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Sala Silver Mine
Sala Silver Mine ( sv, Sala silvergruva) is a mine in Sala Municipality, in Västmanland County in Sweden. The mine was in continuous production from the 15th century until 1908. Additional mining occurred in 1950–1951 and also in 1945–1962 in the neighbouring Bronäs Mine. Geology The Sala ore is mainly known for its high silver content though the ore also contained economic amounts of lead and zinc. The zinc was hosted by the mineral sphalerite while lead was hosted by the mineral galena. Silver occurred as a native phase rarely but was mainly hosted by complex antimonides and sulphosalts, dispersed in the matrices of galena and sphalerite, invisible to the naked eye but visible in microscope. The silver content in typical galena-dominated Sala ore was about 0.15% to 1%, the latter being one of the highest contents of silver in galena ever reported. In the sphalerite-dominated ore, the silver content is only about 0.015-0.02%, which was still enough to exploit and would ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sala Municipality, Sweden
Sala Municipality ( sv, Sala kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Sala. The present municipality was created in 1971, when the ''City of Sala'' was amalgamated with the rural municipalities ''Möklinta'' and ''Tärna'' and a part of ''Västerfärnebo''. Localities * Kila * Kumla kyrkby * Möklinta * Norrbäck * Ransta * Sala (seat) * Salbohed * Sätra brunn * Västerfärnebo See also *Gussjön Gussjön is a lake in Sala Municipality, Sweden. {{authority control [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |