Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper
SecondarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formLENS OR SLAB SHAPED
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockKeratophyre,Dacite · Quartz Keratophyre Tuff, Dacite Tuff, Dacite
Tectonic settingEugeosyncline
AlterationSericitization And Chloritization Of Wall Rock
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1967
Discovery year1937
Identification
Deposit ID10073125
MRDS IDW018964
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates64.83197, 20.26989
References
RICKARD, D. T., ZWEIFEL, HANS, 1975, GENESIS OF PRECAMBRIAN SULFIDE ORES, SKELLEFTE DIST., SWEDEN; ECON. GEOL. V 70 NO 2 P. 255 - 274GRIP, E., 1950, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN SWEDEN; INT. GEOL. CONG. 18TH, REPT 7 P 362 - 370MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON VOLCANIC-HOSTED COPPER-ZINC-LEAD MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, 78 P.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. 93-108.VOKES, F.M., 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.E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, 1976, P. 286.EMJ, 1976; VOKES, 1978; GRIP, 1978DEPOSIT SIZE ESTIMATE FROM MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983.