Mine detail: Bauxite - France

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Location

Lat / long: 43.49897, 5.25198

Resource(M)

Primary: Aluminum
Ore: Bauxite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

References

MRDSW001913
DEP10068692
ReferenceMAUREL, P., 1969, DISTRIBUTION DES MINERAUX ET DES ELEMENTS MAJEURS DANS UNE POCHE DE BAUXITE DES ENVIRONS DE MAUSANNE (BOUCHES-DU-RHONE): BULL. SOC. FR. MINER. CRISTAL., PARIS, SEPT.-OCT., 1969, T. 92, NO. 5, PP. 493-496, 1 FIG., 1 TABLA GEN THE PROFILE STUDIED IS A NORMAL LATERITIC PROFILE WITH ALUMINUM HYDROXIDES AT THE TOP AND KAOLINITE AT THE BASE. THIS SUPPORTS THE THEORY THAT BAUXITIZATION OCCURS AFTER THE DEPOSITION OF THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL
ReporterBannigan, Jane L.