Sulitjelma kobbergruver, Sulitjelma, Fauske kommune, Nordland fylke, Norge
The massive pyritic Cu-(Zn) sulphide deposits are located about 80 km ESE of Bodø and 35 km from the town of Fauske (in the municipality with the same name). The sulphide mineralisation was first discovered in 1860 by a trader named Mons Petter. Mining begun in the year of 1886 and the mines closed finally in 1991.
A number of orebodies has been mined both north and south of the lake Langvann. The mines in the south are Furuhaugen, Sagmo, Jakobsbakken and Anna. To the North are (E to W); Bursi, Mons Petter, Charlotta, Giken, Hankabakken, Ny-Sulitjelma amd Holmsen (Gudrun) mines.
The sulphide deposits are a classical example of stratabound volcanic-exhalative mineralisation which underwent subsequent amphibolite-grade metamorphism and polyphase tectonic deformation during the Scandinavian portion of the Caledonian Orogeny (Vokes 1976, Cook 1996).
The 1 to 3 meter thick orebodies follow the general structures which dip 10 to 40 degrees.
References
- Stelzner, A. W. (1891): Die Sulitjelma-Gruben im nordlichen Norwegen; nach älteren Berichten und eigenen Beobachtungen besprochen. Freiburg in Sachsen. 1891, 100p
- Fletcher, M (1904): Note on cobaltiferous mispickel from Sulitelma, Norway. Mineralogical Magazine 14: 54
- Vogt, T. (1935): Origin of the injected pyrite deposits. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Skrift 1935, 20: 1-17
- Vogt, T. (1938): Thaumasite from Sulitjelma, Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidskrift 18, 291–303
- Vokes, F. M. (1976): Caledonian massive sulphide deposits in Scandinavia: a comparative review. In: K.H. Wolf (Editor): Handbook of Stratabound and Stratiform Ore Deposits, Vol.6. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 79-127
- Rai, K. L: (1978): Micromineralogy and geochemistry of sphalerite from Sulitjelma mining district. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 58: 17-31
- Mining Magazine, Nov. 1980.
- Cook, N. J. (1996): Mineralogy of the sulphide deposits at Sulitjelma, northern Norway. Ore Geology Reviews 11: 303-308
- Nordrum, F. S. (1999): Minerals from the Sulitjelma Copper Mines, North Norway. Bergverksmuseets Skrift 15: 47-56
- Nordrum, F.S. (2004): Mineralene i Sulitjelma kobbergruver, Fauske. STEIN 31 (3): 3-25
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