Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Silver
TertiaryCopper, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model60: Skarn Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formCONFORMABLE THIN BEDS
Ore controlSyngenetic Deposition
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueBiotite, Chlorite, Diopside, Garnet, Microcline, Muscovite, Plagioclase, Pyroxene, Quartz, Vesuvianite
Geology
Host rockGranulite,Skarn (Tactite),Limestone · Leptite Series;Skarn;Skarn Banded Leptite
Associated rockMigmatite,Pegmatite,Granite
StructureParts Are Highly Folded, Some Faulting
Tectonic settingEugeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1857
Discovery year1550
Identification
Deposit ID10089362
MRDS IDW018966
Alternate namesZinkgruvan, Ammeberg Mine
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates58.81533, 15.10271
References
HENRIQUES, AKE, 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORES OF THE AMMEBERG DISTRICT, (ZINKGRUVAN); SWEDEN, ARKIV FOR MIN. GEOL. V 4, NO 1, 246 P.MAGNUSSON, N. H., 1950, ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL SWEDEN; INT. GEOL. CONG. 18TH, REPT. 7, P 371 - 79E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, 1976, P. 289.RAUSCH AND MARIACHER, 1970, AIME SYMP ON PB-ZN, P. 954-955.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.EMJ, 1976; RAUSCH AND MARIACHER, 1970; GRIP, 1978