Mine detail: Garpenberg-Garpenberg North

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Location

Lat / long:

60.31532, 16.16949

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Diopside, Fluorite, Gahnite, Mica, Quartz, Talc, Tourmaline, Tremolite
Orebody form:	NARROW STRINGS OF COMPACT ORE
Discovery year:	1963

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1972

Geology

Host rock:	Leptite Series Quartzites, Mica Schists
Host type:	Quartzite,Dolomite
Associated type:	Granite
Tectonic:	Eugeosyncline

References

MRDS	W018961
DEP	10089361
Reference	{Deposit:: MAGNUSSON, N.H., 1950, ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL SWEDEN; INT. GEOL. CONG. 18TH, REPT. 17, P. 371 - 79}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL 1978, P. 302-309.}{Production:: ANNUAL PRODUCTION IS FROM E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY, 1976, P. 286. THE CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION IS FROM GRIP, 1978.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.