Sulitjelma

Plant in Sor-Trondelag, Norway with commodities 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. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255609
MAS/MILS ID 4030230001
Record type Site
Current site name Sulitjelma
Alternate or previous names Sulitjelma Bergverk A/S, Sulitjelma Gruber

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 16.10359, 67.13208 (WGS84)
Elevation 127
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sor-Trondelag(province)

Norway(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Norway Sor-Trondelag

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 16.10359, 67.13208

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STRATIFORM
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Date of Last Modification 850920

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1948
Mining method Combined Methods
Year of first production 1967
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Sulitjelma

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sulitjelma Bergverk A/S (State Owned Co.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Norway
    Year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Description Mt/Year Ore 352000 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1968
    Description Mt/Year Ore 370000 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1969
    Description Mt/Year Ore 414300 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1970
    Description Mt/Year Ore 385000 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1971
    Description Mt/Year Ore 403000 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1972
    Description Mt/Year 443300 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1973
    Description Mt/Year Ore 407600 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1974
    Description Mt/Year Ore 380000 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1975
    Description Mt/Year Ore 442800 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1976
    Description Mt/Year Ore 411200 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1977
    Description Mt/Year Ore 513300 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1978
    Description Mt/Year Ore 443200 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1979
    Description Mt/Year Ore 134700 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1980
    Description Mt/Year Ore 487700 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1981
    Description Mt/Year Ore 474300 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1982
    Description Mt/Year Ore 445500 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1983
    Description Mt/Year Ore 490000 Mt/Year Ore
  • Year 1985
    Description Published Ore Production 500000 Mtpy

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QM1;COL1 IS CUMULATIVE TONNAGE AND WT. AVG. GRADE FOR THE MINES THAT FEED THE MILL. THIS RESOURCES ESTIMATED BY IFOC, FOR THEIR PROPERTY EVALUATION. ESTIMATE BASED ON CONTRACTOR SUPPLIED DATA. QM2;COL1 IS THE MAFO EVALUATORS ESTIMATE USED IN THE PROPERTY EVALUATIONS OF 1985 AND 1986. THE ESTIMATE IS ALSO BASED ON CONTRACTOR DATA.
  • SECOND NAME "NORBERG" WAS ALSO FUNDED UNDER COPPER; A DEPOSIT REPORT WAS ALSO PREPERED BY GLODER ASSOC.. HOWEVER THE COPPER GRADE WAS BELOW THE STUDIES CUTOFF GRADE. IT WAS INCLUCED AS A A PRIMARY PYRITE (SULFUR) PRODUCER, WITH COPPER AND ZINC AS AS BYPRODUCTS. BEFORE THE NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT BOUGHT THIS OPERATION IT WAS OWNED BY A/S SULITJELMA GRUBER COMPANY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method COMBINED METHODS
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 2112
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 232
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1985

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE MILL (CONCENTRATOR) OPERATES 7 DAYS A WEEK FOR 45 WEEKS OUT OF THE YEAR. THE FEED IS FROM SEVERAL MINES IN THE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND THE BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY OF

  • Geology

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS, VOL 68, MAY, 1973, NO. 3, "THE

  • Geology

    GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF THE SULITJELMA ORE BODIES, CENTRAL

  • Geology

    NORWEGIAN CALEDONIDES".

  • Geology

    MINING MAGAZINE, "SULITJELMA GRUBER", NOVEMBER, 1980,

  • Geology

    PAGES 416 TO 422.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, "SULITJELMA MINES NARROW COPPER", FEBRUARY,

  • Deposit

    1974, PP44-50.

  • Deposit

    NORGES BERGVERKSDRIFT 1977, 1978, 1980. (NORWEGIAN VERSION

  • Deposit

    OF THE MINERALS YEARBOOK.

  • Deposit

    E&MY, "NORWAY", MAY, 1983, PP133, 134.

  • Deposit

    SULFUR IN SCANDINAVIA - A REVIEW OF PRODUCTION AND USAGE.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., SULPHUR NUMBER 161,

  • Deposit

    JULY/AUGUST, 1982.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., SURVEY OF WORLD SULPHUR

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES, SECOND EDITION, 1974.

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES, THIRD EDITION, 1985.

  • Deposit

    ELKEM QUARTLY REPORT, MAY 1 TO AUG 31, 1983.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, "NORWAY", DECEMBER, 1977, PAGE 68.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, MAY, 1983, PAGES 132 TO 134.

Comments on the references

  • SOME OF THE REFERENCES LISTED COULD NOT BE FOUND IN THE BACKUP FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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