Mine detail: Laisvall Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 66.08206, 17.10343

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc, Silver
Tertiary: Gold, Copper
Ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Sericite
Orebody form: FLAT LYING BEDS, OFTEN EN ECHELON
Discovery year: 1939

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1942

Geology

Host rock:Upper Sandstone;Middle Sandstone
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Ore 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:Eugosynclinal

References

MRDSW018963
DEP10073124
Reference{Deposit:: WELLENIUS, LENNART, 1970, THE LAISVALL MINE; IN RAUSCH, D. O., MARIACHER, B. C. EDS., AIME SYMP. PB - ZN V 1 P. 327 - 345, 954 - 5}{Deposit:: GRIP, ERLAND, 1960, THE LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN BORDER OF THE CALEDONIDES IN SWEDEN; INT. GEOL. CONG. 21ST, REPT. 16 P. 149 - 159}{Deposit:: MENZIE, 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.}{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1976, P. 505.}{Deposit:: E/MJ, 1976, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, P. 287.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Production:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1976; E/MJ, 1976; GRIP, 1960; GRIP, 1978}{Reserve-Resource:: 1959 ESTIMATE IS FROM GRIP, 1960. DEPOSIT SIZE ESTIMATE IS FROM MENZIE AND MOSIER, 1985.}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.