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Taberg Deposit

Producer in Sweden with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
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  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. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008248
MRDS ID D000256
Record type Site
Current site name Taberg Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 14.16931, 57.74867 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweden(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Sweden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 14.16931, 57.74867
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLUG OR STOCK OF MAGNETITE-OLIVINITE (OLIVINE AND TITANO-MAGNETITE) IN HYPERITE (OLIVINE NORITE). ORE IS FINE-GRAINED ILMENITE IN MAGNETITE (CANNOT BE SEPARATED ECONOMICALLY)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Smaland

Comments on the production information

  • NO SPECIFIC DATA, BUT NOT LARGE; PROBABLY 1,000,000 MT ORE. MINING BEGAN IN EARLY 1600'S, CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY TO 1895; MINED AGAIN DURING WORLD WAR II. NO RECORD OF TI OR V RECOVERY, BUT THE IRON WAS DESIRABLE BECAUSE OF THE V CONTENT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • V RESOURCES ABOUT 28,000 SHORT TONS V

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HJELMQVIST, SVEN, 1950, SWEDEN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SER. C., NO. 512, ARSBOK 43, NO. 10

  • Deposit

    LAWTHERS, ROBT., 1957, USBM I. C. 7791

  • Deposit

    SEE ALSO USGS BULL. 1316.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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