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Costabonne Mines (Costabona Mines), Prats de Mollo-La Preste (Prats de Molló-La Presta), Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Latitude: 42°31'N
Longitude: 2°31'E
Mines de Costabonne (Mines del Costabona)

Skarn formed by contact metamorphism of Hercynian granite intruded into Cambrian-Ordovician marbles.
Several workings on both sides of the French-Spanish border, in a mountainous area on the southeastern slopes of Costabona Peak (2464 m high). The most important part of the deposit is located on the French side. The two workings developed on the Spanish side are located at Coma de Fra Joan, Setcases, Ripollès, Gerona (Girona), Catalonia and at Roca del Turó, Espinavell, Ripollès, Gerona (Girona), Catalonia.

References

- C.R. Acad. Sciences Paris, Série II, 1985, 301(2), 109-114
- C.R. Acad. Sciences Paris, Série II, 1988, 307(10), 1231-1236
- Werner, A.B.T., Sinclair, W.D., and Amey, E.B. (1998): International Strategic Mineral Issues Summary Report - Tungsten. US Geological Survey Circular 930-O.

Mineral List

Actinolite
Albite
'Allanite'
Amesite
Andradite
Antigorite
'Apatite'
Arsenopyrite
Artinite
Aurichalcite
'Axinite'
Azurite
Baddeleyite
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Boulangerite
Bromellite
Brucite
Calcite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chondrodite
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Clinochlore
var: Pennine
var: Sheridanite
Clinohumite
Clinozoisite
Clintonite
Diaspore
Diopside
Dolomite
Epidote
Eulytine
Fluoborite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Friedelite
Galena
Galenobismutite
Geikielite
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
Gypsum
Helvite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Heterogenite
'Hornblende'
Hydromagnesite
Hydrotalcite
Hydrozincite
Ilmenite
Johannsenite
Karlite
Kotoite
Ludwigite
Magnesiotaaffeite-6N’3S
Magnetite
Malachite
Manasseite
Mixite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
Muscovite
Orthoclase
Pargasite
Periclase
Perovskite
Phlogopite
Piemontite
Powellite
Prehnite
Pyrite
Pyrophanite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rutile
Scheelite
Schorl
Sellaite
Siderite
Smithsonite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
Stilpnomelane
Suanite
Szaibélyite
Talc
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
Tremolite
Vesuvianite
Wollastonite
Zircon
Zoisite


103 entries listed. 96 valid minerals.

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