A proterozoic Au-Cu deposit of epigenetic type, in a volcaniclastic unit in the Viscaria Formation of the Kiruna greenstone belt.
The greenstone consists of mafic volcanic rocks with pillow lavas, mafic sills and albitized rocks, including tuffites, black schists and mafic sills, together with carbonates and mineralized zones. (Lindblom et al 1996).
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- Carlson, L.(1991): The Pahtohavare copper-gold prospect. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, Stockholm 113: 45-46.
- Lindblom, S., Broman, C. and Martinsson, O.(1996): Magmatic-hydrothermal fluids in the Pahtohavare Cu-Au deposit in greenstone at Kiruna, Sweden. Mineralium Deposita Volume 31: 307-318
- Martinsson, O. (1997): The Pahtohavare Cu-Au deposit and related geological excursion stops in the Kiruna area. in Korkiakoski, E. & Sorjonen-Ward, P. (eds.) (1997): Ore Deposits of Lapland in northern Finland and Sweden. Research and exploration — where do they meet?
4th Biennial SGA Meeting, August 11–13, 1997, Turku, Finland,
excursion guidebook B1. Geologian tutkimuskeskus, Opas — Geological Survey of Finland, Guide 43 [
http://www.gsf.fi/info/OG43FULL.HTML#PA ]
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