Kallak iron ore deposit, Jokkmokk, Norrbotten County, Swedeni
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Kallak iron ore deposit | Deposit |
| Jokkmokk | Municipality |
| Norrbotten County | County |
| Sweden | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
66° 46' 43'' North , 19° 7' 26'' East
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Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Kallak deposit; Kallak iron orebody
High-grade magnetite deposit.
"Kallak was discovered by The Swedish Geological Survey (“SGU”) in the 1940s. The first exploration licence for Kallak was awarded by the Mining Inspectorate of Sweden in 2006. Drilling was conducted at Kallak North and South between 2010-2014, a total of 131 holes and 27,895 metres (“m”)." (https://beowulfmining.com/projects/sweden/kallak/)
37 km upstream the little Luleå river from Jokkmokk on the northern side.
Kallak is located within the Svecofennian shield, consisting of metamorphic, sedimentary and volcanic rocks that are commonly between 1900 and 1870 million years old. The area around Kallak is dominated by mafic to intermediate metavolcanics rocks, as well as gabbro, diorite, ultramafic rocks and their metamorphic equivalents. The iron deposits are outcropping and consist of quartz, banded magnetite haematite iron ore, comprised of fine grained magnetite and minor hematite, interlayered with quartz, feldspar and some hornblende. The dominant host rock is a grey altered volcanic unit.
The Kallak North and Kallak South orebodies are centrally located and cover an area approximately 3,700 m in length and 350 m in width, as defined by drilling. The mineralised structures at both Kallak North and Kallak South are almost vertically dipping, generally covered by shallow glacial overburden and, as such, are highly amenable to open pit mining.
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3 valid minerals.
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| ⓘ 'Feldspar Group' |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group' Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Hornblende Root Name Group' | - | ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
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