Mine detail: Pyhasalmi Mine

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Location: Finland, Europe
Lat / long: 63.65684, 25.05132
dep_id: 10039373
mrds_id: M047036
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper, Zinc, Sulfur
Trace mineral: Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Corundum, Mica, Quartz, Tourmaline
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
ore_ctrl: Main Sulfide Ore Belt
Reporter: Saso, Jerri L., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Svecokarelidic Schist;M Precamb Vihanti Formation
hrock_type: Rhyolite,Basalt
Structure: Svecokarelidic Folded Region
tectonic: Baltic Shield
Year first produced: 1962
disc_yr: 1958
References:
  • 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.
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