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Jakobsbakken Mine, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway

Jakobsbakken gruver


Mine community in Sulitjelma.
The place Jakobsbakken is situated southwest of the Sulitjelma centre approximently 600 meters above the sea level and other side of the water -Langvannet. The ore where brought to Sulitjelma by a cableway.
The Jakobsbakken mines where in oparation from 1896 to 1968. In total where 4 467 million tons of ore mined here.
Also known as Tornerhjelms gruve.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Antimony
Arsenopyrite
var: Danaite
Biotite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Clausthalite
Costibite
Cubanite
Dyscrasite
Galena
Geocronite
Gold
var: Electrum

Gudmundite
Hessite
Jamesonite
Jordanite
Kyanite
Laumontite
Löllingite
Meneghinite
Nisbite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Seligmannite
Sphalerite
Stannite
Tennantite
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite
var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
Valleriite


37 entries listed. 31 valid minerals. 2 erroneous literature entries.

Localities in this Region

Norway

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References

- Ramdohr, P.(1938): Antimonreiche Paragenesen von Jakobsbakken bei Sulitjelma. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 18: 275-289
- Cook, N. J. (1996): Mineralogy of the sulphide deposits at Sulitjelma, northern Norway. Ore Geology Reviews 11: 303-308

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