Magcobar Mine | closed, silver mine

Ireland / Tipperary North Riding / Nenagh /

mine, closed, silver mine

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Mine closed in 1993. No remediation work was carried out following the closure of the mine leaving a tailing pond and spoil heaps with significant quantities of heavy metals. These have the potential to pollute ground water and have been subject to govenmental inquiry.

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Coordinates: 52°47'22"N 8°15'22"W

Rhondda Valley 343 km
Cornish China Clay Belt 351 km
Coal Mine 380 km
Coal Mine 396 km
Leadhills 414 km
Broken Cross - Open cast coal mine 427 km
Tunstead Works 431 km
Waverley 464 km
Stobswood Opencast Coal Mine 510 km
UK Coal - Maidens Hall Site 513 km

Silvermines Mountains 4.3 km
Arra Mountains / Sliabh Ara 10 km
Slieve Felim Mountains / Sliabh Eibhlinne 14 km
Lough Derg (Loch Deirgeirt) 19 km
Devil's Bit (Barnane Éile - 478m) 23 km
County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann) 25 km
County Limerick (Contae Luimnigh) 46 km
County Clare (Contae an Chláir) 58 km
County Offaly (Contae Uíbh Fhailí) 62 km
County Laois (Contae Laoise) 66 km

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Silvermines Mountains Arra Mountains / Sliabh Ara Slieve Felim Mountains / Sliabh Eibhlinne Lough Derg (Loch Deirgeirt) Devil's Bit (Barnane Éile - 478m) County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann) County Limerick (Contae Luimnigh) County Clare (Contae an Chláir) County Offaly (Contae Uíbh Fhailí) County Laois (Contae Laoise)