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Apatite from
Henry Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Henry Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:662648
Long-form Identifier:1:3:662648:8
GUID (UUID V4):5a2eda7f-c68c-415e-af17-c0a77b4f7ad3
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
1.1km (0.7 miles) Nukutus deposit, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
2.5km (1.6 miles) Rektorn, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
2.6km (1.6 miles) Luossavaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
5.3km (3.3 miles) Tuolluvaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
5.4km (3.3 miles) Kurravaara, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
6.9km (4.3 miles) Kiirunavaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
7.4km (4.6 miles) Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
14.6km (9.1 miles) Rakkurijärvi Cu-(Au) deposit, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
15.9km (9.9 miles) Altavaara Deposit, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
41.7km (25.9 miles) Gruvberget, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Leoben took place in Lapland, northern Finland & Sweden. Thanks to the organisation of Prof. Melcher and...biggest operating mines, Kemi (Cr), Aitik (Cu, Au), Kiruna (Fe) and Kittilä (Au) have been visited. Furthermore...Fennoscandia in Finland, NW Russia, Norway and Sweden (Figure 2). Archean crust occurs in the east and...Palaeoproterozoic components. The Archaean part of the Norrbotten province is dominantly covered by younger rocks...Gothian terranes; J – Jormua; K – Kittilä; Ki – Kiruna; O – Outokumpu; OR – Oslo rift; SA – Skellefte
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Alteration, and Iron Oxide-Apatite Mineralization in the Kiruna District, Norrbotten, Sweden* Anne Westhues,1,†...Museum of Natural History, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources...Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden Abstract High spatial resolution zircon U-Pb geochronological...obtained directly on the Kiirunavaara iron oxide-apatite (IOA) deposit, related orebodies, and host rocks...contains Ti-poor magnetite and minor (0.05–5 wt % P) apatite, located between a trachyandesite footwall and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oulu, SF-905 S-971 87 Luleii, 70 Oulu, Finland Sweden Received 19 October 1995; accepted 29 August 1996...kilometres in northern Fennoscandia, comprising northern Sweden, northern Finland and adjacent parts of Norway...from western Sweden to eastern Finland, with occurrences in Norway and Russia. In Sweden, tourmaline ... Cu-(Au) sulphide ore. Norway: (1) Bidjovagge. Sweden: (2) Kopparisen, (3) Sjangeli, (5) Tjavelk, (10)...Zn-Pb sulphide ore. Sweden: (7) Huomaisenvuoma, (16) Kurkkionvaara. Fe oxide ore. Sweden: (6) Kevus, Teltaja
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluids in iron oxide–copper–gold systems, Norrbotten, Sweden: Constraints from Br/Cl ratios and stable...mineralising systems in Norrbotten, Sweden. Fluid inclusions in late-stage veins in Fe-oxide–apatite deposits contain...halite. Most of the isotopic data from the Fe-oxide–apatite and Greenstone deposits are consistent with a mantle...amphiboles. The relationship between Fe-oxide–apatite (e.g. Kirunatype) and the IOCG deposits has also... Chlorine isotopes in iron oxide–copper–gold deposits Sweden of these deposit types (and in some cases their
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Tjårrojåkka apatite–iron and Cu (-Au) occurrences, Kiruna area, northern Sweden Received: 25 May...Abstract The northern Norrbotten area in northern Sweden, is an important mining district and hosts several...related apatite–iron and copper–gold deposits in the region is at Tjårrojåkka, 50 km WSW of Kiruna. The...Tjårrojåkka iron deposit is a typical apatite–iron ore of Kiruna-type and the Tjårrojåkka copper occurrence...characteristics as most other epigenetic deposits in Norrbotten. The host rock has been affected by strong albite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu-(Au) Prospect, Norrbotten: A New Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Deposit in Northern Sweden M. SMITH,† School...Exploration B.V., Filial Sverige, Box 14, 930-70 Malå, Sweden R. HERRINGTON, Department of Mineralogy, Natural...Proterozoic supracrustal sequence of the Kiruna district, northern Sweden. Potentially economic grades of Cu...distinctive accessory mineral assemblage includes apatite, titanite, and allanite. The paragenesis and textural...magnetite-apatite deposits, through a range of deposits typified by those of the Cloncurry district, Australia
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ores at Kiruna TIBOR PARJ•K LKAB Prospektering, Box5801, Linndgatan5, 102 48 Stockholm,Sweden Abstract...Abstract In the Kiruna-typeiron ores,apatitehasbeen regardedasthe mostconspicuous mineral. Advocatesof the...classifiedas Kiruna-typeores showsthat they include both apatite-bearingand virtually apatite-free orebodiesor...of orebodies.In general terms this means that apatite distributionis unevenin this type of ore. Along...however,apatite distributionis persistent.In this respect, there are similaritiesbetween the Kiruna-type
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluid evolution and metal transport in the Kiruna District, Sweden: Contrasting metal behaviour in aqueous...oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) deposits and Fe oxide-apatite deposits from Norrbotten, Sweden, formed in similar settings, and...Fe oxide-apatite mineralisation. Fluid inclusions in quartz veins cutting Fe oxide-apatite deposits range...are 200–300 MPa and 200–300 °C in the Fe oxide-apatite bodies, and 250 to >300 MPa and 300–500 °C in the...et al., 2010), and suggested the Fe oxide-apatite (Kiruna-type) deposits are a separate, but related
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DISCUSSIONS Luossavaara, northern Sweden: Mineralium Deposita, v. 17, p. 239-243. the Luossavaara ore...scientific value. Lastly,regardingthe age of the Kiruna-typeores, Frietsch(1978) in his introductionrefersto...Boktryckeriet,278 p. 1950, The Rektor ore body at Kiruna: Sverges Geol. Unders6kning,ser. C, no. 514, 18..., andOdman,O. H., 1974, The emplacement of the Kiruna iron ores and related deposits:SvergesGeol. Unders•kning...the Kiruna 292. type: ECON. GEOL., v. 73, p. 478-485. ParSk,T., 1975a, The origin of the Kiruna iron
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
l•conomic Geology Vol. 70, 1975, pp. 1242-1258 Kiruna Iron Ores Are Not "Intrusive-Magmatic Ores of the...intrusive-magmatictheory for the formationof the iron ores of the Kiruna Field. The following observations provide conv...tthe theory: (1) Abundantfragmentsand ballsof Kiruna-Luossavaara ore are foundin the hanging wall of...becauseiron ores of the Kiruna type have not been found in rocks which are older than the Kiruna Keratophyres(previouslycalled...volcanic-marineenvironment. The sedimentarynature of the Kiruna iron ores must be stressedin their classification
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Manuscript Tracing the fluid evolution of the Kiruna iron oxide apatite deposits using zircon, monazite, and whole..., Tracing the fluid evolution of the Kiruna iron oxide apatite deposits using zircon, monazite, and whole...MANUSCRIPT Tracing the fluid evolution of the Kiruna iron oxide apatite deposits using zircon, monazite, and whole... Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden c Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences...Paleoproterozoic iron oxide apatite deposits in the vicinity of Kiruna in northern Sweden is poorly understood
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Yukon, the Kiruna iron ore district, Sweden, and the southeast Missouri iron ore district, and a review...magmatic zone of northwest Canada, the Bayan Obo district of China, and perhaps the Redbank breccia pipes...that the ore deposits generally referred to as 'Kiruna-type' should be considered a subset of this larger...potentially economic concentrations of REEs, either in apatite, or in distinct REE mineral phases. (4) Alteration...Wernecke Mountains, Yukon, and the Mount Painter district, South Australia (Coats and Blisset, 1971; Lambert
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden LGCA, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, Maison...Natural History, Stockholm, Box 50007, SE-10405, Sweden d University of Liège Bat. B20, B-4000 Sart Tilman...large parts of Finland, NW Russia, Norway, and Sweden (Fig. 1). The oldest rocks yet found in the shield...Fe-oxide deposits, including the famous Kiruna-type Fe-apatite deposits. The genesis of these deposits... 1992) origin have been advocated. The Kiruna-type Fe-apatite deposits have recently also been suggested
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
•UDYARD FRIETSCIt Abstract Iron ores of the Kiruna type are unusualformationsrestrictedboth in time...different ore phases--apatite-richvarieties are always younger and intrude the apatite-poorvarieties; chemicalcompositionof...chemicalcompositionof apatite--it differs from that in sedimentaryapatitesboth in content and distribution...hydrothermal iron ores (hematite impregnations) and apatite-bearing iron ores--the intimate relationship between... or, less com•nonly,of an irregular ORESof the Kiruna type,with their highconcentra- shape. In many deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
101, pages 1769–1782, 2016 SPECIAL COLLECTION: APATITE: A COMMON MINERAL, UNCOMMONLY VERSATILE Fluor...relations in the Grängesberg apatite-iron oxide ore district, Bergslagen, Sweden Erik Jonsson1,2,*, Daniel...SE-75266 Uppsala, Sweden Department of Mineral Resources, Geological Survey of Sweden, Box 670, SE-75128...SE-75128 Uppsala, Sweden 3 Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany 4 Department...a suite of Kiruna-type apatite-iron oxide ore bodies from the Grängesberg Mining District in the Bergslagen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evolution of the Ernest Henry Fe oxide–Cu–Au ore system, Cloncurry district, northwest Queensland, Australia...2006 Ó Springer-Verlag 2006 Abstract The Ernest Henry Cu–Au deposit was formed within a zoned, post-peak...andesite and diorite (ca 1740–1660 Ma). The Ernest Henry hydrothermal system was formed by two cycles of...+61-3-99055764 Fax: +61-3-99054903 Introduction Ernest Henry (Fig. 1) is the largest of a diverse group of Fe...Fe oxide–Cu–Au deposits in the Cloncurry district (Williams 1998; Williams and Pollard 2003). With a resource
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusion study of the Sorkhe-Dizaj iron oxide-apatite deposit, NW Iran Ghasem Nabatian and Majid Ghaderi*...chalcopyrite. Two generations of magnetite and apatite are inferred: the first as disseminations in the...studies were carried out on second-generation apatite, and late-stage quartz to understand the geochemical...Homogenization temperatures of second-generation apatite are inferred to be between 209◦ C and 520◦ C (mostly...second-generation magnetite associated with coeval apatite. Fluid inclusions in the late-stage quartz veins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
name=”sbnd”/¿Cl metasomatic alteration, Norrbotten County, Sweden Nelson F. Bernal, Sarah A. Gleeson, Martin...name=”sbnd”/¿Cl metasomatic alteration, Norrbotten County, Sweden, Chemical Geology (2017), doi:10.1016/j...regional Na-Cl metasomatic alteration, Norrbotten County, Sweden SC RI Nelson F. Bernala*, Sarah A....alteration/Na-skarns (IOCG-PS) from Norrbotten County in Northern Sweden have been SC analysed for halogen...alteration. Later AC CE P in the history of the Norrbotten district components of the RM alteration were recycled
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of an iron oxide copper gold deposit in northern Sweden Alessandro Sandrin *, Sten-Åke Elming Division...Luleå University of Technology, SE-97187, Luleå, Sweden Received 19 December 2003; accepted 16 June 2005...performed in an area WSW of the city of Kiruna, northern Sweden. The subregional tectonic setting is dominated...of magnetic susceptibility (AMS); Tjårrojåkka, Sweden 1. Introduction Iron oxide copper–gold (IOCG)... as a bsubsetQ, the previously known apatite–iron ores (Kiruna-type). Hitzman et al. (1992) also included
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/locate/chemgeo Apatite–monazite relations in the Kiirunavaara magnetite–apatite ore, northern Sweden Daniel E...Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Box 50007, SE-10405 Stockholm, Sweden d Institute of Geology and Geochemistry, Stockholm...Stockholm, Sweden b Abstract The magnetite – apatite ores in the Kiruna area, northern Sweden, are generally...Three major morphological types of the magnetite – apatite ore (primary, brecciated, and banded) have been...inclusions in the apatite. Larger (up to 150 Am) recrystallised monazite grains, both along apatite grain boundaries
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...which has been continuously mining magnetite/hematite ores in northern Sweden for over 125 years. Reliable...mineralization. Keywords: MLA; mineral processing; iron ore; Kiruna; Raman spectroscopy; magnetite; hematite 1. Introduction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alteration (IOAA) systems that can host iron oxide-apatite (IOA) and iron oxide Cu-Au (IOCG) deposits. The...inferred in IOA deposits (e.g., Kiruna district in Sweden, Bafq district in Iran). In the present study...Brooke Zone, Mag Hill, the JLD showing, the Terra mine, and the Dennis showing from the Great Bear magmatic...2002) present as a major mineral in iron oxide-apatite (IOA) and as a minor accessory mineral in iron...2016). Iron oxide apatite deposits, otherwise known as Kiruna-type magnetite-apatite deposits, include
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AppliedGeology, LuledUniversity, S-97187 Luled,Sweden O. MArTINSSON,ANDJ.-A. PERDAHL Departmentof AppliedGeology...LuledUniversity, S-97187 Luled,Sweden Abstract The magnetite-apatiteiron ores at Kiruna are hostedin a suite of...Luossavaaraorebodyindicatesthat the ageof the magnetite-apatite oresis 1888 _+6 Ma. Titaniteactinolite-calcite...ashasbeen suggestedearlier. Introduction THE Kiruna iron ore district, situated in northern- mostSweden(Fig...mostSweden(Fig. 1A), is characterizedby abundant apatite-bearingiron ores of which the Kiirunavaara depositrepresentsthe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Precambrian iron oxide (P-rich) or magnetite-apatite (Kiruna-type) deposits have a different temporal distribution...only in the Phanerozoic that IOCG and magnetite-apatite deposits are roughly penecontemporaneous in convergent... Introduction THE DISCOVERY in 1975 by Western Mining Corporation of the giant Olympic Dam breccia-hosted...settings (e.g., Kerrich et al., 2005), regional to district-scale geologic environments, igneous or basinal...lack of clear distinction between regional- or district-scale 0361-0128/98/000/000-00 $6.00 and deposit-scale
 
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