.1976 E/MJ INT.DIR. OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING UNITS,1976 MCGRAW HILL, N.Y., P 278.SKINNER, WALTER R., MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK,'76 P 520E/MJ MAY 1976, THIS MONTH IN MININGE/MJ, APRIL 1976, THIS MONTH IN MINGWORLD MINING, APRIL 1976 HIGHLIGHTS.THE FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES 1976, TORONTO CANADA,1975, MACLEAN-HUNTER LTD, P 147THE FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES, 1977, TORONTO, CANADA,1976 MACLEAN-HUNTER LTD P 220.DALLAS, W.G., 1977, ENVIRONMENTAL HARMONY- AN OBJECTIVE INMINE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT: CAN. INST. MIN.,BULLETIN, OCT. 1977, P. 81-88.E/MJ, SEPT. 1977, P. 83-98.MINING MAGAZINE, AUG. 1972, P. 163-168.MINING MAGAZINE, MAY 1977, P. 333.MINING MAGAZINE, NOV. 1979, P. 413-414.METALS WEEK, JAN. 5, 1981, P. 2.NORANDA EXPLORATION LTD ANNUAL REPORTS 1979, 1980.NORTHGATE ANNUAL REPORTS 1979, 1980.TARA EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL REPORTS 1972-1980.WILLIAMS, C.E., AND MCARDLE, P., 1978, IRELAND-NAVAN INMINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, VOL. I, BOWIE, S., ET AL,EDS., INST. MIN., METALL., LONDON, P. 329-331.WORLD MINING, JUNE 1971, P. 35-38.WORLD MINING, AUG. 1977, P. 42-44.MINING MAGAZINE, JULY 1977, P. 6-7.AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE, 1993,P. 38, 48.