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Chessy

Prospect in France with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, Silver, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303790
MAS/MILS ID 4270080001
Record type Site
Current site name Chessy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 3.91885, 48.01561 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
France

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 3.91885, 48.01561
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Aztec Mining Co.
    Interest 24
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bureau De Recherches Geologiques Et Minieres (BRGM)
    Interest 76
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Aztec Mining Co. Inc.
    Interest 24
    Year 1992

Comments on the ownership information

  • POSEIDON GOLD HAS TAKEN OVER AZTEC GOLD. (4/94)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Measured 4083mt ore
    Indicated 1317mt ore
    Demonstrated 5400mt ore
    Total resources 5400mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 7.76 wt-pct Zinc Major 1992
    Copper Cu 2.51 wt-pct Copper Minor 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 4100000mt ore
    Total resources 4100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 7.8 wt-pct Zinc Major 1994
    Copper Cu 2.5 wt-pct Copper Minor 1994

Comments on other economic factors

  • IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE MINE WILL REQUIRE AN INVESTMENT OF FFR240 MILLION ($40 MILLION). INITIAL PRODUCTION TARGETS ARE 25,000 TPY ZINC AND 7,000 TPY COPPER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Development

    *START UP SCHEDULED FOR 1996. CRU MONITOR, APR. 1994.

  • Ownership

    *CRU MONITOR, ZINC, APRIL 1994, P. 8.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MBM AUGUST 1992. CHESSY START-UP SCHEDULED FOR 1994.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, JAN 1994, V. 170 N. 1, P. 32.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOCIETE MINIERE DE CHESSY IS HOPING FOR A 1996 START UP FOR THE CHESSY PROJECT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-AUG-1994 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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