ScheeliteAnglade Mine, Salau, Seix, Cauflens, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Photo: P.Queneau Latitude: 42°45'N
Longitude: 1°8'E
Tungsten skarns in the contact aureole of a Carboniferous granodiorite intrusion. Host rocks are Ordovician metamorphized shale/sandstone and shale/limestone formations, calcium-silicates cipolins, skarns and hornfels. Scheelite is the main tungsten ore (reserves estimated at 15,000 tonnes WO3).
Ref.:
- 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.
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