The geology of the Rakkurijärvi Cu-(Au) prospect, Norrbotten: a new iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposit in Northern Sweden

• Main Authors: Smith, Martin, Coppard, J., Herrington, R., Stein, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Kiruna; Rakkurijärvi; Northern Sweden; Norrbotten
• Online Access: https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/publications/70b934e7-76c2-45b4-be1d-344806e108a7

The Rakkurijärvi prospect consists of a group of mineralized magnetite and lithic breccias within the ca. 2.05- to 1.90-Ga Proterozoic supracrustal sequence of the Kiruna district, northern Sweden. Potentially economic grades of Cu and Au, largely in the form of chalcopyrite and other sulfide assemb...