Backegruvan

Producer in Sweden with commodities Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158519
MAS/MILS ID 4010490001
Record type Site
Current site name Backegruvan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 15.51279, 59.82866 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweden(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Sweden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 15.51279, 59.82866

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fagersta Ab
    Year 1977

Comments on the production information

  • 500,000 TO 1MM TPY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, TABLE B-1126 MINES ACCOUNTING FOR 90% OF AL

  • Deposit

    T OTHER THAN COAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 West, B.J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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