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Kiruna, Kiirunavaara, Luossavaara
Sweden
Main commodities: Fe




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2000.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Kiirunavaara

    Selected References
Andersson, J.B.H., Bauer, T.E. and Martinsson, O.,  2021 - Structural Evolution of the Central Kiruna Area, Northern Norrbotten, Sweden: Implications on the Geologic Setting Generating Iron Oxide-Apatite and Epigenetic Iron and Copper Sulfides: in    Econ. Geol.   v.116, 30p. doi:10.5382/econgeo.4844
Bauer, T.E., Andersson, J.B.H., Sarlus, Z., Lund, C. and Kearney, T.,  2018 - Structural Controls on the Setting, Shape, and Hydrothermal Alteration of the Malmberget Iron Oxide-Apatite Deposit, Northern Sweden: in    Econ. Geol.   v.113, pp. 377-395.
Billstrom, K., Eilu, P., Martinsson, O., Niiranen, T., Broman, C., Weihed, P., Wanhainen, C. and Ojala, J.,  2010 - IOCG and Related Mineral Deposits of the Northern Fennoscandian Shield: in Porter T M, (Ed), 2010 Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective PGC Publishing, Adelaide   v.4 pp. 381-414
Billstrom, K., Evins, P., Martinsson, O., Jeon, H. and Weihed, P.,  2019 - Conflicting zircon vs. titanite U-Pb age systematics and the deposition of the host volcanic sequence to Kiruna-type and IOCG deposits in northern Sweden, Fennoscandian shield: in    Precambrian Research   v.321, pp. 123-133.
Broughm, S.G., Hanchar, J.M., Tornos, F., Westhues, A. and Attersley, S.,  2017 - Mineral chemistry of magnetite from magnetite-apatite mineralization and their host rocks: examples from Kiruna, Sweden, and El Laco, Chile: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.52, pp. 1223-1244.
Carlon C J,  2000 - Iron Oxide Systems and Base Metal Mineralisation in Northern Sweden: in Porter T M (Ed), 2000 Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold & Related Deposits: A Global Perspective PGC Publishing, Adelaide   v.1 pp. 283-296
Cliff R A, Rickard D  1992 - Isotope systematics of the Kiruna Magnetite ores, Sweden: Part 2. Evidence for a secondary event 400 m.y. after ore formation: in    Econ. Geol.   v87 pp 1121-1129
Cliff R A, Rickard D, Blake K  1990 - Isotope systematics of the Kiruna Magnetite ores, Sweden: Part I. Age of the ore: in    Econ. Geol.   v85 pp 1770-1776
Frietsch R  1982 - On the chemical composition of the ore breccia at Luossavaara, Northern Sweden: in    Mineralium Deposita   v17 pp 239-243
Frietsch R  1978 - On the magmatic origin of the iron ores of the Kiruna type: in     Econ. Geol.   v73 pp 478-485
Frietsch R and Perdahl J-A,  1995 - Rare earth elements in apatite and magnetite in Kiruna-type iron ores and some other iron ore types: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v9 pp 489-510
Geijer P  1960 - The Kiruna iron ores: in Grip, et.al., (Ed.s), 1960 Sulphides and Iron Ores of Västerbotten and Lappland, Northern Sweden, Guide Book to Excursion No. A27 and C 22, IGC Geological Survey of Sweden    pp 24-38
Hallberg, A., Bergman, T., Gonzalez, J., Larsson, D., Morris, G. A., Perdahl, J. A., Ripa, M., Niiranen, T. and Eilu, P.,  2012 - Metallogenic areas in Sweden: in Eilu, P., 2012 Mineral deposits and metallogeny of Fennoscandia, Geological Survey of Finland,   Special Paper 53, pp. 139-206.
Martinsson, O., Billstrom, K., Broman, C., Weihed, P. and Wanhainen, C.,  2016 - Metallogeny of the Northern Norrbotten Ore Province, northern Fennoscandian Shield with emphasis on IOCG and apatite-iron ore deposits: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.78, pp. 447-492. doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.02.011
Parak T  1985 - Phosphorus in different types of ore, Sulfides in the Iron deposits, and the type and origin of ores at Kiruna: in    Econ. Geol.   v80 pp 646-665
Romer R L, Martinsson O, Perdahl J A  1994 - Geochronology of the Kiruna iron ores, and hydrothermal alteration: in    Econ. Geol.   v89 pp 1249-1261
Storey, C.D. and Smith, M.P.,  2017 - Metal source and tectonic setting of iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposits: Evidence from an in situ Nd isotope study of titanite from Norrbotten, Sweden: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.81, pp. 1287-1302.
Veress, E., Andersson, J.B.H., Popova, I., Annesley, I.R. and Bauer, T.E.,  2024 - Three-Dimensional Geologic Modeling of the Kiruna Mining District, Sweden: Insights into the Crustal Architecture and Structural Controls on Iron Oxide-Apatite Mineralization: in    Econ. Geol.   v.119, pp. 1089-1113. doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.5080.
Westhues, A., Hanchar, J.M., Whitehouse, M.J. and Martinsson, O.,  2016 - New Constraints on the Timing of Host-Rock Emplacement, Hydrothermal Alteration, and Iron Oxide-Apatite Mineralization in the Kiruna District, Norrbotten, Sweden: in    Econ. Geol.   v.111, pp. 1595-1618.


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