[Rockhounds] Mines d'Argent des Rois Francs à Melle - Silver in Galena!

[Paul]

On Sun, 2 Jul 2017 20:08:01 +0200, Gary Brown asked:

 >This weekend we visited the Mines d'Argent des Rois
 >Francs ? Melle where they extracted silver from Galena.
 >The guide said the rock was soapstone". Looked more
 >like a highly silicified limestone.
 >Does anyone have any geological details on that site?

Dear Gary,

I found a PDF file online.

http://avg85.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/AVG.Bulletin-2010-2.pdf

On pages 25 - 34 it has an article: "Les Mines d’Argent
des rois Francs à Melle." It is in French. However, it might
give you a place to start.

Yours,

Paul H.