Kirunavaara Mine

Producer in Sweden with commodities Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084937
MRDS ID W700322
Record type Site
Current site name Kirunavaara Mine
Alternate or previous names Kiruna

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 20.25363, 67.8237 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweden(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Sweden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 158
USGS model code 25i
Deposit model name Volcanic-hosted magnetite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) 20.25363, 67.8237

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 61.

  • Deposit

    ZITZMANN, ARNOLD, ED., 1978, THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF EUROPE AND ADJACENT AREAS, V. II: HANNOVER, FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES, 386 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1988 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.