CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
48 France 43.53.09 N -- 004.16.45 E Les Malines Zn; Pb; Ag
 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit name(s): Les Malines
Political location(s): France; Nearest community: Montpelier (45 km NW)
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: past producer
Commodities: Zn; Pb; Ag
Mineralization styles: concordant collapse breccia cement; cavity fill; veins
Geological ages: Middle Cambrian (host rocks)
Late Triassic (host rocks)
Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic (mineralization)
Tectonic setting: continental marginal platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate-conglomerate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:dolostone
conglomerate
dolomite (shaly)
Mineralogy: sphalerite, galena, pyrite, quartz, barite, dolomite
References:
Foglierini, F.; Benard, A.; Verraes, G., 1980
Le Gisement des Malines (Gard) Zn, Pb
Fascicules sur les Gisments Francais 26CGIE (au nombre de 10), 26th International Geological Congress (Paris, 7 - 17 Juillet, 1980), Penarroya (Societe Miniere et Metallurgique), Publication code E5, 56 p.

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Supplement to sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
Appendix, in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p, p. 561 - 607

Macquar, J-C.; Rouvier, H. ; Thibieroz, J., 1990
Les Mineralisations Zn, Pb, Fe, Ba, F, Peri-Cevenoles: Cadre Structuro-Sedimentaire et Distribution Spatio-Temporelle
in Mobilité et Concentration des Métaux de Base dans les Couvertures Sédimentaire Manifestions, Mécanismes, Prospection, Edited by Pélissonnier, H.; Sureau, J. F., Editions du BRGM, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, 183, 441 p, p. 143 - 158

Production data: Report period: from 1900 until 1980; 750,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 6 percent
Pb: 1 percent
Reference: Foglierini, F.; Benard, A.; Verraes, G., 1980: Le Gisement des Malines (Gard) Zn, Pb; Fascicules sur les Gisments Francais 26CGIE (au nombre de 10), 26th International Geological Congress (Paris, 7 - 17 Juillet, 1980), Penarroya (Societe Miniere et Metallurgique), Publication code E5, 56 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



334,000 metric ton zinc metal; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 6 percent
Pb: 1 percent

Reference: Laznicka, P.; Wolf, K. H., 1981: Bibliography and Ore Occurrence Data, and Indexes Volumes 8 - 10; Volume 10, Chapter 2, Section Data on the Worldwide Distribution of Stratiform and Strata-Bound Ore Deposits, in Handbook of Strata-Bound and Stratiform Ore Deposits , Edited by Wolf, K. H., Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, p. 79 - 390
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Associated group(s): Cevennes District (8)

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