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Karlshamn Aggregates

Prospect in Sweden with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024164
MRDS ID I010000
Record type Site
Current site name Karlshamn Aggregates

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 14.85252, 56.16532 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweden(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Sweden

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG IS FOR THE TOWN OF KARLSHAMN.
  • THIS SALAR LIES PARTIALLY IN BOLIVIA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 14.85252, 56.16532
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Schweden Splitt Ab
    First year 1994

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN MID-1994. ; ECON.COM: ROCK WILL BE CRUSHED ON SITE. QUARRY IS ADJACENT TO THE DEEP SEA HARBOUR OF STILLERYD. THIS QUARRY IS THE CLOSEST COASTAL QUARRY TO THE GERMAN BALTIC PORTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1994, PARTNER SOUGHT FOR NEW AGGREGATES SOURCE, IN WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 317, P. 17

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1994.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS A SEPARATE RECORD, MRDS RECORD BL10067, FOR THE BOLIVIAN PART OF THIS SALAR.
Deposit THERE IS A SEPARATE RECORD (BL10067) FOR THE PART OF THIS SALAR THAT LIES IN BOLIVIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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