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Pyrite from
Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden


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Pyrite

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
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Pyrite

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
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Pyrite

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz4
- var Chalcedony2
Chabazite1
Biotite1
Calcite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:437372
Long-form Identifier:1:3:437372:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘSalmijärvi, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘLiikavaara East, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
13.3km (8.3 miles) ⓘNautanen Mine, Nautanen, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
13.9km (8.6 miles) ⓘNautanen North deposit, Nautanen, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘKoskullskulle mine, Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
17.3km (10.7 miles) ⓘMalmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
18.5km (11.5 miles) ⓘVitåfors mine, Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
49.5km (30.7 miles) ⓘNunasvaara, Vittangi, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
62.5km (38.8 miles) ⓘLeveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
62.8km (39.0 miles) ⓘPainirova, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
References
LTU-DT-0536-SE. Wanhainen.Aitik (Doctoral thesis)
33 IGC excursion No 15, August 15th – 21st 2008
Knipfer, S., Nordin, R., Wasström, A., Höglund, S., Joslin, G., & Wanhainen, C. The Aitik porphyry Cu-Au-Ag-(Mo) deposit in Sweden.
Kontturi, Monika; Martinsson, Olof - Ed. (2000) Gold in the Aitik Cu-Au deposit, Gellivare area, Northern Sweden, in Abstract volume & Field trip guidebook. 2nd annual GEODE-Fennoscandian shield field workshop on Palaeoproterozoic and Archaean greenstone belts and VMS districts in the Fennoscandian Shield 28 August to 1 September, 2000, Gällivare-Kiruna, Sweden. Research Report 2000:6, Luleå University of Technology. 22
Wanhainen, C.; Martinsson, Olof (2000) The Aitik Cu-Au deposit, Gellivare area, northern Sweden, in Abstract volume & Field trip guidebook. 2nd annual GEODE-Fennoscandian shield field workshop on Palaeoproterozoic and Archaean greenstone belts and VMS districts in the Fennoscandian Shield 28 August to 1 September, 2000, Gällivare-Kiruna, Sweden. Research Report 2000:6, Luleå University of Technology. 59-60
Eilu, Pasi (2003) Exploration for orogenic gold deposits. Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining. Rovaniemi.
Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C. (2008) Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. Open-File Report 2008-1155
Sammelin (Kontturi), Monika, Wanhainen, Christina, Martinsson, Olof (2011) Gold mineralogy at the Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit, Gällivare area, northern Sweden. GFF, 133 (1) 19-30 doi:10.1080/11035897.2010.551542
Nigatu, Wondowossen (2011) Rhenium in the Aitik Cu-Au-Ag-(Mo) Deposit. Master of Science, Luleå University of Technology. 48 pp.
Fengxiang Wang, Fengjun Nie, Weibo Zhang, Yi Cao, and Chengwu Ding (2013): Mineral Deposits 32(5), 1068-1071
Drejing-Carroll, David, Hitzman, Murray W., Coller, David (2023) Geology of the Nautanen North Cu-Au-Ag-(Mo) Deposit, Norrbotten, Sweden. Economic Geology, 118 (8) 1765-1794 doi:10.5382/econgeo.5019
 
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