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Font Sante

Past Producer in France with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Magnesite
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069461
MRDS ID W006999
Record type Site
Current site name Font Sante
Alternate or previous names Fontsante

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 6.40199, 43.78224 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 KM. NORTH OF SAINT - RAPHAEL AND ESTEREL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
France

Comments on the location information

  • SIX MAIN VEINS: SAINT - BARTHELEMY, SAINT - AUGUSTIN, FILON BLANC, FILON ROUGE, FILON SAINTE-BARBE, FILON CLET. LAT. AND LONG. ARE FOR SAINT - RAPHAEL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE: CAF2 - 42 TO 45%, BASO4 - 10%, MGF - 10%. FLOTATION MILL PRODUCT (AT MINE): CAF2 - 96.5 TO 97%, MGF - 1 TO 1.5%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) 6.40199, 43.78224
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Esterel Massif, French Alps
Type of structure Local
Structure description N - S Faults And Associated Transverse Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Length 2500M
    Width 1000M
    Depth to bottom 200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Transverse Fractures Associated With A Larger N - S Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Provence District; Tanneron Field

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Societe D'Enterprises, Carriers Et Mines L'Esterel (Secme)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Societe D'Enterprises, Carriers Et Mines L'Esterel

Production statistics

  • Year 1972
    Material F
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^96.75 % Caf2, 1.25 % Mgf (Plant Capacity)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 97wt-pct
  • Year 1980
    Period 1925-1980
    Material CAF2
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^40% Caf2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 40wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 1000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 45 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1972
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 10 wt-pct Barium Trace 1972
    Magnesite MgF2 10 wt-pct Magnesium Trace 1972
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 500000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 40 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1986
    Magnesite MgF2 6 wt-pct Magnesium Trace 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT IS 140 M DEEP. ONE ORE BODY WAS 70 M. LONG, 50 M. HIGH AND 1 M. WIDE. WIDTHS OF UP TO 10 M. HAVE BEEN REPORTED. VEINS STRIKE EAST - WEST, DIP STEEPLY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FLOTATION MILL AT MINE PRODUCES 96.5 - 97% CAF2, 1 - 1.5% MGF. PRODUCT WAS DRIED AND TRUCKED TO SALINDRES (GUARD) MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH - FLUOR: METAL SERVICE, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    CHERMETTE, A., 1970, L'INDUSTRIE MINIERE DU SPATH-FLUOR EN FRANCE: MINES ET METALLURGY, MARCH 1969 - MAY 1970, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    BOULADON, J., 1989, FRANCE AND LUXEMBOURG, IN DUNNING, F.W., GARRARD, P., HASLAM, H.W., AND IXER, R.A., EDS., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, VOLUME 4/5: SOUTHWEST AND EASTERN EUROPE, WITH ICELAND: LONDON, THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY AND THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 37-104.

  • Production

    CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR P. 23; THE SECOND AND THIRD CUMULATIVE FIGURES ARE FROM BOULADON, 1989.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR P. 24; 2ND ESTIMATE FROM BOULADON, 1989.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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