Mine detail: Kemi Mine

Previously called 'ElijarviViianlahti-Viianranta'

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Location

Lat / long: 65.78467, 24.71853

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Discovery year: 1959

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1967
Last production ended: 1982

Geology

Host rock:Kemi Intrusion
Host type:Peridotite
Structure:Layered Igneous Intrusion
Tectonic:Stable Prec Craton

References

MRDSISM0043
DEP10024339
Reference{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DE LA COMMISSION GEOLOGIQUE DE FINLANDE 194, 89 P.}{Deposit:: BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, 1982, UNPUBLISHED CRIB FILE - CHROMIUM: RECORD PA01020.}{Deposit:: KAHMA, A., 1973, THE MAIN METALLOGENIC FEATURES OF FINLAND: HELSINKI, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND BULLETIN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)}
ReporterLipin, Bruce R.