St. Arey

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038933
MRDS ID M046423
Record type Site
Current site name St. Arey
Alternate or previous names St. Arcy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 5.85202, 44.88226 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 MILES SOUTH 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
Bournonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 5.85202, 44.88226

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Mure (Isere)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    UGLOW, W. L., 1919, GEOLOGY OF PLATINUM DEPOSITS: ENG. MIN. JOUR. AUG. 1919

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG, STUTTGART, P. 155

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.