Producer

Laisvall Mine

Sweden
LeadZincSilverGoldCopper
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Description

Boliden A/B

Commodities
PrimaryLead
SecondaryZinc, Silver
TertiaryGold, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model196: Sandstone-hosted Pb-Zn
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formFLAT LYING BEDS, OFTEN EN ECHELON
Ore controlSandstone Was Favored Host Rock Due To Its Porosity And Fractures. Ore Is Richest Around Fault Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Fluorite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Upper Sandstone;Middle Sandstone
StructureOre Lies Below A Cambrian Nappe (Overthrust) Which Caused A Flexure Around The Caledonides, 2 Groups, One Almost Peppendicular, The Other Almost Parallel To The Bedding Plane, 1 Minor Fault
Tectonic settingEugosynclinal
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1942
Discovery year1939
Identification
Deposit ID10073124
MRDS IDW018963
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates66.08206, 17.10343
References
WELLENIUS, LENNART, 1970, THE LAISVALL MINE; IN RAUSCH, D. O., MARIACHER, B. C. EDS., AIME SYMP. PB - ZN V 1 P. 327 - 345, 954 - 5GRIP, ERLAND, 1960, THE LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN BORDER OF THE CALEDONIDES IN SWEDEN; INT. GEOL. CONG. 21ST, REPT. 16 P. 149 - 159MENZIE, W.D., AND MOSIER, D.L., 1985, GRADE, TONNAGE, AND LITHOLOGIC DATA FOR SEDIMENT-HOSTED SUBMARINE EXHALATIVE ZN-PB AND SANDSTONE-HOSTED PB-ZN DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-206, 17 P.MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1976, P. 505.E/MJ, 1976, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, P. 287.GRIP, E., 1978, SWEDEN, IN BOWIE, S.H.U., KVALHEIM, A., AND HASLAM, H.W., EDS., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, VOLUME 1: NORTHWEST EUROPE: LONDON, THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY AND THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 93-198.VOKES, F.M., 1978, INTRODUCTION, IN BOWIE, S.H.U., KVALHEIM, A., AND HASLAM, H.W., EDS., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, VOLUME 1: NORTHWEST EUROPE: LONDON, THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY AND THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 1-38.MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1976; E/MJ, 1976; GRIP, 1960; GRIP, 19781959 ESTIMATE IS FROM GRIP, 1960. DEPOSIT SIZE ESTIMATE IS FROM MENZIE AND MOSIER, 1985.