Photos • Location
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Skuleboda mine Location in Sweden | |
| Location | Vänersborg |
| County | Västra Götaland |
| Country | Sweden |
| Coordinates | 58°20′37.14″N 12°9′26.31″E / 58.3436500°N 12.1573083°E |
| Production | |
| Products | Feldspar |
| History | |
| Opened | 1927 |
| Closed | 1934 |
Skuleboda ( Swedish: Skuleboda kvartsfältspatbrott) was a quartz and feldspar mine near Vänersborg, in western Sweden. Mining at Skuleboda begun in 1927, then halted the same year and continued again from 1931 to 1934. [1] The mined deposit is a pegmatite with a length of 45 m and a maximum width of 10 m. [1] It contains amazonite feldspar. [1] Rare occurrences of yttrotantalite has been found in the mined pegmatite. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d Lundegårdh, Per H. (1971). Nyttosten i Sverige (in Swedish). Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell. p. 21.