Mine detail: La Faviere Mine

Previously called 'Tanneron'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.11563, 6.35196

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Discovery year: 1968

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1981
Last production ended: 1986

Geology

Host rock:Tanneron Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss
Tectonic:Paleozoic Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSDE00344
DEP10021657
Reference{Deposit:: LAUTEL, R., 1982, GENERAL DATA ON THE FRENCH TUNGSTEN MINING INDUSTRY. ORAL PAPER PRESENTED TO THE EUROPEAN TUNGSTEN SEMINAR, LISBON, PORTUGAL, 22-24 MARCH, 1982.}{Deposit:: ENERGIE, MINERAIS ET METAUS: PANORAME DE *NNEE 1983, ANNALES DES MINES, NO. 11-12, 1984, P. 101.}{Deposit:: SONDERMAYER, R.V., 1982, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF FRANCE, PREPRINT FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1982, MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 21.}{Deposit:: BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, 1985, CHRONIQUE DELA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 481, P. 50.}{Deposit:: BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, 1984, CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 477, P. 66.}{Deposit:: HENRY, C., PANORAMA DES ACTIVITES MINIERES EN FRANCE PENDANT *NNEE 1986, CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 489, DECEMBER 1987, P. 57.}{Production:: ANNUAL ITEMS 1 & 2: SONDERMAYER, R.V. 1982, P. 21. ITEM 3: BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, 1985. ITEM 4: BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, 1984.}
ReporterWerner, Antony