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Pyrénées-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

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Abandoned rails

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

Partially covered rails that served for transporting mineral. David Soler photo, 2001.
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Costabona peak from the distance

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

View from the east of the Costabona (Costabonne) peak, 2464 m -It is the highest mountain in the center of the photograph. Abandoned mines are located near the top, in the V-shaped area below the summit.
Spanish-French border runs from the peak across the dark-green forested divide located in the left, up to the point where the picture was taken. ...
 © David SolerPhoto ID: 123593    View Count: 451

Looking for garnets

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

Outcrop of a totally garnetized marble, containing small rhombododecahedral crystals of grossular (var. hessonite). David Soler photo, 2001.
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Mined out quartz veins containing scheelite

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

Upper levels outcrop of dolomite marbles where wolfram minerals were extracted from near vertical quartz veins. David Soler photo, 2001.
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Upper levels

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

View of the marbles in the upper levels of the skarn. Note right-dipping carbonates and granite outcrops behind. David Soler photo, 2001.
 © David SolerPhoto ID: 123643    View Count: 337
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