Gruvåsens gruvor, Persbergs malmtrakt, Filipstad, Värmland, Sverige
Gruvåsens gruvor, also called Bornshyttefältet or Torskebäcksfälte is located N of Lilla Bjursjön (Lake)and E of Lake Yngen.
According to FERNOW (Tegengren) mines was already operating in the 16th century but also in the 17th and 18th. Interest in the area increased and a dressing plant was built in 1910 at Torskebäcken but due to very limited amount of ore it was closed in 1917.
The mines is rather widely spread in a dolomite body.
External Links
Tegengren,F. (1924) Sveriges Ädlare Malmer och Bergverk. SGU ser Ca 17
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