| Lat / long: | 64.39852, 25.16974 |
| Primary: | Zinc |
| Secondary: | Copper, Lead |
| Tertiary: | Silver, Molybdenum, Arsenic |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite |
| Discovery year: | 1946 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1954 |
| 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 |
| 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. |