Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Copper, Lead
SecondarySilver, Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite
TertiaryArsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formLENS OR SLAB SHAPED BANDED ORE
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueChlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Keratophyre · Tuffitic Keratophyre, Quartz Porphyry, Quartz Keratophyre;Phyllites, Shales, Clastic Sediments;Agglomerates
Tectonic settingEugeosyncline
AlterationSericitization And Chloritization Of Wall Rock
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1952
Discovery year1927
Identification
Deposit ID10073126
MRDS IDW018965
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates64.96532, 19.66992
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 - 370GRIP, 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. 1-33.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1976, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, P. 287.MOSIER 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.E/MJ, 1976; GRIP, 1978; VOKES, 1978