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Apatite from
Tuolluvaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tuolluvaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:657423
Long-form Identifier:1:3:657423:9
GUID (UUID V4):605e740b-f2fa-44bf-8713-64fe103c9874
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
4.1km (2.5 miles) Rektorn, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
4.5km (2.8 miles) Luossavaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
5.3km (3.3 miles) Henry Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
5.8km (3.6 miles) Kiirunavaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
6.1km (3.8 miles) Nukutus deposit, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
6.4km (4.0 miles) Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
8.9km (5.5 miles) Kurravaara, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
11.7km (7.3 miles) Altavaara Deposit, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
11.8km (7.3 miles) Rakkurijärvi Cu-(Au) deposit, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
36.7km (22.8 miles) Gruvberget, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alteration, and Iron Oxide-Apatite Mineralization in the Kiruna District, Norrbotten, Sweden* Anne Westhues,1,†...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...obtained directly on the Kiirunavaara iron oxide-apatite (IOA) deposit, related orebodies, and host rocks...contains Ti-poor magnetite and minor (0.05–5 wt % P) apatite, located between a trachyandesite footwall and
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)
minerals Article Energy Drive for the Kiruna Mining District Mineral System(s): Insights from U-Pb Zircon...Martinsson, O.; Bauer, T.E. Energy Drive for the Kiruna Mining District Mineral System(s): Insights from U-Pb Zircon...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...The Kiruna mining district, Sweden, known for the type locality of Kiruna-type iron oxide– apatite (IOA)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
•UDYARD FRIETSCIt Abstract Iron ores of the Kiruna type are unusualformationsrestrictedboth in time...different ore phases--apatite-richvarieties are always younger and intrude the apatite-poorvarieties; chemicalcompositionof...chemicalcompositionof apatite--it differs from that in sedimentaryapatitesboth in content and distribution...hydrothermal iron ores (hematite impregnations) and apatite-bearing iron ores--the intimate relationship between... or, less com•nonly,of an irregular ORESof the Kiruna type,with their highconcentra- shape. In many deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Manuscript Tracing the fluid evolution of the Kiruna iron oxide apatite deposits using zircon, monazite, and whole..., Tracing the fluid evolution of the Kiruna iron oxide apatite deposits using zircon, monazite, and whole...MANUSCRIPT Tracing the fluid evolution of the Kiruna iron oxide apatite deposits using zircon, monazite, and whole... Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden c Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences...Paleoproterozoic iron oxide apatite deposits in the vicinity of Kiruna in northern Sweden is poorly understood
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Yukon, the Kiruna iron ore district, Sweden, and the southeast Missouri iron ore district, and a review...magmatic zone of northwest Canada, the Bayan Obo district of China, and perhaps the Redbank breccia pipes...that the ore deposits generally referred to as 'Kiruna-type' should be considered a subset of this larger...potentially economic concentrations of REEs, either in apatite, or in distinct REE mineral phases. (4) Alteration...Wernecke Mountains, Yukon, and the Mount Painter district, South Australia (Coats and Blisset, 1971; Lambert
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)
Alteration of the Malmberget Iron Oxide-Apatite Deposit, Northern Sweden Tobias E. Bauer,1,† Joel B.H. Andersson...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...of the largest underground iron ore mine operations in the world with estimated ore reserves in 2015 of...245 Mt each, which currently produce 17.4 Mt of apatite iron ore per year. Structural investigations were
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
X SOME GEOLOGY' GEOLOGIST JUNE, x9x5 PROBLEMS SWEDEN IN IRON AND IN ORE GEOLOGY No. 4 IN AMERICA...one or another of the principal iron-ore types of Sweden. The excursionsthat I made may have been brief...a salientquestionin the studyof ore depositsin Sweden andalsoin Norway, andthat I havefoundthat two metallogenetic...metallogenetic provinces,one in the United States and one in Sweden,which have sometimesbeen comparedto each other...oresof Sweden are dividedinto two geographically and geologicallydifferent groups. One district,generallyknownas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Economic Geology~ University of Lule&, Sweden 2 Statoil, Stavanger, Norway Chemical analysis...Iran and Chile. The S w e d i s h ores consist of apatite iron ores, q u a r t z - b a n d e d iron ores...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 o m the ferride contents of the K i r u n a apatite iron ores, the ores are considered to be m o b...the B e r g s l a g e n and N o r r - c l u d e apatite iron ores, quartz b a n d e d b o t t e n p r o
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from magnetite-apatite mineralization and their host rocks: examples from Kiruna, Sweden, and El Laco,...Interpretation of the mineralizing environment of magnetite-apatite deposits remains controversial with theories that...from the Precambrian magnetite-apatite ore and host rocks in Kiruna, Sweden, and the Pliocene-Holocene El...Atacama desert of Chile. Magnetite samples from Kiruna have low trace element concentrations with little...caution. Keywords Magnetite . Magnetite-apatite deposits . Kiruna-type deposits . El Laco . Magmatic-hydrothermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Tjårrojåkka apatite–iron and Cu (-Au) occurrences, Kiruna area, northern Sweden Received: 25 May...Abstract The northern Norrbotten area in northern Sweden, is an important mining district and hosts several...related apatite–iron and copper–gold deposits in the region is at Tjårrojåkka, 50 km WSW of Kiruna. The...Tjårrojåkka iron deposit is a typical apatite–iron ore of Kiruna-type and the Tjårrojåkka copper occurrence...characteristics as most other epigenetic deposits in Norrbotten. The host rock has been affected by strong albite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LUOSSAVAARA IRON AND ORES No. 8 OF KIIRUNA- TUOLLUVAARA. PFX GEIJER. The Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara company...extensive. A general survey of the geologyof the Kiruna district,by Hi. Lundbohm,• and the monograph cited aboveare...evidently •" Sketch of the Geology of the Kiruna District," Geol. Fiiren. Stockholm Fiirh., Vol. 32,...structureof the region. In this respect,the Kiruna district is mostprobablythe bestpart, and also with...This is the casewithin the main part of the Kiruna district. This districtmight convenientlybe divided
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nickel-coppermine at four countries: Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the Vammala was increasedand the first planswere...Union. In this issue of Economic Geology for an apatite mineat the SiilinjSrvi carbonatitecomsomeof the...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)
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...Proterozoic supracrustal sequence of the Kiruna district, northern Sweden. Potentially economic grades of Cu...distinctive accessory mineral assemblage includes apatite, titanite, and allanite. The paragenesis and textural...magnetite-apatite deposits, through a range of deposits typified by those of the Cloncurry district, Australia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
101, pages 1769–1782, 2016 SPECIAL COLLECTION: APATITE: A COMMON MINERAL, UNCOMMONLY VERSATILE Fluor...relations in the Grängesberg apatite-iron oxide ore district, Bergslagen, Sweden Erik Jonsson1,2,*, Daniel...SE-75266 Uppsala, Sweden Department of Mineral Resources, Geological Survey of Sweden, Box 670, SE-75128...SE-75128 Uppsala, Sweden 3 Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany 4 Department...a suite of Kiruna-type apatite-iron oxide ore bodies from the Grängesberg Mining District in the Bergslagen
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)
com/locate/chemgeo Apatite–monazite relations in the Kiirunavaara magnetite–apatite ore, northern Sweden Daniel E...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...Three major morphological types of the magnetite – apatite ore (primary, brecciated, and banded) have been...inclusions in the apatite. Larger (up to 150 Am) recrystallised monazite grains, both along apatite grain boundaries
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Canada N6E 1L3 Abstract The Kiruna-type Pea Ridge iron oxide-apatite (IOA) deposit is hosted by a sequence...deposit. Introduction Iron oxide-apatite (IOA) orebodies of the Kiruna type occur worldwide, are associated...examples include the Kiirunavaara orebody, northern Sweden (Geijer, 1910, 1931, 1967; Frietsch, 1978, 1984;...et al., 2015); the Grängesberg orebody, central Sweden (Frietsch and Perdahl, 1995; Hallberg et al., 2006;...Chen and Zhou, 2015). The southeast Missouri Fe district is composed of numerous Fe ore deposits that are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springer-Verlag 1994 Printed in Austria Magnetite-apatite deposits (Kiruna-type) along the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone and...accepted July 26, 1993 Summary The magnetite-apatite deposits of Hamadan and Gole Gohar situated in...carbonatization of the associated rocks; the occurrence of apatite, fluorite, phlogopitc, vallcriite and baddeleyite...alkalinc-bearing amphibole with minor phlogopite, apatite, and tourmaline (Gole Gohar) is the chief alkaline...differentiate and the separation of the mobile magnetite-apatite melt. Indications of this are cumulus textures
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The rare earthmetal (REM) contentin someof the apatite-bearing iron ore deposits in NorthernSwedenhasbeenstudied...phosphate minerals. The rare earth metal contentof the apatite-ironores is betweenthat of the Kola peninsula(USSR)...andmetamorphic rocksis commonly aboutthe sameas in the apatite-ironore from NorthernSweden. The distributionof...distributionof the rare earthssuggests that the apatite-ironoresof Lapplandare not of magmaticorigin. Introduction...periodicsystem,in the apatite-bearing iron oresof analLappland, Northern Sweden, and includeschemical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Luossavaara, Northern Sweden R. Frietsch Geological Surveyof Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden A n important a r...e n t for a m a g m a t i c affiliation of the Kiruna type of ore is the presence of ore b r e c e i...m the L u o s s a v a a r a deposit in northern Sweden: the m a i n ore and the breccia have different...important arguments magmatic derivation of the Kiruna type is the so-called ore breccias to a varying...in felsic volcanite. (Svappavaara) apatite iron ore, east of Kiruna Gruvberget the syenite-porphyry
Book
DIRECTOR. Electrothermic Smelting of Iron Ores in Sweden BY Alfred Stansfield, D.Sc., A.R.S.M., F.R.S...DIRECTOR. Electrothermic Smelting of Iron Ores in Sweden BY Alfred Stansfield, D.Sc., A.R.S.M., F.R.S...your letter of instructions of May I proceeded to Sweden in June. I visited the three important works at...investigated In 19, 1914, new steel-making furnace in Sweden, and one electric ironsmelting plant in Norway...I visited, and to other gentlemen whom I met in Sweden and Norway, for the information they placed at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
well-studied iron oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) and iron oxide apatite (IOA) deposits, combined with partial least squares-discriminant...Sillitoe 2003; Williams et al. 2005). Iron oxide apatite (IOA) deposits are characterized by apatitebearing... 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,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
well-studied iron oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) and iron oxide apatite (IOA) deposits, combined with partial least squares-discriminant...Sillitoe 2003; Williams et al. 2005). Iron oxide apatite (IOA) deposits are characterized by apatitebearing... 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,
 
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