Porte Aux Moines

Prospect in France with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134117
MAS/MILS ID 4270450001
Record type Site
Current site name Porte Aux Moines
Alternate or previous names Porte-Aux Moines, Cotes-Du-Nord

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -2.83115, 48.24903 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
France

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -2.83115, 48.24903

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 300M
    Width 250M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Date of Last Modification 830812

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1975
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bureau De Recherches Geologiques Et Minieres (BRGM)
    Interest 100
    Home office France
    Year 1989

Comments on the production information

  • THESE PRODUCT RECORDS REVEAL ONLY THE PORTION OF CONCENTRATOR OUTPUT THAT PERTAIN TO THE PORT AUX MOINES DEPOSIT.
  • RECORD D REFLECTS SILVER RECOVERY IN ALL CONCENTRATES. MOST CONTAINED SILVER WILL BE IN THE COPPER CONCENTRATE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UPDATE FRO 1981 PEFR.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 300M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 915
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 700
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Year of Information 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AYE, FRANCOISE, LES GISEMENTS A ZINC-PLOMB-CUVERE-ARGENT

  • Deposit

    DE BODENNEC ET PORTE-AUX-MIONES EN CHROMIQUE DE LA

  • Deposit

    RECHERCHE MINERE NO. 445-1978.

  • Deposit

    BARBIER, J., AND WILHELM, E., SUPERFICIAL GEOCHEMICAL

  • Deposit

    DISPERSION AROUND SULFIDE DEPOSITS-SOME EXAMPLES IN FRANCE

  • Deposit

    IN JOUR. OF GEOCHEM. EXPLOR. NO. 10, 1978, PP. 1-39

  • Deposit

    B.R.G.M.-PORTE-AUX-MOINES-ABSTRACT OF INTERNAL REPORT,

  • Deposit

    JAN. 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-APR-92 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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