Mine detail: Langdal Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 64.83197, 20.26989

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: LENS OR SLAB SHAPED
Discovery year: 1937

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1967

Geology

Host rock:Quartz Keratophyre Tuff, Dacite Tuff, Dacite
Host type:Keratophyre,Dacite
Tectonic:Eugeosyncline
Alteration processes:Sericitization And Chloritization Of Wall Rock

References

MRDSW018964
DEP10073125
Reference{Deposit:: RICKARD, D. T., ZWEIFEL, HANS, 1975, GENESIS OF PRECAMBRIAN SULFIDE ORES, SKELLEFTE DIST., SWEDEN; ECON. GEOL. V 70 NO 2 P. 255 - 274}{Deposit:: GRIP, E., 1950, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN SWEDEN; INT. GEOL. CONG. 18TH, REPT 7 P 362 - 370}{Deposit:: 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.}{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. 93-108.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, 1976, P. 286.}{Production:: EMJ, 1976; VOKES, 1978; GRIP, 1978}{Reserve-Resource:: DEPOSIT SIZE ESTIMATE FROM MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983.}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.