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Montbelleux Mine

Producer in France with commodities Tungsten, Tin
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021658
MRDS ID DE00345
Record type Site
Current site name Montbelleux Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -1.11452, 48.28233 (WGS84)
Relative position LUITRE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
France

Comments on the location information

  • AT LUITRE NEAR FOUGERES; APPROXIMATELY 118 KM NNW OF NANTES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -1.11452, 48.28233
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cupola Of Ordovician Granite And Associated Country Rocks

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRINCIPAL MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: QRTZ + TOPZ + CSTR + WLFM + PYRT + SPLR + CLCP; QRTZ + TOPZ + WLFM + APTT + SCLT + PYRT + SPLR + CLCP + STNT + MLBD. DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF QUARTZ VEINLETS AND QUARTZ VEINLET STOCKWORKS IN GREISENIZED GRANITE AND LARGER QUARTZ VEINS (SEVERAL CENTIMETERS TO 60 CM WIDE) IN ASSOCIATED SCHISTOSE COUNTRY ROCK. WOLFRAMITE IS THE PRINCIPAL TUNGSTEN MINERAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1983

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Societes Des Mines De Montbelleux (Hochschild Group)
    First year 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 5,900 MT OF CONTAINED W.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS.: TUNGSTEN PRICE (1982). ASSESSMENT: MINE REOPENED BRIEFLY IN EARLY 198'S BUT WAS CLOSED IN 1983 BECAUSE OF LOW TUNGSTEN PRICE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHAURIS, L., AND GIGUES, J., 1969, GITES MINERAUX DE FRANCE, VOL. 1, MASSIF AMORICAIN; BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, MEMOIRE NO. 74, P. 41-42.

  • Deposit

    TUNGSTENE: ENERGIE, MINERAIS ET METAUX, PANORAMA DE L'ANNEE 1983; ANNALES DE MINES, NO. 11-12, 1984, P. 101.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Sinclair, W. David Geological Survey of Canada

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