Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
TertiaryBarium-Barite, Magnesite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlTransverse Fractures Associated With A Larger N - S Fault.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss
StructureEsterel Massif, French Alps, N - S Faults And Associated Transverse Fractures
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1925
Identification
Deposit ID10069461
MRDS IDW006999
Alternate namesFontsante
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.78224, 6.40199
References
CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH - FLUOR: METAL SERVICE, 40 P.CHERMETTE, A., 1970, L'INDUSTRIE MINIERE DU SPATH-FLUOR EN FRANCE: MINES ET METALLURGY, MARCH 1969 - MAY 1970, P. 18.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.CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR P. 23; THE SECOND AND THIRD CUMULATIVE FIGURES ARE FROM BOULADON, 1989.CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR P. 24; 2ND ESTIMATE FROM BOULADON, 1989.