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Bodennec

Prospect in France with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183959
MAS/MILS ID 4270450002
Record type Site
Current site name Bodennec
Alternate or previous names Yeun Dong Deposit, Ker An Scol

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -3.74785, 48.41575 (WGS84)
Elevation 230
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
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -3.74785, 48.41575
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Date of Last Modification 830819

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1958
Mining method Bench (Berm)
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

  • PRODUCT D REFLECTS TOTAL SILVER RECOVERY IN ALL CONCENTRATES. MOST CONTAINED SILVER IS IN THE COPPER CONCENTRATE.
  • THESE PRODUCT RECORDS REFLECT ONLY THE PORTION OF CONCENTRATOR OUTPUT THAT PERTAINS TO THE BODENNEC DEPOSIT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE IN TWO DEPOSITS: YEUN DONG, 2760000 MT, AND KER AN SCOL, 1018000 MT
  • DATA FROM OLD 1981 PAH PEFR.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Capacity 1000
    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-MOINE EN CHRONIQUE DE LA

  • Deposit

    RECHERCHE MINERE NO. 445-1978.

  • Deposit

    BARBIER, J. AND WILHELF E., SUPERFICIAL GEOCHEMICAL

  • Deposit

    DISPERSION AROUND SULFIDE DEPOSITS. SOME EXAMPLES IN

  • Deposit

    FRANCE IN JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION, NO. 10,

  • Deposit

    1978, PP. 1-39.

  • Deposit

    BRGM, GODENNEC-ABSTRACT OF INTERNAL REPORT, JAN. 1981,

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-APR-1992 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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