3 km south of Jokkmokk, between the lakes Norr- and Sör-Tjalmejaur you find the mountain Ruotevare.
At the mountain, there are at least 9 quartz quarrys of various sizes.
The quarrys are from 1920 - 1958.
Pictures from the quarrys
Geology:
At Ruotevare, different types of pegmatitic rocks appear in an area of about 2 km2.
These rocks are enclosed in a granodiorite.
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There are two different mineral locations with the name Ruotevare. Ruotevare-Jokkmokk and Ruotevare-Kvikkjokk. In this text, we refer to Ruotevare-Jokkmokk, if nothing else is stated. |
Microcline, plagioclase, quartz, biotite, muscovite, hornblende, garnet, titanite, beryl, zirkon, thorite, thorogummite, orangite, ortite, gadolinite, thortveitite, apatite, monazite, xenotim, magnetite, ilmenite, fergusonite, euxenite, betafite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, calcopyrite, tengerite-lokkaite.
Books:
N Sundius: Kvarts, fältspat och glimmer, 1952