| Deposit ID | 10303889 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 4010190012 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hofors Gruvan |
| Alternate or previous names | Hofors Gruvor, Vingesbacke |
| Geographic coordinates: | 16.41474, 60.52925 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Stockholms Lan(province)
Sweden(country)
Europe(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Sweden | Stockholms Lan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| (1) | 16.41474, 60.52925 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Skf Steel, Gruvorvalthingen |
| Home office | Sweden |
| Year | 1978 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1978 | ||||||||||||||
| Measured | 1300000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 500000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 1800000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 900000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 2700000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 4010190012 |
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF
MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. SWEDEN. MCGRAW
-HILL, INC., NEW YORK, 1978, PP. 350-351.
PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1978, SKF STEEL, GRUVORVALTHINGEN,
S-81300 HOFORS, SWEDEN. COPY ON FILE AT BUREAU OF MINES
IN DENVER.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 21-OCT-1983 | Reed / Ewu, Chiang | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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