CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
66 Ireland (County Longford) 53.38.53 N -- 007.43.13 W Garrycam Zn; Pb; barite
 
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): Garrycam
Political location(s): Ireland; Province or state: County Longford
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit (sub) types: Irish-type
Deposit status: deposit; Status comments: Drilled only
Commodities: Zn; Pb; barite
Mineralization styles: massive replacement; veins
Geological ages: Courceyan (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow marine
Individual lithologies:calcareous mudstone (Sometimes described as "reefal")
Host rock stratigraphy:Waulsortian limestone member
Mineralogy: barite, pyrite, sphalerite, galena, dolomite, marcasite, quartz
References:
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

Slowey, E. P., 1986
The Zn-Pb and Barite Deposits at Keel, Co. Longford
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. 319 - 330

Slowey, E. P.; Hitzman, M. W.; Beaty, D. W.; Thompson, T. B., 1995
The Keel Zn-Pb and Garrycam BaSO4 Deposits, Co. Longford, Ireland
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. 227 - 241

Resource data:
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1.35 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: unstated
Grade-commodity information:barite: 36.14 percent
Zn: 2.67 percent
Pb: 0.18 percent
Ag: 10 grams/metric ton
Reference: Andrew, C. J., 1990: Irish Zinc Deposits - Style and Process in an Orefield Context; Minerals Industry International, Bulletin, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Volume 1001, p. 9 - 16
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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