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Renstrom Mine

Producer in Sweden with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Arsenic
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073126
MRDS ID W018965
Record type Site
Current site name Renstrom Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 19.66992, 64.96532 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweden(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Sweden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization And Chloritization Of Wall Rock

Analytical data

Result THE ORE FROM RENSTROM WEST HAS 3.9 G/T AU, 184 G/T AG, 0.9% CU, 11.7% ZN, 2.0% PB, 28% S, AND 0.25% AS

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Felsic Metamorphic Rock > Keratophyre
    Rock unit name Tuffitic Keratophyre, Quartz Porphyry, Quartz Keratophyre;Phyllites, Shales, Clastic Sediments;Agglomerates
    Rock description Tuffitic Keratophyre, Quartz Porphyry, Quartz Keratophyre;Phyllites, Shales, Clastic Sediments;Agglomerates

Nearby scientific data

(1) 19.66992, 64.96532
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS OR SLAB SHAPED BANDED ORE
    Dip VERTICAL
    Depth to bottom 500M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Year of first production 1952

Mining district

District name Skellefte District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Boliden Ab

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.76% Cu, 5.56% Zn, 1.36% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 6wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1975
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^4.8 % Zn, .8 % Cu, 1. % Pb, 100 G/Mt Ag, .29 G/Mt Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 100g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 3630000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 7.9 wt-pct Zinc Major 1983
    Copper Cu 1.1 wt-pct Copper Major 1983
    Lead Pb 1.8 wt-pct Lead Major 1983
    Silver Ag 184 g/mt Silver Minor 1983
    Gold Au 4 g/mt Gold Minor 1983

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 949 MET TONS ; ECON.YEAR: 1975 ; ECON.COM: 2600 MTPD MILL AT BOLIDEN SERVES RENSTROM, LANGDAL, LANGSELE, UDDEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICKARD, D. T., ZWEIFEL, HANS, 1975, GENESIS OF PRECAMBRIAN SULFIDE ORES, SKELLEFTE DIST., SWEDEN; ECON. GEOL. V 70, NO 2, P 255 - 274

  • Deposit

    GRIP, E., 1950, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN SWEDEN; INT. GEOL. CONG. 18TH, REPT. 7 P 362 - 370

  • Deposit

    GRIP, E., 1978, SWEDEN, IN BOWIE, S.H.U., KVALHEIM, A., AND HASLAM, H.W., EDS., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, VOLUME 1: NORTHWEST EUROPE: LONDON, THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY AND THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 93-198.

  • Deposit

    VOKES, F.M., 1978, INTRODUCTION, IN BOWIE, S.H.U., KVALHEIM, A., AND HASLAM, H.W., EDS., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, VOLUME 1: NORTHWEST EUROPE: LONDON, THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY AND THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 1-33.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1976, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, P. 287.

  • Deposit

    MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON VOLCANIC-HOSTED COPPER-ZINC-LEAD MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, 78 P.

  • Production

    E/MJ, 1976; GRIP, 1978; VOKES, 1978

  • Reserve-Resource

    MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE GROUPS OF OREBODIES-- THE WEST, THE NORTH, AND THE EAST. THE WEST GROUP IS MOST IMPORTANT AND THE MAIN ORE BODIES ARE REFERRED TO AS A AND B. THE KYRKVAG OREBODY OF THE NORTH GROUP IS NNE OF A AND THE EAST GROUP IS 600 M EAST OF B. COMBINED AREA OF THE GROUPS IS 1000 SQ. M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1988 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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