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Boliden Mine, Boliden, Västerbotten, Sweden

(Boliden Mine, Boliden, Västerbotten, Sweden)

Complex sulphide mine (metamorphosed high-sulphidation-VMS deposit).

Ore production during the mine life (1924-1967): 8.3 Mton with a contents of 128 ton Au, 411 ton Ag, 118 kton Cu, 566 kton As plus numerous other products. ( "Ore in Sweden 2" by E. Grip & R. Frietsch, ISBN 91-20-03191-2. (in Swedish))



References:
- Gelogy and ores of the Boliden deposit. (Olof H. Ödman). Swedish Geol. Survey (SGU) Ser C, no. 438 (1941).
- The Boliden sulphide deposit. A review of geo-investigations carried out during the lifetime of the Boliden Mine, Sweden. (E. Grip & Å. Wirstam). Swedish Geol. Survey (SGU) Ser C, no. 651 (1970).

- http://www.gl.rhbnc.ac.uk/geode/Fennoscandia/Boliden.html





Mineral List:
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Analcime
Andalusite
Antimony
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
'Apophyllite'
Arsenic
Arsenopyrite
Aurostibite
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bonchevite
Boulangerite
var: Falkmanite
Bournonite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
'Clausthalite-Galena Series'
Cobaltite
Corundum
Cosalite
Covellite
Cubanite
Diaspore
Dolomite
Dravite
Dyscrasite
Emplectite
Erythrite
Fluorite
Galena
var: Selenian Galena
Galenobismutite
'Garnet Group'
Gersdorffite
Gold
var: Electrum
Goldamalgam
'Goongarrite'
Greenockite
Guanajuatite
Gudmundite
Hedleyite
Hisingerite
Jamesonite
Joséite
Kaolinite
Klockmannite
Kobellite
Kyanite
Laitakarite
Lillianite
Madocite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Meneghinite
Miargyrite
Muscovite
Nickeline
Phengite
var: Mariposite

Phlogopite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
'Pyrobitumen
var: Thucholite'

Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rutile
Safflorite
Scheelite
'Sericite'
Sillimanite
Silver
Sphalerite
Stannite
Sternbergite
Stützite
Svanbergite
Tellurobismuthite
Tennantite
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Tsumoite
Valleriite
Zircon


89 entries listed. 71 valid minerals.

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