Udden

Producer in Sweden with commodities Arsenic, Copper, Gold, Silver, Sulfur, 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. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182206
MAS/MILS ID 4010450007
Record type Site
Current site name Udden

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 19.50324, 64.90865 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweden(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Sweden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 19.50324, 64.90865

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Boliden Ab
    Year 1977

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Measured 5600000mt ore
    Demonstrated 5600000mt ore
    Total resources 5600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.44 wt-pct Copper Trace 1975
    Zinc Zn 4.54 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1975
    Sulfur S 24.0699 wt-pct Sulfur Trace 1975
    Arsenic As 0.09 wt-pct Arsenic Trace 1975
    Gold Au 0.8 g/mt Gold Trace 1975
    Silver Ag 40 g/mt Silver Trace 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH 1975, TRACKLESS MINING AT UDDEN, SWED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEGAN PRODUCTION 1973, 320,000 TON/YR, TRACKLESS MINING, HOR CUT AND FILL STOPING USING HYDRAULIC FILL, 10M BENCHES-OPEN N OIL AND DYNAMEX ARE USED AS EXPLOSIVES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 West, B.J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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