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Actinolite from
Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:613225
Long-form Identifier:1:3:613225:5
GUID (UUID V4):5ee19ef1-0c7b-478c-8b5f-766c9d7ba697
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
63.7km (39.6 miles) Gruvberget, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
84.9km (52.7 miles) Rakkurijärvi Cu-(Au) deposit, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
87.7km (54.5 miles) Pahtohavare Cu-Au deposit, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
91.2km (56.7 miles) Kiirunavaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
94.4km (58.7 miles) Luossavaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and fluid inclusion data from the Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit, northern Sweden C. Wanhainen a,⁎, C. Broman b,...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...Available online 9 May 2012 Keywords: Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit Northern Sweden Porphyry copper IOCG High salinity...b s t r a c t The Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit in the Gällivare area in northern Sweden is Sweden's largest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Leoben took place in Lapland, northern Finland & Sweden. Thanks to the organisation of Prof. Melcher and...alike. We The biggest operating mines, Kemi (Cr), Aitik (Cu, Au), Kiruna (Fe) and Kittilä (Au) have been...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
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 (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)
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...Laser ablation; Titanite; U–Pb; In situ; ICP-MS; Norrbotten 1. Introduction Since the advent of laser ablation...background The major iron ore province of northern Sweden is hosted within Palaeoproterozoic rocks, mainly...95–1.85 Ga) in age, which extend from northern Sweden into Finland and parts of northern Norway (Fig
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
U–Pb dating of titanite from the Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit, northern Sweden Received: 25 May 2005 / Accepted:...2005 Abstract Host rocks to the Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit in northern Sweden are strongly altered and deformed...history following primary ore deposition in the Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit. Samples represent dyke, vein and...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)
evolution and metal transport in the Kiruna District, Sweden: Contrasting metal behaviour in aqueous and aqueous–carbonic...deposits and Fe oxide-apatite deposits from Norrbotten, Sweden, formed in similar settings, and in some...the Kiruna and Malmberget ore districts, northern Sweden (Fig. 1) with the aims of examining the formation...The detailed geology and metallogeny of Norrbotten County, Sweden, have been reviewed by Carlon (2000) and...ac- o 70 N Main map Kiruna o 65 Lule 50Km Sweden o 60 Per Geiger Ores Luossavaara/ Kirunavaara
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Broman Æ Olof Martinsson The Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit in northern Sweden: a product of high salinity fluids...Springer-Verlag 2003 Abstract The Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit is located in northern Sweden and is hosted by strongly...copper-rich system during a post-ore event. The Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit shares some features with both...Luleå University of Technology, SE 971 87 Luleå, Sweden E-mail: chwa@sb.luth.se Tel.: +46-920-492401 Fax:...geochemistry, Stockholm University, SE 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden O. Martinsson Centre for applied ore studies (CTMG)
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–...alteration (manifested as albite, scapolite, and actinolite) and abundance of low-Ti iron oxide ores (Kiirunavaara
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...metavolcanic sequence, with matrices of albite, actinolite, and calcite surrounded by halos of sodic (albitescapolite)...data from the Rakkurijärvi IOCG deposit in Norrbotten, Sweden. The Rakkurijärvi magnetite breccias are
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)
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
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...contain tourmaline of the schorl-dravite series. Aitik-Nautanen Cu-(Au) style deposits and in particular...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)
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
Corporate Document
Rantasalmi 4. SWEDEN 4.1 Aitik 4.2 Pahtohavare 4.3 Björkdal 4.4 Åkerberg 4.5 Nautanen, Gällivare 4.6 Jälketkurkkio...described in this paper. In addition, some samples from Sweden, Czech Republic, Russian Far East, Ukraine, and...chlorite - epidote pyrite - rutile - tremolite-actinolite - tourmaline - tellurides(?) - gold. The veins...cratons in the northeast and collision of the Norrbotten and Karelian cratons in the west. This resulted...ore" was extracted and treated at the Pahtavaara mine plant (Markku Kilpelä, pers. comm. 1999). The deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluids in iron oxide–copper–gold systems, Norrbotten, Sweden: Constraints from Br/Cl ratios and stable...Fe-oxide ± Cu ± Au mineralising systems in Norrbotten, Sweden. Fluid inclusions in late-stage veins in... Chlorine isotopes in iron oxide–copper–gold deposits Sweden of these deposit types (and in some cases their...sodic alteration in the Kiruna district, Norrbotten, Sweden although no Fennoscandian evaporitic sediments...potential fluid sources (Williams et al., 2005). In Norrbotten both deposits hosted by the Greenstone and Porphyry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
veins, comprising predominantly magnetite and actinolite, with minor pyrite and chalcopyrite. Two generations...the second mainly as an alteration product of actinolite, secondary K-feldspar, silica, sericite, chlorite...km 10 Fault Road Drainage Village Freeway Mine Figure 1. Simplified and modified regional geological...most of the igneous minerals were replaced by actinolite, secondary K-feldspar, sericite, carbonate-albite...orebody consists mainly of magnetite, apatite, actinolite, diopside, and minor sulphide minerals such as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
include early and proximal albite, magnetite–actinolite–apatite, and potassic (K-feldspar) alteration...assemblages similar to porphyry Cu systems. Magnetite–actinolite– apatite alteration formed from high temperature...encompasses a large area containing magnetite–actinolite–apatite and several associated styles of mineralization...Lake Belt, the others being the former Contact Lake mine and K2 (Fig. 1; Mumin et al. 2007, 2010) located...from IOCG-type alteration (albite, magnetite–actinolite–apatite, K-feldspar–magnetite, and Kfeldspar–hematite)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Craton and Cloncurry district, Australia; Norrbotten, Sweden; Wernecke Mountains and Great Bear Batholith...area around the Ernest Henry mine. These holes were selected from both the mine lease—the area immediately...term lease—the exploration lease enveloping the mine lease (cf. Fig. 2a). These results provide clear...alteration produced albitic plagioclase- and actinolite/tremolite-rich mineral assemblages that affected...The main shear zone foliations and faults at the mine dip moderately SE, and the breccia-hosted orebody
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu–Ni deposits in mafic–ultramafic complexes in Sweden [4], Canada [5], Montana [6], Karelia [7], and...surrounding veins. Veins dominated by magnetite, actinolite and plagioclase are spatially associated with...alteration zone (albite/K-feldspar, biotite, actinolite, fluorite and magnetite). Molybdenum was mainly...520 2,770 120 0.84 0.35 [3,19,68] [68,69] 13 Sweden 20 784 226 133 0.2 [70,71] Russia 12 57 6...73] [19,73] Assarel Elatsite Medet Bor Majdnapek Aitik Aksug Zhireken Sora Tominskoe Borly Boshchekul Kounrad
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...ore. Phosphorus in Kiruna-TypeOres of Northern Sweden The principalphosphorus mineralis apatite.In general...are of economicimportance. after Kiirunavaarain Sweden)showsno clear char- The grain size at Malmberget
Book (volume)
explain the ideas of those who have worked on it (and mine, where they differ from those readily available...other three, are arranged from north to south. For Sweden, a general summary of the metallogeny of that country...the one that contains the iron ores of central Sweden in which the numerous ore bodies are of a few 5...deposits in the province of Norrbotten, Aitik, Laisvall, and Kiruna-Gällivare, that are not in any way genetically...countries: Ireland England Scotland 3 7 1 Wales Norway Sweden 1 7 17 Finland Poland USSR 12 2 30. These 80
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sattopora, 13. Pahtavuoma, 14. Riikonkoski, 15. Aitik. III Kuusamo (Au-Co): 16. Juomasuo, 17. Meurastuksenaho...with an average grade of 0.47% Cu. Four deposits, Aitik, Bidjovagge, Sattopora and Pahtohavare contain gold...far the largest is the low-grade Cu-Au deposit of Aitik {Zweifel, 1976). The total measured metal content...tons of Au. Cu + Au deposits were documented at Aitik and Liikavaara East {Zweifel, 1976), in Central...Riikonkoski, Saattopora, Kangas), sericitization (Aitik, Riikonkoski, Kangas), carbonatization (Liikavaara
Corporate Document
Dam and Ernest Henry in Australia, Kiruna-Aitik in Sweden, and Salobo in Brazil. Their considerable size...include Ernest Henry, Kiruna-Aitik, and Salobo located in Australia, Sweden, and Brazil, respectively....the Carajas and Kiruna districts of Brazil and Sweden, respectively, providing proximal basement iron...sedimentary rocks are exposed between the Rayrock uranium mine and the southeast side of Lou Lake (Figs. 1 and...intrusive suite. The past producing Rayrock uranium mine occurs in “giant” quartz-vein stockworks (up to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
et al. 2001) and probably IOCG-like Pahtohavare, Sweden (Lindblom et al. 1996) and Bidjovagge, Norway (Ettner...economic Cu mineralization (Fig. 1). The Marcona iron mine has present reserves of 1,551 Mt grading 55.4% Fe...Perú SA., Resource Estimate of the Marcona Iron Mine, unpublished report, 2003, in Chinese). The Mina... 8), is located 3–4 km northeast of the Marcona mine. The detailed geology of the Marcona–Mina Justa...unpublished report). Ab albite, Kfs K-feldspar, Act actinolite units with minor sandstone, siltstone and limestone
 
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