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Chalcopyrite from
Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden


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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz6
Sphalerite1
Calcite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:61499
Long-form Identifier:1:3:61499:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘSalmijärvi, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘLiikavaara East, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘSorvanen, Nautanen, 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
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘHertig mine, Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
17.3km (10.7 miles) ⓘMalmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘHermelin mine, Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘVulcan mine, Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
58.3km (36.2 miles) ⓘRappukoski, Junosuando, Pajala, Norrbotten County, Sweden
References
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.
Niiranen, Tero (2011) Field excursion 6. OCG and Porphyry-Cu deposits in northern Finland and Sweden, in Final Programme Abstracts. 25th International Applied Geochemistry Symposium. August 22–26, 2011, Rovaniem, Finland B92-1, Vuorimiesyhdistys - Finnish Association of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. 177-178
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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