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Les Porres Mine, Les Arcs, Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Francei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Les Porres Mine | Mine |
| Les Arcs | Commune |
| Draguignan | Arrondissement |
| Var | Department |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Region |
| France | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
43° 25' 5'' North , 6° 31' 18'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Old baryte mine closed in 1986.
NOTE: Stibnite specimen supposedly from this locality have been put on the market years ago, but the locality is wrong.
(https://www.mindat.org/mesg-494179.html)
Note: Coordinates are for level 0.
Annual baryte yield:
10,000 t/year from 1946 to 1956.
15,000 to 18,000 t/year from 1957 to 1963.
22,000 to 32,000 t/year from 1964 to 1981.
Less than 20,000 t during the last 2 years.
Total: approximately 750,000 tonnes.
"South of Draguignan on the N555 [currently the D555]. Take the N7 [currently the DN7] to the left. Immediately to the right, there is a road leading to the mine at the place called Les Porres with baryte, calcite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, quartz, and other minerals." [Belot, 1978]
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ ' Description: SEM-EDS analyse was right, but PXRD showed it was a mixture of calcite-dolomite-magnesite and siderite References: |
| ⓘ Aragonite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 Habit: Massive to prismatic Colour: Colourless to white or blue |
| ⓘ Formula: Pb5Sb4S11 Description: SEM-EDS analyse showed jamesonite, not boulangerite |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 Habit: isometrics, up to 5mm Colour: Colourless to yellow, frequently brown Description: Some fluorite shown on the "fluorite from Les Porres" page certainly comes from other localities (probably Font-Sante, but not only).
Largers fluorite crystals from "Les Porres" do not exceed 5mm (G.Mari, Mines et minéraux de la Provence cristalline, 1979) References: |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Jamesonite Formula: Pb4FeSb6S14 Description: Determined by Y. Moello (doctorat thesis, 1983) as inclusions in baryte, causing it's lilas-brown coloration.
SEM EDS analysed by Chollet Pascal at LMV, Clermont-Ferrand. |
| ⓘ Magnesite Formula: MgCO3 Description: Comes as a part of an intimate mixture of Ca-Mg carbonates encrusting calcite crystals. No individuals crystals are known |
| ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Miargyrite Formula: AgSbS2 Description: Chollet Pascal Collection - SEM-EDS analysed by Vincent Bourgoin at Jean Wyart association References: |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Semseyite Formula: Pb9Sb8S21 Habit: Agregats Colour: Grey, metallic |
| ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
| ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 References: |
| ⓘ Strontianite Formula: SrCO3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Miargyrite | 2.HA.10 | AgSbS2 |
| ⓘ | Jamesonite | 2.HB.15 | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| ⓘ | Semseyite | 2.HC.10d | Pb9Sb8S21 |
| ⓘ | Boulangerite ? | 2.HC.15 | Pb5Sb4S11 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Magnesite | 5.AB.05 | MgCO3 |
| ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| ⓘ | Strontianite | 5.AB.15 | SrCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Ankerite-Dolomite Series' ? | - | |
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Les Porres Mine, Les Arcs, Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France