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Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway

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The silver mines in Kongsberg were in operation from 1623 until 1958. At most more than 4000 people worked in the mining industry in Kongsberg (1770). German mining engineers were used from the start and for more than two centuries, and are the cause for all the German names on mines and streets in Kongsberg.
A total of more than 1,3 million kg silver were taken out of the mountain west and northwest of the town Kongsberg.
The Kongsberg silver mines are now protected as historical sites, collecting inside the mines and outside on the dumps is illegal.


NOTE: Most of the Kongsberg silver mining district is located within the Kongsberg muncipality/community, but some mines f.ex the Vinoren silver mines is located outside in the Flesberg community. See therefore also the entry Flesberg : http://www.mindat.org/loc-46460.html



References:
- Morton, C. (1884): Några goniometriska bestämningar å kalkspat från Arendal, Kongsberg, Utö och Bamle. Meddelanden från Stockholms Högskola nr 34. Översigt af K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Förhandlingar 1884 No.8, 16 pp + plate. [includes goniometric measures of a calcite from Kongsberg]

- Bugge, A. (1967): Kongsberg Sølvverk. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 250C, 65-84

- Van der Wel, D. (1972): Contribution to the Mineralogy of Norway No. 51. Asbestos minerals from Kongsberg silver deposit. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 52: 287-294.

- Nordrum, F. S.(1979): Kongsberg Sølvverk. NAGS-nytt 6 (3), 4-15.

- Johnsen, O. (1986). Famous mineral localities: The Kongsberg silver Mines Norway. Mineralogical Record, 17(1), 19-35

- Johnsen, O. (1987): Sølv fra Kongsberg. Om bergverkshistorie og mineralrikdom. Bode verlag. 48p.

- Heltzen, A. M. (1987): Sammenhengen mellom amfibolittene og sølvets opptreden på Kongsberg. NAGS-nytt 14 (1), 16-23

- Nordrum, F. S. (1995): Mineralfunn på Kongsberg etter nedleggelsen av Sølvverket. Norsk Bergverksmuseum skrift nr 9, 42-47.

- Nordrum, F. S. ; Larsen, A. O. & Erambert, M. (2003): Ba,Sr-mineraler i Kongsberg sølvforekomster- en foreløpig rapport. Norsk Bergverksmuseum skrift 25: 43-50

- Berg, B. I. and Nordrum, F. S. (2003): Omsetning av sølvstuffer ved Kongsberg Sølvverk på 1600- og 1700 tallet. Norsk Bergverksmuseum skrift 25: 69-81





Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Group 1 - Elements
  		• Antimony1.CA.05
    Sb
  		• Arsenic1.CA.05
    As
  		• Gold1.AA.05
    Au
      var: Electrum1.AA.05
    (Au, Ag)
  		• Graphite1.CB.05a
    C
  		• Silver1.AA.05
    Ag
      var: Amalgam1.AA.05
    (Ag,Hg)
      var: Kongsbergite1.AA.05
    (Ag,Hg)
    Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
  		• Acanthite2.BA.35
    Ag
     
    2
    		S
  		• Argentopentlandite2.BB.15
    Ag(Fe,Ni)
     
    8
    		S
     
    8
  		• Argentopyrite2.CB.65
    AgFe
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
  		• Arsenopyrite2.EB.20
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
  		• Chalcopyrite2.CB.10a
    CuFeS
     
    2
  		• Cinnabar2.CD.15a
    HgS
  		• Clausthalite2.CD.10
    PbSe
  		• Cobaltite2.EB.25
    CoAsS
  		• Cubanite2.CB.55a
    CuFe
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
  		• Dyscrasite2.AA.35
    Ag
     
    3
    		Sb
  		• Galena2.CD.10
    PbS
  		• Jalpaite2.BA.45
    Ag
     
    3
    		CuS
     
    2
  		• Marcasite2.EB.10a
    FeS
     
    2
  		• Molybdenite2.EA.30
    MoS
     
    2
  		• Naumannite2.BA.55
    Ag
     
    2
    		Se
  		• Nickeline2.CC.05
    NiAs
  		• Nickelskutterudite
    var: Chloanthite    		2.EC.05
    NiAs
     
    2
    		 - excess As up to As
     
    2.5
  		• Pearceite ?2.GB.15
    [(Ag,Cu)
     
    6
    		(As,Sb)
     
    2
    		S
     
    7
    		][Ag
     
    9
    		CuS
     
    4
    		]
  		• Polybasite2.GB.15
    [(Ag,Cu)
     
    6
    		(Sb,As)
     
    2
    		S
     
    7
    		][Ag
     
    9
    		CuS
     
    4
    		]
  		• Proustite ?2.GA.05
    Ag
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    3
  		• Pyrargyrite2.GA.05
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
  		• Pyrite2.EB.05a
    FeS
     
    2
  		• Pyrrhotite2.CC.10
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
  		• Rammelsbergite ?2.EB.15a
    NiAs
     
    2
  		• Safflorite2.EB.15a
    (Co,Fe,Ni)As
     
    2
  		• Skutterudite
    var: Smaltite    		2.EC.05
    (Co,Fe,Ni)As
     
    2
  		• Sphalerite2.CB.05a
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
  		• Stephanite2.GB.10
    Ag
     
    5
    		SbS
     
    4
  		• Sternbergite ?2.CB.65
    AgFe
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
  		• Tetrahedrite2.GB.05
    (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)
     
    12
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Group 3 - Halides
  		• Chlorargyrite3.AA.15
    AgCl
  		• Fluorite3.AB.25
    CaF
     
    2
    Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
  		• Anatase4.DD.05
    TiO
     
    2
  		• Gahnite ?4.BB.05
    ZnAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
  		• Ilmenite4.CB.05
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
  		• Quartz4.DA.05
    SiO
     
    2
    Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
  		• Ankerite5.AB.10
    Ca(Fe
    2+
     
    		 ,Mg,Mn
    2+
     
    		)(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
  		• Aragonite5.AB.15
    CaCO
     
    3
  		• Calcite5.AB.05
    CaCO
     
    3
  		• Dolomite5.AB.10
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
  		• Synchysite-(Ce)5.BD.20c
    Ca(Ce,La)[F|(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
  		• Baryte7.AD.35
    BaSO
     
    4
  		• Brochantite7.BB.25
    Cu
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Devilline7.DD.30
    CaCu
     
    4
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Gypsum7.CD.40
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Halotrichite ?7.CB.85
    FeAl
     
    2
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		·22H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Mirabilite7.CD.10
    Na
     
    2
    		SO
     
    4
    		·10H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Natrojarosite7.BC.10
    NaFe
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
  		• Posnjakite7.DD.10
    Cu
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Rapidcreekite7.DG.20
    Ca
     
    2
    		[CO
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Thenardite7.AC.25
    Na
     
    2
    		SO
     
    4
  		• Wulfenite ?7.GA.05
    Pb[MoO
     
    4
    		]
    Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  		• Annabergite8.CE.40
    Ni
     
    3
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Erythrite8.CE.40
    Co
     
    3
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
    Group 9 - Silicates
  		• 'Adularia'9.FA.30
    KAlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
  		• Albite9.FA.35
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
  		• Apophyllite-(KF)9.EA.15
    KCa
     
    4
    		[(F,OH)|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    20
    		] · 8H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Armenite (TL)9.CM.05
    BaCa
     
    2
    		Al
     
    6
    		Si
     
    9
    		O
     
    30
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Axinite-(Fe)9.BD.20
    Ca
     
    2
    		Fe
    2+
     
    		Al
     
    2
    		[OH|BSi
     
    4
    		O
     
    15
    		]
  		• Brewsterite-Ba9.GE.20
    (Ba,Sr)[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    16
    		] · 5H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Brewsterite-Sr9.GE.20
    (Sr,Ba,Ca)[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    16
    		] · 5H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Epidote9.BG.05
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
  		• Harmotome9.GC.10
    (Ba
     
    0.5
    		,Ca
     
    0.5
    		,K,Na)
     
    5
    		[Al
     
    5
    		Si
     
    11
    		O
     
    32
    		] ·12H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Heulandite-Ba9.GE.05
    (Ba,Ca,K,Na,Sr)
     
    5
    		Al
     
    9
    		Si
     
    27
    		O
     
    72
    		·22H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Hyalophane9.FA.30
    (K,Ba)[Al(Si,Al)Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		]
  		• Laumontite9.GB.10
    CaAl
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Microcline9.FA.30
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
  		• Montmorillonite9.EC.40
    (Na,Ca)
     
    0.33
    		(Al,Mg)
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
  		• Palygorskite9.EE.20
    (Mg,Al)
     
    5
    		(Si,Al)
     
    8
    		O
     
    20
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Prehnite9.DP.20
    Ca
     
    2
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    12
    		(OH)
  		• Scolecite9.GA.05
    Ca[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Sepiolite9.EE.25
    Mg
     
    4
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    15
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·6H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Titanite9.AG.15
    CaTi[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Unclassified Minerals
  		• 'Actinolite-Tremolite Series'-
  		• 'Axinite'-
  		• 'Chlorite Group'-
  		• 'Ganomatite' ?-
  		• 'Garnet Group'-
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)


    86 entries listed. 79 valid minerals.

    Localities in this Region:
    Norway
     
    • Buskerud
      • Kongsberg
        • Kongsberg Silver Mining District
          • Barlinddalens Mine-field
          • Fulsebakkåsen - East
          • Fulsebakkåsen - South
          • Haus-Gabelås
          • Jonsknuten
          • Knutehovet Mine-field
          • St. Andreasfjell

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