Mine detail: Salsigne

Previously called 'Mine De Salsigne'

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Location: France, Europe
Lat / long: 43.24903, 2.3353
dep_id: 10081072
mrds_id: W032771
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Bismuth
Minor mineral: Copper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Quartz
conc_proc: Replacement; Synogenic With Emplacement Of Granite Body; Veins
ore_ctrl: North-South Normal Faults
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith S.
hrock_unit: Limestone, Phyllite, Grit, Cal. Phyllite;Phyllites And Schist, Coarse Grit
hrock_type: Metasedimentary Rock
arock_unit: Postulated Granite Body Below Mine
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Alpine Nappes (Over Turned Anticlines), East-West Synclinorium, Thrust Fault (Ne); Wrench Fault (Ne/70e) North-South Faults?
tectonic: Alpine Nappes
Year first produced: 1908
disc_yr: 1872
References:
  • 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
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