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Konnerudkollen Mines (Konnerud Mines), Konnerud, Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

Photo: K.E.Larsen
Latitude: 59°43'52"N
Longitude: 10°7'9"E
Konnerudkollen gruver (Gruvåsen; Konnerudkollen gruver), Konnerud, Drammen kommune, Buskerud fylke, Norge

Zn-Pb-Cu mines situated in strongly contactmetamorphosed limestone close to the border of the Drammen granite. With many rich dumps. Konnerudkollen mines («Det Jarlsbergske sølvhaltige Blye- og Kobberværk») were exploited periodically from 1729 to 1913.

References

- Goldschmidt, V. M. (1911): Die Kontaktmetamorphose im Kristianiagebiet. Videnskapsselskapets Skrifter. 1.Mat.-Naturv. Klasse 1911. No 1. Kristiania. 483p

- Krause, H. (1965): Contribution to the mineralogy of Norway, no. 33. Idaite, Cu5FeS6, from Konnerud near Drammen. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 45, 417-421

- Eldjarn, K. (1973): Sekundærmineraler fra Konnerudkollen. NAGS-nytt 1 (2), 4-6 (in norwegian)

- Halsen, O. (1981): Konnerudgruvene ved Drammen. NAGS-nytt 8 (1), 9-15. (in norwegian)

- Johansen, D. W. (1981): Mineraler funnet ved Konnerud gruver. NAGS-nytt 8 (1), 15 (in norwegian)

- Johansen, D.W. (1981): Mineraler fra Drammenstraktene. In Halsen, O. : Turer i Drammenstraktene, 112-116. Drammen Geologiforening, Drammen.

- Hansen, B. (1982): Funn av babingtonitt i Konnerudkollen gruver i Drammen. NAGS-nytt 9 (1),27 (in norwegian)

- Ihlen, P. M. (1986): The Konnerudkollen skarn deposits- a roadlog. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Ser Ca 59, 43-48

- Bjørløw-Larsen, Erik (1990): Gruber og skjerp i Konnerudfeltet. Norsk Bergverksmuseums Skrift. 5, 78 p

- Nilsen, Øyvind Juul (1993): Konnerudområdets sekundærmineraler. STEIN 20 (1), 12-21

- Raade, G. (1995): Secondary Zn and Cu minerals from contact deposits of the Oslo region, Norway. Norsk Bergverksmuseums Skrift. 9, 18-26

- Segalstad, T. V. & Telstø, L. (2002): Mineraldannelsen i Konnerudkollen gruver. Norsk Bergverksmuseums Skrift. 20, 35-49

- Nilsen, Ø.J. (2002): Hvem skrev hva om Konnerudmineraler eller hva finnes av opplysninger rundt funnene. DG-nytt (Drammen Geologiforening). 21 (1): 15-17

- Nilsen, Ø.J. (2003): Nytt om Konnerudmineraler. DG-nytt (Drammen Geologiforening). 22 (1): 10-11



External Links

http://www.nags.net/stein/1981/Konnerud.pdf [article in NAGS-Nytt 8 (1)]

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite ?
Actinolite
Aikinite
Albite
Andradite
Anglesite
Ankerite ?
Anorthite
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Babingtonite
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
'Blaubleibender Covellite'
Bornite
Brianyoungite
Brochantite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Copper ?
Covellite
Cuprite
Devilline
Digenite
Diopside
Emplectite
Enargite
Epidote
Ferrimolybdite
Fluorite
Galena
Goethite
Goslarite ?
Greenockite
Grossular
Gypsum
Halite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
'Hornblende'
Hydrocerussite
Hydrozincite
Idaite
Illite
Kaolinite
Langite
Linarite
Mackinawite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganilvaite
Manganite
Miharaite
Molybdenite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Nontronite
Nukundamite
Orthoclase
Posnjakite
Prehnite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rhodonite
Rosasite ?
Schulenbergite
Serpierite
Silver
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
'Stilbite'
Sylvite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tetradymite
Vanadinite
Vesuvianite
Willemite
Wollastonite
Wroewolfeite
Wulfenite


128 entries listed. 84 valid minerals.

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