Mine detail: Kemi Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

65.78189, 24.71992

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Dolomite, Serpentine, Talc
Discovery year:	1959

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pudasjarvi Granite;Karelian Schist
Host type:	Peridotite
Structure:	Pudasjarvi Migmatite Granite Massif
Tectonic:	Prec Baltic Shield

References

MRDS	M047031
DEP	10039369
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 12/78 , FINLAND; MEETING THE CHALLENGE: MINING MAGAZINE, P. 565 - 585}{Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT--CHROMITE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-B, 41 P.}
Reporter	Saso, Jerri L., Orris, Greta J.