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Lisheen - Main Zone, Derryville, Bog East, Bog Central, Bog West, Island Pod
Ireland
Main commodities: Zn Pb




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2022.     Record last updated: 14/01/2022
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Doran, A.L., Hollis, S.P., Menuge, J.F., Piercey, S.J., Boyce, A.J., Johnson, S., Guven, J. and Turner, O.,  2022 - A Distal, High-Grade Irish-Type Orebody: Petrographic, Sulfur Isotope, and Sulfide Chemistry of the Island Pod Zn-Pb Orebody, Lisheen, Ireland: in    Econ. Geol.   v.117, pp. 305-326.
Hitzman M W  1995 - Geological setting of the Irish Zn-Pb-(Ba-Ag) Orefield: in Anderson K, Ashton J, Earls G, Hitzman M, Tear S (Eds.),  Irish Carbonate Hosted Zn-Pb Deposits SEG Guidebook Series, Littleton, Colorado, USA   v21 pp 3-23
Hitzman M W  1995 - Mineralisation in the Irish Zn-Pb-(Ba-Ag) Orefield: in Anderson K, Ashton J, Earls G, Hitzman M, Tear S (Eds.),  Irish Carbonate Hosted Zn-Pb Deposits SEG Guidebook Series, Littleton, Colorado, USA   v21 pp 25-61
Hitzman M W, O Conner P, Schaffalitzky C, Beaty D W, Allan J R, Thompson T  1993 - Discovery and geology of the Lisheen Zn-Pb-Ag prospect, Rathdowney Trend, Ireland: in Bowden A A, Earls G, O Connor P G, Pyne J F (Eds.),  The Irish Minerals Industry 1980-1990 Irish Association for Economic Geology, Dublin    pp 227-246
Hitzman M W, Redmond P B, Beaty D W  2002 - The Carbonate-hosted Lisheen Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, County Tipperary, Ireland: in    Econ. Geol.   v97 pp 1627-1655
Johnston J D  1999 - Regional fluid flow and the genesis of Irish Carboniferous base metal deposits: in    Mineralium Deposita   v34 pp 571-598
Pannalal S J, Symons DTA and Sangster DF,  2008 - Paleomagnetic Evidence for an Early Permian Age of the Lisheen Zn-Pb Deposit, Ireland : in    Econ. Geol.   v103 pp 1641-1655
Shearley, E., Redmond, P., King, M., Goodman, R.,  1996 - Geological controls on mineralization and dolomitization of the Lisheen Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Co Tipperary, Ireland: in Strogen, P., Somerville, I.D., Jones, G.L.l., (Eds.), 1996 Recent Advances in Lower Carboniferous Geology Geol. Soc.   Spec. Publ. No. 107 pp. 23-33
Torremans, K., Kyne, R., Doyle, R., Guven, J.F. and Walsh, J.J.,  2018 - Controls on Metal Distributions at the Lisheen and Silvermines Deposits: Insights into Fluid Flow Pathways in Irish-Type Zn-Pb Deposits: in    Econ. Geol.   v.113, pp. 1455-1477
Wilkinson J J  2003 - On diagenesis, dolomitisation and mineralisation in the Irish Zn-Pb orefield: in    Mineralium Deposita   v38 pp 968-983
Wilkinson J J, Eyre S L and Boyce A J  2005 - Ore-Forming Processes in Irish-Type Carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb Deposits: Evidence from Mineralogy, Chemistry and Isotopic Composition of Sulfides at the Lisheen Mine: in    Econ. Geol.   v100 pp 63-86
Wilkinson JJ,  2010 - A Review of Fluid Inclusion Constraints on Mineralization in the Irish Ore Field and Implications for the Genesis of Sediment-Hosted Zn-Pb Deposits : in    Econ. Geol.   v105 pp. 417-442


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