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Bleikvassli Mine, Bleikvassli, Hemnes, Nordland, Norway

A lead-zinc mine in a SEDEX-type massive sulphide deposit, started in 1957 and closed in 1997, producing some 5 million tons of ore grading at 4% Zn, 2% Pb, 0.3% Cu and 25 mg/kg Ag, on average.



References:
- Vokes, F.M. (1962): Contributions to the mineralogy of Norway. No. 15. Gahnite in the Bleikvassli ore. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 42,317-329
- Mining Annual Review (1985):508.
- Cook, N.J.(1993):Conditions of metamorphism estimated from alteration lithologies and the ore at the Bleikvassli Zn-Pb-(Cu) deposit, Nordland, Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 73 (4), 226-233.
- Rosenberg, J.L., Spry, P.G., Jacobson, C.E., Cook, N.J., and Vokes, F.M. (1998): Thermobarometry of the Bleikvassli Zn-Pb-(Cu) deposit, Nordland, Norway. Mineralium Deposita 34, 19-34.
- Cook, N.J., Spry, P.G., and Vokes, F.M. (1998): Mineralogy and textural relationships among sulphosalts and related minerals in the Bleikvassli Zn-Pb-(Cu) deposit, Nordland, Norway. Mineralium Deposita 34, 35-56.
- Grenne, T., Ihlen, P.M., and Vokes, F.M. (1999): Scandinavian Caledonide Metallogeny in a plate tectonic perspective. Mineralium Deposita 34, 422-471.
- Rosenberg, J.L., Spry, P.G., Jacobson, C.E., and Vokes, F.M. (2000): The effects of sulfidation and oxidation during metamorphism on compositionally varied rocks adjacent to the Bleikvassli Zn-Pb-(Cu) deposit, Nordland, Norway. Mineralium Deposita 35, 714-726.





Map Reference: 65°55'24"N , 13°52'47"E

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Mineral List:
Acanthite
Allargentum
Anglesite
Ankerite
Antimony
'Apatite'
Arsenic
Arsenopyrite
Biotite
Bismuth
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Breithauptite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Černýite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Clinozoisite
Covellite
Cubanite
Dufrénoysite
Dyscrasite
Epidote
Freibergite
Gahnite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
Gedrite
Geocronite
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Grunerite
Gudmundite
Hematite
Herzenbergite
'Hornblende'
Hydrozincite ?
Ilmenite
Jalpaite
Jamesonite
Jordanite
Kësterite
Kyanite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Mckinstryite
Melanterite
Meneghinite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
Ottemannite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rutile
Scheelite
Seligmannite
Silver
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Stannite
Staurolite
Sternbergite ?
Stilpnomelane
Stromeyerite
Sulphur
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
var: Argentian Tetrahedrite

Titanite
'Tourmaline'
'Unnamed (Cu-Ag-Fe Sulphide)'
Valleriite
Zincostaurolite


78 entries listed. 68 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

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