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Apatite from
Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Comments:Xls to 5cm embedded in massive iron ore
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:54211
Long-form Identifier:1:3:54211:7
GUID (UUID V4):662041fe-6b59-46f6-bbb9-5907c8118a4b
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
1.9km (1.2 miles) Gruvberget, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
28.3km (17.6 miles) Altavaara Deposit, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
38.5km (23.9 miles) Tuolluvaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
39.9km (24.8 miles) Rakkurijärvi Cu-(Au) deposit, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
41.9km (26.1 miles) Kiirunavaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
42.3km (26.3 miles) Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
42.6km (26.5 miles) Rektorn, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
43.0km (26.7 miles) Luossavaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
43.6km (27.1 miles) Henry Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
44.0km (27.3 miles) Nukutus deposit, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
d,e a Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB), Kiruna, Sweden; bAalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; cKHE...blast hole (BH) sampling in the Leveäniemi open-pit mine, northern Sweden. The results of the variographic...sampling can be fit-for-purpose in the studied open-pit mine. However, with so many mineral commodities and mining...of the latter is to achieve successful short-term mine planning and thereby optimise resource utilisation...(Engström 2017). CONTACT Karin Engström (LKAB), Kiruna, Sweden karin.engstrom@lkab.com © 2017 Institute
Report (chapter)
magmatism, sedimentation and mineralization in the Norrbotten and Överkalix lithotectonic units, Svecokarelian...WEIHED2‡ 1 Geological Survey of Sweden, Box 670, SE-751 28 Uppsala, Sweden 2 Division of Geosciences and...Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden ‡ Pro Vice-Chancellor, Luleå University of Technology...bergman@sgu.se Abstract: Two lithotectonic units (the Norrbotten and Överkalix units) occur inside the Paleoproterozoic...0–1.8 Ga) Svecokarelian orogen in northernmost Sweden. Archean (2.8–2.6 Ga and possibly older) basement
Report (chapter)
Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden michael@stephens.se Abstract: An intimate lithostratigraphic...units of the 2.0–1.8 Ga (Svecokarelian) orogen, Sweden, is proposed. A repetitive cyclic tectonic evolution...Svecokarelian orogen dominates the Fennoscandian Shield in Sweden and continues eastwards and northeastwards into...several economically important mineral districts in Sweden, which, over many centuries, have provided and...operation in April 2019. In the northernmost part of Sweden and, even more extensively to the east in Finland
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Characterization of the Per Geijer Apatite Iron Ores in the Kiruna District, Northern Sweden: A Comparative Study of...Luossavaara Kiirunavaara AB (publ.), 98186 Kiruna, Sweden Correspondence: patrick.krolop@mineral.tu-freiberg...  Abstract: The Per Geijer iron oxide apatite deposits are important potential future resources...continuously mining magnetite/hematite ores in northern Sweden for over 125 years. Reliable and quantitative characterization...mineralization. Keywords: MLA; mineral processing; iron ore; Kiruna; Raman spectroscopy; magnetite; hematite 1. Introduction
Report (chapter)
Introduction to the lithotectonic framework of Sweden and organization of this Memoir MICHAEL B. STEPHENS...SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden michael@stephens.se Abstract: The solid rock geology of Sweden comprises three...Neoarchean magmatic rocks in the Fennoscandian Shield, Sweden used to generate the diagrams that illustrate the...solid rock beneath Quaternary drift on land in Sweden (79%). These rocks belong to the western part of...mass inside scattered outliers onshore in central Sweden and in larger outliers offshore to the east; Cambrian–Paleogene
Journal (issue)
Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such
Journal (issue)
Illinois, USA 1-4 Denver shows 2001 5 Pea Ridge mine closes (Missouri, USA) * DER AUFSCHLUSS 52(6),...Liguria, Italy 393-400 The Shirley Ann claim, Inyo County, California 403-405 Microminerals 413/416 New minerals...carrière de Mont-surMarchienne (Belgique) 47-54 Apatite, marcasite et stilpnomélane des mines de fer de...enkele “door-prizes” meegebracht van de Horn Silver Mine, zuidelijk helling van de San Francisco Mountain...eerst gevonden op de storthopen van de Brooklyn Mine, 1¼ mijl van Silver City in het Tintic District
Journal (issue)
...............363 by C. J. Stefano The Nakhlak Mine, Anarak District, Esfahan Province, Iran..........species hauckite (type locality: the Sterling Hill mine) was named in his honor in 1980, in recognition...Robert (left) and Richard Hauck in the Sterling mine (2008). J.R. Glover photo. American Mineral Heritage...brothers, goes back to the closing of the famous mine in 1986, and the resulting auction of the property...their family farm and purchased the Sterling Hill mine and its various above-ground facilities for $750
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
Biennial SGA Meeting 12–15 AUGUST 2013, UPPSALA, SWEDEN Mineral deposit research for a high-tech world...Biennial SGA Meeting 12–15 AUGUST 2013, UPPSALA, SWEDEN Mineral deposit research for a high-tech world...Meeting was organised by the Geological Survey of Sweden with assistance from Uppsala University, Stockholm...Biennial SGA Meeting, 12–15 August 2013, Uppsala, Sweden. ISBN 978-91-7403-207-9. 1882 pp. Suggested citation...Biennial SGA Meeting, 12–15 August 2013, Uppsala, Sweden, ISBN 978-91-7403-207-9, 1450–1452. This publication
Book (volume)
explain the ideas of those who have worked on it (and mine, where they differ from those readily available...other three, are arranged from north to south. For Sweden, a general summary of the metallogeny of that country...the one that contains the iron ores of central Sweden in which the numerous ore bodies are of a few 5...the deposits in the province of Norrbotten, Aitik, Laisvall, and Kiruna-Gällivare, that are not in any...countries: Ireland England Scotland 3 7 1 Wales Norway Sweden 1 7 17 Finland Poland USSR 12 2 30. These 80
Journal (issue)
neuer Fundort für schöne Wulfenite: Die San Hip6lito Mine, Almeria/Spanien 56 Neue Minerali~'2_funde aus Norwegen...hübschen Wulfenit-Kristallen von der San Hipolio Mine, Höhe 3,5 cm. Sammlung Romero-Silva, Foto Rainer...auf S. 50 einen Artikel über eine ,, ... Morganit-Mine" . Wäre es nicht besser, die Leser mit dem richtigen...offiziellen Mineralnamen, in dieser Fall ,, ... Bery!-Mine ... "zu konfrontieren? Schlimmer is noch, daß im...eine ganze Menge zu erwidern. Zuerst zur „Morganit-Mine": Da der portugiesische Name der Grube nun einmal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
increasingly complex ores since in many cases, the easy to mine and process ores are close to being mined out [40...accessory amounts of amphibole, chlorite, epidote and apatite; (2) sandstone, a medium-grained sedimentary rock...pyrite, pyrrhotite, magnetite, biotite, sphalerite, apatite and galena); (3) chalcopyrite-magnetite-bearing...sphalerite and galena, associated with chalcopyrite, apatite, pyrrhotite and pyrite); and (6) mineralized schist...associated with magnetite, baryte, pyrrhotite and apatite). Reference samples were chosen for the initial
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Fisher History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...tourmalines discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson...web site at www.wmtucson.com DANBURITE – Aurora Mine, Charcas, SanLuis Potosi, Mexico When in Tucson...Kabeljauwallee 23 6865 BL Doorwerth (Gld) Norway & Sweden Geir Wiik N-2740 Roa Norway South Africa Horst
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... . . . 217 by A. R. Kampf The Dee North mine, Elko County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....13.6 cm, from the famous Malmberget mine, Gällivose, Lapland, Sweden. Peter Lyckberg collection; Jeff Scovil...Jackson to take over the operation of the Rock Candy mine (the subject of a 1981 article by Joe in the Mineralogical...District, Baja Calif. $10 v.29/#4 The Sweet Home Mine! 192 pages, 180 color photos! Spectacular! $20
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Number Two Articles Cuprian elbaite from the Batalha mine, Paraíba, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...by W. E. Wilson Stibnite from the Wuling antimony mine, Jianxi province, China . . . . . . . . . . . ....etch pits and corrosion surfaces, from the Medra mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Keith Proctor collection;...info@trafford-flynn.com UK Mining Ventures Fluorite—Rogerley mine, Weardale, UK www.ukminingventures.com e-mail: Jef520@aol
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Johnston & E. R. Swoboda Sulfur from the Perticara mine area, Pesaro-Urbino, Italy . . . . . . . . . . ...Pezzotta Famous mineral localities: The Lord Brassy mine, Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... John Sinkankas (1915–2002) at the Pala Properties Mine Bash, 1977. Van Pelt photo. NOTICE Died, John Sinkankas...spent much time field collecting in the San Diego County localities. He published Mineralogy for Amateurs
Journal (volume)
Geological Survey bought a Boliden gravimeter from Sweden, with which measurements were carried out between...the Stora Sahavaara and the Leveäniemi iron ore deposits in North Sweden on the basis of the observed...the results obtained by diamond drilling. At Leveäniemi only the gravity anomaly, whose magnitude is...reserves. This is caused by the fact that the Leveäniemi deposit is only weakly magnetic containing in...An zo The accessory minerals are: ore minerals, apatite and zircon An38 The following densities have
Book
Characterization of the Per Geijer Apatite Iron Ores in the Kiruna District, Northern Sweden: A Comparative Study of...Characterization of the Per Geijer Apatite Iron Ores in the Kiruna District, Northern Sweden: A Comparative Study of...for use in 3D modelling during exploration work or mine planning. While they fully characterize compositional...quantitative manner with respect to their significance for mine planning and mineral processing [25]. The main focus...[34], for example, report clusters of REE rich apatite and allanite [(CaREE)(Al2 Fe2+ )(Si2 O7 )(SiO4
Journal (issue)
COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes . . . the holes, some...located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote a trainee miner, Jerry Dolph, concerning...an underground stope at Butte, Montana’s Kelley mine in the early 1970’s (Dolph, 1994). The wonderful...crystallized species, unusual associations, or individual mine localities. Similarly, the popular journals are
 
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