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Talc from
Kiirunavaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Talc
Formula:Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Talc data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kiirunavaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:437859
Long-form Identifier:1:3:437859:4
GUID (UUID V4):e383651f-0a27-46e5-baeb-9e43c986581a
Nearest other occurrences of Talc
7.3km (4.6 miles) ⓘPahtohavare Cu-Au deposit, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
References
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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 KittilĂ€ (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 – KittilĂ€; Ki – Kiruna; O – Outokumpu; OR – Oslo rift; SA – Skellefte
Journal (issue)
in the Texas state gem, to paz. Found in Mason County, Texas, Ms. Eames will discuss where and how to...of the gem. Her displays will demonstrate Mason County topaz in the rough and how to differentiate topaz..... 7 The Geology and Mining Operations of the Kiirunavaara Mine, Kiruna, Sweden. ......................2014 The Geology and Mining Operations of the Kiirunavaara Mine, Kiruna, Sweden. by Nathalie Brandes...Society he Kiirunavaara Mine is an underground iron mine operated by Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag
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...LuleĂ„ University of Technology, SE-971 87 LuleĂ„, Sweden ‡ Pro Vice-Chancellor, LuleĂ„ 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)
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...Geijer, P., 1910, Igneousrocks and iron ores of Kiirunavaara, Luossavaara andTuolluvaara;Scientificandpracticalresearches...esearches in Lapland:arrangedby Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag, Stockholm,Kgl. Boktryckeriet,278...278 p. 1950, The Rektor ore body at Kiruna: Sverges Geol. Unders6kning,ser. C, no. 514, 18 p. -1968, Problemenkring
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Apatite–monazite relations in the Kiirunavaara magnetite–apatite ore, northern Sweden Daniel E. Harlov a,*, Ulf...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...Petrological and mineralogical evidence suggest that the Kiruna magnetite – apatite ore experienced successive...responsible for the interstitial formation of allanite, talc, tremolite, chlorite, serpentine, muscovite, quartz
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)
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)
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...for its Fe-oxide deposits, including the famous Kiruna-type Fe-apatite deposits. The genesis of these...Hitzman et al., 1992) origin have been advocated. The Kiruna-type Fe-apatite deposits have recently also been
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...tungsten ores of Central Sweden, the sulphide ores of the Skellefte district, the molybdenum and uranium
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
industrial minerals, feldspar for glasswork,and talc chain. Geographicallythe area is divided between...nickel-coppermine at four countries: Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the Vammala was increasedand the first planswere...the last few mining field are the Sokli carbonatitecomplex,the Kolari iron ore district,and the Pahtavuomacopper...areas tion first went into production1654, the mining inand ore types. The metallogenyof the Nordic coun-...nephelinesyeniteconcentrate, Before World War II the mining industry was and 410,000metrictonsof olivineproducts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
London, Ontario, Canada N6E 1L3 Abstract The Kiruna-type Pea Ridge iron oxide-apatite (IOA) deposit...Introduction Iron oxide-apatite (IOA) orebodies of the Kiruna type occur worldwide, are associated with volcanic...range. Notable examples include the Kiirunavaara orebody, northern Sweden (Geijer, 1910, 1931, 1967; Frietsch...et al., 2015); the GrÀngesberg orebody, central Sweden (Frietsch and Perdahl, 1995; Hallberg et al., 2006;...of (Y + REE) + Na + Si + Cl depletion (e.g., Kiirunavaara; Harlov et al., 2002a), and subsequently acted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1770-1776 Isotope Systematicsof the Kiruna Magnetite Ores, Sweden' Part 1. Age of the Ore R. A. CLIFF...intervalduringthisperiod and suggests that the Kiruna magnetite-apatiteoreswere generatedduringorogenesis...primary age of the ore directly were THE Kiruna (strictly,Kiirunavaara)orebodyin Arctic not successful, al...althoughisotopicanalyses madein that Sweden is a concentration of ca. 2 billion metric tons contexthavedemonstrateda...the world'slargestundergroundmine. Geologyof the Kiruna Deposit The oretakesthe formof a 4-km-longmagnetitebody
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Economic Geology~ University of Lule&, Sweden 2 Statoil, Stavanger, Norway Chemical analysis...ores from the two m a i n ore d i s t r i c t s of Sweden, the B e r g s l a g e n and the N o r r b o t...r a l s and apatite, there also exists quartz Norrbotten and skarn m i n e r a l s of w h i c h actinolite...t i o n of the quartz b a n d e d Fig.l. Map of Sweden showing the locairon ores in some respects r e...n i e d b y large amounts of v i s i t e d the Kiruna r e g i o n in 1875 (Geiskarn m i n e r a l s such
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Swedish Museum of NaturalHistory,S-10405Stockholm, Sweden ANDFERNANDO HENRiQUEZ Departamento deMinas,Universidad...Platymagnetite,anotherdendriticformwidespreadat Kiruna,alsooccursat El Laco.Moreover,manyoresof the three...HildeAPATITEiron ores, also known as ores of the Kiruna brand(1986), M&nard(1986), andRuiz andPeebles type...structure other iron depositsin the Kiruna area of northern anastomosing Sweden. suggestive of forcefulinjection)at...textures(Geijer, 1910, 1931, 1967; preserveddepositsof the Kiruna type elsewhere. Geijerand Odman,1974; Frietsch
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The IOA deposits studied are also referred to Kiruna-type IOA deposits that are characterized by Tipoor...Sossego, Alvo 118, and Salobo from the Carajas district in Brazil, Olympic Dam and Ernest Henry from the...Cloncurry district, respectively, in Australia, Candelaria from the Central Andes district in Chile,...include Kiruna (or Kiirunavaara) and Rektorn from the Norrbotten district of northern Sweden, El Romeral...Australia, Pilot Knob and Pea Ridge from the Missouri district in the USA, and Lyon Mountain from the Grenville
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The IOA deposits studied are also referred to Kiruna-type IOA deposits that are characterized by Tipoor...Sossego, Alvo 118, and Salobo from the Carajas district in Brazil, Olympic Dam and Ernest Henry from the...Cloncurry district, respectively, in Australia, Candelaria from the Central Andes district in Chile,...include Kiruna (or Kiirunavaara) and Rektorn from the Norrbotten district of northern Sweden, El Romeral...Australia, Pilot Knob and Pea Ridge from the Missouri district in the USA, and Lyon Mountain from the Grenville
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
347–363 Magnetite-apatite deposits of the Bafq district, Central Iran: apatite geochemistry and monazite...TORAB1,2,* AND B. LEHMANN2 1 Department of Mining Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran Institute...Accepted 19 August 2007] ABSTR ACT The Bafq mining district is in the Early Cambrian Kashmar-Kerman volcano-plutonic...volcano-plutonic arc in Central Iran and hosts important ‘Kiruna-type’ magnetite-apatite deposits. The hydrothermal...: Bafq district, Iran, magnetite, apatite, monazite geochronology, REE. Introduction ‘KIRUNA-TYPE’ ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Falun mine, for centuriesthe world's leading copperproducerand still an importantpyrite mine,andalsothezincdeposits...these countries. 2 Geologist, Geological Survey of Sweden, Stockholm. a Dr. Eskola's report, "Petrology of...report on the geology and ore deposits of the Falun district is published in Swedish (with a summary in German)...German) as Series C, no. 275, of the Geol. Survey of Sweden. 4 Ecoa. GEOL.,vol. X., p. 299, I915. 279 280...Intrusion Mechanism of the Archaan Granites of Central Sweden" (Bull. Geol. Inst. Upsala, vol. I5, P. 47). 6
Report (issue)
Brooks Range, Alaska, in 1979, prior to drilling or mining. Ground water seeping from the Red Dog deposit...Related Metallogenesis in the Kiruna-Skellefte Belt of Northern Sweden A History of Theoretical Developments...«2. of the eccisemene of the Misima Gold-Silver Mine, Papua New Guinea ........ .G. I. Wilson and R....C. Barwick eae ie Discovery. The McLaughlin Gold Mine, Napa, Yolo, and Lake Counties, California Fre...of an intrusive magmatic origin for the great Kiruna ores, and Russell proposes a new and different
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
was processed in 1815 (Lowell and Noll, 2001); mining continued in the Ironton area at the Pilot Knob...were mined south of Ironton as early as 1881. The mining history of the Precambrian iron and manganese resources...St. Francois Mountains terrane contains (1) IOA “Kiruna-type” deposits (e.g., Martinsson, 2004), (2) IOCG...late Paleoproterozoic GrĂ€ngesberg and Kiruna deposits in Sweden, which are contained mainly in volcanic...Rhyolite suite Potosi Caldera boundary No Data Mine or prospect for Fe, Mn, Cu, Co, and/or REEs Farmington
Report (volume)
of Samarskite and other Minerals in tho Xollore District, Madras Presidency. By G. H. Tipper, M.A., F...PAGES. The Pegu-Eocene Succession in the Minbu District, near Ngapo. By G. de P. Cotter, B.A. (Dub.)...(With Plates 17 to 21) The Geology of the Honzada District, Burma. By Murray Stuart, B.Sc., F.G.S., Professor...by pegmatite (B). Gowari Warhona, Chhindwara District. „ 2.—Pegmatite vein with an included pentagonal...Murchison, var. persica. Pedicle Mashhad District Coll. Griesbach. 4.—Spirifer Verneuili Murchison
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ages of apatite from iron oxide ores of the Bafq District, East-Central Iran Heinz-GĂŒnter Stosch & Rolf...oxide–apatite (IOA) deposits, often referred to as Kiruna-type iron ore deposits, are known to have formed...deposit-scale metasomatic alteration. In the Bafq District in east Central Iran, economic iron oxide– apatite...U–Pb apatite age for five occurrences in the Bafq District. In a 206Pb/238U vs. 207 Pb/235U diagram, apatite...the apatite-rich rocks (apatites) of the Bafq district formed coevally with the Early Cambrian magmatic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the southern edge of the Saghand-Bafgh-Zarand district, include a thick pile of Cadomian extrusive and...El Romeral; Bookstrom, 1977), magnetite–apatite (Kiruna-type) deposits (e.g., El Laco; Nyström and HenrĂ­quez...remains contentious. The Saghand-Bafgh-Zarand district is, a world-class iron oxide province located...province containing iron oxide ± Cu ± Au ± Bi ± Co and Kiruna deposits related to Cadomian magmatic systems (Ramezani...(Ramezani and Tucker, 2003). This district consists of massive magnetite and magnetite-apatite ores hosted
 
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