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Garpenberg

Past Producer in Stockholms Lan, Sweden with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Talc-Soapstone, Zinc
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  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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304268
MAS/MILS ID 4010190003
Record type Site
Current site name Garpenberg

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 16.16282, 60.30865 (WGS84)
Elevation 170
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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 Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 16.16282, 60.30865
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 560M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATABOUND
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Date of Last Modification 830714

Comments on the geologic information

  • WIDTH OF ORE BODIES VARIES FROM 3-50 METERS. THE ORE BODIES STRIKE NE-SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Mining method Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Tailings
Year of first production 1942
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Description Zn-5.16%, Cu-.43%, Pb-3.7%, Ag-.0132% 195000 01
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
    Major Silver Silver 0wt-pct
    Minor Lead Lead 4wt-pct
    Minor Copper Copper 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCT D REFLECTS THE TOTAL AMOUNTS OF SILVER AND GOLD RECOVERED IN ALL CONCENTRATES. MOST SILVER AND GOLD ARE CONTAINED IN THE COPPER CONCENTRATE.
  • THE GARPENBERG DEPOSIT HAS BEEN KNOWN SINCE THE 14 CENTURY, BUT RECENT WORK, INCLUDING DRAINING A PORTION OF LAKE GRUYSJON, BEGAN IN 1942. GARPENBERG NORRA WAS MINED IN 1904-1908. DRILLING WAS DONE IN 1942 BUT NO DEVELOPMENT ENSUED. IN 1962, AS THE RESULT OF ADDITIONAL DRILLING, THE MINE OPENED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO SPECIFIC COSTS ON BH.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/TAILINGS 10-60
    Percent Recovery 85.7
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 1850
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 225
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1989

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. 33, 39, 49.

  • Deposit

    BOLIDEN ANNUAL REPORTS 1970-1980

  • Deposit

    BOLIDEN MAKES SILVER DISCOVERY, WORLD MINING, JAN 1981, P23.

  • Deposit

    GARPENBERG, WORLD MINING, OCT 1977, P138.

  • Deposit

    NEW MINING METHODS AT GARPENBERG, MINING MAGAZINE, APR. 1978

  • Deposit

    VOL. 138, NO. 4.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATION CONSISTS OF TWO MINES 3KM DISTANT, THE GARPENBERG MINE AND THE GARPENBERG NORRA MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAR-97 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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