Mine detail: Les Farges

Previously called 'Farges BaPbAg Mine'

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Location: Corse, France, Europe
Lat / long: 45.36566, 1.86871
dep_id: 10073154
mrds_id: W018999
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Barium-Barite
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Galena
gangue: Fluorite, Quartz
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Granite
Structure: N30w Fractures
Year first produced: 1974
yr_lst_prd: 1981
References:
  • Deposit:: STAFF, 1976, WORLD MINING YEARBOOK CATALOG, 6 - 25 - 76 P. 163
  • 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:: STAFF, 1976, WORLD MINING CAT. 6 - 25 - 76 P. 165; CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION FROM BOULADON, 1989.
  • Reserve-Resource:: BOULDON, 1989.
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