Avoca

IrelandUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
0.84%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
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Overview

Massive, stringer, sheet-like bodies. Pond Lode is exposed at surface. East and West deposits about 500 m apart, includes North Lode, South Lode (1000 m long, 20 m wide, 300 m depth), Pond Lode (750 m long, 750 m depth), Tigroney, Cronebane (600 m long), Connary, Kilmacoo. Ensialic island arc (calc-alkaline island arc affinity).

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-felsic in epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS