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Greenockite from
Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Greenockite
Formula:CdS
Comments:powdery impregnations and deposits
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Greenockite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:294808
Long-form Identifier:1:3:294808:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Greenockite
50.6km (31.4 miles) ⓘSheshodonnell East Mine, Carran, The Burren, Clare County, Munster, Ireland
References
de Haller, series of article in Bull. Soc. Genevoise de MinÃĐralogie in the 1980s.
Morrissey, C. J. (1970) The Mineralogy, Structure and Origin of the Lead-zinc-copper Residual Orebody at Tynagh, County Gamay, Ireland (Doctoral dissertation, Imperial College of Science and Technology London).
Sangameshwar, S. R., Barnes, H. L. (1983) Supergene processes in zinc-lead-silver sulfide ores in carbonates. Economic Geology, 78 (7) 1379-1397 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.78.7.1379
Ryback, George; Nawaz, R.; Farley, E. (1988) Seventh supplementary list of British Isles minerals (Irish). Mineralogical Magazine, 52 (365). p.267-274.
 
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