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Bastnäs mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland, Sweden

(Bastnäsfältet)

Iron, copper and REE mines earliest mentioned in 1692. The elements cerium and lanthanum were discovered in minerals from Bastnäs. Mining during the period 1875-1888 produced 4,500 tons of cerium ore (mainly bastnäsite and allanite).



References:


- Klaproth, M.H. (1807): Chemische Untersuchung des Cererits, Beiträge zur chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, Vierter Band, Rottmann Berlin, 140-152

- Haidinger, W. (1845): Handbuch bestimm. Min 1st ed., 500

- Palache, C., Berman, H. & Frondel, C. (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, 7th. edition, Volume I: 264

- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 242

- Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, Stockholm (2004): vol. 126

- Holtstam et al 2004. Håleniusite-(La) from the Bastnäs deposit, Västmanland, Sweden: A new REE oxyfluoride mineral species.
Canadian Mineralogist (2004): 42(4): 1097-1103

- Öhman, L. , Nysten, P. and Langhof, J. (2004). "Famous mineral localities: the Bastnäs mines - Riddarhyttan ore field, Bergslagen district, Västmanland, Sweden." The Mineralogical Record, 35(3),pp:187-200




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Actinolite
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
'Apatite'
Azurite
'Bastnäsite'
Bastnäsite-(Ce) (TL)
Bastnäsite-(La)
Biotite
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Breithauptite
Brochantite
Calcite
Carrollite
Cerianite-(Ce)
Cerite-(Ce) (TL)
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Cobaltite
Cobaltkieserite (TL)
Cordierite
Covellite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Emplectite
Erythrite
Ferriallanite-(Ce)
'Fluocerite'
Fluorite
Galena
Gold
Håleniusite-(La) (TL)
Hematite
Hisingerite (TL)
Hodrušite
'Hornblende'
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)
Kieserite
Lanthanite-(Ce)
Lanthanite-(La) (TL)
Linnaeite (TL)
Magnetite
Malachite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
Muscovite
Percleveite-(Ce) (TL)
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rhodonite
Silver
Smolianinovite
Talc
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
Törnebohmite-(Ce) (TL)
Tremolite
Uraninite
Wittichenite
Wroewolfeite


69 entries listed. 56 valid minerals. 9 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
Sweden
 
  • Västmanland
    • Skinnskatteberg
      • Riddarhyttan
        • Bastnäs mines

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