Presles

Occurrence in France with commodity Platinum
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038931
MRDS ID M046421
Record type Site
Current site name Presles

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 6.50204, 45.33224 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 40 MILES NE OF GRENOBLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
France

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 6.50204, 45.33224

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Savoy

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUMB, 1920, THE PLATINUM METALS: IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, LONDON, P. 32

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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