August 30th, 2010 
Florian
Halogenures
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.
Mineralization in situ
Works :
From XXth century to 1969: little exploitation, employing no more than 30 workers.
From 1970 to 1987: industrial mining : extraction pit, cable railway, processing plants, new veins exploited, etc, employing 150 persons.
Barrage
Ruins
Weighing station
Processing plant and shed
Mineralization :
Many minerals have been described in Fontsante, including quartz,fluorite, baryte and sellaite.
Fluorites :
Bibliography :
Mines et Minéraux de la Provence Cristalline, G. Mari
Revue Le Règne Minéral, n°43
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