Mine detail: Kerettti

Previously called 'Outokumpu'

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Location

Lat / long:

62.7651, 28.4695

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	PLATE - LIKE
Discovery year:	1910

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1972

Geology

Host rock:	Svecokarelidic Quartzites;Dolomite, Skarn, Serpentine
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Svecokarelidic Folded Region
Tectonic:	Prec Baltic Shield
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization

References

MRDS	M047033
DEP	10039371
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 12/78 , FINLAND: MEETING THE CHALLENGE: MINING MAGAZINE, P. 565 - 585}{Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT--COBALT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.}
Reporter	Saso, Jerri L., Orris, Greta J.