KermesiteLuzer veins, Luzer, Saint-Mary-le-Plain, Massiac, Cantal, Auvergne, France
Photo: R.Fialip Six veins belonging to Luzer claim :
- Two veins (NE and EW) 500 meters South of La Croix d'Astrie crossroad, right bank of Chandèze brook, upstream a small bridge on the brook.
In front (East of) of Croix d'Astrie vein, on the other side of Chaudèze brook.
Quartz vein with stibnite (twisted twinnings) and silicified breccia.
At the contact of Suc de Luzer volcano basalt, the stibnite is molten, in a cavernous quartz, and associated with "undetermined" oxides.
- Three NS quartz-stibnite veins, in the North zone of the claim.
Six galleries are known, North of Suc de Luzer volcano, above Chandèze brook, on right bank, on both sides of a NS ravine going down the volcano.
- East vein : quartz-arsenopyrite NE vein, located along RN 9 road, 400 meters South of La Besseyre village crossroad, on East slope of the volcano.
Host rocks : sillimanite gneisses and leptynitic gneisses.
References
- J.J. Périchaud (1968): "Les Gisements Métalliques du District à Antimoine de Brioude-Massiac (Massif-Central Français)", BRGM, xx pp.
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