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Molybdenite from
Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:61496
Long-form Identifier:1:3:61496:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘSalmijärvi, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘLiikavaara East, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
13.9km (8.6 miles) ⓘNautanen North deposit, Nautanen, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘHertig mine, Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
17.3km (10.7 miles) ⓘMalmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
43.4km (26.9 miles) ⓘVähävaara, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
58.3km (36.2 miles) ⓘRappukoski, Junosuando, Pajala, Norrbotten County, Sweden
64.1km (39.9 miles) ⓘGruvberget, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
71.4km (44.3 miles) ⓘKlubbudden, Jokkmokk, Norrbotten County, Sweden
78.8km (49.0 miles) ⓘVaikijaur Cu-Mo-(Au) deposit, Jokkmokk, Norrbotten County, Sweden
References
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.
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
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
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
Wanhainen, Christina, Nigatu, Wondowossen, Selby, David, McLeod, Claire, Nordin, Roger, Bolin, Nils-Johan (2014) The Distribution, Character, and Rhenium Content of Molybdenite in the Aitik Cu-Au-Ag-(Mo) Deposit and Its Southern Extension in the Northern Norrbotten Ore District, Northern Sweden. Minerals, 4 (4) 788-814 doi:10.3390/min4040788
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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