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Skuleboda

Coordinates: 58°20′37.14″N 12°9′26.31″E / 58.3436500°N 12.1573083°E / 58.3436500; 12.1573083
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Skuleboda mine
Location
Skuleboda mine is located in Sweden
Skuleboda mine
Skuleboda mine
Location in Sweden
LocationVänersborg
CountyVästra Götaland
CountrySweden
Coordinates58°20′37.14″N 12°9′26.31″E / 58.3436500°N 12.1573083°E / 58.3436500; 12.1573083
Production
ProductsFeldspar
History
Opened1927
Closed1934

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

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  1. ^ a b c d Lundegårdh, Per H. (1971). Nyttosten i Sverige (in Swedish). Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell. p. 21.