Mine detail: Kotalahti Mine

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Location: Finland, Europe
Lat / long: 62.57038, 27.61977
dep_id: 10024513
mrds_id: ISM0237
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Copper, PGE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Foose, Michael P.
hrock_unit: Karelian;Karelian
hrock_type: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock,Gneiss
tectonic: Baltic Prec Shield
Year first produced: 1959
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1983
disc_yr: 1954
References:
  • Deposit:: BUSCH, K., 1977, ROHSTOFFE ZUR STAHLVEREDLUNG IN FINLAND, NORWEGEN, SCHWEDEN: HANNOVER (GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC-), BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE.
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING, 1977, CONCENTRATORS OF OUTOKUMPU OY--THE NICKEL-COPPER FLOTATION MILLS: WORLD MINING, V. 30, NO. 13-, P. 45-47.
  • Deposit:: OUTOKUMPU OY ANNUAL REPORTS, 1974, 1976-1981.
  • Deposit:: ISOKANGAS, PAULI, 1978, FINLAND, IN BOWIE, S.H.U., KVALHEIM, A., AND HASLAM, M.J., EDS., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROP-E, VOLUME 1, NORTHWEST EUROPE: LONDON, THE INSTITUTION OF MIN-ING AND METALLURGY AND THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 39-92.
  • Deposit:: GAAL, G., 1972, TECTONIC CONTROL OF SOME NI-CU DEPOSITS IN FINLAND: 24TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY CONGRESS, LONDON, -SECTION 4, P. 215-224.
  • Deposit:: KHAMA, A., 1973, THE MAIN METALLOGENIC FEATURES OF FINLAND: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND, BULL. 265, P. 29.
  • Deposit:: PAPUNEN, H., 1973, SULFIDE MINERALOGY OF THE KOTALAHTI AND HITURA NICKEL COPPER ORES: FINLAND ANNALES ACADEMIAE S-CIENTIARUM FINNICAE, P. 11-23.
  • Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, 1981, THE ECONOMICS OF NICKEL, 3D ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, [498] -P.
  • Deposit:: ROSS, J.R., AND TRAVIS, G.A., 1981, NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: ECONOMIC -GEOLOGY, V. 76, NO. 6, P. 1291-1329. (PC4, RR3)
  • Production:: PA1-PA3: S3 (MAS) PC1-PC3: S3 (BGR); PC4: RF9, P. 1327
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