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Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

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Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Photo: Rob Lavinsky
Latitude: 43°55'23"N
Longitude: 3°37'22"E
Mines des Malines

This huge stratiform deposit, located under the Pic d'Anjeau Mountain, is the biggest lead-zinc deposit in France. Most mineralizations are found within karstic cavities dug in Cambrian dolomites and Bathonian limestones.
Known since Roman times, it was operated from 1885 in several mines by the Pennaroya company (then called Metaleurop/Recyclex today) which produced 1.000.000 tons of ore until 1993. Today, all adits are closed but some large dumps still remain.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Aragonite
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Baryte
'Bitumen'
Bournonite
Brochantite
Calcite
Cerussite
Cesàrolite
Chalcopyrite
Cuprite
Devilline
Dolomite
Epsomite
Fibroferrite
Fluorite
Galena
var: Strickblende
Goethite
Greenockite
Gypsum
Halotrichite
Hemimorphite
Hydromagnesite
Hydrozincite
Krausite
Ktenasite
Langite
Linarite
Magnesiocopiapite
Malachite
Marcasite
Massicot ?
Melanterite
var: Cuprian Melanterite

Mimetite ?
Oxyplumboroméite
Posnjakite
Pyrite
Pyromorphite ?
Quartz
Römerite
Rosasite
Rozenite
Serpierite
Siderite
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Sulphur
Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite
Zincite
'Zincrosasite'


108 entries listed. 50 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region

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References

- Foglierini, Bernard, Verraes (1980): Le gisement des Malines (Gard), Zn, Pb. Publication du 26 éme congrés géologique international, Paris 7-17 juillet 1980.
- Charef, A., and Sheppard, S.M.F. (1988): The Malines Cambrian carbonate-shale-hosted Pb-Zn deposit, France: Thermometric and isotopic (H, O) evidence for pulsating hydrothermal mineralization. Mineralium Deposita 23(2), 86-95.
- Mines et Minéraux des Malines, Saint-Laurent-le-minier (Gard). Le Règne Minéral, HS XVI, (2010) - Monographic book edited by L.D. Bayle, Les éditions du Piat. - Main authors : G. Verraes, D. Gol, A Martaud, N. Meisser, P. Chollet, E. Fritsch, J.-P. Cavard, T. Greenland

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