Mine detail: Mofjellet Mine

Previously called 'Nord Norge MineMofjell'

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Location

Lat / long:

66.2988, 14.2035

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Copper, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Nickel
Ore:	Boulangerite, Breithauptite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Jamesonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Epidote, Feldspar, Quartz
Discovery year:	1500

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1928

Geology

Host type:

Rhyolite,Basalt

References

MRDS	W018944
DEP	10089355
Reference	{Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON VOLCANIC-HOSTED COPPER-LEAD-ZINC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, 78 P.}{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1975, P. 463.}
Reporter	Orris, Greta J., Schruben, Paul G.