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Amphibolite from
Giken Mine, Sulitjelma Copper Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Amphibolite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amphibolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Giken Mine, Sulitjelma Copper Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1296727
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1296727:6
GUID (UUID V4):f9221f54-0fc6-4085-ab86-e7d912a1de09
Nearest other occurrences of Amphibolite
2.6km (1.6 miles) Mons Petter Mine, Sulitjelma Copper Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway
3.6km (2.2 miles) Sagmo Mine, Sulitjelma Copper Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway
4.1km (2.6 miles) Bursi Mine, Sulitjelma Copper Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway
4.1km (2.6 miles) Helsingborg Mine, Sulitjelma Copper Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway
5.7km (3.5 miles) Jakobsbakken Mines, Sulitjelma Copper Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway
6.2km (3.9 miles) Furuhaugen Mine, Sulitjelma Copper Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway
6.9km (4.3 miles) Anna Mine, Sulitjelma Copper Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway
62.8km (39.0 miles) Brattfjell Copper Mine, Bodin mining field, Bodø, Nordland, Norway
63.1km (39.2 miles) Vassheia zinc prospect, Beiarn, Nordland, Norway
65.7km (40.8 miles) Storfjellet Copper Prospects, Bodin mining field, Bodø, Nordland, Norway
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NorwegianCaledonides MICHAEL RALPH WILSON Abstract The Sulitjelma ore depositsconsistof a number of elongatebodiesin...SwedishCaledonides. In recentyears importantparts of the Sulitjelma region have beenremappedas part of a project...an extensive areaeastand northeast of Sulitjelma, not Sulitjelma itself, and recent detailed mappinghas...There are few publicationson the actual ores of Sulitjelma, apparentlybecauseTh. Vogt was believedto be...BEIARN NAPPE !• FAUSKE MARBLE GROUP &ROCKS BETWEEN • IT AND THE BEIARN NAPPE SULITJELMA SCHIST SEQUENCE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Geologyof the SulitjelmaOre Field, Northern Norway-Some New Interpretations NIGEL J. COOK, IREM-MERIand...PEBBY O. KASPEBSEN NorexAS, Boks70, 8230 Sulitjelma,Norway Abstract The 20 or moreSulitjelma orebodies...evolutionof the sea-floor hydrothermal system. The Sulitjelma GabbroComplexshows texturalfeaturesin accordance...metric tons. The Sulitjelma orebodieshave been an important sourceof copper in Norway since mining commencedover...GrongStekkenjokkdistrict (Halls et al., 1977), Sulitjelma, andthe Nord Tromsdistrict.The geographiclocation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
between sub-groups identified in the data for the Sulitjelma, Gjersvik and L&ken deposits are best explained...sulphides in some parts of massive sulphide lenses at Sulitjelma has apparently led to some considerable modification...light on the origin of the abundant anhydrite at Sulitjelma, strongly suggesting that this mineral formed...S:ulphur isotopes; Caledonides; Norway; Pyrite; Metamorphism; Sulitjelma 1. Introduction Previous studie...characteristics. Although S-isotope relationships in the Sulitjelma deposit have been previously studied in detail
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Lombard, J., and Nicolini, P., eds., Stratiform copper de109-122. posits in Africa: Internat. Geol. Cong...sedimentologicalcon1960, Symposium,pt. 1, p. 53-59. trols of copper, lead, and zinc mineralizations in the Lower Cretaceous...frequently associated with Ecox. GEOL.,V. 69, p. 59--79. copper stratiform mineralizations in Africa, in Stratiform...W. S., and Wright, J. C., 1966, Sulfide-mineral copper deposits in Africa: Paris, Assoc. African Geol...generallyaccepted. After Vogt (1894) had discardedthe theory in Norway, Oftedahl (1958b) and Geis (1958) advocated this
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Facing of structures in the Furulund Group, Sulitjelma, Norway W. L. Kirk and R. Mason KIRK, W. L. & R....Facing of structures in the Furulund Group, Sulitjelma, Norway. Proc. Geol. Ass. 95 (1), 43-50. Detailed...generally face north. Stratigraphical inversion at Sulitjelma is more widespread than was previously realised...EVIDENCE FOR THE WAv-UP OF THE FURULUND GROUP The Sulitjelma region lies on the Norwegian-Swedish border,...geologically and economically, for it is an important copper-mining district. Geological research in the area
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and metamorphism of massive sulphides at Sulitjelma, Norway NIGEL J. COOK Mineralogisches Institut der...Brownlow Street, Liverpool L69 3BX, U.K. Abstract The copper-bearing stratabound pyritic massive sulphide bodies...eruptives of Ordovician age at Sulitjelma in Nordland County, Norway, form one of the important fields...with the conditions governing metamorphism at Sulitjelma, it is concluded that most of the brittle deformation...produced the coarse metablastic textures for which Sulitjelma is well-known. In some zones of high resolved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sedimentary exhalative massive sulphide deposits in Norway and Australia. The distributions of Mn, Fe, Co...and Vokes 1992). Samples were taken from the Sulitjelma, Bleikvassli and Mofjellet deposits, as well...history. The Sulitjelma Cu-Zn orefield (Cook et al. 1990, 1993; Cook 1996), central-north Norway, hosts over...facies Upper greenschist to lower amphibolite facies Amphibolite facies (550 °C, 7.0 kbar?) BH218 BH221...Su2b Upper amphibolite—lower granulite facies Bv1 (570 °C, 7.5–8.0 kbar) V59.197 Amphibolite facies (540
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogy of the sulphide deposits at Sulitjelma, northern Norway N i g e l J. C o o k * Mineralogisches...deposits at Sulitjelma, northern Norway have been regionally metamorphosed at amphibolite facies during...evolution. Keywords: Massive sulphide deposit; Sulitjelma; Norway; Ore mineralogy; Pyrite; Sulphosalts; Metamorphism;...sulphide pyritic C u - ( Z n ) deposits at Sulitjelma, northern Norway, as they are observed at the present...a comprehensive account of ore mineralogy at Sulitjelma has never previously been given. With this in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Strata-Bound SulfideDeposits in the Caledonidesof Norway A. BJOBLYKKE, Instituttfor Geologi,Universitetet...Universitetet i Oslo,P.O.Box1047,Blindern,N-0516Oslo$, Norway F. M. Voiogs, Instituttfor GeologiogBergteknikk,...Trondheim, NorgesTekniske Hogskole, Trondheim, Norway A. BIBKELAND, Instituttfor Geologi,Universitetet...Universitetet i Oslo,P.O. Box1047,Blindern,N-0316Oslo3, Norway AND R. I. THORPE GeologicalSurueyof Canada,601 BoothStreet... Althoughnotruledoutby the leadisotopedatafrom Norway,thesedatagivenoreasonfor invokingderivationof continental
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
small Gressli deposit in central Norway during Caledonian amphibolite-facies metamorphism. These authors...classic Cu-(Zn) pyritic deposits at Sulitjelma in northern Norway (Cook et al., 1990, 1993) are already...sulphide deposits in which the effects of polyphase amphibolite grade metamorphism and deformation have contributed...and evidence for remobilisation within the large Giken II deposit in the centre of the orefield (Fig. 1)...of the Giken II deposit, shortly after it closed in the summer of 1991. This area of the mine was known
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphide deposits from the Trondheim and Sulitjelma districts, Norway: ore lead isotopic considerations J...M5S IA7 Prospektering A/S, P.B. 83, 1321 Stabekk, Norway Department of Geology, Imperial College, Prince...district, and eleven from the K61i sequence at Sulitjelma Norway, have been determined. When plotted on 2°...environment was responsible for the Trondheim and Sulitjelma ores, although an ensialic back-arc basin, or...successions of Ordovician age in the Upper Altochthon of Norway have provided that country with most of its mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Resources Engineering, NTNU, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway Introduction Pyrite, FeS2, is the most abundant...near Kongsberg (personal observations) and at Sulitjelma (Ramdohr 1969), and up to 30 cm within the high-grade...the nickel ores of the Flat mine and adjacent granite pegmatites in Norway has been described by Bjorlykke...inclusions within a 2 cm pyrite crystal from Sulitjelma, Norway. This is the opposing half of the crystal...pattern developed in a 2 cm pyrite crystal from Sulitjelma, Norway as a result of post-peak of metamorphism
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Trondheim-Norwegian Institute of Technology, 7034 Trondheim, Norway (Received April 2, 1991; accepted after revision...various times, served as significant sources of iron, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver and sulfur. In Scandinavia...representatives of these ores were important sources of copper by the second half of the 17th century and have... 0169-1368/92/$05.00 or on the small but rich copper ores which had developed in supergene enriched...for pyrite and resulted in closure of many of the mines. In more recent years, this trend has been further
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
small Gressli deposit in central Norway during Caledonian amphibolite-facies metamorphism. These authors...classic Cu-(Zn) pyritic deposits at Sulitjelma in northern Norway (Cook et al., 1990, 1993) are already...sulphide deposits in which the effects of polyphase amphibolite grade metamorphism and deformation have contributed...and evidence for remobilisation within the large Giken II deposit in the centre of the orefield (Fig. 1)...of the Giken II deposit, shortly after it closed in the summer of 1991. This area of the mine was known
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NorgesTekniskeH•gskole, Universiteteti Trondheim,Norway Abstract Sphalerite,the only major sourceof zinc...the authors,andof representative ore samples. in Norway yearly, and in terms of petrology is evidencedby...provideinformation tings and mineralogicalcharacteristics. The mines aboutthe potentialpurity of the zinc concentrate...CRAIG, LJGKJELL,AND VOKES mines at the present time include: Lokken, Sulitjelma, Mofjell, Skorovass, Joma...primarily with an ARL-EMX-SM FIG. 1. Sketchmap of Norway showingthe locationsof the depositsfrom which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...20 Mt were known at the now abandoned Tverrfjell mine and the recently closed Joma deposit. Minor Cu-Ni...higher levels in the nappe pile, in southwestern Norway, the western Trondheim Region, the western Grong
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphide ore from the Hankabakken deposit at Sulitjelma, arctic Norway (Fig. 1). The ore shows many of the classic... and previously described in general for the Sulitjelma ore bodies by Cook et al. (1993), but this article...Kjeldvatn Metadolerites Orebodies (projected) Sulitjelma Ophiolite Furulund Granite Skaiti Supergroup...Petter Charlotta I & II Sagmo 0 Giken I & II Ny Hankabakken Sulitjelma I & II & Gudrun 0 200 T (°C)...basin Furulund Gp. Sulitjelma Gp. a b Main volcanic arc Skaiti Sgp. n tio Sulitjelma gabbro uc d b Su c
Book (volume)
examples from the U S S R in both Europe and Asia 1. Mines and mineral resources—Europe—Bibliography I. Ridge...explain the ideas of those who have worked on it (and mine, where they differ from those readily available...higher-temperature, silver-bearing variety. In Norway, three of the deposits (Sulitjelma, Bleikvassli, and R0rosKvikne-Ki...organization would put the deposits of the nickel-copper belt (or belts), AhlainenSääksmäki and Hitura-Makola-Kotalahti... together. These would be followed by the copper or copper-zinc-lead deposits [Hällinmäki, Hammaslahti
Report (issue)
AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON VOLCANIC-HOSTED COPPER-ZINC-LEAD MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS By D.L. Mosier...this data. CONTAINED METAL (CU, ZN, PB, AG, AU) Copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and lead (Pb) are expressed in...deposits in Table 1 contain reported copper. In addition to copper, many deposits contain zinc, lead, silver...chl schist, biot-chl schist pyrox amphibolite, horn gneiss amphibolite, greenstone = = = = = = rhyolite...CORDIERITE COSALITE COVELLITE CHALCOPYRITE CHALCANTHITE COPPER CUBANITE CUMMINGTONITE CUPRITE DIGENITE DIOPSIDE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
compositions remain unclear. The greenschist to lower amphibolite facies metamorphosed Keketale VMS Pb-Zn(-Ag)...been folded and metamorphosed (greens­ chist to amphibolite facies) during the late Paleozoic (Hercynian)...ores experienced regional greenschist to lower amphibolite facies metamorphism (Chai et al., 2009; Zheng...temperature is slightly lower than greens­ chist/lower amphibolite facies temperatures (~350 to 500 °C) but falls...metamorphosed VMS deposits (Sulitjelma deposit, Gehrisch et al., 1975; Giken II deposit, Cook and Hoefs
Book (edition)
Mineralogisk-Geologisk Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. Richard J. Reeder: Dept. of Earth Sciences, State...to opaque materials imperfectly metallic Gold, copper, tin The luster of diamond, other materials of...Sectile Flexible Elastic Brittle Gold, silver, copper Chlorargylite, chalcocite Tale Mica Characteristic...with the fingernail, as gypsum Just scratched by a copper coin, but not normally scratched by the fingernail...Chemical Society of Japan Bulletin Colorado School of Mines Quarterly Crystal Structure Reports Crystal Structures
 
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