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Northern Ireland

Past Producer in Ireland with commodity Aluminum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022511
MRDS ID DE03096
Record type Site
Current site name Northern Ireland
Alternate or previous names Skerry, Lyles, Hill, Ballynabanist Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -8.14823, 53.17549 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ireland(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ireland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anatase Ore
Boehmite Ore
Brookite Ore
Corundum Ore
Gibbsite Ore
Goethite Ore
Halloysite Ore
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Kaolin Ore
Magnetite Ore
Rutile Ore
Siderite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -8.14823, 53.17549
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., 1967, BAUXITE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL ALUMINUM RESOURCES OF THE WORLD: USGS BULL. 1228, 176 P

  • Production

    PATTERSON 1967.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LATERITIC BAUXITE, INTERBASALT INTERVALS, 2-6' THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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