Mine detail: Hitura Nickel Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

63.93185, 25.00304

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper
Secondary:	Platinum, Palladium, Silver, Cobalt
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Cubanite, Gersdorffite, Graphite, Hessite, Ilmenite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Antigorite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Talc
Orebody form:	TUBE - LIKE VERTICAL BODY

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Peridotite
Structure:	Svecokarelidic Folded Region
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization

References

MRDS	M046586
DEP	10039056
Reference	{Deposit:: HAKLI, ET AL., 1975, SEG PLATINUM SYMPOSIUM, DENVER COLO., P. 12}{Deposit:: PAPUNEN, 1970, ANN. ACAD. SCI. FENNILAE, SER. A., II, 109, 74 P.}{Deposit:: KAHMA, 1973, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FINLAND, BULL. 265, 28 P.}{Deposit:: HAKLI, HANNINEN, VUORELAINEN, PAPUNEN 1976, MINERALSIN THE HITURA NICKEL DEPOSIT, FINLAND; ECON. GEOL. V.7, NO.7}{Deposit:: 1962 GEOPHYS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FINLAND}{Deposit:: DIREXPL OUTOKUMPU CO.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FINLAND}{Production:: 2=KAHMA (1973), 3 & 4=PAPUNEN (1970)}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.