Bula-Navan

Prospect in Meath, Ireland with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255511
MAS/MILS ID 4190330002
Record type Site
Current site name Bula-Navan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -6.68091, 53.64909 (WGS84)
Elevation 60

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
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -6.68091, 53.64909

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 580M
    Width 580M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATABOUND
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Date of Last Modification 830719

Comments on the geologic information

  • GANGUE MINERALS INCLUDE PYRITE, MARCASITE AND BARITE
  • STRIKE OF THE OREBODY IS 270 DEGREES W WITH A 20 DEGREE PLUNGE TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE DEPOSIT IS 30 TO 200 METERS DEEP, AND Z TO 30 METERS THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1970
Mining method Filled Stopes

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bula Ltd.
    Interest 51
    Home office Ireland (Eire)
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Ireland
    Interest 49
    Home office Ireland (Eire)
    Year 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NEW MINE 1987/1988 (ZN = +55K, PB = +10K)
  • IN RECEIVERSHIP IN LATE 1985?/COUNTRY SPEC 3/9/87.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 160M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Recovery 80
    Number of Shafts 1
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    Capacity 2800
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 24.29
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE POSSIBILITY OF JOINT PRODUCTION BY IRELAND'S BULA MINES

  • Deposit

    AND TARA MINES, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, APRIL

  • Deposit

    1977, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    BULA SLATED TO PRODUCE AT 1000000 TONS IN MID-1978, WORLD

  • Deposit

    MINING DECEMBER 1976, P. 64.

  • Deposit

    NAVAN ZINC: DIVERSIONARY TACTICS?, MINING JOURNAL JANUARY

  • Deposit

    19, 1979, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JANUARY 1979, P. 99.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JANUARY 1978, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    NJZ STUDIES IRISH ZINC SMELTER, MINING JOURNAL, APRIL 1,

  • Deposit

    1977, P. 242.

  • Deposit

    TINSLEY, C. R., IRELAND: ON THE WAY TO BECOMING TOP PRODUCER

  • Deposit

    OF BASE METALS IN NORTHWEST EUROPE, ENGINEERING AND

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 1973, P. 144-147.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, IRELAND, WORLD MINING CATALOGUE SURVEY DIRECTORY

  • Deposit

    NUMBER, JUNE 1976, P. 65.

  • Deposit

    CUNNINGHAM, M. A., EIRE, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1976, LONDON

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1977, P. 509-510.

  • Deposit

    BULA DEVELOPMENT NEXT YEAR?, MINING JOURNAL, DEC. 29, 1978,

  • Deposit

    P. 507.

  • Deposit

    SKINNER,W., MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, P. 154.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, MINING MAGAZINE, JAN. 1979, P. 71.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1978 ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS,

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW-HILL, NEW YORK, 1978, P. 282.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, FEB. 1977, P.14., APR. 1977,

  • Deposit

    P. 150.

  • Deposit

    CUNNINGHAM, M.A. 1978, EIRE, MINING JOURNAL, PP. 509-511

  • Deposit

    ENG. MIN. JOURNAL, 1977, IRELAND, ENG./MIN. JOURNAL, APR.,

  • Deposit

    P. 150

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1979, NAVAN ZINC: DIVERSIONARY TACTICS?,

  • Deposit

    JAN. 1979, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL NOV. 1979, BULA SUBMITS COUNTY MEATH PLAN,

  • Deposit

    P. 461.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, MAY 22, 1981, BULA APPLICATION REJECTED,

  • Deposit

    P. 393.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, AUG. 1972, NAVAN LEAD-ZINC, PP. 167-168.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MAY 1977, IRISH ZINC SMELTER PLANS ANNOUNC-

  • Deposit

    ED, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, NOV. 1979, UPDATE ON IRISH MINING AND

  • Deposit

    EXPLORATION, PP. 413-414.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, VOL. 1, BOWIE, W.H.U.,

  • Deposit

    KVALHEIM, A., AND HASLUM, H.W., EDS., INSTITUTION OF MIN.,

  • Deposit

    METALL., LONDON, PP. 329-331.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, NOV. 1975. BULA ZINC-LEAD ARE RESERVES OVER

  • Deposit

    20, 000 TONS P. 39.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, JULY 1980, IRELAND, P. 103.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CADMIUM OCCURS IN TRACE AMOUNTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Gazdik U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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