Hofors Gruvan

Producer in Stockholms Lan, Sweden with commodity 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. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303889
MAS/MILS ID 4010190012
Record type Site
Current site name Hofors Gruvan
Alternate or previous names Hofors Gruvor, Vingesbacke

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 16.41474, 60.52925 (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
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 16.41474, 60.52925

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Skf Steel, Gruvorvalthingen
    Home office Sweden
    Year 1978

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Measured 1300000mt ore
    Indicated 500000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1800000mt ore
    Inferred 900000mt ore
    Total resources 2700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron FeO 30 wt-pct Iron Trace 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. SWEDEN. MCGRAW

  • Deposit

    -HILL, INC., NEW YORK, 1978, PP. 350-351.

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1978, SKF STEEL, GRUVORVALTHINGEN,

  • Deposit

    S-81300 HOFORS, SWEDEN. COPY ON FILE AT BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    IN DENVER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Reed / Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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