Costabonne

Occurrence in France with commodity Tungsten

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10024812
MRDS ID	ISM0564
Record type	Site
Current site name	Costabonne

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	2.51862, 42.51571 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
France

Comments on the location information

25 KM NORTHEAST OF CASTRE (RF1)

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Tungsten Critical	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

TUNGSTEN

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Rock unit name Canaveille Series

Rock description Canaveille Series

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
Rock unit name	Canaveille Series
Rock description	Canaveille Series

Nearby scientific data

(1)	2.51862, 42.51571	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Contact Aureole Of Permian Costabonne Granodiorite

Comments on the geologic information

; SCLT + GRNT + VSVN + PYRT + PYTT + SPLR + ARPR; FUMADE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO MINERALIZED ZONES, FUMADE SENSU STRICTO AND LA FEDIAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Discovery year	1951

Comments on the reserve resource information

INCLUDES 720,000 MT AT 1.1% IN FUMADE S.S. AND 570,000 MT AT 1.19% WO3 IN LA FEDIAL DEPOSIT.

Comments on development

NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). EXPLORATION WAS SUSPENDED AT THE END OF 1985.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	ISM0564
USGS	International Strategic Minerals Inventory	ISMI	W0163

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BURNOL,L.AND DELILLE,J.C., 1986, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF FRANCE, IN A.A. BEUS (ED.), GEOLOGY OF TUNGSTEN, INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CORRELATION PROGRAMME, PRO JECT 26, 'MAWAM', UNESCO, EARTH SCIENCES, 18, P. 89-113

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-AUG-1987	Sinclair, W.David	Geological Survey of Canada

Beyond USGS

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