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Galena from
Falun mine, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Falun mine, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:75068
Long-form Identifier:1:3:75068:2
GUID (UUID V4):6b74942e-bc08-43ac-8e8e-e2e530031a0f
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘSkytt Mine, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘDigertĂ€kt Zinc Mines, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘDomĂ€n mine, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘHarmsarvet silver mine, Grycksbo, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
16.2km (10.1 miles) ⓘKalvbĂ€ck mine, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
17.5km (10.8 miles) ⓘFlobergsgruvan, Leksand, Dalarna County, Sweden
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘSvartvik Mine, Svartvik Mines, SvĂ€rdsjö, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘLövĂ„sen, SĂ€ter, Dalarna County, Sweden
22.5km (14.0 miles) ⓘSvĂ€rdsjö, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
27.9km (17.3 miles) ⓘStor Mine, Öster Silvberg Mines, Öster Silvberg mining district, SĂ€ter, Dalarna County, Sweden
References
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Journal (issue)
Named KĂ„re—Millennium of Mining at Falu Gruve, Sweden .5 In Memoriam—Benjamin Ellison .................KĂ„re—Over a Millennium of Mining at Falu Gruve, Sweden by Dr. Nathalie Brandes, Professor of Geology at... in what would one day be known as Bergslagen, Sweden, a young goatherd tended his animals. It was a...Sweden’s Great Copper Mountain, known today as Falun Mine. Falun is located 250km northwest of Stockholm in...include parts of up to nine counties in southcentral Sweden where mining has been an important industry (Lasskogen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
redistribution at the Falun pyritic Zn-Pb-Cu-(Au-Ag) sulphide deposit, Bergslagen, Sweden T ⁎ Tobias C....LuleĂ„ University of Technology, SE-971 87 LuleĂ„, 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...sulphide minerals pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite and galena are similar to previously published data from other
Report (issue)
Series Geology oftheAndover Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey" by P. K. Sims and B. F. Leonard**................................ 36 Sulphur Hill mine ................................................................................................. mine ..................................................Geologic map-and structure sections mines, Stlssex County, New Jersey. Geologic map of the Tar New Jersey...and 3a. Crumpled pyroxene-feldspar Sulphur Hill mine. 3b. Fault 4. Detailed along southeast geologic
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representthis part of the investigation, Bolidenand Falun,the geologyof whichhavebeendescribedby 0dinah (13)...pyrrhotite,arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, sphaleriteand galena. In both casesthe sulfide mineralization is associatedwith...Bolldenmainlyquartz-sericiteand/orchlorite-schists, in Falun cordierite-anthophyllite-quartz-schists andskarnrocks)...sevenvaluesrepresenting varioussulfidemineralsfrom Falun show approximately the samevariations.Theycertainly...the crossesto sulfates. In columnV: square ----galena;filledcircle= brownsphalerite;opencircle-- yellow
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metallic pebble polished on one side 3.5 x3cm Keweenaw County Michigan USA ÂŁ25 - 4 TALC pure pink massive about...BalmatEdwards Zinc mining district, St Lawrence County ,New York, USA ÂŁ7 14 EPIDIDYMITE pure white-grey...covering small quartz crystals 3x3cm Bwlch I Glas Mine, Tal-y-Bont Ceredigion Wales ÂŁ6 I 19 NIFONTOVITE...1cm long and 3 mm across on very small matrix Fuka Mine, Okayama Japan ÂŁ 15 -20 - TANXALITE-obv:iousblac~...creamy white cleavable like a feldspar 6x3cm ÂŁ25 Fuka Mine,m Okayama Prefecture Japan , (photo left) 23B) smaller
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
genetic reinterpretation of the Falun and types, Bergslagen, Sweden mmeberg ore K. Sundblad Department...Geochemistry,StockholmUniversity,S-10691 Stockholm,Sweden Received: 22 September 1993/Accepted: 16 December...sulphide and oxide ores of Bergslagen, south-central Sweden, constitute the largest concentration of base metal...principal PeS of sulphide ores existed in Bergslagen (Falun and meberg), which had been formed through two contrasting...sulphide and oxide ores in Bergslagen (among them Falun, Zinkgruvan-/~mmeberg and Dannemora), in order to
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)
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)
ARTICLE 3D modelling and sheath folding at the Falun pyritic Zn-Pb-Cu-(Au-Ag) sulphide deposit and implications...in a 1.9 Ga ore district, Fennoscandian Shield, Sweden Tobias C. Kampmann 1 & Michael B. Stephens 1... Abstract Altered and mineralized rocks at the Falun pyritic Zn-Pb-Cu-(Au-Ag) sulphide deposit, situated...SE-971 87 LuleÄ, Sweden 2 Geological Survey of Sweden, Box 670, SE-751 28 Uppsala, Sweden association...polymetallic massive sulphides to the north. Keywords Falun deposit . Bergslagen . Fennoscandian shield . 3D
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
System Associated with the Siljan Impact Structure, Sweden—Implications for the Search for Fossil Life on...margin of the central uplift, and calcite, fluorite, galena, and sphalerite veins associated with Paleozoic... Stockholm, Sweden. of Geology and Geochemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. 271 272...an impact-related hydrothermal system in Siljan, Sweden, and discuss why it is a possible target in the...(368 6 1.1 Ma), situated in Dalarna (Dalecarlia) in southern central Sweden (61°29N, 14°529E), is the largest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
equivalentto the mineralwittite, first reportedfrom Falun, Sweden,by Johansson in 1924. It containsfrom 6.5 to...date are listed in Table 1. Material from Falun, Sweden,originallydescribed Fro. 1. Known minerals...Karup-M‱511er (1970a) reinvestigatedan originalsampleof the Falun material whichcontainedthe two phasesreportedby...tite and chi- Johansson. Platynite, also from Falun, was first describedby Flink (1910). Flink's chemical...variousimpure samplesshowa wide variation in all phasefrom Falun whichhe namedwittite and gave the elementspresent
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
Report (issue)
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...1989). The total U.S. supply was always higher than mine production during this period, with a high of 831
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 EnĂ„sen (Sweden), and Eidsvoll and Bidjovagge (Norway), is now...and Björkdal, Åkerberg, HarnĂ€s, 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
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)
minerals, such as pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, marcasite, and arsenopyrite. Selenium minerals...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,
Report (issue)
Properties: Opaque. Color: In polished section, galena-white. Luster: Metallic. Anisotropism: Moderate...= 39.94(3) Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Orijärvi mine, Finland. 3.072 (100), 2.246 (80), 2.112 (80), 1...Total 99.88 100.0 (1) Orijärvi mine, Finland; after deducting 4% of galena, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite...this yields Bi3.95 (Se2.07 S0.93 )ÎŁ=3.00 . (2) Falun, Sweden; by electron microprobe; corresponds to (Bi3...(Orijärvi mine, Association: Chalcopyrite, bismuth, sphalerite, molybdenite, silver, pyrite, galena (Orijärvi
Report (chapter)
STEPHENS2 1 Geological Survey of Sweden, Box 670, SE-751 28 Uppsala, Sweden 2 Division of Geosciences and...LuleĂ„ University of Technology, SE-971 87 LuleĂ„, Sweden MR, 0000-0003-1462-1863 *Correspondence: Magnus...unconformably above metamorphic rocks in west-central Sweden. These volcanic rocks erupted at 1711 + 7/−6 to...(Caledonian). The part of the province in west-central Sweden addressed here represents a farïŹeld and shallow...wellpreserved, 1.7 Ga magmatic province in west-central Sweden (Fig. 9.1) that formed after the Svecokarelian
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
determinations from the Proterozoic sulfide ores of Central Sweden A. Johansson 1., and D. Rickard 2 1 Ore Research...Institution, Stockholm University, S-106 9l Stockholm, Sweden 2 Department of Mineral Exploitation, University...(Svecokarelian) Bergslagen district of central Sweden and four epigenetic deposits in the Alvdalen and...precise modern data on ore lead isotopes from central Sweden. The purpose of this p.aper is to present some...area. Geologic background The geology of central Sweden is dominated by the early Proterozoic (ca. 2-1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Systematics of Hydrothermal Alteration at the Falun Base Metal Sulfide Deposit and Implications for...Bergslagen Ore District, Fennoscandian Shield, Sweden* Tobias C. Kampmann,1,† Nils F. Jansson,1 Michael...LuleĂ„, Sweden 2 Geological 3 CEMPEG, 4 Faculty Survey of Sweden, Box 670, SE-751 28 Uppsala, Sweden Department...Uppsala University, VillavĂ€gen 16, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection...Department, 936 81 Boliden, Sweden Abstract The Paleoproterozoic Falun Zn-Pb-Cu-(Au-Ag) pyritic sulfide
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Proterozoic MassiveSulfide Deposit at Garpenberg, Central Sweden WALDO VIVALLO Department of Geology,Universityof...variableamountsof pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, galena,and sphaleritein calc-silicategneisses THE Garpenbergdeposit...depositsintercalatedin an early Proterozoic lensesof sphalerite,galena,andpyrrhotitein quartzsupracrustalsequence of felsic...intruded by granitoidsand is folded and typical Falun-type (e.g., Magnusson,1960). Howmetamorphosedto...origin for the deposit iron oxide deposits. at Falun, and Henriques (1966) implied that he The Garpenbergdeposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lamellar nigerite in Zn-rich spinel from the Falun deposit, Sweden J.C. Schumacher, K. Sch~ifer, and F. Seifert...as well as sphalerite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, and galena, and rare cassiterite and rutile. Nigerite can...to: J.C. Schumacher lar to nigerite from the Geco Mine in Canada (Essene et al. 1982). The Geco nigerite...Geologic setting The sulfide deposit at Falun in central Sweden has been described in detail by Koark (1962)...(1986) suggest pressures of about 2 kbar for the Falun rocks based on the preliminary calibration of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Victoria3207,Australia Abstract Proudite,from the Juno Mine at TennantCreek,Northern Territory, Australia,is...rarelyoccurin massive Bir(S,Se)3, guanajuatite, galena; with isomorphous have present they because are...rences,at Orijarvi, Finland, and the BolidenMine, Sweden,must be regardedas somewhatdoubtful, 1964). its...selenium. These three minerals were found at Falun, Sweden, an old mining district where massive pyrite...discovery of seleniferousbismuth sulphosalts in the Juno Mine, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia (Large
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Stollberg Ore Field, Bergslagen District, Sweden Katherine S. Frank,1 Paul G. Spry,1,† Hein Raat... Exploration Department, Garpenberg SE-776 98, Sweden of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources...SE-971 87, Sweden 4 Geological Survey of Sweden, P.O. Box 670, Uppsala SE-751 28, Sweden Abstract The...occurs in the Bergslagen region of south-central Sweden, a polydeformed ca. 1.9 Ga igneous province dominated...province on the Fennoscandian Shield in south-central Sweden (Fig. 1). It hosts thousands of mineral occurrences
 
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