Boliden Mine, Boliden, Västerbotten, Sweden

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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' 'Apophyllite' Arsenic Arsenopyrite Aurostibite Biotite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bonchevite Boulangerite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' 'Clausthalite-Galena Series' Cobaltite Corundum Cosalite

Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Dolomite Dravite Dyscrasite Emplectite Erythrite 'Falkmanite' Fluorapatite Fluorite Galena var: Selenian Galena Galenobismutite 'Garnet' Gersdorffite Gold var: Electrum 'Goongarrite' Greenockite Guanajuatite Gudmundite

Hedleyite Hisingerite Jamesonite Joséite Kaolinite Klockmannite Kobellite Kyanite Laitakarite Lillianite Madocite Magnetite Marcasite Meneghinite Miargyrite Muscovite var: Sericite Nickeline Phengite var: Mariposite Phlogopite Pyrargyrite Pyrite

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

88 entries listed. 71 valid minerals.