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SYNOPSIS OF THE BOOK " THE MINE OF FLUORITE OF VALZERGUES "

 

Preface

Summary

Summarized history of the mine and current situation

 

FIRST PART: GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY

 

Geographical presentation and historic insight

1 - geographical localization

2 - historic insight

 

Geological presentation

1 - Geology of Aveyron

11 - Basic deposit

1 - hydrothermal deposit

2 - Paragenesis

3 - deposits with fluorite and the "Massif central' mountain

4 - Age and conditions of genesis of the basic deposits

4-1 Mode and installation of mineralisations

4-2 seams with barite and yellow fluorite

5 - Gitology of the fluorite mine of Valzergues (deposits...) Chronology of the geological events

 

SECOND PART: DEPOSITS AND WORK OF EXTRACTION

 

Outcrops

mining work of the mine itself external installations

The yellow vein (geographical situation, description, elements on the morphology of the druses, situation of the durses in yellow deposit... etc)

 

THIRD PART: MEMORY OF THE MEN

 

Companies

1 - Prospection by Victor Lassalle and work following the creation of the S.M.V.

2 - the SECME

3 - Gagnières

4 - the Mining Company of Caspanelles

5 - the CFMD

6 - SMB

7 - limited liability company Andre Castaingts

8 - Mining Yves Delmas 104

9 - SOGEREM Personnel and production of the fluorite mine of Valzergues. The fluorite of Valzergues and its use (Natural, historical state of use of fluorite...)

 

FOURTH PART: MINERALOGY


Mineralisations

Fluorite

Quartz

Barite

Other mineralisations

Order for the succession of mineralisations

 

CONCLUSION

 

ANNEXES

 

GLOSSARY

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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