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Hällefors Mines
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Hällefors
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Västmanland
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Sweden
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(Hällefors gruvor)
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.
Mineralogical Magazine (1983) 47 (345), 507-14
http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_47/47-345-507.htm
Mineralogical Magazine (1986) 50, 101-110
http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_50/50-355-101.pdf
Canadian Mineralogist (1984) 22 (4), 583-593
Mineralium Deposita (2005) 40, (1), 100-114
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Mineral List:
Allargentum
Amesite
Andalusite
Antimony
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Berthierite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Cassiterite
Chalcopyrite
Clinochlore
var: Diabantite
Covellite
Cubanite
Dyscrasite
'Fayalite-Tephroite Series
var: Knebelite'
Freibergite
Galena
Gudmundite
Magnetite
Meneghinite
Miargyrite
Molybdenite
Pyrargyrite
'Pyrosmalite'
Rhodochrosite
Sphalerite
Stannite
Stephanite
Stibnite
Tetrahedrite
Troilite
Zoisite
60 entries listed. 30 valid minerals.
Localities in this Region:
Sweden
Västmanland
Hällefors
Hällefors mines
Gamla Mines (Old mines)
Mellan ore field (Middle field)
Västra ore field (Western field)
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