Mossgruvan

Past Producer in Stockholms Lan, Sweden with commodities Iron, Manganese
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. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134429
MAS/MILS ID 4010190013
Record type Site
Current site name Mossgruvan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 15.0625, 59.98617 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stockholms Lan(province)

Sweden(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Sweden Stockholms Lan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 15.0625, 59.98617

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Skf Steel, Gruvorvalthingen
    Year 1978

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Measured 1750000mt ore
    Indicated 3500000mt ore
    Demonstrated 5250000mt ore
    Total resources 5250000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron FeO 35 wt-pct Iron Major 1978
    Manganese Mn 1.75 wt-pct Manganese Trace 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE, ERIK LINDFORS, MANAGER OF MINING,

  • Deposit

    SKF STEEL, GRUVORVALTHINGEN, S-81300 HOFORS, SWEDEN,

  • Deposit

    1978.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1978 ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF MINING AND PROCESSING OPERATIONS, MCGRAW-

  • Deposit

    HILL, NEW YORK, 1978, P. 350.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Keller / Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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