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Native Gold from
Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:437376
Long-form Identifier:1:3:437376:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
9.7km (6.1 miles) ⓘFridhem Mine, Nautanen, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
64.1km (39.9 miles) ⓘGruvberget, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
78.8km (49.0 miles) ⓘVaikijaur Cu-Mo-(Au) deposit, Jokkmokk, Norrbotten County, Sweden
87.7km (54.5 miles) ⓘPahtohavare Cu-Au deposit, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
92.7km (57.6 miles) ⓘTjårrojåkka apatite-iron deposit, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
92.9km (57.7 miles) ⓘTjårrojåkka copper(-gold) deposit, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
95.7km (59.5 miles) ⓘPaanikielinen, Vittangi, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
96.2km (59.8 miles) ⓘHenry Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
References
LTU-DT-0536-SE. Wanhainen.Aitik (Doctoral thesis)
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
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
 
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