Tara-Navan

Producer in Meath, Ireland with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206886
MAS/MILS ID 4190330001
Record type Site
Current site name Tara-Navan

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -6.73091, 53.65739 (WGS84)
Elevation 60
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meath(province)

Ireland(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ireland Meath

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -6.73091, 53.65739

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 20S
    Thickness 60M
    Length 750M
    Width 300M
    Depth to top 200M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip :20S
    Minimum Depth to Top 70
    Date of Last Modification 830714

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1969
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1978
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Navan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Outokumpu Oy
    Interest 75
    Home office Finland
    Year 1989
  • Type Operator
    Owner Tara Mines Of Ireland
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ireland Government
    Interest 25
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • OUTOKUMPU OY PURCHASED THE CONTROLLING INTEREST IN 1986 IN TARA MINES LTD.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 61000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 61000000mt ore
    Total resources 61000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 11 wt-pct Zinc Major 1977
    Lead Pb 2.3999 wt-pct Lead Major 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 22000000mt ore
    Total resources 22000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 12 wt-pct Zinc Major 1993
    Lead Pb 2.5 wt-pct Lead Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DATA FROM PAH REPORT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 361M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 2
    Slope of Inclines 20
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 7000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 355
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, JULY 1977, P. 6-7.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE, 1993,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 38, 48.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, NORTERN MINER PRESS, TORONTO, CAN.

  • Deposit

    JULY 1973, PP 316-317

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, NORTHERN MINER PRESS, TORONTO, CAN

  • Deposit

    JULY 1976, P.282.

  • Deposit

    BYRNE, B-, DOWLING, D. AND ROMER D. OF TARA EXPLORATION CO.

  • Deposit

    PAPER PRESENTED AT SYMPOSIUM ENTITLED "THE GENESIS OF

  • Deposit

    BASE METAL DEPOSITS IN IRELAND, NOV 1971 GALWAY MEETING

  • Deposit

    OF THE IRISH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JAN 1972, TARA'S NAVAN DEPOSIT, P 25.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, JULY 1972, WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD MINING,

  • Deposit

    IRELAND. TARA HAS 51,945,000 TONS OF GOOD GRADE ZN-PR ORE

  • Deposit

    IN SIGHT AT NAVAN FOR 20 YEARS OF MINING

  • Deposit

    E/MJ NOV 1973, TARA HUGE ZN-PB RESERVES TARGETED FOR MINING

  • Deposit

    IN 1975 PP. 152-154

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, MARCH 1974, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WORLD MINING,

  • Deposit

    EUROPE, IRELAND

  • Deposit

    METALS SOURCEBOOK, AUG 12, 1974, ITEM B3831.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH 1975, MINING LEASE AGREED FOR TARA'S

  • Deposit

    NAVAN PB-ZN DEPOSIT IN IRELAND

  • Deposit

    E/MJ, APRIL 1975, IRELAND AND TARA EXPLORATION AGREE ON

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JULY 1975, TARA-IRELAND'S MAJOR PB/ZN

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT STILL INVOLVED IN LEASE TALKS PP 14-19.

  • Deposit

    1976 E/MJ INT.DIR. OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING UNITS,

  • Deposit

    1976 MCGRAW HILL, N.Y., P 278.

  • Deposit

    SKINNER, WALTER R., MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK,'76 P 520

  • Deposit

    E/MJ MAY 1976, THIS MONTH IN MINING

  • Deposit

    E/MJ, APRIL 1976, THIS MONTH IN MING

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, APRIL 1976 HIGHLIGHTS.

  • Deposit

    THE FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES 1976, TORONTO CANADA,

  • Deposit

    1975, MACLEAN-HUNTER LTD, P 147

  • Deposit

    THE FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES, 1977, TORONTO, CANADA,

  • Deposit

    1976 MACLEAN-HUNTER LTD P 220.

  • Deposit

    DALLAS, W.G., 1977, ENVIRONMENTAL HARMONY- AN OBJECTIVE IN

  • Deposit

    MINE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT: CAN. INST. MIN.,

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN, OCT. 1977, P. 81-88.

  • Deposit

    E/MJ, SEPT. 1977, P. 83-98.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, AUG. 1972, P. 163-168.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MAY 1977, P. 333.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, NOV. 1979, P. 413-414.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK, JAN. 5, 1981, P. 2.

  • Deposit

    NORANDA EXPLORATION LTD ANNUAL REPORTS 1979, 1980.

  • Deposit

    NORTHGATE ANNUAL REPORTS 1979, 1980.

  • Deposit

    TARA EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL REPORTS 1972-1980.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, C.E., AND MCARDLE, P., 1978, IRELAND-NAVAN IN

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, VOL. I, BOWIE, S., ET AL,

  • Deposit

    EDS., INST. MIN., METALL., LONDON, P. 329-331.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, JUNE 1971, P. 35-38.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, AUG. 1977, P. 42-44.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-AUG-1994 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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