Rennicks and Bennett Pb - Zn Prospect

Prospect in Ireland with commodities Zinc, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097435
MRDS ID W018893
Record type Site
Current site name Rennicks and Bennett Pb - Zn Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -6.68094, 53.64909 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ireland(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ireland

Comments on the location information

  • LAT AND LONG. ARE FOR NAVAN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Dolomitic Sandy Limestone
    Rock description Dolomitic Sandy Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -6.68094, 53.64909

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY IS PROBABLY THE SAME AS FOR TARA AND BULA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1975

Mining district

District name Navan Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sabina 30.5%, Messina 47.5%

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DRILLING CONTINUES

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTING STAGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1976, MINING JOURNAL 10-29-76 P. 342

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE 2 - 77 P. 125

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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