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Locality Name:
Kiruna District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1930
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1930

mindat Locality ID: 14437
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14437.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kiruna District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Altavaara
Ekströmsberg
Harrejaur
Huornats
Kalixforsbron
Keskinen Käyrävaara
Kurravaara
Lattevare
Laukujärvi
Lieteksavo Prospect
Louvinjunanen
Mertainen
Nakerivaara
Pahtohavare Cu-Au Deposit
Painirova
Pattok (Pattovare)
Rakkurijärvi Cu-(Au) Deposit
Renhagen
Sautusvaara
Svappavaara
Tjåorika
Tjärro
Vieto (Vietovaara)

Latitude: 67°48'18"N
Longitude: 20°6'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.805,20.110277777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite	Baryte	Beraunite	Calcioferrite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Devilline	Dufrénite
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Strunzite	Talc	Titanite	Vivianite	Wavellite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Arthurite Baryte Beraunite Calcioferrite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Devilline Dufrénite
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rockbridgeite Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Strunzite Talc Titanite Vivianite Wavellite

72 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beraunite ()*	Bermanite ()*
Bornite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dufrénite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*
Ferro-tschermakite ()*	Ferrostrunzite ()*	Fluellite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Frondelite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kidwellite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marialite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mitridatite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montgomeryite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Strengite ()*	Sylvite ()*
Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tinticite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1930	1930	3	111952,111955,111959	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1930	1930	3	111943,111952,111955	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	111959	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1930	1930	1	111952	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	111959	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	111945	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1930	1930	4	111942,111945,111952,111959	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	111960	11547
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O			1	111960	136
Bermanite ()*	Arthurite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	111960	55
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			3	111946,111948,111959	5516
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O			1	111960	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1930	1930	7	111950,111952,111954,111955,111958,111959,111960	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1930	1930	3	111948,111952,111959	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1930	1930	6	111942,111946,111948,111952,111955,111959	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1930	1930	1	111952	577
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1930	1930	4	111945,111952,111959,111960	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1930	1930	1	111952	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1930	1930	1	111952	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1930	1930	3	111952,111955,111959	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1930	1930	2	111952,111959	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	111960	310
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1930	1930	2	111942,111952	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1930	1930	1	111952	366
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			3	111939,111959,111960	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1930	1930	1	111952	9895
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	111960	139
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1930	1930	5	111943,111952,111955,111959,111960	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	111959	814
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	111960	271
Ferro-tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1930	1930	1	111952	27
Ferrostrunzite ()*	Strunzite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	111960	19
Fluellite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)F₂(OH)·7H₂O			1	111960	40
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1930	1930	2	111952,111960	2740
Frondelite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Mn²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅			1	111960	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	111945	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1930	1930	2	111952,111959	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1930	1930	1	111952	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	111960	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1930	1930	1	111952	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1930	1930	8	111941,111950,111952,111954,111955,111959,111960,111962	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1930	1930	1	111952	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	111959	5591
Kidwellite ()*	None	NaFe³⁺_9+x(PO₄)₆(OH)₁₁·3H₂O (x ≈ 0.33)			1	111960	53
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	111960	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1930	1930	12	111939,111941,111945,111946,111948,111950,111952,111954,111955,111959,111960,111962	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1930	1930	4	111942,111952,111955,111959	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1930	1930	1	111952	139
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	111960	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O			1	111960	129
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	111955,111959	5800
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O			1	111960	44
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1930	1930	2	111952,111955	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	111960	1236
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	111943,111960	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1930	1930	5	111939,111946,111952,111955,111959	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1930	1930	3	111939,111952,111955	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1930	1930	7	111943,111945,111948,111952,111954,111955,111960	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅			1	111960	206
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1930	1930	1	111952	5614
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O			1	111960	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1930	1930	1	111952	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O			1	111959	189
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	111960	263
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1930	1930	1	111952	275
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1930	1930	1	111952	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1930	1930	1	111952	1101
Tinticite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·3H₂O			1	111960	19
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			4	111945,111946,111955,111960	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1930	1930	3	111943,111952,111955	2562
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	111960	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	111960	374

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00940	1930	1930	Proterozoic										S	10617	Pahtohavare Cu-Au Deposit, Kiruna District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden	Pahtohavare	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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