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Kiruna, Kiirunavaara, Luossavaara |
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Fe
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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. © Copyright Porter GeoConsultancy Pty Ltd. Unauthorised copying, reproduction, storage or dissemination prohibited.
Kiirunavaara
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Frietsch R 1982 - On the chemical composition of the ore breccia at Luossavaara, Northern Sweden: in Mineralium Deposita v17 pp 239-243
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Frietsch R 1978 - On the magmatic origin of the iron ores of the Kiruna type: in Econ. Geol. v73 pp 478-485
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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