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Andalusite from
Boliden Mine, Boliden, Skellefte mining district, Skellefteå, Västerbotten County, Sweden


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Andalusite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andalusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boliden Mine, Boliden, Skellefte mining district, Skellefteå, Västerbotten County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:75966
Long-form Identifier:1:3:75966:5
GUID (UUID V4):ada89c62-ad55-451f-9b13-921221d8c9c5
Nearest other occurrences of Andalusite
2.0km (1.3 miles) Mångfallberget, Boliden, Skellefte mining district, Skellefteå, Västerbotten County, Sweden
4.9km (3.1 miles) Långsele, Boliden, Skellefte mining district, Skellefteå, Västerbotten County, Sweden
7.2km (4.5 miles) Kankberg mine, Boliden, Skellefte mining district, Skellefteå, Västerbotten County, Sweden
8.2km (5.1 miles) Långdal mine, Boliden, Skellefte mining district, Skellefteå, Västerbotten County, Sweden
32.9km (20.4 miles) Bjurträsk, Norsjö, Västerbotten County, Sweden
34.8km (21.6 miles) Bjurliden, Norsjö, Västerbotten County, Sweden
87.3km (54.3 miles) Kristineberg Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (chapter)
magmatism and mineralization in the Bothnia–Skellefteå lithotectonic unit, Svecokarelian orogen PIETARI...Luleå, Sweden 3 Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden 4 Department...Finland 5 Geological Survey of Sweden, Box 670, SE-751 28 Uppsala, Sweden ‡ Pro Vice-Chancellor, Luleå...*Correspondence: pietari.skytta@utu.fi Abstract: The Bothnia–Skellefteå lithotectonic unit is dominated by turbiditic...90–1.86 Ga predominantly magmatic rocks (the Skellefte–Arvidsjaur magmatic province) are enclosed by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Evolution of the Björkdal Gold Deposit, Skellefte District, Northern Sweden: Implications for Early Proterozoic...Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden JEANETTE BERGMAN WEIHED,* Department of Earth...Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden AND PETER SORJONEN-WARD Geological Survey of...the Paleoproterozoic Skellefte district in northern Sweden. The Skellefte district constitutes a 1.89 to...lithons between thrusts within the duplex. In the mine, the quartz veins in the footwall to the thrust
Report (issue)
SITE-SERICITE ROCKS OF MÅNGFALLBERGET AT BOLIDEN, N. SWEDEN ERLAND GRIP and OLOF H. ÖDMAN Pris 1...TELLURIDE-BEARING ANDALUSITE-SERICITE ROCKS OF MÅNGFALLBERGET AT BOLIDEN, N. SWEDEN ERLAND GRIP and ............................................. 7 Andalusite-Corundum-Sericite Rock................................................................... 9 Andalusite-Sericite Rock........................................................................... 11 Andalusite Schist......................................
Report (issue)
SITE-SERICITE ROCKS OF MÅNGFALLBERGET AT BOLIDEN, N. SWEDEN ERLAND GRIP and OLOF H. ÖDMAN Pris 1...TELLURIDE-BEARING ANDALUSITE-SERICITE ROCKS OF MÅNGFALLBERGET AT BOLIDEN, N. SWEDEN ERLAND GRIP and ............................................. 7 Andalusite-Corundum-Sericite Rock................................................................... 9 Andalusite-Sericite Rock........................................................................... 11 Andalusite Schist......................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VEIN-TYPE ORES, BOLIDEN MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, SKELLEFTE DISTRICT, NORTHERN SWEDEN THOMAS WAGNER§ Mineralogisches...Natural History, Box 50007, SE-10405 Stockholm, Sweden ABSTRACT Sulfosalt-rich vein-ores, which form...metavolcanic-hosted Boliden Au–Cu–As massive sulfide deposit, in the Skellefte district, in northern Sweden, have been...solution, decomposition reaction, Boliden, Skellefte district, Sweden. SOMMAIRE Le minerai en veines riche...gisement paléoprotérozoïque de Boliden (Au–Cu–As), dans le district de Skellefte, dans la partie nord de la
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Palaeoproterozoic Kristineberg VMS deposit, Skellefte district, northern Sweden, part I: geology Received: 20 May...westernmost part of the Palaeoproterozoic Skellefte district, northern Sweden, has yielded 22.4 Mt of ore, grading...since the mine opened in 1941, and is the largest past and present VMS mine in the district. The deposit...rocks of the Skellefte Group, which forms the lowest stratigraphic unit in the district and hosts more...Kristineberg deposit is situated lower in the Skellefte Group than most other deposits. It comprises three
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TectonicSetting,andOriginof the Paleoproterozoic Boliden Au-Cu-AsDeposit,SkellefteDistrict,NorthernSweden...Mineralogy-Petrology, Norbyvtigen 18B,S-75236 Uppsala, Sweden ULF BERGSTROM,* Department of Geology, EarthSciences...EarthSciences Centre,Guldhedsgatan 5A,S-41381 GOreborg, Sweden KJELL BILLSTROM, Laboratory for Isotope Geology...Stockholm, Sweden AND PAR WEIHED Geological Surveyof Sweden, Box670,S-75128 Uppsala, Sweden Abstract ... The Skellefte districtin northern Sweden comprises morethan85 pyriticvolcanic-hosted massive sulfide
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARTICLE The Boliden gold-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, Skellefte district, Sweden: new U–Pb...age constraints and implications at deposit and district scale Patrick Mercier-Langevin & Vicky McNicoll...the Queen in Right of Canada 2012 Abstract The Boliden deposit (8.3 Mt at 15.9 g/t Au) is interpreted...rhyolite in the deposit footwall in the volcanic Skellefte group and a minimum age of 1890.8±1 Ma obtained...(1) volcanism and hydrothermal activity in the Skellefte group were initiated Editorial handling: F. Tornos
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evolution of the Early Proterozoic Skellefte district, northern Sweden P. Weihed a, J. Bergmanb and U. Bergstrrm...Gothenburg/Chalmers University of Technology, S-412 96 Grteborg, Sweden bDepartment of Mineralogy and Petrology, GeologicalInstitute...Uppsala University, Box 555, S- 751 22 Uppsala, Sweden (Received January 6, 1991; accepted after revision...evolution of the Early Proterozoic Skellefte district, northern Sweden. In: G. Gaul and K. Schulz (Editors)...mineralizations in the Early Proterozoic Skellefte district are discussed and placed in a palaeotectonic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Genesis of Precambrian Sulfide Ores, Skellefte District, Sweden DAVID T. RICKARD AND HANS ZWEIFEL Abstract...volcanic and sedimentary rocks in the Skellefte district of northern Sweden. These depositshave been considered...discussionof the genesisof these mately 150 X 30 km district, and five (including oreswas presentedalmost20...SERIES ß SULFIDE ORE Fro. 1. Geology of the Skellefte district (after Grip, 1973). Key to deposits: Bo...Revsundgranite. This granite is Geology of the Skellefte District post- or, in part, late-kinematicand is supposedto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kristineberg volcanogenic massive sulfide district, Sweden Received: 10 December 2001 / Accepted: 23...in the immediate foot-wall rocks. Spectacular, andalusite-bearing quartz–muscovite schists and quartz–...Scotia Place, Ottawa K1S 0W2, Canada Keywords Skellefte Sweden Æ Kristineberg Æ VMS alteration Æ Mineralogy...massive sulfide deposits of the Kristineberg area, Sweden, occur within a 2- to 3-km-thick succession of...felsic volcaniclastic rocks belonging to the Skellefte Group. The volcanic pile is intruded by a synvolcanic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALIZATION NORTHERN SWEDEN, REGIONAL IN THE SKELLEFTE AND ITS RELATION DISTRICT, TO GRANITIZATION ...ABSTRACT The geologyand ores of the Skellefte District in Northern Sweden are describedand the relationsto...are significant constituents,as for example in Boliden. The ore bodiesare generallysurroundedby sericitizedor...During recent years the total outputof ore from the district has exceeded1,000,000tons annually. The mineralization...since1918the Skellefte District in Northern,Swedennow appearsas the most prominentsulphide ore district of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
472-494 Wall Rock Alterationat the BolidenDeposit,Sweden C. A. NILSSON Abstract The mineralogicaland...levelsof the mine. 0dman published 474 his results in 1941 and since then the deeper mine 475 workingshave...possiblenot only to study the horizontal THE Skellefte District, situated in the province of distribution...far below the ore V/isterbotten in northern Sweden, has been a sub- body but also to inquire into..._.....• ,.• PHYLLITES Fro. 1. ?osifion oœthe Boliden ore •n the envelope oœalterec• rocks. cal and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rockliden Zn–Cu massive sulphide deposit, north-central Sweden: Implications for ore processing F. E. Minz*1,...approximately 150 km south of the Skellefte ore district, north-central Sweden. Most of the mineralisation...processing. Keywords: Rockliden, North-central Sweden, Base metal sulphide, Ore characterisation, Process...Västernorrlands Län, north-central Sweden, ca. 150 km SW of the Skellefte ore district and the nearby existing processing...wt-%Zn, 1?9 wt%Cu, 0?7 wt-%Pb and 71 g t–1 Ag (New Boliden, 2013). The Rockliden deposit is relatively Cu-rich
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of papers on Cu–Au and VMS deposits of northern Sweden Received: 1 July 2005 / Accepted: 8 August 2005...of Fe, Cu, Zn, Au, Ag and Ti in Europe. Northern Sweden (Fig. 1) is the type area for ‘‘Kiruna-type’’ iron...and is exploited by the largest producing copper mine in Europe (Wanhainen et al. 2003). In recent years...Several of the epigenetic Cu–Au deposits in northern Sweden have been re-evaluated as potential IOCG deposits...issue describe different Cu±Au deposits in northern Sweden (Aitik, Tjårrojåkka and Vaikijaur that not only
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as T-P Indicators in Sulfide Ores from Northern Sweden S. Berglund 1 and T. K. Ekstr6m 2 1 Department...University of Lule&, Lule&, Sweden 2 Geological Survey of Sweden, Box 801, Lule&, Sweden The compositions of...l l e f t e d i s t r i e t of n o r t h e r n Sweden. H e r e , both arsenopyr i t e and s p h a l e...from the Skellefte field have been published. 0dman (1941) presented two from the Boliden mine, having...the sulfide ore formarion in the Skellefte district of northern Sweden, so only some of the general geological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Palaeoproterozoic Kristineberg VMS deposit, Skellefte district, northern Sweden. Part II: chemostratigraphy and alteration...and subvolcanic rocks of the Palaeoproterozoic Skellefte Group. The deposit consists of: (1) two main massive...definite younging indicators in the mine sequence. In many areas of the mine, the original host rocks are impossible...such as quartz, chlorite, muscovite, cordierite, andalusite, phlogopite, pyrite and talc, combined with variably...Department, Boliden Mineral AB, 936 81 Boliden, Sweden which is transitional. The mine porphyry, which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
adjacent to the Paleoproterozoic Boliden Au-rich VMS deposit, Sweden: evidence from petrographic and oxygen...Germany 2017 Abstract Adjacent to the world-class Boliden deposit, fine- to coarse-grained Zn-Pb-Sb-Au-rich...regarded to stratigraphically overlie the Skellefte Volcanics and Boliden deposit. The metasedimentary succession...metamorphic conditions (~ 350–450 °C, < 4 kbars) in the Boliden area. However, preservation of plagioclase and...010-8502, Japan 2 Boliden Mineral, Exploration Department, 776 98 Garpenberg, Sweden conditions. These
Report (issue)
1. GEOLOGY OF THE COPPER DEPOSIT AT LAVER, N. SWEDEN BY OLOF H. ÖDMAN WITH 2 PLATES Pris 1 krona...1. GEOLOGY OF THE COPPER DEPOSIT AT LAVER, N. SWEDEN BY OLOF H. ÖDMAN WITH 2 PLATES STOCKHOLM 1943...1940, when I left my position as mining geo­ logist at the Boliden Mining Company. The examination of the...the material wasstarted while I was at Boliden and has subsequently been completed here in Stockholm....my successor as a mining geologist at Laver, has continued the mapping of the mine. Thus the larger part
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits in the Kristineberg area, Skellefte district, northern Sweden Riia M. Chmielowski & Nils Jansson...Kristineberg area in the 1.9 Ga Skellefte mining district in northern Sweden, using six calculated alteration...Luleå, Sweden e-mail: riia.chmielowski@ltu.se N. Jansson : M. F. Persson : P. Fagerström Boliden Mines...Department, Kontorsvägen 1, Prospekteringen 936 81, Boliden Present Address: N. Jansson Department of Civil... Luleå University of Technology, 971 87 Luleå, Sweden proximal parts the alteration systems, and form
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Architecture of a 1.9 Ga Marine Volcanic Are, Skellefte District, Sweden RODNEY L. ALLEN, VolcanicResources Ltd...Surveyof Sweden, P.O.Box670,S-75128 Uppsala, Sweden ANDSVEN-•KESVENSON Boliden AB, S-93681 Boliden, Sweden...deposits. We suggest that massive sulfides in the Skellefte districtspana rangein oredeposit stylefromdeep-water...0.8percent As,and25.6percentS.The districts in Sweden. The districtcoversanareaof 120by 30 mediandeposit...including Rakkejaur, the largestdepositin the district. termstheSkellefte districtis anEarlyProtero(t)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Proterozoic MassiveSulfide Deposit at Garpenberg, Central Sweden WALDO VIVALLO Department of Geology,Universityof...minor chlorite, cordieritc,garnet, staurolite,and andalusite. Chemically,the altered zone is enrichedin magnesium...g/ton Au (Grip, 1978). Geology of the Garpenberg District The sulfidedeposits of the centralprovincehave...informally designatedleptite formation of central Sweden,whichconsists mainlyof felsicmetavolcanics Stratigraphy...calc-alkaline affinityandiswidespreadover central Sweden and southwest Finland. Most of the volcanic marized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
control unusual enrichment of gold in VMS. At the district scale, the gold-rich deposits occupy a stratigraphic...that commonly differs from other deposits of the district possibly due to a step change in the geodynamic...Similarly, approximately 80% of the gold produced in Sweden from 1999 to 2006 came from VMS (statistics compiled...Géologiques et Minières, and the Geological Survey of Sweden), whereas 15% of the gold produced in Tasmania...recovery, particularly for gold, is never complete. A mining operation may be optimized for base metal production
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
close 206 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS Boliden Hokuroku district Recsk Bousquet Brewer, Slate Belt ...islandof Wetar,Indonesia(Fig. 1), the Lerokisand Kali district,Leiteh(1981)recordsthe presence of a largezone...diaspore, andlocalkaolinitesurrounds orebodies, asat Boliden. reflectonlymetamorphic remobilization of preexisting...aluminosilieate assemblages Discussion comprise kyanite,andalusite, pyrophyllite, andtopaz(Bell, 1982;Ririe,1990)...implyrelatively The Proterozoie Bolldendeposit,Sweden(Fig. 1), con- low sulfidation conditions. A numberof
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zones composed mainly of quartz-pyrite-kyanite-andalusite-muscovite-Zn–rich staurolite assemblages that...strained zone composed of a quartz-pyrite-kyanite-andalusite-chalcopyrite-gold assemblage. All oxides except...LaRonde Penna deposit (Fig. 1) is the largest gold mine currently in operation in Canada. Production from...the eastern part of the Doyon-Bousquet-LaRonde mining camp, which contains more than 22.3 Moz Au (past...resources; Fig. 1). The Au-rich VMS deposits in the district are hosted by the upper portion of the Bousquet
 
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