Mine detail: Vihanti

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Location

Lat / long:

64.39852, 25.16974

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Silver, Molybdenum, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Discovery year:	1946

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1954

Geology

Host rock:	Vihanti Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated rock:	Granite, Pegmatite, Plagioclase-Hornblende Dikes
Associated type:	Hornblendite,Granite
Structure:	Karelian Schist Belt, Svecokarelidic Folded Region, Cross Faults, Strike Faults And Joints
Tectonic:	Prec Baltic Shield
Alteration processes:	Alteration Of Dolomite To Skarn

References

MRDS	W018994
DEP	10073149
Reference	{Deposit:: MIKKOLA, A. K., 1963, SULPHIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE VIHANTI ZINC DEPOSIT, FINLAND; BULL. COMM. GEOL. FINLAND NO. 205, 44 P.}{Deposit:: MIKKOLA, A. K., VAISANEN, S. E., 1972, REMOBILIZATION OF SULPHIDES IN THE OUTOKUMPU AND VIHANTI ORE DEPOSITS, FNLD.; INTL. GEOL. CONG. 24TH PROC. SECT. 4 P. 488 - 497}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, 1976, P. 231.}{Production:: E/MJ, 1976}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Saso, Jerri L.