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Sulphur from
Bleikvassli Mine, Bleikvasslia, Hemnes, Nordland, Norway


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sulphur
Formula:S8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sulphur data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bleikvassli Mine, Bleikvasslia, Hemnes, Nordland, Norway
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:178095
Long-form Identifier:1:3:178095:6
GUID (UUID V4):2c890f25-0184-4199-8366-b1d524fbf318
Nearest other occurrences of Sulphur
91.7km (57.0 miles) Nasafjäll Mine, Arjeplog, Norrbotten County, Sweden
References
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1992 A sulphur isotopic study of the Bleikvassli Zn-Pb-Cu deposit, Nordland, northern Norway H. Skauli...Universityof Oslo, P.O. Box 1047 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway 2 Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre...1992/Accepted: June 19, 1992 Abstract. The Bleikvassli Zn-Pb-Cu deposit occurs in the Uppermost Allochthon...Allochthon in the Caledonides of northern Norway. The orebody is enclosed in amphibolite-facies schists...sulphide is not likely as a major source of ore sulphur in the massive ore. Sulphide incorporated in distal
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alteration zone associated with the Bleikvassli Zn-Pb-Cu orebody, Northern Norway Hilde Skauli Saga Petroleum...Petroleum, EUM, P.O.box 490, N-1301 Sandvika, Norway (Received October 23, 1991; revised and accepted March 17...17, 1993 ) LITHOS () ABSTRACT The Bleikvassli Zn-Pb-Cu deposit is located in amphibolite facies schists...associated with the Bleikvassli orebody. Introduction S/ t"" The Bleikvassli Z n - P b - C u deposit...The microcline gneiss is confined to the central mine area, and it has therefore been suspected to relate
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and related minerals in the Bleikvassli Zn-Pb-(Cu) deposit, Nordland, Norway Received: 7 July 1997 / Accepted:...are identi®ed in sulphide samples from Bleikvassli mine, Norway. Detailed optical microscopy and electron...types of wall-rock mineralisation are present at Bleikvassli. Of considerable mineralogical interest are the...Trondheim, Norway Present address: Geological Survey of Norway Boks 3006 Lade, N-7002 Trondheim Norway 1 (CuPbSbS3)...suggestions that galena is a major Ag-carrier at Bleikvassli. Boulangerite (Pb5Sb4S11), jamesonite (FePb4Sb6S14)
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sedimentary exhalative massive sulphide deposits in Norway and Australia. The distributions of Mn, Fe, Co...relics, or sub-solidus diffusional processes. Sulphur isotopes display similar patterns; recrystallized...1992). Samples were taken from the Sulitjelma, Bleikvassli and Mofjellet deposits, as well as representative...(Cook et al. 1990, 1993; Cook 1996), central-north Norway, hosts over 20 massive sulphide bodies totalling...Formation, a dominantly SEDEX SEDEX (?) VHMS Bleikvassli Mofjellet Røros SEDEX (?) Samples Granulite
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Minerals of Norway - the (almost) complete inventory Gunnar Raade Preamble A monographic survey of the...the minerals of Norway (Norges Mineraler) was published by Neumann (1985), covering all minerals recorded...and synonyms. A large number of minerals new to Norway have been recorded since the book appeared. The...attempt to list all accepted mineral species from Norway, including those from Neumann (1985) and later...& Nickel 2001). Names of minerals discovered in Norway after the edition of Neumann's monograph are in
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Trondheim-Norwegian Institute of Technology, 7034 Trondheim, Norway (Received April 2, 1991; accepted after revision...a number of deposits in USA, Canada, Sweden and Norway, a number which has been steadily declining in...Sweden (Stephens et al., 1979; Zachrisson, 1980), Norway (Bjorlykke et al., 1979, 1980), Ireland and the...Institute of Technology, University of Trondheim, Norway. His main research interests are stratabound base-metal...ores as well as Buchans, Newfoundland, and Bleikvassli, Norway. (V) C u - Z n - P b ores. All of this small
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the Uppermost Allochthon (UmA) mostly in northern Norway. The Neoproterozoic and Cambrian history of this...á P.M. Ihlen Geological Survey of Norway, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway e-mail: tor.grenne@ngu.no F.M. Vokes...Engineering, Hùgskoleringen 6, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway host to two characteristic types of stratabound-stratiform...lithologies with original ore reserves up to 5±6 Mt (Bleikvassli, Mofjellet); and numerous, laterally extensive...20 Mt were known at the now abandoned Tverrfjell mine and the recently closed Joma deposit. Minor Cu-Ni
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monoclinic pyrrhotites in some sulphide ores from Norway Gu LIANXING* AND FRANK M. VOr,ES Department of...University of Science and Technology, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway Abstract Pyrrhotites in polished sections from...sulphide and magmatic nickelcopper deposits in Norway were studied under the microscope using the magnetic...and Lindqvist, 1979; Gu et al., 1988, 1993). In Norway, however, little work has been published *Present...nickel-copper and stratabound massive sulphide deposits in Norway (see Tables 1 and 2 for deposit names). PYRRHOTITE
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GEOSCIENCE Chemical Geology 135 (1997) 307-324 Sulphur isotope characteristics of metamorphosed Cu-( Zn)...September 1995; accepted 9 July 1996 Abstract Sulphur isotope data are presented for 86 separated samples...syngenetic formation and/or mildly differing sources of sulphur. Regional metamorphism did not lead to an extensive...Keywords: Sulphides; S:ulphur isotopes; Caledonides; Norway; Pyrite; Metamorphism; Sulitjelma 1. Introduction...Ho&/ Chemical terns, which give information on sulphur source and formation conditions. The study by von
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six Cu2+ cations in polyhedra metal atoms about sulphur atoms [1]. The S2are due of to the extensive isoand...simplytounderstood as linked polyhedra atoms about sulphur atomsbonds [1]. TheinS2− anion is bonded are to...Stanley (1991) [63] report tetrahedrite from the Iriki mine, Japan, with compositions varying from Te-free tetrahedrite...Te in arsenian goldfieldite from the Marian gold mine, northern Luzon, Philippines. Hakite and giraudite...Au in tellurian tennantite from the Marian gold mine, northern Luzon, Philippines, while Jurković et
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Sulphide Deposits F. M. VOKES T r o n d h e i m , Norway The paper first reviews some of the more recent...Skfirnesdalen deposits in the Ofoten district of northern Norway. HEWETT and SOLOMON (1964) discuss sulphide mobilization...similar contoured distribution maps of zinc and sulphur show irregular, irrelevant patterns. This feature...northern Norway, central Europe, the Urals and Australia. At the Bleikvassli mine in northern Norway, (VoKeS...(1967) from deposits in the Ofoten area of northern Norway and L. J. LAWRENCe (1967) from the Broken Hill
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cations (in the case of coupled substitution), and sulphur fugacity, fS2. However, a detailed discussion of...note CE PT that the closure temperature for sulphur isotope fractionation between sulphides, particularly...leaves many open questions: What is the effect of sulphur fugacity, pH or redox-potential? To what extent...responsible for skarn and ore formation at the Continental mine, Fierro, New Mexico, in light of REE analyses and...the South-Eastern Trundheim Region Caledonides, Norway: A review, in: Stanley, C. J. et al. (Eds.), Mineral
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of the sulphide deposits at Sulitjelma, northern Norway N i g e l J. C o o k * Mineralogisches Institut...The pyritic VMS deposits at Sulitjelma, northern Norway have been regionally metamorphosed at amphibolite...Keywords: Massive sulphide deposit; Sulitjelma; Norway; Ore mineralogy; Pyrite; Sulphosalts; Metamorphism;...C u - ( Z n ) deposits at Sulitjelma, northern Norway, as they are observed at the present day, has been...fluctuations in temperature, redox conditions, pH, sulphur fugacity and other variables, as demonstrated by
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metamorphism of massive sulphides at Sulitjelma, Norway NIGEL J. COOK Mineralogisches Institut der Universit~it...eruptives of Ordovician age at Sulitjelma in Nordland County, Norway, form one of the important fields of sulphide...deformation, metamorphism, sulphides, Sulitjelma, Norway. Introduction A s a result of many geological...Cu-(Zn) sulphide deposits of Sulitjelma, northern Norway, are regarded as a classic example of stratabound...deposits in the Norwegian Caledonides, including Bleikvassli (Vokes, 1963) and Joma (Olsen, 1980). 71 Where
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the 70th birthday of Frank M. Vokes in Trondheim, Norway in March of 1997. Frank M. Vokes is appropriately...sulphide mobilisates within the wall rocks at the Bleikvassli deposit and provide new insights into the textural...metamorphic conditions of the Bleikvassli massive sulphide deposit in Norway by applying geothermometry... Fallick, Saez, and Almodovar report on a new sulphur isotopic study of massive and stockwork ores in
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particular, two analyses of a sample from the Ore Knob mine, North Carolina (no. 11119/29), yield 6liB values...Elizabeth mine, Vermont Devonian(?) Amphibolite 1, 2 Cu, Zn, Ag Cu, Zn Elizabeth mine, Vermont Pike...Pike Hill mine, Vermont Devonian(?) Devonian(?) Amphibolite Amphibolite 1, 2 2, 3 Cu, Zn Cu, Zn ... Ely mine, Vermont Ore Knob mine, North Carolina Devonian(?) Late Proterozoic Amphibolite Amphibolite...Massachusetts Pb, Zn, Ag Sullivan mine, British Columbia Pb, Zn, Ag Sullivan mine, British Columbia Cu, Co, Au
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Trondheim-Norwegian Institute of Technology, 7034 Trondheim, Norway Abstract Pyrite, the most widespread and abundant...with the pyrite provides a buffer that constrains sulphur activity during metamorphism. Pyrite-pyrrhotite...during metamorphism as prograde heating results in sulphur release from pyrite to form pyrrhotite and as retrograde...re-growth of pyrite as the pyrrhotite releases sulphur. Retrograde growth of pyrite may encapsulate textures...well as preserve evidence of retrograde events. Sulphur isotope exchange of pyrite with pyrrhotite tends
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Melezhik á I. Lindahl á B. Pokrovsky L. P. Nilsson Sulphur source and genesis of polymetallic sulphide occurrences...Central±North Norwegian Caledonides: evidence from sulphur isotopic studies Received: 10 March 1999 / Accepted:...Norwegian Caledonides have been studied for their sulphur, oxygen and hydrogen isotope composition. Depositional...Nilsson Geological Survey of Norway, Leiv Eirikssons vei 39, 7491 Trondheim, Norway e-mail: victor.melezhik@ngu...disseminated Cu sulphides (+6 to +8&) obtained sulphur via a similar process. The Balsnes, stratiform
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constraints from mineralogical and small-scale sulphur isotope studies Received: 30 September 2003 / Accepted:...electron-microprobe analysis, and in situ laser sulphur isotope analysis. The massive ore is characterized...the sulphur source. We therefore conclude that the vein-type ore essentially inherited the sulphur isotope...district Æ Bergslagen province Æ Massive sulphides Æ Sulphur isotopes Æ Laser microprobe Æ Phase equilibria...results of a combined mineralogical and small-scale sulphur isotope investigation on massive sulphide ores
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content of benthic material, ratio of reduced sulphur to organic carbon, secular trends of ~345 and ~3C...combined with evidence that the source of sulphide sulphur in most stratiform deposits is reduced seawater...Yukon, Canada Reb, Yukon, Canada Bleikvassli, Norway Mot]ell, Norway Faro, Yukon, Canada Zn, Pb, Ag Zn...Jason in western North America, Rammelsberg and Bleikvassli in Europe, Tekeli and Mirgalimsai in Kazakhstan...lead source (Sangster, 1972), or the lack of a sulphur source for non-volcanogenic hydrothermal systems
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A RT I C L E Thomas Wagner á Adrian J. Boyce Sulphur isotope characteristics of recrystallisation, remobilisation...semseyite, tetrahedrite and bournonite. A detailed sulphur isotope study of sphalerite, galena and sulphosalts...Sulphosalt minerals show a similar variation in their sulphur isotope compositions, which range between ±1.7...by varying contributions (variable mixing) of sulphur derived from (1) the primary sphalerite-galena...1994). In this paper, we present the results of sulphur isotope investigation of recrystallisation, remobilisation
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remobilisation. In this study, new trace element and sulphur isotopic analyses of pyrites from a large number...initial uniform deep-seated crustal reservoir of sulphur, which has been repeatedly tapped throughout the...can be explained by the input of biogenic sulphur or sulphur derived from oxidised, possibly evaporitic...Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Pyrite; Sulphur isotopes; Olary Domain; Metallogeny; Ni; Co *...of previous studies with new trace element and sulphur isotope data obtained during this study and present
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coble creep Phase transformation pyrrhotite and sulphur 1000 2 Nabarro herring creep 1 10 0 200 ...operate at peak conditions. Pyrite from the Bleikvassli (Cook, 1993) and Rødhammeren (Nilsen, 1971) sulphide...orebodies of the Røros district, Trondheim Region, Norway: implications for pyrite deformation mechanisms...lithologies and ore at the Bleikvassli Zn–Pb–(Cu) deposit, Nordland, Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift...of the sulphide deposits at Sulitjelma, northern Norway. Ore Geology Reviews 11, 303–338. Cook, N.J., Halls
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3000 elev DH 2375 (projected) 2000 elev 0 200 m Mine Grid units in feet GEOLOGY Pyrrhotite-pyrite-sphalerite-galena...Pyrrhotite-sphalerite-galena Pyrrhotite Gabbro and granofels - mine sill Megabreccia and pebble fragmental rock Unaltered...emplacement of the gabbroic sill and dike complex (Mine sill) in the shallow footwall (Turner and Leitch...6300. Samples are described in Appendix 3. Note mine grid is in feet. Modified from Hamilton et al. (1982)...000 worth of tin was produced from the Sullivan mine; low recoveries (≤40%; Fairweather, 2006) resulted
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fluid (potentially 10 ppm or more depending on sulphur concentration). This process was facilitated by...the fluid, increasing the relative proportion of sulphur for gold complexation and inhibited additional...several tens of metres and was likely a result of sulphur activity reduction through precipitation of pyrite...Ni and Co, rather than gold, and the release of sulphur during reaction, can drive gold remobilisation...underground mineralised exposures throughout the Obuasi mine in order to provide a representative suite of samples
 
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