Pb-Zn Location : From Péone, take the road for Valberg, and stop at the entrance of the path to Saint-Pierre; in the Aygue Blanche valley. The deposit is situated at the entrance of the Saint-Pierre valley. Geological context : Deposit situated in the triasic dolomites. Works : The deposit has been exploited from 1821 until [...]
Le Maraval mine, Var
August 31st, 2010 
FlorianCopper Location : Situated a few kilometers from Collobrières, in the Maraval ravine, in the Maures massif micaschists. It’s divided in two parts, an occidental part with an ancient gallery and an oriental one with one gallery and an open pit exploitation. History : Old copper mines (antiquity and XIXth century). Mineralization : Azurite cristals [...]
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Tags: azurite, baryte, barytine, gisement, malachite, maraval, minéralogie 
No Comments »Fontsante mine, Les Adrêts, Var
August 30th, 2010 FlorianHalogenures Location : From Les Adrêts, take the road for the motocross park and stop at the end of the road, just below the remains of the processing plant. Geological context : Several fluorite and baryte veins orientated E/W, in the Tanneron gneisses. Works : From XXth century to 1969: little exploitation, employing no more than 30 [...]
Posted in Deposits: France Tags: fluorine, fluorite, fontsante, mine, minéralogie, quartz No Comments »L’Eguisse mine, Duranus, Alpes-Maritimes
August 30th, 2010 FlorianArsenic Location : From l’Engarvin, take the path for the “Col St-Michel”, then follow « l’Eguisse », to the South (Many urchin fossils in the Turonian). Geological context : The deposit took place in a little graben past the Eocene, and is related to the tectonic activity : hydrothermal origin. Works : Deposit exploited from [...]
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