REVIEWED LOCATION

Dannemora Mineral Museum — Scheduled Mineral Hunts Rockhounding Status & Field Guide

Dannemora Mineral Museum runs public mineral hunts to selected mine dumps. Current 2026 municipal listings identify marble, hälleflinta, magnetite and rarer minerals, but access is modeled as scheduled/event-only rather than permanent permission.

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Important: Event-only. Do not treat surrounding mine dumps as generally open collecting areas outside announced activities.

What is here

historic iron-mine waste heaps

Materials / interest: Marble, Hälleflinta, Magnetite

Collecting and access

Only the museum/association’s scheduled public mineral hunts are represented; participants search selected mine dumps under the event program

Use the published Storrymningsvägen 5a meeting address and attend an announced mineral-hunt session. Navigation is withheld until an exact verified entrance coordinate is added.

Detailed status
conditional
Permission
Not flagged
Permit
Not flagged
Fee
Not flagged
Guide
Required
Booking
Not flagged
Surface collecting
yes
Hammering
unknown
Digging
unknown

Safety

Historic mining landscape; remain with event leaders and outside shafts, edges and restricted workings.

Seasonal / timing conditions

2026 mineral hunts are scheduled on specific dates; this record is not open-ended quarry/dump permission.

Review status

Access reviewed: 2026-09-13 · Sources reviewed: 2026-09-13 · Next scheduled review: 2027-01-11.

Recheck access, closures, permissions and current source instructions before field travel.

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