| Lat / long: | 62.56511, 27.6195 |
| Primary: | Nickel |
| Secondary: | Copper |
| Tertiary: | PGE |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Gersdorffite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite |
| Orebody form: | PIPE-LIKE |
| Discovery year: | 1954 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1959 |
| Host type: | Gneiss |
| Associated rock: | Karelian |
| Associated type: | Peridotite,Amphibolite |
| Structure: | Kotalahti Nickel Belt, Faults |
| Tectonic: | Prec Baltic Shield |
| Alteration processes: | Serpentinization |
| MRDS | W029645 |
| DEP | 10079606 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: B.G.R., FEB. 1977, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, ROHSTOFFE ZUR STAHLVEREDLUNG IN FINNLAND, NORWEGEN, SCHWEDEN}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1978, FINLAND: MEETING THE CHALLENGE: DEC., P. 565-585.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.}{Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT--NICKEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.}{Production:: BGR, FEB., 1977; CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION IS FROM DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985.}{Reserve-Resource:: 1980 DATA FROM DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985} |
| Reporter | Saam, Henning G., Orris, Greta J. |