Mazaugues Deposit

Producer in France with commodity Aluminum
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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182554
MAS/MILS ID 4270850005
Record type Site
Current site name Mazaugues Deposit
Alternate or previous names La Baume Sud

Comments on the site names

  • DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF ELEVEN LENTICULAR ORE BODIES. LA BAUME SUD IS ONE OF THESE.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 5.91867, 43.33226 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
France

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boehmite Unknown
Diaspore Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 5.91867, 43.33226

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.3M
    Length 3000M
    Area 1500HA
    Depth to top 150M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1500
    Date of Last Modification 830726

Comments on the geologic information

  • GANGUE MINERALS INCLUDE SILICA, KAOLINITE, IRON OXIDES, TITANIUM OXIDES (ANATASE OR RUTILE), SOME CALCITE AND TRACES OF PHOSPHOROUS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1917

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Aluminum Pechiney (French Government)
    Interest 100
    Home office France
    Year 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE RECOVERY IS CALCULATED TO BE 50 PERCENT MATRIX 1 COLUMN 1 EQUALS MATRIX 9 COLUMN 4

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Recovery 50
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Length of Inclines (m) 1000
    Slope of Inclines 16
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 1250
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 9
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 240
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRUCY,J., ENVIRONMENT ET MINES, LE PROBLEME DES BAUX:

  • Deposit

    ANNALES DES MINES, MAR.1973,P.9-14

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    BRUCY,J. AND AUVERT, R.; THE MAZAUGUES-AVAL MINING WORKS--

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    SINKING OF AN INCLINE; PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND

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    INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF ICSOBA, VOL. 2, 1971, P. 187-

  • Deposit

    196.

  • Deposit

    DOMISSY, L., BAUXITE ET ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRIE MINERALE,

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    VOL. 62, NO. 2, FEB. 1980, P. 187-196.

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    GENGE, UTILIZATION DU WAGNER ST SA DANS TROIS MINES DE

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    BAUXITE D'ALUMINUM PECHINEY; INDUSTRIE MINERALE, DOCUMENT

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    S.I.M.D., MAR.1975, P. 129-140.

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    HUARD,M., BAUXITE - L'ACTIVITE D'ALUMINUM PECHINEY EN FRANCE

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    INDUSTRIE MINERALE, VOL. 61, NO. 5, MAY 1979, P.271-275.

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    LA JOINE, J.D., AND P. LAVILLE, LES FORMATIONS BAUXITIQUES

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    DE LA PROVENCE ET DU LANGUEDOC; MEMOIRES DU B.R.G.M.,

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    NO. 100, 1979, 146 P.

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    MINING MAGAZINE, NEW FRENCH BAUXITE MINE, VOL. 121, JUL-DEC,

  • Deposit

    1969, P. 351.

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    REVUE DE L'ALUMINUM, LES TECHNOLOGIES D'ALUMINIUM PECHENEY

  • Deposit

    SONT PARMI LES MEILLEURES DU MONDE, DEC. 1979, P483.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS OF ORE BODY GIVEN IS THICKEST OF THREE BODIES THAT AVERAGE AS FOLLOWS UPPER SILICEOUS 0.8 METERS, MIDDLE BAUXITE 2.3 METERS, LOWER SILICEOUS 0.9 METERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Gaz-Golder U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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