Laisvall

Plant in Vasterbottens Lan, Sweden with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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 10255053
MAS/MILS ID 4010270002
Record type Site
Current site name Laisvall

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 17.16174, 66.14873 (WGS84)
Elevation 425
Location accuracy 1000(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
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 17.16174, 66.14873

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 5000M
    Width 400M
    Depth to top 150M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SEDIMENTARY
    Type of Orebody #3 STRATABOUND
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Minimum Depth to Top 200
    Date of Last Modification 830714

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALS INCLUDED IN THE PARAGENESIS ARE PYRITE, CALCITE, BARITE, FLUORITE. DIP: 3 DEGREES WEST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1939
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1943
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Boliden Metall Ab
    Interest 100
    Home office Sweden
    Year 1989

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCT C REPRESENTS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SILVER RECOVERED IN BOTH CONCENTRATES. MOST RECOVERED SILVER IS CONTAINED IN THE LEAD CONCENTRATE.
  • THE LEAD CONCENTRATE CONTAINS ABOUT .01-.02% BISMUTH THE ZINC CONCENTRATE CONTAINS ABOUT 0.24% CADMIUM

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 17000000mt ore
    Total resources 17000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 4 wt-pct Lead Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DATA FROM PAH REPORT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Recovery 74
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH EXCESSIVE WATER
    Number of Shafts 3
    Number of Inclines 11
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 4200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 352
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1989

Comments on other economic factors

  • ABOUT 10% OF THE LEAD CONCENTRATE IS SHIPPED BY OCEAN 1400 KILOMETERS TO NORDENHAM, GERMANY. THIS OCCURS ABOUT ONE MONTH A YEAR WHEN THE RONNSKAR SMELTER IS SHUT DOWN FOR REPAIRS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1991

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE 1993,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 39.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER, 1976-77 P158-159

  • Deposit

    GRIP, ERLAND, ON THE GENESIS OF LEAD ORES OF THE EASTERN

  • Deposit

    BORDER OF THE CALEDONIDES IN SCANDINAVIA

  • Deposit

    RICKARD, D.T., ET AL, STUDIES ON THE GENESIS OF THE LAISVALL

  • Deposit

    SANDSTONE LEAD-ZINC DEPOSIT, SWEDEN, ECON. GEOL.,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 74, 1979, P. 1255-1285.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN M., LAISVALL MINE, IN GUIDE BOOK FOR CALEDONIAN-

  • Deposit

    APPALACHIAN STRATABOUND SULFIDES, SYMPOSIUM, TRONDHEIM,

  • Deposit

    NORWAY, SEPT. 1979, P. 53-65.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-SEP-94 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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