1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Montredon Mine

Producer in France with commodity Tungsten
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106700
MRDS ID DE00346
Record type Site
Current site name Montredon Mine
Alternate or previous names Montredon-Labessonie Tarn, Fregere

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 2.35199, 43.73234 (WGS84)
Relative position MONTREDON-LABESSONIE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
France

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS SITUATED 2 KM NORTH OF MONTREDON-LABESSONIE, 20 KM NE OF CASTRES, 80 KM ENE OF TOULOUSE; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUE IS FOR MONTREDON-LABESSONNIE FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) 2.35199, 43.73234
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cambro-Ordovician Dome Structure Cut By Mineralized Quartz Veins Related To Emplacement Of Hercynian Granite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCAL ENVIRONMENT: CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN DOME STRUCTURE CUT BY MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEINS RELTED TO EMPLACEMENT OF HERCYNIAN GRANITE. MAJOR POST-ORE GEOLOGIC EVENT: SMALL SCALE FOLDING AND FRACTURING. PRINCIPAL MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: QRTZ + FLDP + TRML + WLFM + CSTR + FLRT + BRYL + PYRT + ARPR + MRCS + CLCP + SPLR + STNT + BSMT + BSMN + SCLT. QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR OVER AN AREA 600 M BY 300 M. INDIVIDUAL VEINS RANGE FROM 0.3 TO 2 M THICK. STRATABOUND DEPOSITS IN THE GENERAL AREA (AURIOLE AND L'HOM-HAUT) CONSIST OF DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE AND FLUORITE IN MIDDLE CAMBRIAN SCHIST AND CARBONATE LAYERS. THESE DEPOSITS MAY BE EITHER SYNSEDIMENTARY OR RELATED TO AN EARLIER PHASE OF GRANITE INTRUSION DURING CAMBRIAN TIME.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Year of first production 1955

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Compagnie Miniere De Montredon

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Period 1955-1960
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.08% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE FIGURE ADJUSTED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT 80,000 TONNES MINED FROM 1955-1960. 1.0% WO3 GRADE REPORTED BY R.G. WOOLERY, METAL BULLETIN MONTHLY, SEPTEMBER 1982, P. 63.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEZIAT, P., PROUHET, J.P., AND TOLLON, F., 1980, LE DISTRICT DE MONTREDON-LABESSONIE (TARN) W, SN, F; PUBLICATION DU 26E CONGRES GEOLOGIQUE INTERNATIONAL, PARIS, JUILLET 1980, 44 P.

  • Deposit

    BEZIAT, P., AND TOLLON, F., 1979, LE DISTRICT A W-SN-F DE MONTREDON-LABESSONIE (TARN, FRANCE), CHRONIQUE DE LARECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 450, 1979, P. 13-18.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, 1983, ANNUAL REPORT 1982, P. 47.

  • Production

    BEZIAT ET AL, 1980

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 1982, COFRAMINES, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES (BRGM) HELD A 60% INTEREST IN THE MONTREDON-LABESSIONE JOINT VENTURE (BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, 1983).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Sinclair, W. David Geological Survey of Canada

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site