Skuleboda
  Skuleboda mine Location in Sweden | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Products | Feldspar |
| 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
- 1 2 3 4 Lundegårdh, Per H. (1971). Nyttosten i Sverige (in Swedish). Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell. p. 21.