| Deposit ID | 10133767 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 4190430001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mogul |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -8.25767, 52.79912 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 300 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tipperary(province)
Ireland(country)
Europe(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Ireland | Tipperary |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -8.25767, 52.79912 |
|---|
| Thickness | 20M | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 750M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 750M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1963 |
| Year of first production | 1968 |
| District name | Silvermines |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Unknown |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kerr Addison Mines Ltd. |
| Interest | 75 |
| Home office | Canada |
| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Silvermines Ltd. |
| Interest | 25 |
| Home office | Ireland (Eire) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Year | 1968 |
|---|---|
| Description | Initial Production 443282 Mtpy |
| Year | 1969 |
|---|---|
| Description | 886564 Mtpy |
| Year | 1970 |
|---|---|
| Description | 914768 Mtpy |
| Year | 1971 |
|---|---|
| Description | 715415 Mtpy |
| Year | 1972 |
|---|---|
| Description | 737490 Mtpy |
| Year | 1973 |
|---|---|
| Description | 832082 Mtpy |
| Year | 1974 |
|---|---|
| Description | 829252 Mtpy |
| Year | 1975 |
|---|---|
| Description | 918506 Mtpy |
| Year | 1976 |
|---|---|
| Description | 911182 Mtpy |
| Year | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Description | 844510 Mtpy |
| Year | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Description | 654850 Mtpy |
| Year | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Description | 610799 Mtpy |
| Year | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Description | 561500 Mtpy |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall depth | 284M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 4190430001 |
ATKINSON, PAUL H., MOGUL OF IRELAND, LTD., FACTSHEET FROM
DENVER EQUIPMENT COMPANY, 8PP, UNDATED
CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1975-76, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,
TORONTO, P.144.
FILION, M., 1975, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SULFIDE ORES AT
THE MOGUL MINE, SILVERMINES, IRELAND. PART I: A NEW
CONCEPTUAL APPROACH, TRANSACTIONS, CANADIAN INST. ON MIN.
AND METALL., VOL. LXXVIII, P. 98-107.
HOPPE, RICHARD, 1978, MOGUL USES VARIETY OF STOPING SYSTEMS
AS ORE DIP VARIES: PART OF, THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN
IRISH METAL MINES: IN E/MJ OPERATING HANDBOOK OF MINERAL
UNDERGROUND MINING VOL. 3, SISSELMAN, ROBERT, ED.,
P. 304-313.
KERR ADDISON MINES LTD., ANNUAL REPORTS, 1975-1980.
MINING MAGAZINE, TRACKLESS MINING AT MOGUL, JAN. 1982,
P. 21-23.
MINING MAGAZINE, IRELAND, AUG. 1972, P.163-167.
NIGHTINGALE, U.G., ED., FINANCIAL TIMES MINING INTERNATIONAL
YEARBOOK, 1980, LONGMAN, LONDON, P. 382, 499-500.
NORANDA MINES LTD.,ANNUAL REPORT, 1980.
SIEGAL, HAROLD O., 1965, THREE RECENT IRISH DISCOVERY CASE
HISTORIES USING PULSE-TYPE INDICED POLARIZATION, TRANS.,
CAN. INST. MIN., VIL. LXVIII, P.343-348.
TINSLEY, C. RICHARD, SILVERMINES-EUROPE'S LARGEST UNDER-
GROUND ZINC-LEAD PRODUCER, E/MJ, NOV.1973, P.150-152.
WILLIAMS, C.E., AND MCARDLE, P., IRELAND-SILVERMINES: IN
MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, VOL. I: BOWIE, S.H.U.,
KVALHEIM, A., AND HASLUM, H.W., EDS., INST. OF MIN. AND
METALL., LONDON, 1978, P. 333-336.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 77-RCD 010-MOGUL-SILVERMINES MINE IN PROD. SINCE SEPT.1968. 2 ODUCED AND CAPACITY-PB 100TPD, ZN CONC 400TPD DEVELOPED BY V EIRE GOVT.-MINIMUM ROYALTY OF 2500 POUNDS/YR.IN EXCH.FOR ILLAR, ORE CONC TYPE-FLOTATION INTERNATIONAL MOGUL MINES LTD. IN 1976. 77-RCD 030-APPROXIMATED LOCATION IS ON N FLANK OF SILVERMINE AIN, 29 KM NE OF LIMERICK AND 11 KM SSE OF NENAGH. 77-RCD 040-TAILINGS DAM IS 4 KM AWAY FROM MILL (DIRECTION UNK 77-RCD 050-SILVERMINES DEPOSIT WAS SUPPOSEDLY WORKED AS EARL THE 9TH CENTURY, INTERMITTENT PROD.UP TO 1968. MOST OF EXPLORATION IN SILVERMINES VICINITY SINCE 1969 HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE DIAMOND DRILLING. 77-RCD 060-LOWER OREBODY OF THE "G" ZONE AT SILVERMINES IS C ED IN A DOLOMITE BRECCIA, UPPER OREBODY FOLLOWS BEDDING PLANES BETWEEN CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE & DOLOMITE. CARBONATES IN HANGING WALL OF E-W TRENDING "SILVERMINES FAULT"-ABUTE AGAINST DEVONIAN SANDSTONES & SHALES (FOOTWALL). FAULT & ORE ZONES DIP TO N, ORE C NEAR SURFACE BY FAULT. 77-RCD 070-UPPER OREBODY OF "G" ZONE CONSISTS OF VERY FINE GRAINED PB & ZN SULPHIDES WITH "MUCH" PYRITE; LOWER OREBODY CONSISTS "MUCH COARSER" PB & ZN SULPHIDES (COMPARED TO UPPER OREBODY) LESS PYRITE. 77-RCD 180-DESCRIPTION OF LOWER OREBODY OF "G" ZONE-FOLLOWS SILVERMINES FAULT, DIES OUT AT DEPTH OF 135 M.-OCCURS IN D BRECCIA, MASSIVE SULPHIDE. 77-RCD 280-DESCRIPTION OF UPPER OREBODY OF"G"ZONE. FOLLOWS BEDDING PLANE BETWEEN LIMESTONE & DOLOMITE, DIP IS 50 DEG. NEAR THE MINES FAULT AND DECREASES TO 15 DEG. 300 M N OF FAULT. 77-RCD 380-DESCRIPTION OF "B" ZONE, 1040 M E OF THE MAIN SHAFT THE "G" ZONE, IT IS SIMILAR IN ALL RESPECTS TO THE UPPER OR OF THE "G" ZONE EXCEPT THAT EXACT DIMENSIONS ARE UNKNOWN-W OF "B" ZONE IS MUCH THICKER THAN EAST END. 77-RCD 601-603&611-RESERVE GRADES & TONNAGE FOR ENTIRE "G" ZONE (UPPER & LOWER OREBODIES) AS OF DEC.31,1975-ESTIMATED BY SUBT EST. RESERVES FOR"B" ZONE FROM DEC.31,1975 RESERVES PUBLISH BOTH THE "G" AND "B" ZONES. IT IS BELIEVED THAT OF THE "G" TOTAL, 20% IS ORE IN THE LOWER OREBODY. AG CONTENT IS EST |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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