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Mine in Vänersborg, Västra Götaland, Sweden
Skuleboda mine
Location
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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. The mined deposit is a pegmatite with a length of 45 m and a maximum width of 10 m. It contains amazonite feldspar. Rare occurrences of yttrotantalite has been found in the mined pegmatite.

References

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