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Titanite from
Kurravaara, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden


Classification
Species:Titanite
Formula:CaTi(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Titanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kurravaara, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:88860
Long-form Identifier:1:3:88860:2
GUID (UUID V4):c35fa68f-a5a9-4744-97e2-d91fe7f987c5
Nearest other occurrences of Titanite
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘLuossavaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘKiirunavaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
19.8km (12.3 miles) ⓘRakkurijĂ€rvi Cu-(Au) deposit, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
44.4km (27.6 miles) ⓘLeveĂ€niemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
82.6km (51.3 miles) ⓘVitĂ„fors mine, Malmberget, GĂ€llivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
83.3km (51.8 miles) ⓘMalmberget, GĂ€llivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
84.7km (52.6 miles) ⓘKoskullskulle mine, Malmberget, GĂ€llivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
84.8km (52.7 miles) ⓘSelet mine, Malmberget, GĂ€llivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
99.4km (61.8 miles) ⓘAitik Mine, GĂ€llivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...LuleĂ„ University of Technology, SE-971 87 LuleĂ„, 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... Abstract: The Kiruna mining district, Sweden, known for the type locality of Kiruna-type iron oxide–
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 MalĂ„, Sweden R. HERRINGTON, Department of Mineralogy, Natural...Proterozoic supracrustal sequence of the Kiruna district, northern Sweden. Potentially economic grades of Cu...accessory mineral assemblage includes apatite, titanite, and allanite. The paragenesis and textural evolution...addition of Ti to the rock mass in biotite and as titanite. The compositions of secondary minerals are consistent
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Oxide-Apatite Mineralization in the Kiruna District, Norrbotten, Sweden* Anne Westhues,1,† John M. Hanchar...Museum of Natural History, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources...LuleĂ„ University of Technology, SE-971 87 LuleĂ„, Sweden Abstract High spatial resolution zircon U-Pb geochronological...magmatic-hydrothermal emplacement model for the Kiruna area IOA ores. Introduction Iron oxide apatite...are economically important in the Norrbotten region of northern Sweden (e.g., Bergman et al., 2001). Several
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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 (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
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)
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...sometimeswith interstratified tuff bands. 2. The Kurravaara conglomerate,a zone of conglomerate probablyto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
apatite–iron and Cu (-Au) occurrences, Kiruna area, northern Sweden Received: 25 May 2005 / Accepted: 10...Abstract The northern Norrbotten area in northern Sweden, is an important mining district and hosts several...in the region is at Tjårrojåkka, 50 km WSW of Kiruna. The deposits are hosted by strongly sheared and...Tjårrojåkka iron deposit is a typical apatite–iron ore of Kiruna-type and the Tjårrojåkka copper occurrence shows...characteristics as most other epigenetic deposits in Norrbotten. The host rock has been aïŹ€ected by strong albite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ores at Kiruna TIBOR PARJ‱K LKAB Prospektering, Box5801, Linndgatan5, 102 48 Stockholm,Sweden Abstract...Abstract In the Kiruna-typeiron ores,apatitehasbeen regardedasthe mostconspicuous mineral. Advocatesof the...However,a closerexaminationof deposits classifiedas Kiruna-typeores showsthat they include both apatite-bearingand...this respect, there are similaritiesbetween the Kiruna-type ores and other types. Apatite banding similar...environmentsgeologicallysimilar to thoseof the Kiruna-typeores.There are severalexamplesof skarn-typeores
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...Wernecke Mountains, Yukon, and the Mount Painter district, South Australia (Coats and Blisset, 1971; Lambert...as the giant iron ore deposits of the Kiruna district, Sweden, and the Fe-REE deposits of Bayan Obo,
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
Report (volume)
evaluation of the Pea Ridge iron ore mine (Washington County, Missouri) for rare-earth element and precious...rocks, Kiruna area, northern Sweden 16 7-8. Maps showing: 7. Geology of the Kiruna iron district, Sweden...view, other deposits in this class include Kiruna (Sweden), Bayan Obo (Inner Mongolia), and Pea Ridge...and from Olympic Dam to the Midcontinent to Kiruna, Sweden (see program following references). The participants...deposits, mid-continent U.S.A., South Australia, Sweden, and the People's 2 Republic of China: Thirtieth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
forming the oldest volcanic rocks of the Iciruna district is albite, there was no reason to suspect t h...SUBDIUS' monograph on the soiithcrn part of the district? gives very detailed data t h a t are absoliitcly...LKXDBOIIJI, HJ.: Sketch of the golog? of the Kirnnr district. G. F. F. as guide KO.5, 1l:th int. gcol. congr...as SUNDIUS’ diswssion of its appearance in the ‘Kiruna greenstones does not seem satisfactory. ‘This discussion...The sequence of the volcanic rocks of the Riruna district, as may be recalled, is the following. The Riruna
Book (volume)
Acta International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences and Geomechanics Abstracts Journal of...stratigraphy and structure of the rocks of the district, sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic; (3) the...a stratigraphie et la structure des roches du district (roches sédimentaires, ignées et métamorphiques);...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
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...of an intrusive magmatic origin for the great Kiruna ores, and Russell proposes a new and different...Ni-Cu and platinumgroup elements in the Noril’sk district of Siberia had ered from Ni-Cu deposits in all...introduction to this review takes a brief look at nickel mining and geologic ideas before the 1950s. Discovery
Report (issue)
not deten:nii1ed but are Ti0 2 , if it contains titanite, ilmenite, hornblende given as "traces." In most...New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, :Maryland, District. of Columbia, Virginia, Kentucky, North Cn.rolina... Spain. Portugal. Azores. Spitzbergen. Norway. Sweden. Finland, Kola. Germany: Westphalia, Rhineland...country is omitted if the State, province, or district is given and is well known, though it is inserted...being used, so as to determine the province or district. The orthography of the geographic names conforms
Book
investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in mining ventures. Yet the close relationship between mineral...thought about outside of those sections in which mining is the sole source of income. The serious-minded...though he is all that pertains to neither a mining engineer nor a geolo- gist. The huge furnaces...Seaboard of the United States have few contacts with mining and naturally give little or no thought to mineral...the students who come from communities in which mining engineering and geology are leading proA few may
Journal (volume)
mines and mineral exploration in Finland. Canadian Mining J., Val. 89 , n:o 12, p. 35-39, 1968, and Vol....develops two magnetic measuring instruments. World Mining, Vol. 18, n:o 11 , p. 42--43, illus ., 1965. Raaka-aineet...shorteuts time-eonsuming analysis of magnetite.] Eng. Mining J ., Vol. 168, p. 99 , illus. , 1967. Aletaanko...Outokumpu Oy - Finlands major eontributor [of nickel]. Mining Eng., Vol. 20, n:o 10, p. 100-101, 1968. Malmikaivokset...illus., 1968. Mining's role in industry [Finland]. Mining J., Vol. 271 , p. 321 , 1968. Geologisen maaperÀkartoituksen
 
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