Mine detail: Salsigne

Previously called 'Mine De Salsigne'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.24903, 2.3353

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Bismuth
Secondary:	Copper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1872

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1908

Geology

Host rock:	Limestone, Phyllite, Grit, Cal. Phyllite;Phyllites And Schist, Coarse Grit
Host type:	Metasedimentary Rock
Associated rock:	Postulated Granite Body Below Mine
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Alpine Nappes (Over Turned Anticlines), East-West Synclinorium, Thrust Fault (Ne); Wrench Fault (Ne/70e) North-South Faults?
Tectonic:	Alpine Nappes

References

MRDS	W032771
DEP	10081072
Reference	{Deposit:: REYNOLDS, D.G. 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE SALSIGNE GOLD MINE, FRANCE: ECON. GEOL., VOL. 60, P. 772-791}{Deposit:: E/MJ 1978; MM 1980; WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977}{Production:: E/MJ 1978; WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977, REYNOLDS 1965}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S.