Zinkgruvan (Åmmebergs gruvor), Zinkgruvan tätort, Askersunds kommun, Närke, Sverige
Large Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag mine with ore of metamorphosed SEDEX-VMS type.
Mining started in 1857 and is still continuing. A large Cu-ore was discovered (~10 years ago) and estimated to hold 2.9Mt @ 2.6% Cu, 0.3% Zn, 30 g/t Ag. The mine was owned and operated by Vieille Montagne until North Ltd bought it in 1995. Currently owned by Lundin Mining.
NOTE: Zinkgruvan is both the name of the village and the mine that is central in the area. The placename Åmmeberg which occurs in several publications is the neighbor village from where the ore were shipped. The Zinkgruvan mines was earlier called the Åmmeberg mines.
References
- Henriques, Å.(1964): Geology and Ores of the Åmmeberg District (Zinkgruvan), Sweden. Arkiv för mineralogi och geologi, 4 (1). Almqvist & Wiksell. 246 pages + 3 plates.
- Andersen, C. (2009): The mineralcomposition of the Burkland Cu-sulphide deposit at Zinkgruvan, Sweden- a supplementary study: Examensarbeten i Geologi vid Lunds Universitet- Bergrundsgeologi NR 249, 41 p
- Bjärnborg, K. (2009): The copper sulphide mineralization of the Zinkgruvan deposit, Bergslagen, Sweden. Examensarbeten i Geologi vid Lunds Universitet- Bergrundsgeologi NR 24,1-6
- Sandström, F., Lorin, T, Niklasson, S.O. & Strand, U. (2011): Zinkgruvan. Litiofilen, 28 (1): 15-37
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