Mine detail: Font Sante

Previously called 'Fontsante'

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Location: France, Europe
Lat / long: 43.78224, 6.40199
dep_id: 10069461
mrds_id: W006999
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite, Magnesite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Transverse Fractures Associated With A Larger N - S Fault.
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Esterel Massif, French Alps, N - S Faults And Associated Transverse Fractures
Year first produced: 1925
References:
  • Deposit:: CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH - FLUOR: METAL SERVICE, 40 P.
  • Deposit:: CHERMETTE, A., 1970, *NDUSTRIE MINIERE DU SPATH-FLUOR EN FRANCE: MINES ET METALLURGY, MARCH 1969 - MAY 1970, P. 18.
  • Deposit:: BOULADON, J., 1989, FRANCE AND LUXEMBOURG, IN DUNNING, F.W., GARRARD, P., HASLAM, H.W., AND IXER, R.A., EDS., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, VOLUME 4/5: SOUTHWEST AND EASTERN EUROPE, WITH ICELAND: LONDON, THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY AND THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 37-104.
  • Production:: CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR P. 23; THE SECOND AND THIRD CUMULATIVE FIGURES ARE FROM BOULADON, 1989.
  • Reserve-Resource:: CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR P. 24; 2ND ESTIMATE FROM BOULADON, 1989.
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