Storliden

SwedenUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
3.50%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1998

Overview

Massive, single lens, very coarse grained sulfides. 600 m strike length, 100 m wide, 45 m thick. Tholeiitic back arc or intra arc oceanic basin, possibly floored by oceanic crust. Ore expected to be depleted in 2007.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-felsic in oceanic arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 2002

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS