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Yxsjoberg

Producer in Stockholms Lan, Sweden with commodities Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157901
MAS/MILS ID 4010190010
Record type Site
Current site name Yxsjoberg

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 15.00283, 60.09868 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stockholms Lan(province)

Sweden(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Sweden Stockholms Lan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 15.00283, 60.09868
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 45E
    Length 220M
    Width 9M
    Depth to top 100M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N45E:45E
    Date of Last Modification 830909

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT COMPRISES 3 ORE BODIES: KVARNASEN, NAVERGRUVAN, AND FINNGRUVAN. DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE AN AVERAGE OF THE 3.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1780
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
Year of first production 1780
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Ludvika District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Statsforetag
    Interest 100
    Home office Sweden
    Year 1977

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Description Tungsten Concentrates 234 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 234mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Tungsten Concentrates 166 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 166mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Tungsten Concentrates 151 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 151mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Tungsten Concentrates 183 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 183mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Tungsten Concentrates 205 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 205mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Tungsten Concentrates 377 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 377mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Tungsten Concentrates 371 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 371mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Tungsten Concentrates 327 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 327mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Tungsten Cooncentrates 371 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 371mt
  • Year 1982
    Description 150000 Mt Ore/Year
  • Year 1982
    Description Tunsten Concentrates 349 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 349mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Tungsten Concentrates 365 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 365mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Tungsten Concentrates 385 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 385mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Tungsten Concentrates 402 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 402mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Tungsten Concentrates 357 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 357mt
  • Year 1987
    Description Tungsten Concentrates 334 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 334mt
  • Year 1988
    Description Tungsten Concentrates 327 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 327mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION RECORDS 005-017 FROM COMPANY REPORTS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES AS OF 1/83.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/TAILINGS 10-60
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 667
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 18.68
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 225
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • SUBLEVEL STOPING ACCOUNTS FOR 30% OF MINE PRODUCTION. TWO OPEN PITS WERE MINED IN 1978-80, BUT CLOSED DUE TO LACK OF RESERVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES; THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN 6'TH

  • Production

    EDITION 1990. P 128.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER 1976-77 P160

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JUNE 1980

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, JUNE 1978

  • Deposit

    PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, BULLETIN NO. 4, MAY 1978.

  • Deposit

    AB STRATSGRUVOR ANNUAL REPORT, 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SWEDISH MINING ASSOCIATION DISCLOSED THAT YXSJOBERG WOULD BE CLOSED IN 1989, DUE TO LOW PROFITABILITY AND NEGATIVE MARKET FORCASTS. THE LARGEST CONSUMER OF TUNGSTEN IN SWEDEN IS SANDVIC AB, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PRODUCERS OF HARDMETAL IN THE WORLD. (ROSKILL INFO. 1990).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-OCT-1996 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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