Mine detail: Kotalahti

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Location: Finland, Europe
Lat / long: 62.56511, 27.6195
dep_id: 10079606
mrds_id: W029645
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: PGE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gersdorffite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: PIPE-LIKE
work_type: Underground
model: 11: Komatiitic Ni-Cu
alteration: Serpentinization
Reporter: Saam, Henning G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Karelian
arock_type: Peridotite,Amphibolite
Structure: Kotalahti Nickel Belt, Faults
tectonic: Prec Baltic Shield
Year first produced: 1959
disc_yr: 1954
References:
  • 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
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