Mine detail: Virtasalmi Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

61.79845, 26.60278

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	PIPE - LIKE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1966

Geology

Host rock:	Kotalahti Formation
Host type:	Norite,Pyroxenite,Serpentinite
Tectonic:	Baltic Shield
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization

References

MRDS	M047034
DEP	10039372
Reference	MINING MAGAZINE, 12/78 , FINLAND: MEETING THE CHALLENGE: MINING MAGAZINE, P. 565 - 58
Reporter	Saso, Jerri L.