Database name: |
World Fe-oxide+/-Cu-Au-U (IOCG) deposits |
Compilers: |
Sunil S. Gandhi |
Release date: |
2015-03-04 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Sorvivuoma |
Political location(s): |
Sweden; Province or state: Nörrbotten County; Nearest community: Kiruna |
Deposit clan (type): |
Iron Skarn-type |
Deposit (sub) types: |
banded, massive and disseminated; Reference: Anonymous, 2000: Swedish Database of Mineral Deposits; Email |
Deposit status: |
significant prospect; Size category: 4.29 Mt; Status comments: average ore grade: 39.7 % Fe, 0.1 % P and 0.3 % S |
Geologic province: |
Svecofennian Orogen |
Geologic subprovince: |
Northern Svecofennian |
Geologic district: |
Vittangi (Ore District) |
Commodities: |
Fe |
Mineralization styles: |
banded; massive; disseminated |
Geological ages: |
Late Paleoproterozoic (mineralization) Late Paleoproterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonate-sandstone-chert (associated with greenstones); Depositional setting: carbonate platform; Metamorphic grade: greenschist-amphiboliteIndividual lithologies: | skarn carbonate pelite chert sandstone |
(2) volcanic; mafic volcanic rocks (associated with metasedimentary rocks); Metamorphic grade: amphibolite |
Metallogenic signatures: |
Fe |
Mineralogy: |
(alteration): magnetite, scapolite |
References: |
Anonymous, 2000 |
Swedish Database of Mineral Deposits |
Email |
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Resource data: |
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4.29 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yesGrade-commodity information: | Fe: 39.7 percent S: 0.31 percent | Reference: Anonymous, 2000: Swedish Database of Mineral Deposits; Email Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |