Graengesberg Mine

Producer in Sweden with commodities Vanadium, 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. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000880
MRDS ID ISM0779
Record type Site
Current site name Graengesberg Mine
Alternate or previous names Grangesberg Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 14.95281, 60.08198 (WGS84)
Relative position THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCE OF CENTRAL SWEDEN 270 KM PRIVATE RAIL TO OXELOESUND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweden(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Sweden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 14.95281, 60.08198

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Year of first production 1500

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner GRAENGES GROUP
    First year 1978
  • Type Operator
    Owner LUOSSAVAARA-KIRUNAVAARA AB (LKAB).
    First year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN, 1977, IRON AND MANGANESE ORES A WORLD SURVEY, P. 109.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENG., 1/1974, PP. 36-38.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER, 76/77, P. 159

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM, 1976, 86, PP. 32-34

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, DIRECTORY, 1979

Beyond USGS

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