Mine detail: Lapeenranta

Previously called 'WillmanstrandIhalainen'

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Location

Lat / long: 61.06508, 28.25268

Resource(N)

Primary: Wollastonite, Limestone, General
Ore: Limestone, Wollastonite
Gangue: Calcite, Diopside, Dolomite, Graphite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1925

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1955

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Rapakivi Granite
Associated type:Amphibolite,Pegmatite,Granite

References

MRDSI000059
DEP10023260
Reference{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.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.