Skorovas

Past Producer in Norway with commodities Copper, 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256405
MAS/MILS ID 4030410002
Record type Site
Current site name Skorovas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 13.0833, 64.64879 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Norway(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Norway

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 13.0833, 64.64879

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Elkem Spigerverket A/S
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1976-77 WORLD MINES REGISTER P 123

  • Deposit

    1973/74 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING P 225

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CU ORE, ZN ORE, PYRITE-850 TPD TOTAL, CONC-CU, ZN, PYRITE-70 TAL, MINE DEVELOPED BY ADIT, MINED BY LONG HAUL BLASTING, HA AIL, ACTUAL ORE TONNAGE 155,000MT, DAILY ORE CAPACITY-1,000 DNCENTRATOR FEED CAPACITY-1,200MTPD, TONS ORE MILLED, 155,00 XTRACTION METHOD-HEAVY MEDIA SINK AND FLOAT, FLOTATION

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.