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Locality Name:
Aitik, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1856
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15.7

mindat Locality ID: 206175
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206175.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aitik, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Aitik Mine
Liikavaara East
Salmijärvi

Latitude: 67°4'5"N
Longitude: 20°59'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.068055555556,20.994166666667

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Ettringite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Harmotome	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrosmalite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aurostibite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marialite ()*
Meionite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Ag Al Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Ettringite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Harmotome Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyrosmalite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Sphalerite Spinel
Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

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	1856	15.7	1	111856	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1856	15.7	1	111856	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1856	15.7	1	111856	2353
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1856	15.7	1	111856	1588
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	1856	15.7	1	111856	73
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1856	15.7	1	111856	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	16.1	15.7	1	111856	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1856	15.7	2	111856,111857	27770
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	1500	15.7	1	111856	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1500	15.7	1	111856	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	16.1	15.7	3	111856,111857,111858	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	16.1	15.7	3	111856,111857,111858	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1856	15.7	1	111856	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	111857	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1856	15.7	1	111856	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1856	15.7	1	111856	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1856	15.7	1	111856	290
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1856	15.7	1	111856	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	16.1	15.7	3	111856,111857,111858	14899
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1856	15.7	1	111856	139
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1856	15.7	1	111856	176
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1856	15.7	2	111856,111857	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1856	1721	3	111856,111857,111858	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1856	15.7	2	111856,111857	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1856	15.7	1	111856	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	16.1	15.7	3	111856,111857,111858	39462
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Fe²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀	1856	15.7	1	111856	38
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	16.1	15.7	2	111856,111857	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1856	15.7	3	111856,111857,111858	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1856	15.7	1	111856	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1856	15.7	1	111856	2705
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1856	15.7	1	111856	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1856	15.7	1	111856	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1856	15.7	2	111856,111857	21482
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1856	15.7	1	111856	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1856	15.7	1	111856	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1856	15.7	1	111856	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1856	15.7	1	111856	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	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
Bradley_2012_104	1856	1840	1848±8	Re/Ao	molybdenite	Molybdenite			10591	Aitik Mine, Aitik, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden	[Aitik Cu-Au-Ag Dep.]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
Bradley_2012_105	1735	1721	1728±7	Re/Ao	molybdenite	Molybdenite			10591	Aitik Mine, Aitik, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden	[Aitik Cu-Au-Ag Dep.]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
PorphCu-00036	16.1	15.7	15.9±0.2				Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	10591	Aitik Mine, Aitik, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden	Aitik	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
sedcu-00625	1500	1500	Proterozoic					Cu	10591	Aitik Mine, Aitik, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden	Aitik	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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