Mined from 1639 to 1978. Sweden's second largest silver mine (after Sala).
The marble- and metavolcanic-hosted Pb–Zn–(Ag–Sb–As) deposits of the Hällefors district, comprise both stratabound sulphides and discordant, Ag-rich sulphide–sulphosalt veins.
References
- Mineralogical Magazine (1983) 47 (345), 507-514 [http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_47/47-345-507.htm [Link dead. Jun 2011]]
- Mineralogical Magazine (1986) 50, 101-110 [http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_50/50-355-101.pdf [Link dead. Jun 2011]]
- Canadian Mineralogist (1984) 22 (4), 583-593
- Wagner, T., Jonsson, E., Boyce, A.J. (2005) Metamorphic ore remobilization in the Hällefors district, Bergslagen, Sweden: constraints from mineralogical and small-scale sulphur isotope studies. Mineral. Deposita, 40, 100-114.
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