| Deposit ID | 10073113 |
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| MRDS ID | W018943 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bleikvassli Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | 13.87012, 65.91547 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 450 |
| Relative position | 50 KMS DUE SOUTH OF MO (TOWN) IN RANA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Norway(country)
Europe(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
|---|
| Norway |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Secondary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Boulangerite | Ore |
| Bournonite | Ore |
| Breithauptite | Ore |
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cubanite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Marcasite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Stannite | Ore |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Gneisses, Micaschist, Minor Quartzites, Pegmatites |
| Rock description | Gneisses, Micaschist, Minor Quartzites, Pegmatites |
| (1) | 13.87012, 65.91547 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Rodingfjell Nappe (Overthrust), Caledonian Mountains. |
| General form | CONFORMABLE EN ECHELON LENSES |
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| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1914 |
| Year of first production | 1957 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | A/S Bleikvassli Gruber |
| Year | 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Material | CON PB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^54 % Zn, 0.2 % Cd, 1 % Pb, 0.3 % Cu, 25 G Ag/Mt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Material | CON ZN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^47 % Fe, 50 % S, 0.5 % Zn, 5 G Ag/Mt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 400M |
| Overall depth | 120M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W018943 |
VOKES, F. M., 1963, GEOLOGIC STUDIES ON THE CALEDONIAN PYRITIC ZINC-LEAD OREBODY AT BLEIKVASSLI, NORDLAND, NORWAY; NORGES GEOL. UND. V. 222, 126 P.
MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1975, P. 463.
RAUSCH AND MARIACHER, 1970, AIME SYMPOSIUM ON PB-ZN, V. 1, P. 953.
1948 DIREXPL A/S BLEIKVASSLI GRUBER - 1ST SERIOUS EXPLORATIO
RAUSCH AND MARIACHER, 1970; VOKES, 1963; MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1975
VOKES, 1963
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MAX LENS WIDTH 10 TO 15 M. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1976 | Schruben, Paul G. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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