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Salau Mine

Producer in France with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021630
MRDS ID DE00309
Record type Site
Current site name Salau Mine
Alternate or previous names Pic De La Fourque

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 1.18526, 42.76576 (WGS84)
Relative position PIC DE SALAU

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
France

Comments on the location information

  • THIS MINE IS LOCATED AT COUFLANS IN THE PYRENEES LOCATED 130 KM SOUTH OF TOULOUSE, ADJACENT TO THE SPANISH BORDER, AT AN ELEVATION OF 1,230 M.
  • LATITUDE: 14-00-00N TO 14-40-00N; LONGITUDE: 98-00-09E TO 98-30-00E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Serie De Salau
    Rock description Serie De Salau
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) 1.18526, 42.76576
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Aureole Of Carboniferous Granodiorite

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR POST-ORE GEOLOGIC EVENT: FAULTING & FOLDING. PRINCIPAL MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: WLFM + QRTZ + FLRT + CSTR + PYRT + MLBD + GLEN. HEINDA FOSSIL TIN PLACER IS A TIGHTLY CEMENTED SERIES OF COARSE TO FINE CONGLOMERATE LAYERS WHICH REQUIRES DRILLING AND BLASTING. (G.L. KINNEY, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF BURMA, U.S.B.M. PREPRINT 1981, P. 5). HERMYINGYI DEPOSIT HAS 306 SEPARATE VEINS (CHADWICK, 1982).
  • MAJOR POST-ORE GEOLOGIC EVENT: FORLDING. PRINCIPAL MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: SCLT + PYTT ARPR + APTT + GRNT + HDBG + CLCP + BSMN + SPLR + AMPR + MSCV + EPDT. THERE ARE TWO GENERATIONS OF SCHEELITE COMPRISING THIS DEPOSIT. OREBODY IS EXTREMELY IRREGULAR AND MINERALIZATION IS DISCONTINUOUS. ONE ZONE OCCURS AS A COLUMN BACKING ONTO GRANITE AROUND 220 M LONG, 50 M AND 280 M HIGH (LAUTEL, R., 1982).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Year of first production 1969

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Societe Miniere D'Anglade (Sma), France. A Subsidiary Of Charter Consolidated Plc, United Kingdom A

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.66% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct
  • Year 1986
    Period 1971-1986
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^100% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 100wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ANNUAL--1983 ORE PRODUCTION: 58,231 MT AT 1.632% WO3. IN 1986, PRODUCED 1,409 TONNES OF WO3 (B.R.G.M., ANNUAL REPOIRT, 1986, P. 45). CUMMULATIVE: LETTRE D'INFORMATION DU BRGM IN LE TUNGSTENE EN FRANCE, INDUSTRIE MINIERE - MINES ET CARRIERES, VOL. 58, APRIL 1986, P. 254. CUMM ITEM 2: REYMOND, M., 1981, P. 359).
  • ANNUAL ITEMS 1 AND 2: PROBABLY OUTPUT FOR TAVOY DIVISION (INCLUDING SOME 21 ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; KANBAUK MINE MAY ACCOUNT FOR SOME 920 MT OF TIN CONCENTRATES AND 470 MT OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES (STAFF, BURMA, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1985, 1984).

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 55000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1.23 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE CLOSED IN 1986. UNMINED MATERIALS NO LONGER ECONOMIC IN 1987.
  • ACCESSORY TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA: 46 X 34 MILES

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS.; HIGH RAINFALL. ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN MINE: YES. KANBAUK MINE UNDER REHABILITATION WITH AID FROM WORLDBANK. ACTIVE EXPLORATION IN DISTRICT: YES. CENTRAL CONCENTRATOR HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED (EARLY 1980'S) AT TAVOY TO UPGRADE TIN, TUNGSTEN AND SCHEELITE ORES.
  • ACTIVE DEVELOMENT IN MINE: YES. ACTIVE EXPLORTAION IN DISTRICT: YES. CONCENTRATE SOLD IN TWO FORMS: LEACHED CONCENTRATE (PHOSPHORUS-FREE) AND CONTAINING AN AVERAGE OF 65% WO3 AND TABLE CONCENTRATE CONTAINING 75% WO3 (RAYMOND, M, 1981, P. 361). IN 1985, VIRTUALLY ALL OUTPUT WAS PROCESSED BY ANGLADE'S 50% -OWNED SUBSIDIARY EUROTUNGSTEN POUDRES LOCATED IN GRENOBLE, FRANCE. (BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, ANNUAL REPORT, 1985, N.P.).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOCIETE MINIERE D'ANGLADE, 1978, THE SALAU MINE OF THE SOCIETE MINIERE D'ANGLADE (FRANCE), PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, BULLETIN NO. 5, SEPT. 1978, P. 1-3.

  • Deposit

    BEZIAT, P. AND TOLLON, F., 1976, LA SCHEELITE DANS LE MIDI DE LA FRANCE: LE PROBLEME DES CONCENTRATIONS EN TUNGSTENE DANS LES STRATES. MEMOIRE HORS SERIE, SOCIETE GEOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE, NO. 7, P. 49-56.

  • Deposit

    DAVIS, R.D., ALLSOPP, H.L., ERLANK, A.J. AND MANTON, W.I., 1970, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 1, 576-593.

  • Deposit

    DERRE, C., 1979, LE GISEMENT DE SCHEELITE DE SALAU, CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 450, P. 12-26.

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, NOTES ON INDIVIDUAL PRODUCING AND CONSUMING COUNTRIES, IN, TUNGSTEN: 3RD EDITION, LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 115-187.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL BOOKS LTD. (ED.), 1979. TUNGSTEN: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, STOCKHOLM, LONDON, MINING JOURNAL BOOKS LTD., P. 23 AND 50.

  • Deposit

    BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, 1977, UNTERSUCHUNGEN UBER ANGEBOT UND NACHFUAGE MINERALISCHER ROHSTOFFE: IX WOLFRAM, P. 1-23.

  • Deposit

    HO, C.E., TUNGSTEN, MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 156, NO. 3, MARCH 1987, P. 219.

  • Deposit

    ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51 P.

  • Deposit

    REYMOND, M., 1981, ANGLADE: SCHEELITE MINING IN THE SNOW CAPPED FRENCH PYRENEES, MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 145, NO. 5, NOV. 1981, P. 356-361.

  • Deposit

    LAUTEL, R., 1982, GENERAL DATA ON THE FRENCH TUNGSTEN MINING INDUSTRY (ORAL PAPER), IN PORTUGAL-EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, EUROPEAN TUNGSTEN SEMINAR, LISBON, 22-24 MARCH 1982, 1 P.

  • Production

    ANNUAL ITEMS 1 & 2: CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE,NO. 861, DEC. 1985, P. 50; ANNUAL ITEMS 3 & 4: CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 477, DEC. 1984, P. 66; ANNUAL ITEM 6: REYMOND, M., 1981. CUMM ITEM 2: 1969 OUTPUT MAY REPRESENT PREPRODUCTION ORE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINING METHOD: UNDERGROUND/OPEN PIT. UNDERGROUND MINE AND HYDRAULIC OPERATION AT HERMYINGYI. PRIOR TO NATIONALIZATION, THE MAIN PROPERTIES (HERMYINGYI AND BWABIN) WERE THOSE OF CONSOLIDATED TIN MINES OF BURMA, LTD., BASED AT TAVOY.
Deposit PRODUCT UPGRADED BEFORE EXPORT: PRODUCT SOLD IN TWO FORMS: (1) LEACHED CONCENTRATE, PHOSPHORUS FREE, AND CONTAINING AN AVERAGE OF 655 WO3; AND (2) TABLE CONCENTRATE CONTAINING MORE THAN 75% WO3 (RAYMOND, M., 1981, P. 361).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Pasitschniak, Anna Geological Survey of Canada

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