CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
77 Ireland (County Meath) 53.41.40 N -- 006.44.09 W Tatestown 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): Tatestown
Political location(s): Ireland; Province or state: County Meath; Nearest community: Navan deposit (5.3 km NW)
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit (sub) types: Irish-type
Deposit status: deposit
Commodities: Zn; Pb
Mineralization styles: fracture fill; bedded replacement
Geological ages: Courceyan (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate (Navan Group); Depositional setting: Shallow marine
Individual lithologies:micrite
Host rock stratigraphy:Micrite Unit member
Mineralogy: sphalerite, galena, pyrite, marcasite, chalcopyrite, boulangerite, semseyite, quartz, calcite, dolomite
References:
Andrew, C. J.; Poustie, A., 1986
Syndiagenetic or Epigenetic Mineralization - The Evidence from the Tatestown Zinc-lead Prospect, Co. Meath
in Geology and Genesis of Mineral Deposits in Ireland, Edited by Andrew, C. J.; Crowe, R. W. A.; Finlay, S.; Pennell, W. M.; Pyne, J. F., Irish Association for Economic Geology, Cahill Printers, Ireland, 711 p, p. 281 - 296

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

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1986; 3.6 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: proven
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 5.3 percent
Pb: 1.5 percent
Ag: 37 grams/metric ton
Reference: Johnston, J. D., 1999: Regional Fluid Flow and the Genesis of Irish Carboniferous Base Metal Deposits; Mineralium Deposita, Volume 34, p. 571 - 598
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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