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L'Argentiere

Past Producer in France with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  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. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182558
MAS/MILS ID 4270050001
Record type Site
Current site name L'Argentiere
Alternate or previous names Largentiere

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 4.332, 44.19897 (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
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 4.332, 44.19897
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 2700M
    Width 160M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STRATIFORM
    Type of Orebody #3 STRATABOUND
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830812

Comments on the geologic information

  • FIVE BEDS HAVE BEEN MAPPED. DIPS OF BEDS RANGE FROM 0-12 DEGREES. NO. 2 BED IS 3-3.5 M THICK, NO. 2 IS 4 M THICK, NO. 5 IS 3-5.5 M THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1958
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1964

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Soc Miniere Et Metallurgique De Penarroya
    Interest 100
    Home office France
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Description 600000 Mtpy
  • Year 1967
    Description 600000 Mtpy
  • Year 1968
    Description 600000 Mtpy
  • Year 1969
    Description 600000 Mtpy
  • Year 1970
    Description 600000 Mtpy
  • Year 1971
    Description 600000 Mtpy
  • Year 1972
    Description 600000 Mtpy
  • Year 1973
    Description 600000 Mtpy
  • Year 1974
    Description 600000 Mtpy
  • Year 1975
    Description 600000 Mtpy
  • Year 1976
    Description 600000 Mtpy
  • Year 1977
    Description 600000 Mtpy
  • Year 1978
    Description 600000 Mtpy
  • Year 1979
    Description 600000 Mtpy
  • Year 1980
    Description 600000 Mtpy

Comments on the production information

  • SILVER IS CONTAINED IN THE PB AND ZN CONC. MILL RECOVERY IS 93.6% ; MILL CONC. GRADE IS 100%.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 0.4 wt-pct Zinc Major 1981
    Silver Ag 35 g/mt Silver Minor 1981
    Lead Pb 2 wt-pct Lead Major 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 400M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 2800
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 26.4
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 220
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAG., NOV. 1981, PP. 387-389.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER 1976-77 P 88; E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECT

  • Deposit

    MINING 1975

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORTS, PENARROYA, 1975-1980.

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, G.O. JR., 1968, LARGENTIERE MILL-AUTOMATED CRUSHING

  • Deposit

    AND GRINDING, DIFFERENTIAL FLOTATION OF PB-ZN ORE,

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINNG, OCT. 1968, PP. 30-35.

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 6.0. JR. LARGENTIERE...HOW PENARROYA MINES PB-ZN

  • Deposit

    LARGENTIERE (ARDECHE), ESSAI METHODOLOGIQUE SUR LA

  • Deposit

    PP. 27-31.

  • Deposit

    15 (3): 209-264.

  • Deposit

    BERNIER, P., MACQUAR, J.C. MICHAUD, J.G. PALUT, J.P. AND

  • Deposit

    ZISERMAN, A., 1970, CONTRIBUTION A LA RECHERCHE DES

  • Deposit

    DISEMENTS CACHES, DISTRICT DE MALINES, CEVENNES, BULL.

  • Deposit

    BUR. RECH. GEOL. DE MINIERES, SECT. II, NO. 1.

  • Deposit

    BOULADON, JEAN, 1977, LAS GISEMENTS DE PLOMB-ZINC-ARGENT DU

  • Deposit

    MASSIF CENTRAL, FR. BUR. RECH. GEOL. DE MINIERES BULL.,

  • Deposit

    SECT II, NO. 7, PP. 67-90.

  • Deposit

    CAIA, W., HUTCHINGS, J.M., KOSTELKA, L., MACARDLE P.,

  • Deposit

    MICHAUD, J.G., AND TAYLOR, P. 1 1980, GISEMENTS DE PLOMB

  • Deposit

    ET ZINC EN MILIEU SEDIMENT AIRE CARBONATE ET DETRITIQUE

  • Deposit

    N EN EUROPE OCCIDENTALE, CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE,

  • Deposit

    V. 48, P. 5-?.

  • Deposit

    FOGLIERINI F., SAMAMA, J.C., AND REY, M., LE GISEMENT

  • Deposit

    STRATIFORME DE LARGENTIERE (ARDECHE), GISEMENTS FANCAIS.

  • Deposit

    FASCIULE E4 PUBLISHED FOR THE 26TH CONG. GEOL. INTERNAT.,

  • Deposit

    JULY 1980, P. 55.

  • Deposit

    GEFFROY, J., 1973, REPARTITION DES GITES METALLIFERES DANS

  • Deposit

    LE MASSIF CENTRAL FRANCAIS, COLLOQUE, E RAGUIN, MASSON

  • Deposit

    EDIT., PP. 102-106.

  • Deposit

    MELOUX, J., 1979, LA CARTE DES GITES MINERAUX DE LA FRANCE

  • Deposit

    A 1/500.000, BULL. DU BUR. RECH. GEOL. MINIERES, SECT. II,

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIE DES GITES MINERAUX.

  • Deposit

    MICHAUD, HEAN-GILBERT, GISEMENTS DE PLOMB-ZINC DU SUD DE

  • Deposit

    MASSIF CENTRAL FRANCAIS ET CARACTERISTIQUES GEOLOGIQUES

  • Deposit

    MEMOIR E, PUBLISHED FOR THE 26TH CONG. GEOLOGIQUE INTER-

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL, JULY 1980, PP. 344-350.

  • Deposit

    ROGER, G., AND TOLLON, F. EDS., GISEMENTS FRANCAIS: FR. BUR.

  • Deposit

    RECH. GEOL. MINEIERES MEMOIRE NO. 112, 250 PGS.

  • Deposit

    SAMAMA, J.C., 1968, CONTROLE ET MODELE GENETIQUE DES

  • Deposit

    MINERALISATIONS EN GALENE DE TYPE "RED-BEDS"-GISEMENT DE

  • Deposit

    LARGENTIERE, ARDECHE, FRANCE, MINER. DEPOSITA, 3 (3): 261-

  • Deposit

    271.

  • Deposit

    SAMAMA, J.C., 1976, COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF THE GENESIS OF THE

  • Deposit

    COPPER-LEAD SANDSTONE-TYPE DEPOSITS (DESCRIPTION OF THE

  • Deposit

    PB-ZN SANDSTONE-TYPE DEPOSIT OF LARGENTIERE FRANCE) IN

  • Deposit

    WOLF, K.H. ED., HANDBOOK OF STRATA-BOUND AND STRATIFORM

  • Deposit

    ORE DEPOSITS, VOL. T, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, PP. 2-20.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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