Bøylestad Kobberverk, Froland, Agder, Norwayi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Bøylestad Kobberverk | Mining Field |
| Froland | Municipality |
| Agder | County |
| Norway | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
58° 34' 40'' North , 8° 42' 47'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Deposit first discovered:
1864
Age:
1600 to 1000 Ma
Geologic Time:
Reference for age:
Geological Survey of Norway (NGU). The Ore Database (Malmdatabasen). Deposit Area 919 - 012. B
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
305098
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:305098:2
GUID (UUID V4):
18cc1f8b-a11c-4cb7-8bd5-96692f75ca03
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Bøilestad
Other Languages:
Norwegian:
Bøylestad kobberverk, Froland, Agder, Norge
The Bøylestad Kobberverk was a mining company operating the Bøylestad, Skyttemyr and Sletne copper mines.
The copper ore was discovered in 1864 on the land of the Farm Vestre Bøylestad by Niels Ellingsen and Simon Olsen in 1986. The mining started in the Bøylestad Mine the same year. The Bøylestad mines consisted of three different mines, Bøylestad Mine (Bøilestadgruven), Heigruben and Slettegruben.
The Skyttemyr ore was discovered in 1866 by Simon Jørgensen and Knud Venemyr.
Production: (only available for 1868-1870(Bech 1984)
1868: 6939 barrels with Cu ore.
1869: 9243 barrels with Cu ore.
1870: 19422 barrels with Cu ore.
The mines were closed in 1888.
The NGU reports says the following about the deposit:
The formerly mined Skyttemyr-Bøylestad ore is situated in the Froland district of the Bamble belt, Norway. The ore is a 2.5 km long horizon with Au-bearing, massive pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite-bodies, centrally located in the at least 15 km long north-east-striking Skyttemyr sulfide zone. This zone marks the border between a thick "normal" volcanic-sedimentary package to the east. Alternating biotite-quartz gneiss, garnet amphibolite, sillimmanite gneiss, quartzites, calc-silicates, carbonates, albitites and sulfide-bearing or rusty units constitute the last mentioned. The Skyttemyr sone is the most Au and sulfide-rich zone in the Al-rich package. East of this only traces of sulfide are found. Highest Au-values (max. = 2.94 ppm) are clearly confined to the central-most Cu-rich massive ore at Skyttemyr, and the Au-content decreases to trace values 1 km north and south of this location. Zn seems partly to show a reverse behaviour.
The coordinates are for the farm by that name.
The NGU report mentions a "Sletne gruve" = Slettegruben, but so far it has not been possible to locate this mine on the topographical maps.
Coordinates © Kartverket - https://www.kartverket.no
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| ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup' Formula: AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 Localities: |
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS Localities: |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Localities: |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Localities: |
| ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' Localities: |
| ⓘ Devilline Formula: CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O Description: Collected by P. Chr. Sæbø in 1988 |
| ⓘ 'Feldspar Group' Localities: |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ 'Garnet Group' Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ Glaucocerinite Formula: (Zn1-xAlx)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O |
| ⓘ Graphite Formula: C Localities: |
| ⓘ Langite Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ Malachite ? Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Description: Found in one sample as typical sphaeres (micros~<1mm) of radiating green, as a secondary product on ore specimens with chalccopyrite. Visually identification only (K.E.Larsen commentary 03.2020) |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Localities: |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS Localities: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Localities: |
| ⓘ Silver Formula: Ag Description: Sample in Natural History Museum, Oslo |
| ⓘ Smithsonite Formula: ZnCO3 Description: As very tiny, white crystals forming a crust as secondary producct on or near sphalerite embedded in quartz matrix. |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS Localities: |
| ⓘ 'Tennantite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S |
| ⓘ Woodwardite Formula: Cu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O |
| ⓘ Wroewolfeite Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
| ⓘ | Graphite | 1.CB.05a | C |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| ⓘ | 'Tennantite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Smithsonite | 5.AB.05 | ZnCO3 |
| ⓘ | Malachite ? | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Wroewolfeite | 7.DD.10 | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Langite | 7.DD.10 | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Devilline | 7.DD.30 | CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| ⓘ | Woodwardite | 7.DD.35 | Cu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O |
| ⓘ | Glaucocerinite | 7.DD.35 | (Zn1-xAlx)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Amphibole Supergroup' | - | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| ⓘ | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| H | ⓘ Devilline | CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| H | ⓘ Glaucocerinite | (Zn1-xAlx)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O |
| H | ⓘ Langite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Woodwardite | Cu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O |
| H | ⓘ Wroewolfeite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Graphite | C |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Smithsonite | ZnCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Devilline | CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| O | ⓘ Glaucocerinite | (Zn1-xAlx)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Langite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Smithsonite | ZnCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Woodwardite | Cu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Wroewolfeite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Glaucocerinite | (Zn1-xAlx)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O |
| Al | ⓘ Woodwardite | Cu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Devilline | CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Glaucocerinite | (Zn1-xAlx)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O |
| S | ⓘ Langite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | ⓘ Tennantite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S |
| S | ⓘ Woodwardite | Cu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O |
| S | ⓘ Wroewolfeite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Devilline | CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Devilline | CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Langite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Tennantite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S |
| Cu | ⓘ Woodwardite | Cu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Wroewolfeite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Glaucocerinite | (Zn1-xAlx)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O |
| Zn | ⓘ Smithsonite | ZnCO3 |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| As | ⓘ Tennantite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Silver | Ag |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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| Link to Geological Survey of Norway: | 5331 |
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