Mine detail: Kotalahti Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 62.57038, 27.61977

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Copper, PGE
Discovery year: 1954

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1959
Last production ended: 1983

Geology

Host rock:Karelian;Karelian
Host type:Ultramafic Intrusive Rock,Gneiss
Tectonic:Baltic Prec Shield

References

MRDSISM0237
DEP10024513
Reference{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}
ReporterFoose, Michael P.