The distribution, character, and rhenium content of molybdenite in the Aitik Cu-Au-Ag-(Mo) deposit and its southern extension in the northern Norrbotten ore district, northern Sweden.

• Published in: Minerals
• Main Authors: Wanhainen, C., Nigatu, W., Selby, D., McLeod, C., Nordin, R., Bolin, N-J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: MDPI 2014
• Subjects: Aitik deposit; Northern Sweden; Molybdenite; Rhenium; QEMSCAN; Dilution ICP-MS; Mineral processing; Ore characterization; Salmijärvi; Norrbotten
• Online Access: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/14224/; http://dro.dur.ac.uk/14224/1/14224.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3390/min4040788

Molybdenite in the Aitik deposit and its southern extension was studied through mineralogical/chemical analysis and laboratory flotation tests. It is demonstrated that molybdenite varies considerably in grain size, ranging from coarse (>20 μm) to very fine (<2 μm) and occurs predominantly as s...