The Autun oil shale deposit is a sedimentary basin containing oil shale of the Autunian age (between 299 and 282 million years old) in the vicinity of Autun in Saône-et-Loire, in the center-east of France. The extraction of the shale commenced in 1824 at Igornay.
The Autun oil shale deposit is a sedimentary basin containing oil shale of the Autunian age (between 299 and 282 million years old) in the vicinity of Autun in Saône-et-Loire, in the center-east of France. The extraction of the shale commenced in 1824 at Igornay.
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