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B. Lundberg and J. Smellie
Painirova and Mertainen iron ores; two deposits of the Kiruna iron ore type in northern Sweden (in A special issue devoted to mineral deposits in Fennoscandia)
Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists (August 1979), 74(5):1131-1152

Abstract:
Apatite iron ores of the Kiruna type have been described from Painirova and Mertainen in northern Sweden. It is considered important that the ores are associated with volcanic rocks of a particular composition, i.e., iron-rich trachytes, which do not form part of a magmatic differentiation series. It is suggested that such a trachyte has been formed from the assimilation of iron-rich material during its formation. The ore, mostly in the form of magnetite, occurs in the host trachytes as disseminations, coarse aggregates, globular and spherical concentrations, and as a fracture infilling component. It is thought possible that the iron ores are the result of immiscibility aided by a high volatile content. The associated widespread brecciation in Painirova and Mertainen may have been caused by the mechanical effect of the iron-rich fluids in a differential stress field during consolidation of the trachyte.

Index Terms/Descriptors:
breccia; chemical composition; clastic rocks; data; disseminated deposits; economic geology; Europe; Fennoscandia; geochemical controls; geochemistry; igneous processes; igneous rocks; immiscibility; iron ores; Kiruna Sweden; kiruna-type; magmas; magnetite; Mertainen; metal ores; mineral deposits, genesis; mineralization; Norrbotten Sweden; ore deposits; oxides; Painirova; Scandinavia; sedimentary rocks; Sweden; trace elements; trachytes; volcanic rocks; Western Europe

Latitude & Longitude:
N67°30'00" - N68°10'00" and E19°00'00" - E21°00'00" (Search for maps and images at Alexandria Digital Library)

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