Mine detail: Escaro Fluorspar Mine

Previously called 'SahorrePla De Gante'

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Location: France, Europe
Lat / long: 42.66571, 2.16862
dep_id: 10110436
mrds_id: W006998
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Minor mineral: Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Siderite
gangue: Hematite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Favorable Host Rocks (Limestones & Schists)
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Canaveille Series
hrock_type: Schist,Limestone
Structure: Canigou Granitic Massif
Year first produced: 1952
References:
  • Deposit:: CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR: METAL SERVICE, 40 P.
  • Deposit:: CHERMETTE, A., 1970, *NDUSTRIE MINIERE DU SPATH-FLOUR EN FRANCE: MINES ET METALLURGIE, MARCH 1969 TO MAY 1970, P. 15-16
  • 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:: CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR, P. 22-23; SECOND CUMULATIVE FIGURE FROM BOULADON, 1989.
  • Reserve-Resource:: CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR P. 23, 30
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