Mine detail: Osor Fluorspar Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.98238, 2.8186

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary:	Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Quartz, Calcium
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1897

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Porphyritic Granite With Biotite Gneiss And Schist
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Pyrenees Mountains

References

MRDS	W006988
DEP	10069452
Reference	{Deposit:: GROGAN, R.M., 1974, THE ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION OF FLUORSPAR, IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 5 - 6}{Deposit:: HOSE, H.R., 1955, EUROPEAN FLUORSPAR SUPPLIES: MINING ENGINEERING, AIME TRANSACTIONS, V. 7 N. 4, APRIL 1955, P. 388 - 389}{Production:: GROGAN, R.M., 1974, ENVIRONMENTS... P. 6}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.