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): |
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: greenschistHost rock stratigraphy: | Hauki Sandstone |
(2) volcanic; felsic volcanic rocks (associated with sandstone); Metamorphic grade: greenschistHost 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 |
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Mineralogy: |
(alteration): apatite, quartz, calcite, muscovite, tourmaline, albite (mineralization): hematite>magnetite |
Deposit shape: |
tabularDeposit dimensions: | strike length: 600 metres |
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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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Resource data: |
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Estimate date: 1986; 10.55 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: yes; Provisional entry?: yesGrade-commodity information: | Fe: 50 percent | Reference: Anonymous, 2000: Swedish Database of Mineral Deposits; Email Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |