Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Ballyvergin |
Political location(s): |
Ireland |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; in shale and limestone above old red sandstone |
Geologic province: |
Central Plain |
Commodities: |
Cu; Ag |
Geological ages: |
Early Carboniferous (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonateIndividual lithologies: | shale limestone |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in shale & limestone above Old Red sandstone; genesis questionable/ localized in a small elongated dome |
References: |
Holland, C. H., 1981 |
A Geology of Ireland |
Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, Scotland, 335 p. |
Williams, C. E., 1978 |
Ireland |
in Mineral Deposits of Europe, Volume 1: Northwest Europe, Edited by Bowie, S.; Kvalheims, A.; Haslam, H., Northwest Europe, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Mineralogical Society, V 1, 362 p, p. 319 - 345 |
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Resource data: |
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. |
Estimate date: 1981; 136,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 1 percent | Reference: Holland, C. H., 1981: A Geology of Ireland; Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, Scotland, 335 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |