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Hällefors, Hällefors Kommun, Örebro län, Sweden

Alternative Names:	Kheleforsh, Хелефорш
Type:	Seat of a second-order administrative division
Mindat.org Region:	Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden
Region:	Hällefors Kommun, Örebro län, Sweden
Latitude:	59° 47' 1" N
Longitude:	14° 31' 19" E
Lat/Long (dec):	59.78388,14.52197
Köppen climate type:	Dfc : Subarctic climate
Population:	4,449 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:	2708665
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:2708665:4
GUID:	0

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Sikfors Mine, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 48' 22" N	14° 34' 32" E	3.9km (2.4 miles)
Upper Leptitehalleflinta group, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 44' 24" N	14° 29' 40" E	5.1km (3.2 miles)
Unnamed prospect, Hällefors silver mines, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 50' 41" N	14° 30' 18" E	6.9km (4.3 miles)
Gamla Mines (Old mines), Hällefors silver mines, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 51' 1" N	14° 29' 47" E	7.5km (4.7 miles)
Berglund prospect, Hällefors silver mines, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 51' 6" N	14° 29' 56" E	7.7km (4.8 miles)
Sirsjöberg Mine, Hjulsjö, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 49' 6" N	14° 38' 47" E	8.0km (4.9 miles)
Hällefors silver mines, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 51' 16" N	14° 28' 53" E	8.2km (5.1 miles)
Västra ore field (Western field), Hällefors silver mines, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 51' 15" N	14° 28' 20" E	8.3km (5.2 miles)
Mellan ore field (Middle field), Hällefors silver mines, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 51' 21" N	14° 28' 45" E	8.4km (5.2 miles)
Finnfalls mine, Gruvåsen mines, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	59° 44' 25" N	14° 23' 31" E	8.7km (5.4 miles)
Grythyttan, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 42' 19" N	14° 32' 10" E	8.8km (5.4 miles)
Stollberget Mine, Hällefors silver mines, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 51' 31" N	14° 28' 2" E	8.9km (5.5 miles)
Saxåhyttan, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	59° 47' 24" N	14° 21' 46" E	8.9km (5.5 miles)
Järnås Mine, Hällefors silver mines, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 51' 50" N	14° 28' 25" E	9.3km (5.8 miles)
Grythyttan quarry, Grythyttan, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 41' 58" N	14° 31' 37" E	9.4km (5.8 miles)
Torskebäcks mine, Gruvåsen mines, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	59° 45' 4" N	14° 22' 0" E	9.4km (5.8 miles)
Dressfalls Mines, Gruvåsen mines, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	59° 44' 59" N	14° 22' 1" E	9.5km (5.9 miles)
Lång Mines, Gruvåsen mines, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	59° 45' 9" N	14° 21' 51" E	9.5km (5.9 miles)
Killingberget, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 47' 53" N	14° 41' 39" E	9.8km (6.1 miles)
Sundsudden, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 41' 21" N	14° 31' 58" E	10.5km (6.5 miles)
Gruvåsen mines, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	59° 46' 0" N	14° 19' 59" E	10.7km (6.7 miles)
Bornshyttan, Gruvåsen mines, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	59° 46' 0" N	14° 19' 59" E	10.7km (6.7 miles)
Sundsudden Mine, Sundsudden, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 41' 12" N	14° 31' 49" E	10.8km (6.7 miles)
Ösjöberg Mine, Hjulsjö, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 49' 2" N	14° 42' 32" E	11.1km (6.9 miles)
Stora Pajsberg Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	59° 47' 3" N	14° 19' 3" E	11.4km (7.1 miles)
Västra Gråshöjden mine, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 52' 57" N	14° 35' 7" E	11.5km (7.2 miles)
Rombohöjden prospect, Hjulsjö, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	59° 45' 31" N	14° 43' 24" E	11.6km (7.2 miles)
Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	59° 47' 7" N	14° 18' 50" E	11.6km (7.2 miles)
Åskagen Quarry, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	59° 42' 35" N	14° 21' 19" E	12.4km (7.7 miles)
Getön Silver Mine, Getön, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	59° 45' 38" N	14° 17' 15" E	13.4km (8.3 miles)

Information board at Saxåhyttan

Saxåhyttan, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Ore stockpile at Saxåhyttan

Saxåhyttan, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Saxåhyttan roasting furnace

Saxåhyttan, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Outcrop quartz from Jockumstorp

Jockumstorp, Grythyttan, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden

Information board at Saxåhyttan

Saxåhyttan, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Ore stockpile at Saxåhyttan

Saxåhyttan, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Saxåhyttan roasting furnace

Saxåhyttan, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Outcrop quartz from Jockumstorp

Jockumstorp, Grythyttan, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden

Information board at Saxåhyttan

Saxåhyttan, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Ore stockpile at Saxåhyttan

Saxåhyttan, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Minerals recorded nearby (within 13.4 km)

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'

ⓘ Arseniopleite (TL)

ⓘ 'var: Manganophyllite'

ⓘ Clino-ferro-suenoite

ⓘ 'Fayalite-Tephroite Series'

ⓘ 'Freibergite Subgroup'

ⓘ Friedelite

ⓘ Gahnite

ⓘ Galena

ⓘ var: Selenium-bearing Galena

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

ⓘ Manganberzeliite (TL)

ⓘ Marcasite

ⓘ Mckinstryite

ⓘ Meionite

ⓘ Melanostibite (TL)

ⓘ 'Petroleum
var: Bitumen'

ⓘ var: Xanthoarsenite

ⓘ 'Scapolite'

ⓘ Scheelite

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

Rock types recorded nearby (within 13.4 km)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Baltic Shield (Fennoscandian Shield)	Shield
Eurasian Plate	Tectonic Plate
Transscandinavian Igneous Belt, Eurasian Plate	Magmatic Province
Europe	Continent
Scandinavia	Region
Sweden	Country
Bergslagen mining district, Sweden	Mining District
Örebro County, Sweden	County
Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	Municipality

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