CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
2 Sweden (Nörrbotten County) 67.04.23 N -- 020.57.48 E Aitik Fe; Cu; Au
 
Database name: World Fe-oxide+/-Cu-Au-U (IOCG) deposits
Compilers: Sunil S. Gandhi
Release date: 2015-03-04
   
Deposit name(s): Aitik
Political location(s): Sweden; Province or state: Nörrbotten County; Nearest community: Gällivare (15 km SE)
Deposit clan (type): Kiruna-type
Deposit (sub) types: porphyrite; genetically related to quartz monzodiorite intrusion in metavolcanic-metasedimentary sequence represented by quartz-biotite gneisses and mica schists; mineralization mainly disseminated with veinlets; Reference: Anonymous, 2000: Swedish Database of Mineral Deposits; Email
3000 x 400 m mineralized zone with higher grade core 2000 x 200 m; drill indicated depth of 600 m; magnetite content of about 3 %; quartz-sulphide veins are sheared and sigmoidal; Reference: Carlon, C. J., 2000: Iron Oxide Systems and Base Metal Mineralisation in Northern Sweden; Section Eurasia and Africa, in Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective, Volume 1, Edited by Porter, T. M., Australian Mineral Foundation, Adelaide, Australia, PGC Publishing, Adelaide, 349 p, p. 283 - 296
Deposit status: producer; Size category: large; Status comments:
Geologic province: Svecofennian Orogen
Geologic subprovince: Northern Svecofennian
Geologic district: Aitik (Ore District)
Deposit object located: mine site
Commodities: Fe; Cu; Au
Mineralization styles: disseminated; veinlets
Geological ages: Late Paleoproterozoic (mineralization)
Coincident features: shear zone(s) (host sequence is extensively sheared)
Regional tectonic structure: Multi-stage ductile-brittle shear zone trending N to NNW (5 km wide, 40 km long ductile-brittle deformation zone that hosts 50 known Cu-Au occurrences) Tectonic structure name: Nautanen-Aitik-Jårbojoki Shear Zone
Host rocks: (1) metamorphic; unclassified metamorphic rocks (quartz-muscovite schist); Magma series/sedimentary package/metamorphic group: quartzo-feldspathic assemblage; Metamorphic grade: greenschist-amphibolite
(2) metamorphic; unclassified metamorphic rocks (biotite-amphibole schist); Metamorphic grade: greenschist-amphibolite
Related igneous rocks: (1) intrusive; quartz monzonite-monzogabbro suite; Magma series: calc-alkaline; Depositional setting: continental
Individual lithologies:quartz monzonite (porphyritic)
Metallogenic signatures: Fe-Cu-Au-Ag-Co-Zn
Alteration signatures: potassic alteration: close to intrusion; K-feldspar, scapolite; What was altered: host metasediments
phyllitization: away from intrusion; sericite, phyllosilicates; What was altered: host metasediments
tourmalinization: tourmaline; What was altered: silicates
chloritization: chlorite; What was altered: mafic minerals
Mineralogy: (alteration): k-feldspar, scapolite, tourmaline, epidote, sericite, phyllosilicates
(mineralization): chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, bornite, gold, magnetite, molybdenite, quartz, barite
Deposit shape: lensoid
Deposit dimensions:strike length: 3 kilometres
width: 400 metres
depth: 600 metres
Qualified comments: (Applies to: discovery and development) The largest copper deposit in Europe; production from 1968 to 1998: 201.743 Mt of ore; 5.2 % Fe; 0.1 % P, 1.5 % S, 0.38 % Cu and 0.2 ppm Au; Ag, Mo, Co, Pb and Zn are present in small amounts.
References:
Anonymous, 2000
Swedish Database of Mineral Deposits
Email

Billstrom, K.; Martinsson, O., 2000
Links between Epigenetic Cu-Au Mineralization and Magmatism/Deformation in the Nörrbotten County, Sweden
in 2nd Annual GEODE-Fennoscandian Shield Field Workshop on Paleoproterozoic and Archean Greenstone Belts and VMS Districts in the Fennoscandian Shield, 28 August to 1 September, 2000, Gällivare-Kiruna, Sweden, Edited by Weihed, P.; Martinsson, O., Abstract Volume and Field Trip Guidebook, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden, 2000:6

Blake, K. L.; Duckworth, R. C. , 1995
Mineralization Styles in the Proterozoic of Sweden
in Metallogeny of Proterozoic Basins, Edited by Rainbird, R. H., Mineral Deposits Research Unit Short Course #19, The Mineral Deposits Research Unit, The University of British Columbia, p. 1 - 36

Broman, C.; Martinsson, O., 2000
Fluid Inclusions in Epigenetic Fe-Cu-Au Ores in Northern Nörbotten
in 2nd Annual GEODE-Fennoscandian Shield Field Workshop on Paleoproterozoic and Archean Greenstone Belts and VMS Districts in the Fennoscandian Shield, 28 August to 1 September, 2000, Gällivare-Kiruna, Sweden, Edited by Weihed, P.; Martinsson, O., Abstract Volume and Field Trip Guidebook, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden, 2000:6

Carlon, C. J., 2000
Iron Oxide Systems and Base Metal Mineralisation in Northern Sweden
Section Eurasia and Africa, in Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective, Volume 1, Edited by Porter, T. M., Australian Mineral Foundation, Adelaide, Australia, PGC Publishing, Adelaide, 349 p, p. 283 - 296

Danielsson, S.; Lindroos, H., 1986
Aitik and Nautanen Copper-Gold Deposits
in Proterozoic Mineralization in Northern Sweden, Edited by Lindross; Sunblad, Excursion Guide, 7th IAGOD Symposium, International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits, 6, p. 12 - 16

Martinsson, O., 2000
Metallogeny of the Northern Nörrbotten Fe-Cu-Au Ore Province
in 2nd Annual GEODE-Fennoscandian Shield Field Workshop on Paleoproterozoic and Archean Greenstone Belts and VMS Districts in the Fennoscandian Shield, 28 August to 1 September, 2000, Gällivare-Kiruna, Sweden, Edited by Weihed, P.; Martinsson, O., Abstract Volume and Field Trip Guidebook, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden, 2000:6

Monro, D., 1988
The Geology and Genesis of the Aitik Cu-Au Deposit
Ph. D. Thesis, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, United Kingdom

Wanhainen, C.; Martinsson, O., 2000
The Aitik Cu-Au Deposit, Gällivare Area, Northern Sweden
in 2nd Annual GEODE-Fennoscandian Shield Field Workshop on Paleoproterozoic and Archean Greenstone Belts and VMS Districts in the Fennoscandian Shield, 28 August to 1 September, 2000, Gällivare-Kiruna, Sweden, Edited by Weihed, P.; Martinsson, O., Abstract Volume and Field Trip Guidebook, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden, 2000:6

Zwiefel, H., 1976
Aitik - Geological Documentation of a Disseminated Copper Deposit
Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Serie C, Geological Survey of Sweden, Publication code 720

Production data: Report period: from 1968 until 2002; 380 million metric tons ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 0.39 percent
Au: 0.21 grams/metric ton
Ag: 3.9 grams/metric ton
Reference: Wanhainen, C.; Broman, C.; Martinsson, O., 2003: The Aitik Cu-Au-Ag Deposit in Northern Sweden: a Product of High Salinity Fluids; Mineralium Deposita, Volume 38, p. 715 - 726
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

Estimate date: 2006-12-31; 625 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: proven+probable reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 0.28 percent
Au: 0.18 grams/metric ton
Ag: 2 grams/metric ton
Reference: Anonymous, 2007: Aitik: Facts 2007; Boliden AB (Boliden Ltd), Internet
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 2002; 850 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: indicated resource
Reference: Wanhainen, C.; Broman, C.; Martinsson, O., 2003: The Aitik Cu-Au-Ag Deposit in Northern Sweden: a Product of High Salinity Fluids; Mineralium Deposita, Volume 38, p. 715 - 726
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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