Mine detail: Salau Mine

Previously called 'Pic De La Fourque'

Location:	France, Europe
Lat / long:	42.76576, 1.18526
dep_id:	10021630
mrds_id:	DE00309
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Tungsten
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
Reporter:	Pasitschniak, Anna
hrock_unit:	Serie De Salau
hrock_type:	Limestone
Structure:	Contact Aureole Of Carboniferous Granodiorite
tectonic:	Paleozoic Orogenic Belt
Year first produced:	1969
disc_yr:	1960
References:	Deposit:: SOCIETE MINIERE NGLADE, 1978, THE SALAU MINE OF THE SOCIETE MINIERE NGLADE (FRANCE), PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, BULLETIN NO. 5, SEPT. 1978, P. 1-3. Deposit:: BEZIAT, P. AND TOLLON, F., 1976, LA SCHEELITE DANS LE MIDI DE LA FRANCE: LE PROBLEME DES CONCENTRATIONS EN TUNGSTENE DANS LES STRATES. MEMOIRE HORS SERIE, SOCIETE GEOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE, NO. 7, P. 49-56. Deposit:: DAVIS, R.D., ALLSOPP, H.L., ERLANK, A.J. AND MANTON, W.I., 1970, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 1, 576-593. Deposit:: DERRE, C., 1979, LE GISEMENT DE SCHEELITE DE SALAU, CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 450, P. 12-26. Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, NOTES ON INDIVIDUAL PRODUCING AND CONSUMING COUNTRIES, IN, TUNGSTEN: 3RD EDITION, LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 115-187. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL BOOKS LTD. (ED.), 1979. TUNGSTEN: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, STOCKHOLM, LONDON, MINING JOURNAL BOOKS LTD., P. 23 AND 50. Deposit:: BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, 1977, UNTERSUCHUNGEN UBER ANGEBOT UND NACHFUAGE MINERALISCHER ROHSTOFFE: IX WOLFRAM, P. 1-23. Deposit:: HO, C.E., TUNGSTEN, MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 156, NO. 3, MARCH 1987, P. 219. Deposit:: ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51 P. Deposit:: REYMOND, M., 1981, ANGLADE: SCHEELITE MINING IN THE SNOW CAPPED FRENCH PYRENEES, MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 145, NO. 5, NOV. 1981, P. 356-361. Deposit:: LAUTEL, R., 1982, GENERAL DATA ON THE FRENCH TUNGSTEN MINING INDUSTRY (ORAL PAPER), IN PORTUGAL-EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, EUROPEAN TUNGSTEN SEMINAR, LISBON, 22-24 MARCH 1982, 1 P. Production:: ANNUAL ITEMS 1 & 2: CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE,NO. 861, DEC. 1985, P. 50; ANNUAL ITEMS 3 & 4: CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 477, DEC. 1984, P. 66; ANNUAL ITEM 6: REYMOND, M., 1981. CUMM ITEM 2: 1969 OUTPUT MAY REPRESENT PREPRODUCTION ORE.