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Quartz from
Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Diopside24 photos of Quartz associated with Diopside at this locality.
Stilbite Subgroup18 photos of Quartz associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality.
Hematite16 photos of Quartz associated with Hematite at this locality.
Fluorite15 photos of Quartz associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Pyrite14 photos of Quartz associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite11 photos of Quartz associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Tremolite7 photos of Quartz associated with Tremolite at this locality.
Calcite3 photos of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality.
Chlorite Group3 photos of Quartz associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Albite2 photos of Quartz associated with Albite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Photo GalleryView Gallery (18 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:121899
Long-form Identifier:1:3:121899:2
GUID (UUID V4):6cf10cf8-d7ee-4b65-9b84-7a2616226026
Localities for Quartz in this Region
Kung Oskar mine, Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.4km (0.9 miles) Kung Oskar mine, Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
8.2km (5.1 miles) Nautanen, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
11.9km (7.4 miles) Fridhem Mine, Nautanen, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
18.2km (11.3 miles) Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
20.3km (12.6 miles) Liikavaara East, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
20.5km (12.7 miles) Salmijärvi, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
40.6km (25.2 miles) Suorravaara, Leipojärvi, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
50.6km (31.4 miles) Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
59.3km (36.9 miles) Pattok, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
62.9km (39.1 miles) Kalixforsbron, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hydrothermal Alteration of the Malmberget Iron Oxide-Apatite Deposit, Northern Sweden Tobias E. Bauer,1,† Joel...Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden 2 LKAB, 3 Minerals SE-983 81 Malmberget, Sweden and Metallurgical Engineering...87 Luleå, Sweden Abstract The Malmberget iron oxide-apatite (IOA) deposit in northern Sweden is one of...It is proposed in the present study that the Malmberget IOA deposit was deformed and metamorphosed during...88 Ga crustal shortening event. Moreover, the Malmberget IOA deposit was affected by a 1.8 Ga folding
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden; joel.bh.andersson@ltu.se (J.B.H.A.); olof.martinsson@ltu...Museum of Natural History, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden; martin.whitehouse@nrm.se Correspondence: leslie...+46-920-491855 Abstract: The Kiruna mining district, Sweden, known for the type locality of Kiruna-type iron...0/). 1. Introduction The northern Norrbotten ore province, Sweden, is broadly described as an iron oxide–...abundance of low-Ti iron oxide ores (Kiirunavaara, Malmberget) together with structurally controlled hydrothermal
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)
LA-ICP-MS U–Pb dating of metavolcanics of Norrbotten, Sweden: Records of extended geological histories...within the major iron ore province of Norrbotten, northern Sweden, where titanite is a common phase associated...the Fe oxide–apatite deposits. A sample from Malmberget records a slightly different scenario, where...history. Apatite inclusions within titanite at Malmberget record a younger age of 1584 ± 12 Ma (2σ), which...Laser ablation; Titanite; U–Pb; In situ; ICP-MS; Norrbotten 1. Introduction Since the advent of laser ablation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
distribution at the Aitik Deposit, Gällivare Area, Northern Sweden C. Wanhainen, M. Kontturi and O. Martinsson...copper and 0·22 ppm gold. It is situated in northern Sweden in 1·9 Ga Svecofennian, metamorphosed volcanic...schist that is strongly K-feldspar, epidote and quartz altered. Another ‘gold-rich’ area (> 0·6 ppm Au)...mine is situated 15 km southeast of Gällivare in northern-most Sweden (Fig. 1). The open-pit mine was opened...971 87 Luleå, Sweden; M. Kontturi is at Boliden AB, Aitik Mine, SE 982 21 Gällivare, Sweden © 2003 IoM Communications
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
data from the Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit, northern Sweden C. Wanhainen a,⁎, C. Broman b, O. Martinsson a...Luleå, Sweden Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, SE 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden Vattenfall...Consultant AB, Timmermansgatan 25, SE 971 77 Luleå, Sweden a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...2012 Keywords: Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit Northern Sweden Porphyry copper IOCG High salinity brines a b...The Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit in the Gällivare area in northern Sweden is Sweden's largest sulphide mine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
across the Archaean-Proterozoic border in northern Sweden Kjell "Blllstrom'"a*,, Rudyard Frietsch b Jan-Anders...Stockholm, Sweden b Department of Applied Geology; Luled University of Technology, S-951 87 Lule~, Sweden Received...Palaeoproterozic mineralizations in northernmost Sweden. In the present work Pb isotope data from galena...inferred Proterozoic-Archaean border in northern Sweden. Radiogenic lead is generally found in galena of...occurrences in the "--1.9 Ga old Porphyry group near Malmberget. Non-radiogenic lead is found in the Huornaisenvuoma
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Proterozoic iron and sulphide ores in northern Sweden R. Frietsch ~, K. Billstr6m 2, J.A. PerdahP 1Division...Lule~t University of Technology, S-971 87 Lule~t, Sweden 2 Laboratory for Isotope Geology, Swedish Museum...Museum of Natural History, S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden Received: 5 November 1993/Accepted: 20 June 1994 Abstract...Proterozoic iron and sulphide mineralizations in northern Sweden. The contrastmg sulphur isotope patterns are indicative...syngenetic, exhalative sedimentary skarn iron ores, quartz-banded iron ores and sulphide mineralizations of
Journal (volume)
Survey of Finland Bulletin 306 The ore deposits of Sweden by Rudyard Frietsch Geologinen tutkimuslaitos...Survey of Finland, Bulletin 306 THE ORE DEPOSITS OF SWEDEN by RUDYARD FRIETS CH with one figure in the text...ESPOO 1980 Frietsch, R. 1980. The ore deposits of Sweden. Geological SlIrvey Bulletin 306. 20 pages and...figure. 0/ Finland, The metallogenie provinces of Sweden are reviewed. The Precambrian deposits include...the iron, sulphide and tungsten ores of Central Sweden, the sulphide ores of the Skellefte district, the
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 (issue)
Adalberto Giazotto (Italy) Golden calcites from Malmberget INTRODUCTION Peter LYCKBERG This time our...author in the Butterfly Twin Pocket, 1989. Malmberget mine, Sweden. Benitoite Gem mine, USA Editors: Tomasz...(Poland) Scott Werschky (USA) GEOLOGY Northern Sweden has several of the world’s largest and richest...northernmost Sweden two decades ago. The Malmberget mine located near Gällivare, Lappland, Sweden has produced...is situated near the southern tip of San Benito County about 30 km to the north and west of Coalinga,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Leoben took place in Lapland, northern Finland & Sweden. Thanks to the organisation of Prof. Melcher and...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...the formation of major deposits in North Finland/Sweden (e.g. BERGMAN et al., 2008). Although the majority...The metallogeny of northern Finland and northern Sweden is very diverse and ranges from mafic to ultramafic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rakovajf@miamioh.edu Fluorapatite Acushnet Quarry Bristol County, Massachusetts N orth America has produced some...as the J. Keating Company stone quarry), Bristol County, Massachusetts. Rather than a granite pegmatite...variety of albite, calcite, epidote, muscovite, quartz, titanite, chabazite, and stilbite. Another important...chlorite, 11.5 cm tall, Acushnet quarry, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Maine Mineral and Gem Museum specimen...quarry, and Old Bluestone quarry), Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts (fig. 2). I drove to the north side
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
titanite from the Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit, northern Sweden Received: 25 May 2005 / Accepted: 17 June 2005...rocks to the Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit in northern Sweden are strongly altered and deformed Early Proterozoic...dating of molybdenite from deformed barite and quartz veins yielded ages of 1,876±10 Ma and 1,848±8 Ma...Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden E-mail: christina.wanhainen@ltu.se Tel.: +46-920-492401...of Natural History, Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden H. Stein AIRIE Program, Department of Geosciences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Cu (-Au) occurrences, Kiruna area, northern Sweden Received: 25 May 2005 / Accepted: 10 June 2005...Springer-Verlag 2005 Abstract The northern Norrbotten area in northern Sweden, is an important mining district...characteristics as most other epigenetic deposits in Norrbotten. The host rock has been affected by strong albite...Luleå University of Technology, 971 87 Luleå, Sweden E-mail: Asa.Edfelt@ltu.se R. N. Armstrong Department...representing a slightly later product. Keywords Sweden Æ Proterozoic Æ IOCG Æ Hydrothermal alteration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
low-temperature mineral assemblages from the Malmberget iron ore, northern Sweden ROLF L. ROMER Department of Applied...Applied Geology, Lule~ University, S-971 87 Lulefi, Sweden (Received May 24, 1995; accepted in revisedform...fractures in the Palaeoproterozoic Malmberget iron ore, northern Sweden, contain low-temperature mineral...demonstrates that the ambient temperature in the Malmberget area from then on remained below the thermal...magnetite-hematite-apatite iron ore at Malmberget, northern Sweden, contain low-temperature hydrothermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Applied in the Context of Mineral Potential in Sweden Martiya Sadeghi * , Nikolaos Arvanitidis and Anna...Resources, Geological Survey of Sweden, Box 670, 751 28 Uppsala, Sweden; Nikolaos.arvanitidis@sgu.se (N...Element (REE) mineralizations are not so “rare” in Sweden. They normally occur associated and hosted within...are the apatite-iron oxide mineralizations in Norrbotten (e.g., Kiruna) and Bergslagen (e.g., Grängesberg)...databases available at the Geological Survey of Sweden. The positive correlation between REE composition
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Prospektering, Box5801, Linndgatan5, 102 48 Stockholm,Sweden Abstract In the Kiruna-typeiron ores,apatitehasbeen...phosphoruscontentsare often found. In northern Sweden,there is alsoapatite enrichmentin the ores and...Kiruna-typeoresof ironores).In somesections northern Sweden and the massive sulfide ores of also in the wall...(Kiirunavaara)to 2 to 3 mm in more highly metadeposits(Malmberget).The ratio of apaThe classicdescriptionof magmatic-intrusive...ore. Phosphorus in Kiruna-TypeOres of Northern Sweden The principalphosphorus mineralis apatite.In general
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden; hakan.schunnesson@ltu.se (H.S.); anna.gustafson@ltu...in-the-hole (ITH) drills used in LKAB’s Malmberget mine in Sweden. Drill parameters, including penetration...SIMCA (Sartorius Stedim Data Analytics AB, UMEÅ, Sweden) has been used for performing the PCA analysis...Description 3.1. Test Site LKAB’s iron ore mine in Malmberget is the second largest underground mine in Europe...situated close to the municipality of Gällivare in the northern part of Sweden. The mine consists of about 20
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oxide-Apatite Mineralization in the Kiruna District, Norrbotten, Sweden* Anne Westhues,1,† John M. Hanchar,1 Martin...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...are economically important in the Norrbotten region of northern Sweden (e.g., Bergman et al., 2001). Several...2014). About 40 IOA deposits are known in the Norrbotten region, having average Fe and P contents of 30
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PROTEROZOIC MAFIC-FELSIC VOLCANISM IN NORTHERNMOST SWEDEN T. SKIOLD Laboratoriet fdr isotopgeologi, Naturhistoriska...Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Box 50007, S-104 05 Stockholm (Sweden) R.A. C L I F F Department of Earth Sciences,...Proterozoic mafic-felsic volcanism in northernmost Sweden. Precambrian Res., 26: 1--13. A Sm--Nd mineral...error with U--Pb zircon ages of 1909 ± 117 Ma on quartz-bearing prophyries which overlie but are, in part...Early Proterozoic geologic history of northern Sweden is still incompletely known. In particular, the
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...supracrustal sequence of the Kiruna district, northern Sweden. Potentially economic grades of Cu and Au, largely...data from the Rakkurijärvi IOCG deposit in Norrbotten, Sweden. The Rakkurijärvi magnetite breccias are...Tinto Mining and Exploration Ltd., through the Norrbotten Joint Venture, identified the IOCG potential
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Martinsson The Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit in northern Sweden: a product of high salinity fluids Received: 20...The Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit is located in northern Sweden and is hosted by strongly deformed 1.9 Ga Svecofennian...feldspar–biotite–amphibole gneiss and porphyritic quartz monzodiorite. The deposit has been affected by...inclusions in six samples of copper-mineralized quartz veins record the presence of three different fluid...Luleå University of Technology, SE 971 87 Luleå, Sweden E-mail: chwa@sb.luth.se Tel.: +46-920-492401 Fax:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
apatite-bearing iron oresof analLappland, Northern Sweden, and includeschemical this paperis to furnishc...In 1967, sampleswere also taken in the minesat Malmberget,eachsamplecomprising 400-500 kg. The analyseswere...Y, La, Ce as assayed by the LKAB laboratoryin Malmberget (Table 3). GroupC samples All GroupC sampleswerefrom...ore-impregnatedlayers at the top of the ore zoneto the quartz-bearing porphyrybelow the ore horizon.An assayincludingY...Location of iron ore deposits,Lappland, Northern Sweden. Assessmentof Analytical Results X-ray spectrographic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Malmberget iron mine, Sweden A world class mineral locality Peter Lyckberg Abstract The Malmberget...Malmberget iron mine near Gallivare, Lappland, Sweden has produced a series of well crystallised, interesting...fluorite, sti/bite, stellerite, pyrite, fluorapatite, quartz, feldspars, ferrohornblende, chalcopyrite, titanite...in making Malmberget a world renowned locality among connoiseurs. Geology Northern Sweden has several...deposits at Kiruna (Luossavaara-Kirunavaara), Malmberget and Svappavaara. The ore at Kiruna is a huge
 
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