Gåsgruvan Quarry, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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Gåsgruvanbrottet, Persbergs malmtrakt, Filipstad, Värmland, Sverige

Gåsgruvan started as a limestone quarry in the middle of 1850 owned by the Persberg Mining Co, running a limited production (~5000(?)). After the WWII an exploration programme showed that the resources were large and could motivate a larger production.
1980 the owner at that time Uddeholm AB sold the property to Svenska Mineral AB (today SMA Mineral AB).
Today it is a large limestone quarry with a production of plus 200.000 t of limestone a year.
From a historical perspective the occurrence has not been mineralogically interesing (Sandström, et al. 2009) but it has changed dramatically since the original mine has incorporated nearby old mines.

References

- Magnusson, N.H. & Carlborg ,H.(1925): Persbergs malmtrakt och berggrunden i de centrala delarna av Filipstads Bergslag i Värmlands län. Beskrivning utarbetad av Kungliga Kommerskollegium och Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning. Stockholm, 1925, 475 p

- Geijer, P., and Magnusson, N. H. (1944): De mellansvenska järnmalmernas geologi. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, series Ca, 35, 654 p (in Swedish)

- Magnusson, N.H (1973): Malm i Sverige 1. Mellersta och södra Sverige. Almqvist & Wiksell, 320p. ISBN 91-20-05545- 320

- Sandström, F., Lorin, T. & Strand, U. (2009): Geologi och mineralogi i Gåsgruvefältet, Filipstad. Litofilen. 26 (2): 16-38

External Links

http://www.sgu.se/dokument/om_sgu_remisser-2010/46-889-2010.pdf (in Sw)

Mineral List

Actinolite var: Byssolite Albite var: Oligoclase Allanite-(Ce) Almandine Andradite Anorthite Antigorite 'Apatite' 'Apophyllite' Apophyllite-(KF) Aragonite Arsenopyrite Augite Axinite-(Mn) Baryte Biotite Bornite Braunite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chondrodite Clinochlore

Clinochlore var: Pennine Clinochrysotile Clinohumite Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Cubanite Cuprite Diopside Dolomite Epidote Fayalite Fluorapatite Fluorite Gahnite Galena Galenobismutite 'Garnet' Goethite Grossular Hedenbergite Hematite 'Hornblende' Humite

Ilvaite Limonite Ludwigite Magnesiohornblende Magnetite Meionite Microcline Molybdenite Montmorillonite Muscovite Palygorskite Periclase Phlogopite Pigeonite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroaurite Pyrobelonite Pyrolusite Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Chalcedony Rhodochrosite 'Ripidolite'

'Scapolite' Scheelite var: Molybdoscheelite Sillimanite Silver Sjögrenite Sphalerite Spinel Szaibélyite Talc Titanite Tremolite Uraninite var: Pitchblende Uranophane Valleriite Vesuvianite Wermlandite Wollastonite Zircon Zoisite

93 entries listed. 79 valid minerals.