Orkla Gruber

Past Producer in Norway with commodities Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133794
MAS/MILS ID 4030430001
Record type Site
Current site name Orkla Gruber

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 9.71315, 63.09884 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Norway(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Norway

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 9.71315, 63.09884

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Orkla Grube-Aktiebolag
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE AND CONC-2 SHAFTS, CONC-284,000MT ORE MILLED, EXTRACTIO

  • Deposit

    D-FLOTATION, GRAVITY SEPARATION, MAGNETIC SEPARATION, WASHIN

  • Deposit

    NING, 340 EMPLOYEES, CU ORE-2,000 TPD, CU 100TPD, ZN CONC-35

  • Deposit

    VELOPED BY VERTICAL SHAFT, SYSTEM OF MINING-LONG HOLE BLASTI

  • Deposit

    LAR RECOVERY, MECHANIZED CUT AND FILL, ROOM AND PILLAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-DEC-1991 West, B.J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.