Mine detail: Lapeenranta

Previously called 'WillmanstrandIhalainen'

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Location: Finland, Europe
Lat / long: 61.06508, 28.25268
dep_id: 10023260
mrds_id: I000059
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Wollastonite, Limestone, General
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Limestone, Wollastonite
gangue: Calcite, Diopside, Dolomite, Graphite, Quartz
model: 65: Skarn wollastonite
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Rapakivi Granite
arock_type: Amphibolite,Pegmatite,Granite
Year first produced: 1955
disc_yr: 1925
References:
  • Deposit:: ANDREWS, R.W., 1970, WOLLASTONITE: LONDON, INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 114 P.
  • Deposit:: SMITH, MARTIN, 1981, WOLLASTONITE-- PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION CONTINUE TO CLIMB: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 167, P. 25-30.
  • Deposit:: ISOKANGAS, PAULI, 1978, FINLAND, IN BOWIE, S.H.U., KVALHEIM, A., AND HASLAM, H.W., EDS., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, VOLUME 1: NORTHWEST EUROPE: LONDON, THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY AND THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 39-92.
  • Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1975, WOLLASTONITE, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS), 4TH EDITION: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 1227-1234.
  • Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, WOLLASTONITE, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 299-301
  • Production:: ANDREWS, 1970.
  • Reserve-Resource:: FIRST RESERVE ESTIMATE IS FROM ANDREWS, 1970; SECOND FROM ISONKANGAS, 1978; THIRD FROM HARBEN AND BATES, 1990.
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