Geology and Age Constraints on the Origin of the Intrusion-Related, Sheeted Vein-Type Åkerberg Gold Deposit, Skellefte District, Sweden

• Published in: Minerals
• Main Authors: Kjell Billström, Benny Mattson, Ulf Söderlund, Hans Årebäck, Curt Broman
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2012
• Subjects: Skellefte district; gold ore; sheeted vein complex; U-Pb dating; fluid inclusions; intrusion-related style; Åkerberg; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/min2040385

The Early Proterozoic (~1.9 Ga) Skellefte mining district in northern Sweden hosts abundant base metal deposits, but there are also gold-only deposits. The Åkerberg gold ore is unusual given the noted lack of alteration, a scarcity of sulfides and gold associated with thin (mm-cm wide) parallel quar...