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Bidjovagge Au-Cu deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway

Cu-deposit of precambrian age. With a Cu-mine, now closed, about 40 km NNW of Kautokeino. Rich dumps.

References

- Mathiesen, C.O. (1969): An occurence of unusual minerals at Bidjovagge, Northern Norway.Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 266, 86-104
- Hollander, N.B. (1979): The geology of the Bidjovagge mining field, western Finnmark, Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. 59, 327-336
- Cook, N.J. (1999): Telluride minerales in the Proterozoic Bidjovagge Au-Cu deposit, Finnmark, Norway and their formation conditions. Abstract volume, Gold ’99 Trondheim, Norway, 60-62.

External Links

- http://www.strahlenfoundation.com/home.php?action=locations&id=45

Mineral List

Albite
Altaite
Antigorite
'Apatite'
Azurite
Buckhornite
Calaverite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
'Davidite' ?
Frohbergite
'Gadolinite'
Gold
Mackinawite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Melonite
Millerite
Muscovite
Pentlandite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rutile
Siegenite
Talc
Tellurium
Tellurobismuthite
Thortveitite
'Vanadiorutile'
'Vanodiochrome spinel'
Violarite
Vulcanite


34 entries listed. 29 valid minerals.

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