La Faviere Mine

Producer in France with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021657
MRDS ID DE00344
Record type Site
Current site name La Faviere Mine
Alternate or previous names Tanneron

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 6.35196, 43.11563 (WGS84)
Relative position FREJUS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
France

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Tanneron Gneiss
    Rock description Tanneron Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) 6.35196, 43.11563

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Year of first production 1981
Year of last production 1986

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Societe De Travaux Publics Gagneraud (Energie, Minerais Et Metaux: Panorame De L'Annee
    First year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAUTEL, R., 1982, GENERAL DATA ON THE FRENCH TUNGSTEN MINING INDUSTRY. ORAL PAPER PRESENTED TO THE EUROPEAN TUNGSTEN SEMINAR, LISBON, PORTUGAL, 22-24 MARCH, 1982.

  • Deposit

    ENERGIE, MINERAIS ET METAUS: PANORAME DE L'ANNEE 1983, ANNALES DES MINES, NO. 11-12, 1984, P. 101.

  • Deposit

    SONDERMAYER, R.V., 1982, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF FRANCE, PREPRINT FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1982, MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 21.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, 1985, CHRONIQUE DELA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 481, P. 50.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, 1984, CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 477, P. 66.

  • Deposit

    HENRY, C., PANORAMA DES ACTIVITES MINIERES EN FRANCE PENDANT L'ANNEE 1986, CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 489, DECEMBER 1987, P. 57.

  • Production

    ANNUAL ITEMS 1 & 2: SONDERMAYER, R.V. 1982, P. 21. ITEM 3: BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, 1985. ITEM 4: BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, 1984.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Werner, Antony Energy Mines and Resources of Canada

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.