Mons Andreas Petersen, best known as Mons Petter (sometimes Mons Peter; April 6, 1829 – November 16, 1886), was a

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farmer that discovered ore deposits in

Sulitjelma , , or is a village in the municipality of Fauske in Nordland county, Norway. Sulitjelma is situated in a lush inland valley at an elevation of above sea level. It is located on the shore of Langvatnet lake, about southeast of the town of Fa ...

in 1858.''Store norske leksikon'': Sulitjelma Gruber.
/ref> Mons Petter was a Sami farmer from the Skognes farm in Lakså along the shore of ''Øvervatnet'' ( en, Upper Lake) in what is now the municipality of Fauske—at that time the

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Skjerstad Skjerstad () is a village in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The small village of Skjerstad sits at the mouth of the Misværfjorden, where it joins Skjerstadfjorden. The village is also the location of Skjerstad Church. The ...

.Anfindsen, Anfind. 1914. En beskrivelse om Sulitjemadalens kolonisering og Sulitjelma Grubers tilbliven. Sulitjelma historielag.
/ref> In the summers he used to haul timber out from the pine forests of the area around ''Langvatnet'' ( en, Long Lake) about to the southeast. He had noticed veins of rust in the mountains. In 1858, he found ore there that he thought was gold. He took his find to the merchant Bernhard Koch in Venset, who determined that it was not gold based on its weight. In fact, he had found

chalcopyrite Chalcopyrite ( ) is a copper iron sulfide mineral and the most abundant copper ore mineral. It has the chemical formula CuFeS2 and crystallizes in the tetragonal system. It has a brassy to golden yellow color and a hardness of 3.5 to 4 on the Mo ...

(a golden yellow copper ore) and

pyrite The mineral pyrite (), or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula Fe S2 (iron (II) disulfide). Pyrite is the most abundant sulfide mineral. Pyrite's metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue giv ...

(fool's gold). The discovery led to the establishment of Sulitjelma Mines ( no, Sulitjelma gruber), which began operations in 1891. The Mons Petter Festival is held annually in Sulitjelma in late June to celebrate the area's mining history.Dølmo, Ida Kristin. 2016. Mons Petter består. ''an.no'' (April 21).
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