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Bismuth from
Falun mine, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bismuth
Formula:Bi
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bismuth data
Locality Data:Click here to view Falun mine, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2039
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2039:8
GUID (UUID V4):e1babfdb-aa58-4ac9-b728-2052e0015eb3
Nearest other occurrences of Bismuth
2.1km (1.3 miles) Broddbo, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
18.6km (11.5 miles) Bovik Mine, Svartvik Mines, Svärdsjö, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
22.1km (13.8 miles) Flinten, Sundborn, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
29.1km (18.1 miles) Bispbergs Klack, Säter, Dalarna County, Sweden
44.8km (27.8 miles) Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna County, Sweden
76.9km (47.8 miles) Näver mine, Yxsjö ore field, Ljusnarsberg, Örebro County, Sweden
83.5km (51.9 miles) Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden
88.1km (54.8 miles) Kaveltorp Mines, Kopparberg, Ljusnarsberg, Örebro County, Sweden
97.7km (60.7 miles) Västra Gråshöjden mine, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden
99.3km (61.7 miles) Håkansboda, Stråssa, Lindesberg, Örebro County, Sweden
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
anadian M ineral:ogist Vol. 18, pp. 165-171 (1980) SWEDEN: AREA,BERGSLAGEN, cOBALTMINERALSIN THEHALLEFORS...Pb Zn{u-Ag type. The Falun, Sala, Garposits, western Bergslagen, central Sweden. A review penberg and...solutions during emplacement of late orogenic or (in Sweden called hiilleflintas whete finely cryspostorogenic...intruded and surrounded by graniter ysis, Bergslagen, Sweden. of at least two generations during the l80G2000...cobalt du Bergslagen, nous proposons comme Gladhammar mine produced 89.6Vo of the total, m6canisme g6n6tigue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
includesthe Falun mine, for centuriesthe world's leading copperproducerand still an importantpyrite mine,andalsothezincdeposits...andalsothezincdeposits of fkmmeberg. Recent studies on Falun and someother districtsby the author,and, somewhat...these countries. 2 Geologist, Geological Survey of Sweden, Stockholm. a Dr. Eskola's report, "Petrology of...author's report on the geology and ore deposits of the Falun district is published in Swedish (with a summary...German) as Series C, no. 275, of the Geol. Survey of Sweden. 4 Ecoa. GEOL.,vol. X., p. 299, I915. 279 280
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3.23 (5), and2.97 (5). The second mostabundant bismuth-bearing phasehasa composition closeto Bi•0Pb8(S...equivalentto the mineralwittite, first reportedfrom Falun, Sweden,by Johansson in 1924. It containsfrom 6.5 to...percentcopper,and0.05percentselenium. Within in the bismuth-bearing mineralsand reportedthe theellipsoidal-shaped...6), Se (0 to 24) and S (5 base followedby the bismuth sulfosaltsand then to 18). They suggested that...concentratedin bismuth sulfosaltsat the base of the abovelimits with no evidence of compositional the bismuth-rich
Report (issue)
= 98.75(15)◦ Z = [1] X-ray Powder Pattern: Falun, Sweden. 3.004 (s), 2.887 (sb), 2.041 (s), 3.434 (ms)...8 (2) 35.3 43.9 7.7 12.6 100.2 99.5 (1) Falun, Sweden; average of two analyses. (2) Do.; by electron...microprobe. Occurrence: In an amphibolite rock (Falun, Sweden); in garnet tactite (Middlemarch Canyon, Arizona...quartz (Falun, Sweden). Distribution: From Falun, Kopparberg, Sweden. Found in the Gottesehre mine, near...Material: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, M12992;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Victoria3207,Australia Abstract Proudite,from the Juno Mine at TennantCreek,Northern Territory, Australia,is...chemicaldata on the little studiedseleniferous Zoning of bismuth-richsulphosaltsin the ore bodies that all thre...PbSe, clausthalite, type are in this included bismuth deposits. Sulphides sulphide rarelyoccurin massive...1970). Wirstam, seeGrip and of copper,silver,and bismuth,and notably Isaksson; selenides a lack of compoundswith...rences,at Orijarvi, Finland, and the BolidenMine, Sweden,must be regardedas somewhatdoubtful, 1964). its
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of microprobe data of wittite from Nevskoe and Falun, on the one hand, and cannizzarite from different...the 7H/12Q match along a, like in wittite from Falun. Nevskoe wittite is close to PbaBilo(S, Se)23, but...comparaison des analyses de wittite de Nevskoe et Falun, et de cannizzarite de diff6rents gisements, montre...rapport 7H/12Q suivant a, comme dans la wittite de Falun. La formule de la wittite de Nevskoe est proche...sulfosalt discovered by Johansson (1924) in the Falun deposit (Sweden), which was the only known occurrence of
Report (volume)
Mt. Isa, Queensland; Bor, Yugoslavia; Boliden, Sweden; Flin Flon, Manitoba; Sudbury, Ontario; and Ducktown...found. The copper-silver-lead veins of Skrikerum, Sweden; Harz Mountains, Germany; Copiapo, Chile; and Colquechaca...San Francisco district, Utah; and the Liberty Bell mine, Telluride district, Colo., all contain small amounts...Buckskin Peak, Nev.; the Abbott mine, Calif.; the Lucky Boy mine, Piute County, Utah; and at Guadalcazar,...quicksilver mine the ore consisted almost entirely of tiemannite, and at the De Lamar mine, Silver City
Report (issue)
0 mercury 200.5 thallium 204.4 lead 207.2 bismuth 209.0 polonium (209) astatine (210) radon (222)...areas). Sample is from the Buckskin National Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada. Photograph by Peter Vikre, U.S...............................................Q26 Mine Waste Characteristics.............................discovered in 1817 in pyrite from copper mines in Sweden. It is a trace element in Earth’s crust, with an...processing of pyrite from the copper mines at Falun, Sweden. The sludge was red in color and developed the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vein system, Falun, Sweden A./~berg 1 and A.E. Falliek 2 1Geological Survey of Sweden, Mineral Resources...Information Office, Skolgatan 4, S-930 70 Mal~., Sweden 2 Isotope Geology Unit, Scottish Universities Research...Abstract. The Falun gold quartz vein mineralization is located ca 230 km NW of Stockholm, Sweden, within the...veins that crosscut the alteration zone to the Falun massive sulphide deposit. Early barren and late...evolution in 6180 of the hydrothermal fluids. The Falun mine is situated within the Early Proterozoic Bergslagen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1980 Seleniferouslead-bismuthsulphosaltsfrom Falun, Sweden: weibullite,wittite, and nordstriimite WrLLrauG...Australia Abstract Studiesof specimensfrom Falun, Sweden,reportedto contain the two minerals weibullite...wittite have establishedat least three selenium-rich bismuth-lead sulphosalts of similar chemistry. A nomenclature...Berry (1940)examined "galeno-bismutite"from Falun, Sweden(ROM M12992) and found that it contained bismuttriniteand...Thompson (1962),who also concludedthat specimensfrom Falun labelled "galenobismutite" (NMNH 84460; ROM M12
Report (issue)
11(1) c = 15.40(2) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Falun, Sweden. 3.847 (100), 3.080 (90), 3.268 (80), 3.019...100.4 46.6 0.8 15.3 9.6 102.0 48.0 (1–3) Falun, Sweden; by electron microprobe. Occurrence: Intimately...chalcopyrite, bismuth, pyrrhotite, quartz. Distribution: Name: From Falun, Kopparberg, Sweden. For Mats...Weibullite, laitakarite and bismuthinite from Falun, Sweden. Geol. Fören. Förhandl. Stockholm, 92, 181–187...Weibullite Ag0.32 Pb5.09 Bi8.55 Se6.08 S11.92 from Falun, Sweden: a higher homologue of galenobismutite. Can
Report (issue)
= 39.94(3) Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Orijärvi mine, Finland. 3.072 (100), 2.246 (80), 2.112 (80), 1...93 (2) 15.4 3.3 Total 99.88 100.0 (1) Orijärvi mine, Finland; after deducting 4% of galena, sphalerite...this yields Bi3.95 (Se2.07 S0.93 )Σ=3.00 . (2) Falun, Sweden; by electron microprobe; corresponds to (Bi3...ite-biotite rocks (Orijärvi mine, Association: Chalcopyrite, bismuth, sphalerite, molybdenite, silver...silver, pyrite, galena (Orijärvi mine, Finland); tetrahedrite–tennantite, luzonite–famatinite, pyrite,
Report (issue)
62(8) β = 94.3(2)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Falun, Sweden. 3.066 (10), 2.242 (7), 3.583 (5), 3.882 (3b)...2.04 51.95 11.16 10.88 Total [97.76] (1) Falun, Sweden; by electron microprobe, original total given...Association: Wittite, friedrichite, bismuthinite (Falun, Sweden); gold, chalcopyrite, neyite, quartz (Johnny...Hills, Arizona, USA). Distribution: From Falun, Kopparberg, Sweden [TL]. In the Johnny Lyon Hills, north...engineer who first studied the sulfosalts from Falun. Type Material: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistry,Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm,Sweden Received: December 1989/Accepted: August 2, 1990...these granites have been identified in southeastern Sweden ()~delfors). 4. In the Sveconorwegian Domain, the...approximately one million square kilometers in Sweden, Finland, Norway and the westernmost USSR, is the...~delfors in southern Sweden as early as 1581 but mining did not start until 1738. The mine was in operation... It has long been known that the copper ore at Falun contains gold, but it was not until 1790 that gold
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
redistribution at the Falun pyritic Zn-Pb-Cu-(Au-Ag) sulphide deposit, Bergslagen, Sweden T ⁎ Tobias C....Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden CODES ARC Centre of Excellence and TMVC ARC Research...A R T I C LE I N FO A B S T R A C T Keywords: Falun deposit Bergslagen Fennoscandian Shield Sulphide... Mineralization types at the Palaeoproterozoic Falun base metal sulphide deposit are predominantly pyritic...massive sulphide deposits. The association of the Falun mineralization with elevated Bi is reflected by its
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
distances neighbors sulfur coordination. ihree of the bismuth atoms have three structure the in ordering selenium...Edwards (1955) identified bismuthinite, native bismuth, and matildite in the Peko copper "tJ;t at Tennant...positive microchemical testsfor both lead and bismuth. MorerecentlytheJunoorebodyatTennantcreek has been...mined and treated by Peko-Waffr"nJI-tA. for gold, bismuth, copper, silver and selenium.The deposit is made...analyse-sof blsmuth minerals in the tailings irom the iuno Mine ore' which were carried out by Hendley and Schultz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Galenobismuthite containing selenium from Falun, Sweden ; 4. Silver bismuth glance from Lake City, Colorado; 5...the Treasury Vault mine, Summit Co., Colorado; 7. Fahlerz from the Governor Pitkin mine, Lake City, Colorada...Colorada ; 8. Polybasite from the Terrible Lode mine, Clear Creek Co., Colorado; 9. Arsenical pyrites from...Pennsylvania; 11. Ilmenite and oligoclase from the Carter mine, North Carolina; 12. Topaz from Stoneham, Maine...Antwerp, New York : 16. Calamine from the Bertha mine, Pulaski Co., Virginia ; 1’7.Titanite from Statesville
Report (issue)
by T. L. - 11 Notes on the Analysis of Lead-Bismuth Minerals, by E. W. Todd 16 - 20 Animikite and...and of Cobalt specimens of a mineral containing bismuth, lead and sulphur. This had been called galenobismutite...and gold. The calcite where in contact with the bismuth mineral is often penetrated by very slender capillary...and a little native gold. Thin plates of native bismuth occasionally occur in the calcite cleavage planes...crumpled crystals immediately between the calcite and bismuth mineral, (c) the opening up of channels for the
Report (issue)
533 c = 4.090 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Cariboo mine, Canada. 3.45 (10), 1.961 (5), 3.03 (4), 2.46 (4)...76 (3) Chemistry: Pb Fe Bi S Total (1) Nordmark, Sweden. (2) PbBi2 S4 . Occurrence: (1) 27.65 trace 54...Of hydrothermal origin. Association: Galena, bismuth, cosalite, aikinite, tellurobismuthite, joséite...Distribution: In Sweden, from the Ko mine, Nordmark, Värmland [TL]; at Gladhammar and Falun, Kopparberg....Germany. From the Măgura mine, Baia Borşa district, Romania. In the Gupworthy mine, Brendon Hills, Somerset
Journal (volume)
Survey of Finland Bulletin 306 The ore deposits of Sweden by Rudyard Frietsch Geologinen tutkimuslaitos...Survey of Finland, Bulletin 306 THE ORE DEPOSITS OF SWEDEN by RUDYARD FRIETS CH with one figure in the text...ESPOO 1980 Frietsch, R. 1980. The ore deposits of Sweden. Geological SlIrvey Bulletin 306. 20 pages and...figure. 0/ Finland, The metallogenie provinces of Sweden are reviewed. The Precambrian deposits include...the iron, sulphide and tungsten ores of Central Sweden, the sulphide ores of the Skellefte district, the
Report (issue)
15 c = 39.19 Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Ikuno mine, Japan. 3.022 (100), 4.34 (50), 2.205 (30), 6.56...44] (2) 87.9 4.8 7.4 [100.00] 100.1 (1) Ikuno mine, Japan; remainder, by difference, is ferberite and...corresponds to Bi3.78 (S2.75 Se0.25 )Σ=3.00 . (2) Ashio mine, Japan; by electron microprobe, corresponds to Bi4...Occurrence: In a quartz vein (Ikuno mine, Japan). Association: Ferberite, bismuth, bismuthinite, joséite, molybdenite...arsenopyrite, cassiterite, chalcopyrite, quartz (Ikuno mine, Japan). Distribution: In Japan, from the Ikuno
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
range of Precambrian geological environments in Sweden and Finland during the last two decades. Under-explored...Saattopora (Finland), Boliden, Ädelfors, and Enåsen (Sweden), and Eidsvoll and Bidjovagge (Norway), is now...and Björkdal, Åkerberg, Harnäs, and Pahtohavare (Sweden) represent a new generation of gold mines, and...interest. One hundred representative deposits in Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Russia are discussed in this...503,700 km2, of which 25.0 percent is located in Sweden, 24.9 percent in northwestern Russia, 23.1 percent
Book
..... Osthammar .........121 NO ........ 111 Dalarna 082 083 084 OBS 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093...Strand- und Hallsjo-Fe-Gruben) .................. Falun ..............13F so ,13G S V . 123 Die Sulfiderzgruben................................................. Falun ..............13F SO . ....... 125 Naverberg-Feld....................... Falun ..............13F SO ........ 126 Pegmatite um Falun (Kararvet,Broddbo,Finnbo;Mickelmyran...Finnbo;Mickelmyran.Framsbacka, Flinten) ...........Falun ..............13F so. 13G NV . 127 Die Eisenerzlagerstatte
Report (issue)
medium temperatures. Association: Bismuthinite, bismuth, clausthalite, nevskite, galena, pyrite, calcite...the Roter Bär mine, St. Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Germany. At Falun, Kopparberg, Sweden. Name: For
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
depositis situatedonlyaboutonemile N.W. of the Howey Mine; the latter was describedin detail t/y W. B. 772...gold-copper-arsenic ore at Boliden• and in the sulphideore at Falun. The fine-grained,massivearsenopyriteore at Bolidenis...other ore minerals(as pyrrhotite,chalcopyrite, bismuth,complexsulphosalts etc.) are presentin large amounts...composed of gold, weibullite (PbBi2/S, Se/4), bismuth,galena,chalcopyrite, pyrite and others in a baseof...Falutraktens berggrund och malmfyndigheter. Geol. Surv. of Sweden, Set. C, Iqo. 375, x9x7. (With German summary.)
 
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