The geology of the Rakkurijärvi copper-prospect, Norrbotten county, Sweden

• Main Authors: Smith, Martin, Coppard, J., Herrington, R.
• Other Authors: Porter, T.M.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: PGC Publishing 2012
• Subjects: F600 Geology; Kiruna; Rakkurijärvi; Norrbotten
• Online Access: http://eprints.brighton.ac.uk/9952/; http://eprints.brighton.ac.uk/9952/1/Smith_et_al_Rakkurijarvi.pdf; http://www.portergeo.com.au/feoxbook/feoxbookhome.asp

The Rakkurijärvi prospect, Norrbotten, Sweden, is a newly discovered IOCG deposit, approximately 8 km south of Kiruna town. Exploration drilling has found mineralised intercepts including 43 m of 0.83% Cu and 0.05 g/t Au and 40.4 m of 1.41% Cu and 0.33 g/t Au, and the extent of mineralisation is cur...