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Malmberget

Producer in Vasterbottens Lan, Sweden with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142177
MAS/MILS ID 4010270005
Record type Site
Current site name Malmberget

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 20.67023, 67.19868 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Vasterbottens Lan(province)

Sweden(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Sweden Vasterbottens Lan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 20.67023, 67.19868
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 400M
    Length 4000M
    Width 50M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Date of Last Modification 860708

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1888

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (Lkab)
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Swedish Government
    Interest 95
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Grangesberg Co.
    Interest 5
    Year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • IN ADDITION TO THE $3.79 MILLING COST, THERE IS A $10.37 SMELTING COST FOR PELLETIZATION OF PRODUCT B.
  • THE EXISTENCE OF IRON ORE IN NORTHERN SWEDEN WAS KNOWN AS EARLY AS THE 17TH CENTURY, BUT DEVELOPMENT DID NOT START UNTIL THE END OF THE LAST CENTURY WHEN PROCESSES WERE DEVELOPED FOR PRODUCING STEEL FROM HIGH PHOSPHORUS ORES.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Indicated 268000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 268000000mt ore
    Total resources 268000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 47 wt-pct Iron Major 1981
    Iron Fe 47 wt-pct Iron Major 1981
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 334000000mt ore
    Total resources 334000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 62 wt-pct Iron Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MALMBERGET COMPRISES SEVERAL DEPOSITS OF VARYING SIZE, THE MOST IMPORTANT BEING STORA MALMLAGRET, DENNEWITZ, KAPTEN AND KOSKULLSKULLE.
  • MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE ORE. 35% OF TOTAL LKAB PRODUCTION IN 1988.
  • 1988 YEARBOOK-PETER KUCK

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 815M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL CAVING 10-75
    Number of Shafts 3
    Capacity 29700
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 5.2
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 320
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE PRODUCTS FROM MALMBERGET ARE TRANSPORTED BY RAIL TO TWO DIFFERENT PORTS. SEVENTY PERCENT ARE RAILED TO LULEA PORT, 210 KM. THE REMAINING THIRTY PERCENT ARE RAILED TO NARVIK PORT, 168 KM.
  • UNDERGROUND MINING BEGAN IN 1927.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 93,P. 36.

  • Deposit

    NILSSON, D., MALMBERGET--THE SECOND LARGEST MINE IN SWEDEN,

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, APRIL 23, 1977, PP 8-11.

  • Deposit

    ASIAMINING, LKAB'S FAMOUS MINES, FEBRUARY, 1980, PP 36-40.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, IRON ORE PELLETS ARE FAVORED FOR DR FEED,

  • Deposit

    FEBRUARY, 1980, PP 50-53.

  • Deposit

    E/MJ, 'SLOTBLOCKING' PROVES ITS WORTH AT SWEDEN'S MALMBERGET

  • Deposit

    IRON ORE MINE, JANUARY, 1975, PP 97-101.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JAN-1995 Bolis U.S. Bureau of Mines

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