Mine detail: Montredon Mine

Previously called 'FregereMontredon-Labessonie Tarn'

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Location: France, Europe
Lat / long: 43.73234, 2.35199
dep_id: 10106700
mrds_id: DE00346
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Sinclair, W. David
hrock_type: Mica Schist,Gneiss
Structure: Cambro-Ordovician Dome Structure Cut By Mineralized Quartz Veins Related To Emplacement Of Hercynian Granite.
tectonic: Paleozoic Orogenic Belt
Year first produced: 1955
disc_yr: 1942
References:
  • Deposit:: BEZIAT, P., PROUHET, J.P., AND TOLLON, F., 1980, LE DISTRICT DE MONTREDON-LABESSONIE (TARN) W, SN, F; PUBLICATION DU 26E CONGRES GEOLOGIQUE INTERNATIONAL, PARIS, JUILLET 1980, 44 P.
  • Deposit:: BEZIAT, P., AND TOLLON, F., 1979, LE DISTRICT A W-SN-F DE MONTREDON-LABESSONIE (TARN, FRANCE), CHRONIQUE DE LARECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 450, 1979, P. 13-18.
  • Deposit:: BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, 1983, ANNUAL REPORT 1982, P. 47.
  • Production:: BEZIAT ET AL, 1980
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