Le Maraval mine, Var

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Copper
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.

Old gallery

Cleanings and wall

History :
Old copper mines (antiquity and XIXth century).
Mineralization :
Azurite cristals (until 1 cm) or forming mineralized balls, malachite, and grey copper in veins. The emergences are abundant, as well as mineralized cleanings. The matrix is formed by quartz or baryte, this one forming some small druses.

Grey copper, malachite and azurite

Azurite

Azurite

Azurite over baryte

Malachite

Baryte

Baryte

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