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Escaro Fluorspar Mine

Producer in France with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110436
MRDS ID W006998
Record type Site
Current site name Escaro Fluorspar Mine
Alternate or previous names Sahorre, Pla De Gante

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 2.16862, 42.66571 (WGS84)
Relative position THE MINE IS 60 KM. WEST OF PERPIGNAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
France

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Siderite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1971 ORE
Result CAF2 - 60%. RESERVES: CAF2 - 55%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Canaveille Series
    Rock description Canaveille Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 2.16862, 42.66571
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Canigou Granitic Massif

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Plunge S
    Thickness 20M
    Length 200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Host Rocks (Limestones & Schists)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1952

Mining district

District name Pyrenees District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Denain - Anzin Mineraux

Production statistics

  • Year 1971
    Material F
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^60. % Caf2 (Ore - 130000 Tons Finished Fluorspar)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 60wt-pct
  • Year 1972
    Period 19?? - 1972
    Material F
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^60 % Caf2 Ore (775,000 Tons Finished Caf2)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 60wt-pct
  • Year 1980
    Period 1955-1980
    Material CAF2
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^50% Caf2, 20-25% Fe Oxides, 5-10% Sio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    SiO2 Silica Silica 8wt-pct
    Iron Iron 23wt-pct
    CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 50wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION RATE LISTED IN BOULADON (1989) WAS 120,000 MT CAF2 PER YEAR.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 2000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 55 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1972

Comments on the workings information

  • INDIVIDUAL ORE BODIES RANGE UP TO 400 M. LONG, 35 M. WIDE, 50 M. DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: OPEN PIT MINING USING TWO 50 TON DUMP TRUCKS. MILL (AT OLETTE) CAPACITY IS 60,000 TONS BUT PRODUCED 130,000 TONS IN 1971. ALSO A PELLETIZING PLANT WITH 30,000 TON CAPACITY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR: METAL SERVICE, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    CHERMETTE, A., 1970, L'INDUSTRIE MINIERE DU SPATH-FLOUR EN FRANCE: MINES ET METALLURGIE, MARCH 1969 TO MAY 1970, P. 15-16

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Production

    CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR, P. 22-23; SECOND CUMULATIVE FIGURE FROM BOULADON, 1989.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR P. 23, 30

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BROADLY CONCORDANT LENSES OF FLUORITE ASSOCIATED WITH STRATIFORM SIDERITE.
Deposit MINE EMPLOYS 181 PEOPLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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