Mine detail: Kemi Mine

Previously called 'ElijarviViianlahti-Viianranta'

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Location: Finland, Europe
Lat / long: 65.78467, 24.71853
dep_id: 10024339
mrds_id: ISM0043
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Lipin, Bruce R.
hrock_unit: Kemi Intrusion
hrock_type: Peridotite
Structure: Layered Igneous Intrusion
tectonic: Stable Prec Craton
Year first produced: 1967
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1959
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1978, KEMI--AN OPEN PIT CHROMITE MINE: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 139, NO. 6 (DEC.), P. 577-581, ALSO P. 567.
  • Deposit:: NILSSON, D., 1979, CHROMIUM IN FINLAND: SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, V. 68, NO. 6, P. 10-14.
  • Deposit:: KAHMA, A., SIIKARLA, T., VELTHEIM, V., VAASJOKI, O., AND HEIKKINEN, A., 1962, ON THE PROSPECTING AND GEOLOGY OF THE KEMI CHROMITE DEPOSIT, FINLAND: HELSINKI, BULLETIN DE LA COMMISSION GEOLOGIQUE DE FINLANDE 194, 89 P.
  • Deposit:: BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, 1982, UNPUBLISHED CRIB FILE - CHROMIUM: RECORD PA01020.
  • Deposit:: KAHMA, A., 1973, THE MAIN METALLOGENIC FEATURES OF FINLAND: HELSINKI, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND BULLETIN 265, 28 P.
  • Production:: PA1-PA2: REPORTER (83 07); PA3-PA6: RF4; PA8: RF1 PC1: RF5, P. 7; PC2: REPORTER (84 05)
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