Mine detail: Pyhasalmi Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

63.65684, 25.05132

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Zinc, Sulfur
Tertiary:	Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Molybdenum
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Corundum, Mica, Quartz, Tourmaline
Discovery year:	1958

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1962

Geology

Host rock:	Svecokarelidic Schist;M Precamb Vihanti Formation
Host type:	Rhyolite,Basalt
Structure:	Svecokarelidic Folded Region
Tectonic:	Baltic Shield

References

MRDS	M047036
DEP	10039373
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 12/78 , FINLAND: MEETING THE CHALLENGE: MINING MAGAZINE, P. 565 - 585}{Deposit:: MOSIER AND THERS, 1983, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON VOLCANIC-HOSTED CU-ZN-PB MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, 78 P.}
Reporter	Saso, Jerri L., Orris, Greta J.