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): |
Ballymacarbry |
Political location(s): |
Ireland |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; disseminated in green sandstone |
Geologic province: |
Munster Basin |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Devonian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (green) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Old Red Sandstone, Toe Head Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated in green sandstone; deposit located near village of Ballymacarbry |
References: |
Emo, G. T., 1981 |
A Review of Mineralisation in the Old Red Sandstone and Its Significance to Irish Exploration |
in Mineral Exploration in Ireland - Progress and Developments 1971-1981, Edited by Brown, A. G.; Pyne, J., Wexford Conference 1981, Irish Association for Economic Geology, Dublin, Ireland, 179 p, p. 27 - 34 |
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