Mine detail: Morvan District Fluorspar Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

46.94892, 4.3021

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary:	Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Barite, Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	LINEAR AND TABULAR
Discovery year:	1861

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1861

Geology

Host rock:	Microgranulite Tuffs;Calcite, Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite,Granite
Structure:	Autun Coal Basin, Joints
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	W006997
DEP	10069460
Reference	{Deposit:: CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR: METAL SERVICE, P. 17-18}{Deposit:: CHERMETTE, A., 1970, *NDUSTRIE MINIERE DU SPATH-FLUOR EN FRANCE: MINES ET METALLURGIE, MARCH 1969 - MAY 1970}{Deposit:: SOULE DE LAFONT, D., 1967, LES GITES DE FLUORINE STRATIFORMES DE LA BORDURE NORO DU MORVAN: ETUDE, MARCH 1967, P. 86 - 107.}{Production:: CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH - FLUOR}{Reserve-Resource:: CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR P. 30}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.