Plant

Tverrfjellet

Norway
IronCopperZincSulfurSilverGold
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Commodities
PrimaryIron, Copper
SecondaryZinc, Sulfur
TertiarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1969
Discovery year1920
Identification
Deposit ID10133792
RegionEU
Data scoreC
Coordinates62.22883, 9.48306
References
BUGGE, J. A. W., 1978, NORWAY IN MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPEVOL. I. NORTH-WEST EUROPE. S. H. U. BOWIE, A. KVALHEIN& H. W. HASLAM EDS. LONDON, INSTITUTION OF MINING &METALLURGY/MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY.E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1978, P.332.FRIETSCH, R., PAPUNEN, H. AND VOKES, F. M., 1979: THE OREDEPOSITS IN FINLAND, NORWAY AND SWEDEN- A REVIEW,ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 74 NO. 5, AUGUST, PP. 978-1001.GEIS, H. P., 1978, STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF STRATIFORM SULFIDEDEPOSITS, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 73, NO. 6, PP. 1161-1167.JUVE, G. AND VOKES, F. M., 1980, COPPER ORES IN SCANDINAVIA,PAPER PRESENTED AT SYMPOSIUM ON EUROPEAN COPPERDEPOSITS, BELGRADE, PROCEEDINGS, PP. 147-159.WORLD MINES REGISTER, 1976-77, P. 124.MINERALS AND MATERIALS, JUNE/JULY, 1987, P 32.MINING MAGAZINE, 10/84, P 289.ANON., 1978, TVERRFJELLET-NORWAY'S HIGHEST MINE: MININGMAGAZINE, VOL. 139 NO. 1, JULY, PP. 14-15, 17, 19, 21,23.MINING MAGAZINE, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRLS AT TVERRFJELLET,NORWAY, OCT. 1984, P. 289.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1989/1990 E&MJINTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1989, P. 269.