Giraumont

Producer in France with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10183178
MAS/MILS ID 4270620007
Record type Site
Current site name Giraumont

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 5.88219, 49.15886 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
France

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 5.88219, 49.15886

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Giraumont
    Year 1977

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 50000000mt ore
    Indicated 10000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 60000000mt ore
    Inferred 10000000mt ore
    Total resources 70000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 35 wt-pct Iron Trace 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1975 P225

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EMPLOYS 350, 2 SHAFTS, HAULAGE BY RAIL, OPEN 1921, DAILY ORE TY-7,000MTPD, ROOM AND PILLAR MINING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 West, B.J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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