Bispbergs Klack, Säter, Dalarna, Sweden

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Located near the summit of Bispbergs Klack (314 m above sea level) about 2 km from Storgruvan, the main mine of the Bispberg Fe mines and prospects (see http://www.mindat.org/loc-212520.html. On the N & NE slope there existed a number of old mines and testpits. One of these are the TL of Scheelite. Cronstedt (1751) reveals that he found the mineral that later should be named scheelite, occuring in "masses in a Cu prospect on the hill of Bispbärget in the parish of Säter". Hisinger (1826, p. 77) mentions that "tungstein" (scheelite) occured as a rarity in deserted mines on the Eastern side of the mountain in red feldspar and quartz, but could not be found anymore at the time - only in old collections.
The area was worked for Mo during Word War II, seen today as Bispbergs Mo Mine, "Molybdengruvan", but it cannot be positively related the exact TL for scheelite.

References

- Cronstedt, A. F. (1751) : Rön och Försök Gjorde med trenne Järnmalms arter. Kongl.Svenska VetenskapsAcademien Handlingar 1751: 226-231
- Hisinger, W. (1826): Versuch einer mineralogischen Geographie von Schweden. Umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage. Aus der Handschrift übersetzt von F. Wöhler. Leipzig 1826 Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth.[p.77]
- Jansson, B. ; Otter, B.; Thorin, L. and Torstensson: Svenska typlokaler, del 1 [Swedish typelocalities, part 1]. Bispbergs molybdengruva- typlokal för scheelit. Berg och Mineral [Stockholm Amateurgeologist Society] 15 (nr 48): 21-22

Mineral List

Bismuth Bismuthinite Bornite Chalcocite

Chalcopyrite Ferrimolybdite Galena 'Glaskopf'

Hedleyite Ilmenite Laumontite Molybdenite

Quartz Scheelite (TL)

14 entries listed. 13 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).