MetatorberniteLagadaillère Mine, Les Bois-Noirs Mining Claim, Saint-Priest-la-Prugne, Saint-Just-en-Chevalet, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France
Photo: jo-esche 2010 Latitude: 45°55'30"N
Longitude: 3°46'56"E
Mine de Lagadaillère ( BN10), Les Bois-Noirs Mining Claim, Saint-Priest-la-Prugne, Saint-Just-en-Chevalet, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France
A quartz vein carrying uranium minerals. Exposed near Lagadaillère, around 5 km SE of St Priest-la-Prugne. This vein was operated by an underground mine (filled today) from 1957 to 1960. During this operation, 5200 tons of ore were worked out (= 6 tons of uranium metal).
References
- Guiollard, P.-G. (2002)Le gisement des Bois-Noirs-Limouzat(Loire) in L'uranium du Morvan et du Forez, Pierre-Christian Guiollard Ed., Fichous, 96pp.
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