CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
74 Ireland (County Lilkenny) 52.47.54 N -- 007.35.21 W Galmoy Zn; Pb
 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit name(s): Galmoy
Political location(s): Ireland; Province or state: County Lilkenny
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit (sub) types: Irish-type
Deposit status: producer
Commodities: Zn; Pb
Mineralization styles: massive replacement
Geological ages: Courceyan (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow marine
Individual lithologies:dolomitized micrite
Host rock stratigraphy:Waulsortian Limestone member
Mineralogy: pyrite, sphalerite, galena
References:
Doyle, E.; Bowden, A. A., 1995
Field Guide to the Galmoy Zinc-Lead Deposits, Co. Kilkenny
in Irish Carbonate-Hosted Zn-Pb Deposits, Commemorating the SEG 75th Anniversary, Guidebook for Field Conference May 13-19, 1995, Edited by Anderson, K.; Ashton, J.; Earls, G.; Tear, S., Guidebook Series, Society of Economic Geologists, Citizen Printing Co. Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, 21, 296 p, p. 139 - 149

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Supplement to sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
Appendix, in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p, p. 561 - 607

Production data: Report period: until 2000; 1.98 million metric tons ore; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 10.87 percent
Pb: 0.73 percent
Reference: Verbruggen, K., 2001: A Review of Mining and Mineral Exploration in Ireland in 2001; in Irish Association for Economic Geology Annual Review 2001, Edited by Slowey, E., Annual Review, Irish Association for Economic Geology , 160 p, p. 49 - 53
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
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: 1992; 6.5 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: proven
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 12.9 percent
Pb: 1.26 percent
Cutoff grade-commodity:Zn equiv.: 4.5 percent
Reference: Doyle, E.; Bowden, A. A.; Jones, G. V.; Stanley, G. A., 1992: The Geology of the Galmoy Zinc-Lead Deposits, Co. Kilkenny; in The Irish Minerals Industry 1980-1990, Edited by Bowden, A. A.; Earls, G.; O'Connor, P. G.; Pyne, J. F., Irish Association for Economic Geology, Irish Association for Economic Geology, Dublin, Ireland, p. 211 - 225
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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