CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
52 Sweden (Nörrbotten County) 67.52.03 N -- 020.14.46 E Haukivaara Fe; P
 
Database name: World Fe-oxide+/-Cu-Au-U (IOCG) deposits
Compilers: Sunil S. Gandhi
Release date: 2015-03-04
   
Deposit name(s): Haukivaara
Political location(s): Sweden; Province or state: Nörrbotten County; Nearest community: Kiruna (2 km N)
Deposit clan (type): Kiruna-type
Deposit (sub) types: one of the apatite-rich, hematite-magnetite stratabound deposits of 'Per Geiger' group that includes Rektorn, Nukutus, Henry and Lappmalmen deposits; massive and banded, associated breccia-fillings; Reference: Zitzmann, A. (Editor(s)), 1978: The Iron Ore Deposits of Europe and Adjacent Areas: Explanatory Notes to the International Map of the Iron Ore Deposits of Europe, 1:2,500,000 (Lists and Tables); International Geological Congress, Commission for the Geological Map of the World, Subcommission for the Metallogenic Map of the World, Bundesanstalt fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Postfach 51 01 53, D-3000 Hannover 51, Volume II, 386 p.
massive stratatabound ore body with associated mineralized breccia; hematite predominant over magnetite; alteration assembalge: albite, tourmaline, muscovite and calcite; Reference: Anonymous, 2000: Swedish Database of Mineral Deposits; Email
Deposit status: suspended; Size category: 10.55 Mt; Status comments: Haikivaara, and nearby Nukutus and Lappmalmen deposits discovered in 1960s; production from Haukivaara from 1926 to 1986: 2.55 Mt; average ore grade 50 % Fe and 2.5 % P
Geologic province: Svecofennian Orogen
Geologic subprovince: Northern Svecofennian
Geologic district: Pajala (Ore District)
Commodities: Fe; P
Mineralization styles: massive; breccia
Geological ages: Late Paleoproterozoic (mineralization)
Tectonic setting: continental marginal platform-felsic volcanics; convergent; Formal name: Svecofennian, late stage (host rocks)
Coincident features: bedding in host sequence (monoclinal sequence; trend N to NNE, dip moderate to steep to the east)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone (associated with felsic volcanic rocks); Depositional setting: continental; Metamorphic grade: greenschist
Host rock stratigraphy:Hauki Sandstone

(2) volcanic; felsic volcanic rocks (associated with sandstone); Metamorphic grade: greenschist
Host rock protoliths:felsic volcanics (porphyritic rhyolitic units; host of Kiruna deposit; Haukivaara deposit stratigraphically above in the sequence); Host rock protolith name: Kiruna Porphyries
Host rock stratigraphy:Quartz Porphyry
Mineralogy: (alteration): apatite, quartz, calcite, muscovite, tourmaline, albite
(mineralization): hematite>magnetite
Deposit shape: tabular
Deposit dimensions:strike length: 600 metres
References:
Anonymous, 2000
Swedish Database of Mineral Deposits
Email

Frietsch, R., 1978
On the Magmatic Origin of Iron Ores of the Kiruna Type
Economic Geology, Volume 73, p. 478 - 485

Frietsch, R.; Papunen, H.; Vokes, F. M., 1979
The Ore Deposits in Finland, Norway and Sweden - A Review
Economic Geology, Volume 74, p. 975 - 1001

Parák, T., 1975
The Origin of Kiruna Iron Ores
Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Serie C, Arsbok 69, NR 1, Geological Survey of Sweden, Publication code 709, 209 p.

Zitzmann, A. Editor(s)), 1978
The Iron Ore Deposits of Europe and Adjacent Areas: Explanatory Notes to the International Map of the Iron Ore Deposits of Europe, 1:2,500,000 (Lists and Tables)
International Geological Congress, Commission for the Geological Map of the World, Subcommission for the Metallogenic Map of the World, Bundesanstalt fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Postfach 51 01 53, D-3000 Hannover 51, Volume II, 386 p.

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Estimate date: 1986; 10.55 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: yes; Provisional entry?: yes
Grade-commodity information:Fe: 50 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 2000: Swedish Database of Mineral Deposits; Email
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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