Skuleboda mine | |
Width: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | Sweden |
Pushpin Label: | Skuleboda mine |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Sweden |
Coordinates: | 58.3437°N 12.1573°W |
Place: | Vänersborg |
Subdivision Type: | County |
State/Province: | Västra Götaland |
Country: | Sweden |
Products: | Feldspar |
Opening Year: | 1927 |
Closing Year: | 1934 |
Skuleboda (sv|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]