Mine detail: Montredon Mine

Previously called 'FregereMontredon-Labessonie Tarn'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.73234, 2.35199

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Discovery year:	1942

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1955

Geology

Host type:	Mica Schist,Gneiss
Structure:	Cambro-Ordovician Dome Structure Cut By Mineralized Quartz Veins Related To Emplacement Of Hercynian Granite.
Tectonic:	Paleozoic Orogenic Belt

References

MRDS	DE00346
DEP	10106700
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Sinclair, W. David