Mine detail: Les Farges

Previously called 'Farges BaPbAg Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.36566, 1.86871

Resource(B)

Primary: Lead, Barium-Barite
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Barite, Galena
Gangue: Fluorite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1974
Last production ended: 1981

Geology

Host type:Granite
Structure:N30w Fractures

References

MRDSW018999
DEP10073154
Reference{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.}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.